Township sages mediation refers to the civil mediation method in which rural dignitaries with high prestige and influence come forward to resolve disputes after disputes occur among villagers
After Lao Yu retired from the town judicial office and returned to the village, he solved the old problem of discord between the Chiang family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with the local method of the common people. From then on, when there was any dispute in the village, everyone liked to come and ask him to judge.