What is called great wisdom and foolishness, simply put, is to see through and not to say broken.
Among Cao Cao's advisers, there were two very special people, and there were two leaders of the Yingchuan Xun family, Xun Yu and Xun You, the pair of uncles and nephews. Xun Yuqi was a man of Wang Zuo, the Battle of Guandu, Xun Yu guarded Xuchang, Xun Yu defended Xuchang, Xun Yu defended Xuchang, Xun Yu defended Xuchang, Xun Yu defended Xuchang, Xun Yu defended Xuchang, or Xun Yu defended Xuchang. Xun Yu treated Cao Cao as Xiao He did to Liu Bang, and Cao Cao's internal affairs were borne by him.
Xun You in the card game
Xun You, on the other hand, was completely different from his uncle, and was listed with Jia Xu, calling them the conspirators of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping under Cao Cao, but in fact, in Cao Cao's own mind, Xun You was also his own mastermind. But when I read the story of the Three Kingdoms, for Xun You, I think that his greatest wisdom is actually his silence.
Xun You in the comic strip
Great wisdom is foolish, but it is not just Cao Cao's evaluation of him.
It is said that xun you have twelve strategies, but that is the so-called secret book of non-transmission, and from his life experience, we can also see some of his wisdom from his several important suggestions and suggestions. Attacking Lü Bu in Xuzhou, he besieged Xia Pi for a long time, but he could not find a way to break the city, and even Cao Cao himself had plans to retreat. At this time, it was xun you who stood up, offered suggestions, broke the embankment and flooded pi, and turned the tide of the war.
Xun You in the old version of the Three Kingdoms
Where Yuan Cao exchanged troops, Bai Majin was besieged, or he offered a strategy to attack the west from the east, so that the Yuan army divided its troops and fell into a situation where they could not take care of each other at the end, and only then did Yan Liang's army defeat later, which achieved Guan Yu's surprise attack and beheaded Yan Liang. Later, in the face of the vengeful Wen Ugly, it was still him, and together with Cao Cao, he tacitly let the soldiers lose their armor, citing the Ugly Army into chaos, and then killed another general of Yuan Shao.
One of his most important suggestions to Cao Cao was that when Cao Cao hesitated whether to attack Yuan Tan's brothers in the north or Liu Biao in the south, he firmly supported Cao Cao to set the Yuan brothers to the north first, and listed various reasons to persuade Cao Cao to make up his mind to go north and achieve his foundation of hegemony.
Still water runs deep
But it was precisely such a person who saw all of Cao Cao's thoughts in his eyes and felt like a mirror in his heart, when Xun Yu died inexplicably, but did not make any statement, and tacitly acquiesced to the official statement, Xun Yu was suddenly ill when Cao Cao was working in the military camp.
Xun You in film and television dramas
The heart understands, but the face does not understand, not only wisdom, but also a state of mind.
Xun Yu's staunch auxiliary Han faction, even after discovering Chibi, the situation in the world had completely changed, and the world had nothing to do with the Han Xiandi in the imperial palace, but xun Yu still firmly believed in his belief, even if it was to clash with Cao Cao.
Xun You in "Three Kingdoms Matchless"
And Cao Cao let Xun Yu suddenly die of illness, in fact, it was to give the Yingchuan Xun family a step down, it was a concession made by Cao Cao, Xun You's heart, he knew everything about this matter, he was not Xun Yu, he did not have the courage to die and did not change his original intention, Cao Cao gave him a step, he also went down, Cao Cao established himself as the king of Wei, set up the official position of the State of Wei, he Xun You was the first Shang Shu Order of the State of Wei.
Didn't he know that Cao Cao had the heart to usurp The Han Dynasty? Of course he knew, did he not know that there was something wrong with Xun Yu's death? Of course he knew. But for Cao Cao, for the people of the world, he must not know, even if Cao Cao knows that he knows everything in his heart, he must pretend that he does not know anything.
A rare and confused life
As for finding out the truth, as for revenge, these things he will not think about, man, to act within the scope of his own ability, many things, do not know, better than knowing, confused, better than shrewd. This was the philosophy of his lifelong practice, and at this critical moment, he certainly maintained this fine tradition.
Our life will always encounter a lot of undesirable things, but in the face of obstacles, in the face of people and things that make them dissatisfied, even if there are thousands of dislikes and dislikes in their hearts, perhaps, on the surface, it is not shocking, as if they can't understand anything, they don't know anything, pretend to be confused, perhaps, is the best choice for themselves.