The first time I knew about this person was in the history textbook, "the theorist, thinker, philosopher, educator, and poet of the Southern Song Dynasty of China".
Portrait of Zhu Xi
Later, various wild histories mentioned that Zhu Xi had seduced nuns and daughters-in-law, and also enlarged her daughter-in-law's belly, and for a while thought that she had learned the secrets of history that no one knew, and secretly felt proud... So, is this really true?
According to volume 37 of the History of the Song Dynasty, "Supervise the imperial history of Shen Jizu to impeach Zhu Xi, edict the revision of the Secret Cabinet of Xi, and strike the palace view." This refers to the supervision of Yushi Shen Jizu (audit team?). It is quite appropriate to do the supervision of the imperial history ---- joke) wrote a letter to impeach Zhu Xi, saying that Zhu Xi "disrespected the king", "disloyal to the country", "for harming the wind religion" and other ten major crimes, including mentioning Zhu Xi's filial piety to his parents, seducing nuns, seducing his daughter-in-law, and so on, and Zhu Xi's "picking up ashes" incident spread. Then a generation of Daoist masters became villains with a straight face, and the emperor at that time, Song Ningzong, also declared Taoism a pseudo-science and banned the spread of Taoism. Later, Mr. Daoxue was also regarded as a purge against the party, and as many as 59 officials were listed by the imperial court as pseudo-academic and anti-party, and Zhu Xi was naturally the leader of this pseudo-academic anti-party. As a result, Zhu Xi's disciples were forced to scatter birds and beasts, or hide for self-preservation, or change the doorway---- trees fell and scattered.
Is this really the case? The situation is similar, and the single causal relationship is reversed. The story of Zhu Xi and his daughter-in-law was first rumored to have come from the hands of political enemies when they were officials during the Southern Song Dynasty. The overseer Shen Jizu was his political enemy Han Jizu. Han Xuan wanted to attack Zhao Ruyu, but he was also jealous of his protégés and officials. Therefore, he plotted to set up a "pseudoscience" theory and at the same time overthrow Zhao Ruyu, Zhu Xi and their protégés. In ancient times, when people looked at etiquette, righteousness, and shame, attacking a person's ethics and morality was the most indignant. Therefore, because some people wanted to attack Zhu Xi, they made up stories to slander, which has led to Zhu Xi's disgrace---- which is the correct cause and effect.
Therefore, Zhu Xi and his daughter-in-law must be innocent, and a word written from the hands of political enemies is not credible in terms of motives. Moreover, the Song Dynasty was an era when a large number of literati left a huge number of anthologies, and Zhu Xi was a super famous academic figure at that time, and he was definitely the top of an era. However, this matter is not recorded elsewhere, and the source is only the attack of one of Zhu Xi's political enemies, and it is not the main crime, but some vague words below the main crime.
The ancients heard about it, and the attacks of political enemies were even more extreme. If this is credible... There will be no slander or rumors under that day. However, for the great saints, there is a little stain on the body, but it makes people feel more credible, which is not very sad, this is human nature.