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Governor Qiao Meddles with the Marriage Matches

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Governor Qiao Meddles with the Marriage Matches
A famous Ming Dynasty story and opera in which a judge resolves a complex legal case by rearranging several couples into happy marriages; metaphorically used to describe a person (usually an official) who makes well-intentioned but arbitrary or unconventional matchmaking decisions to resolve a mess.