#Ji Kang ##History#Jin Dynasty #Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, Ji Kang, as a royal family member, died under Sima s butcher's knife for Great Wei, but his son Ji Shao became a loyal vassal of the Great Jin Dynasty and died for the emperor of the Sima family, so there are literati in the past who have said tarts about Ji Shao.
Personally, I believe that the death of Ji Kang's father and son shows that the reason why loyal subjects are rare is that he was persistently loyal to that era, and even no matter who the emperor was, whether he was wise or foolish.
First of all, Ji Kang's death has both external and internal causes, and there are more villains.
The external reason is that he was angry and hugged his friend Lu An.
Lu An is also a arrogant and arrogant maniac who despises etiquette, but he is not in the list of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, and his fame is not great, but his demeanor is not bad, so Ji Kang has also become a friend of Mo Rebellion with him. There is an allusion called "Acacia Life Driving", indicating that the friendship between the two is unusual, although they live in the north and south of the world, but "every acacia", that is, "a thousand miles of life driving", no matter how far away, must be visited by the wind and dust servants.
Lu An only despised the ritual law, and what was more, he regarded the ritual law as a beast brother of dung. In the fourth year of Jing Yuan (263, the third year of Jing Yuan), this half-brother coveted Lu An's wife Xu Shimei and actually drunk her with wine, and the adultery succeeded.
When the incident occurred, Xu Shi was ashamed and embarrassed, and hanged himself. Lü An planned to denounce Lü Xun and consult Ji Kang's opinion, but Ji Kang, who had always been unruly, advised him not to publicize the ugliness of his family.
Lü Xun had once been Sima Zhao's long history, this guy was vicious, the evil man attacked first, falsely accused Lü An of beating his mother for filial piety, and wanted to exile him to a remote place. Sima Zhao, partial to his beliefs, went so far as to arrest Lü An and imprison him.
Ji Kang took up the case for this, not only wrote a letter of renunciation to the shameless Lü Xun, but also stepped forward and personally testified for Lu An.
At this moment, the sinister villain Zhong, whom Ji Kang had offended, would appear in front of Sima Zhao.
With a clever tongue, Zhong Hui said a few words that Sima Zhao moved the killing machine: First of all, he said that Ji Kang was a "Wolong", and once he was used by others, he would inevitably become a problem for his confidants, and this was the most taboo point for Sima Zhao, who wanted to do "big things.". Framing Ji Kang again wanted to help Yuqiu Jian plot a rebellion was of course Sima Zhao's most sensitive point. Then Zhong Hui pulled up the big banner and pulled the tiger's skin, and cited the story of Jiang Taigong's killing of Hua Shi and Kong Shengren's killing of Shao Zhengdi, saying that Ji Kang and Lu An were arrogant in their speeches and slandered social morality and state policies, and this kind of unhealthy trend and evil atmosphere must not be allowed to go unchecked, and must be eradicated with correct customs. Sima Zhao was indeed recruited, so he sent Ji Kang and Lu An to prison and was soon sent to the execution ground.
And then there's the internal cause.
In his early years, Ji Kang married The Great-granddaughter of Emperor Cao Cao of Wei as his wife, Lord Changle Ting, and paid homage to The Official Langzhong and conferred the title of Zhongshan Doctor. Looking at a doctor, in fact, the position is not high, in the Wei and Jin Dynasties are all seven pins, rank six hundred stones, but also an idle official position, probably equivalent to the consultant, "impermanent", which is the origin of the later generations to call him "Ji Zhongsan".
Later, Sima Shi's dictatorship, Ji Kang was after all a relative of the Cao emperor, in order to show his position of non-violence and non-cooperation, he simply lived in seclusion and refused to leave.
If he lived in silence, he might still be able to raise his life, but Ji Kang was not a person who could hold his breath.
Shan Tao (Zi Juyuan), a friend of one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, realized the danger of Ji Kang, and as a leader in the literary world, Ji Kang's influence was naturally extraordinary, and he looked down on the Sima family, and undoubtedly planted a deep thorn in Sima Zhao's heart.
Shan Tao took the opportunity of promotion to recommend Ji Kang to replace his original Position of ShangshuLang, this official position could not reach the deputy department, and he was also Shangshu's assistant, at least much higher than Ji Kang's original Qipin official.
Unexpectedly, Ji Kang did not give face, and wrote a 1,800-word "Letter of Renunciation with Shan Juyuan", which was also a needle hidden in the cotton, and also referred to Sang Scolding Huai, which not only scolded Shan Tao to the point of spewing dog blood, but also said very badly to the Sima family behind him, almost a declaration of breaking.
This brilliant letter quickly spread in the capital, and it is conceivable that when Sima Zhao saw it, how the thorn stabbed him restlessly and burned with anger.
Therefore, when the Lu An incident occurred, there was a chance to kill Ji Kang, even if there was no rumor from the villain Zhong Hui, Sima Zhao had already had the determination to pull out this thorn.
Therefore, Ji Kang will die.
Although there were three thousand students who petitioned and were willing to take Ji Kang as their teacher, and the capital city was shaken by it, Sima Zhao's murderous heart was blazing, how could he possibly stop it?
Ji Kang himself also held the determination to die, and angrily played a song "Guangling San" (also known as "Taiping Introduction") and sighed: "Taiping Introduction is now absolutely extinct!" "It is the neck that kills."
Ji Kangning died unyieldingly, not only the name of the Sage of the Bamboo Forest, but also the festival of Cao Wei's loyal subjects.
"The people of the sea, there is no pain." The Book of Jin records that "the emperor sought enlightenment and hated Yan", did Sima Zhao regret it? If the heart of the scribe was chilled by killing Ji Kang, and the path to enlightenment was blocked, he should reflect on it.
I don't know if Ji Kang ever reflected on the difference between Cao Cao's strength of "holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes" and "ruling the land and the people, not Han", and today's hegemony of "Sima Zhao's heart, known to passers-by"? The world is like a chess piece, there is no new idea, just a change of chess player, thousands of People including themselves or pawns. Maybe he understands it all, but he can't convince himself to change his position.
Ji Kang died under Sima Shi's sword, but his son Ji Shao grew up and became an orphan of the Jin Dynasty.
Before dying, Ji Kang entrusted a pair of children to Shantao, why did he give shantao who had broken off his friendship? There was a special statement before, and there is no more instigation here.
Shantao was a valuable person, and did not care about the previous suspicions, not only raised Ji Shao into a talent, but also recommended him to enter the dynasty as an official. Of course, another person is also indispensable, that is, Wang Rong, although he is an official oilman, his reverence for Ji Kang remains unchanged, and he also helps Ji Shao a lot.
In the year his father was killed, Ji Shao was only ten years old, and the child could only return to the countryside.
Ji Shaogong raised his mother filial piety and prudence.
Eighteen years later, Shan Tao was in charge of the election of the imperial court, so he asked Sima Yan, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, to say: "The Kang Shu says that 'father and son are not in conflict with each other.' Ji Shao's talent can be compared with Hao Que's, talent is rare, please let him be the secretary Lang. Emperor Wu of Jin was very generous, and regardless of the fact that his father had a stipulation that ji kang's descendants were not allowed to serve, he said to ShanTao: "If so, you can be a competent secretary, not to mention secretary Lang." Therefore, the edict summoned Ji Shao into the dynasty as a secretary.
Secretary Lang is in charge of the art and literature book, and there are four members in total. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin, the secretaries were incorporated into Zhongshu Province and a secretariat bureau was established, and the chief officer was Zhongshu Secretary Cheng, Liupin.
In this way, Ji Shao jumped from a country boy to become a Liupin official, because of his outstanding talent, the official became bigger and bigger, and he rose all the way up, successively serving as Ruyin Taishou, Yuzhang Neishi, Xuzhou Assassin History, Huangmen Shilang, Scattered Rider ChangShi, and Dr. Guozi.
Ji Kang once served as the Zhongsan Doctor of Qipin, which was an idle position, but his son's "Scattered Riding Constant Attendant" was much higher than his position, Sanpin, who was better than Shizhong and ranked more than two thousand stones, and officially entered the ranks of high-ranking officials. "Dr. Guozi" is the teacher of Guozi Studies, and there is only one member, and his status is respected. At this time, Ji Shao also already had a knighthood and was given the title of "Yiyangzi".
To make a long story short, at the time of the Eight Kings Rebellion, Ji Shao had already held an important position in the service, not only responsible for consultant response, managing the affairs of the people under the door, but also responsible for travel escort.
At that time, Sima Ying, the king of Hejian and Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, raised an army, Emperor Hui of Jin was taken into exile, the imperial army was defeated in the battle of Tangyin, the situation was critical, and the emperor was hit by three arrows in the face, so the hundred officials and bodyguards scattered, only Ji Shao stepped forward, and the guards were on the side of Tianzi.
According to the Zizhi Tongjian, Sima Ying's sergeant captured Ji Shao and pressed him to the straight wood in front of the carriage. Emperor Hui of Jin said busily, "Ji Shao is a loyal subject, don't kill!" The sergeant replied, "On the orders of the Emperor's brother -- Sima Ying, just don't hurt Your Majesty!" So the butcher knife was raised, and Ji Shao's blood flew several feet and splashed on Emperor Hui's clothes. When the war subsided, the attendants asked Huan to wash the imperial clothes, and no one could have imagined that the Emperor of Meat, who had always been considered foolish, said, "This is the blood of the servants, don't wash it." ”
Loyalty to the point, the golden stone is also open?
This happened in 304, exactly 40 years after Ji Kang's death. Ji Shaoren was righteous and upright, and his protégés and old subordinates lived in his tomb to guard the funeral, and there were more than thirty people who had completed three years.
There are sons like this, Ji Kangdang smiled at the Nine Springs, right?
There have always been people who have questioned whether Ji Shao's loyalty clashed with filial piety, and why did he have to die for the loyalty of the Jin Dynasty when his father died under Sima Dao?
Looking at the "Family Commandments" left by Ji Kang, you know that Ji Shao is adhering to his father's ideas. In this article, Ji Kang shows the softest part of his heart, a father who earnestly teaches his descendants, and even has some nagging, but there is a sentence: "If the dynasty gives way to the officials, the righteousness makes life, if Kong Wenju asks for the death of his brother, this festival of loyal martyrs." For example, when recruited by the imperial court, he gave up his official position, and preferred to sacrifice his life in the face of great righteousness, just like Kong Wenju asked his brother to die, which is a discipline only for loyal martyrs.
No matter what era we are in, we should not be greedy and afraid of death, and sacrificing our lives for righteousness is the true color of loyal subjects and martyrs.
The son was born at the end of the Wei Dynasty and grew up in the Jin Dynasty, so he was loyal to the Jin Dynasty, and he did not ask the child to take the father's ambition as the ambition.
Life is a constant choice, which is the logic of our ordinary people.
The reason why the loyal minister is tragic is that he has no choice.
References: "Book of Jin", "Spring and Autumn of wei", "Zizhi Tongjian", "The New Language of the World", "History of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Two Jin Dynasties"