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"Those who are more valuable than the good are also righteous in their courtesy, and those who are inferior to the wicked are also guilty of their sins.] Isn't it also contrary to the people to teach the people with what is noble, and to teach relatives with the unworthy? 】
This sentence comes from the "Qunshu Zhizhi" volume 45 "Changyan". "Paradox" means false and absurd. People revere good deeds because they are righteous; they reject bad deeds because they are contrary to common sense. Isn't it very abnormal to teach the people with what they revere, but to teach the emperor with what they despise? The ancients advocated the "five constants" and "five luns", talked about "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and faith", and said that "fathers and sons have relatives, kings and subjects have righteousness, husbands and wives are different, elders and children are orderly, and friends have faith", but people often neglect to use these truths to teach them when facing their relatives, and even Ming Jun is inevitably biased.
Princess Changle, the daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang, was born to Empress Changsun and was deeply loved by Emperor Taizong of Tang. When Zhenguan was six years old, the Duke of Changle was mainly married. Emperor Taizong of Tang specifically ordered that the dowry to be sent by Yousi was twice as high as that of Princess Yongjiachang, the daughter of Gaozu (Tang Taizong's sister).
Wei Zheng said, "'When Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty was preparing to reward his son, he said, 'How can my son get as much as the son of Emperor Xian?' Refer to half of the sons of the former emperor to be rewarded. This is in accordance with the way of honor and inferiority. Historians praised this, believing that Emperor Ming had done a good job and was in line with the order of dignity and inferiority. Wei Zheng continued, "The sister of the Son of Heaven is the eldest princess, and the daughter of the Son of Heaven is the princess, and the words are longer, and the good is honored to the princess, although the feelings are different, there is no difference in righteousness." He said that now the emperor's sister is called the eldest princess, and the emperor's daughter is called the princess, and since an extra "long" word has been added in front of it, it means that it is more noble than the status of the princess. Although emotionally the emperor must have loved his daughter more than his sister, the reason was the same, there was no difference. "If the princess's etiquette exceeds that of the eldest princess, I am afraid that it is not appropriate in theory, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice." Emperor Taizong agreed very much after hearing this, and told the empress these words. "After sighing: I have tasted His Majesty's respect for Wei Zheng, and I do not know why, but now that I hear his advice, I can subdue the love of the Lord with righteousness, and the True Society is a minister!" Empress Eldest Sun was not only not angry, but after listening to it, she also said with great admiration: "I once heard that Your Majesty has great respect for Wei Zheng, but I know very little about the reasons for this, and I don't know why Your Majesty respects him so much." Hearing his words now, it can be seen that he can use morality to suppress the selfish desires of the emperor, and he is really a loyal servant of the country! ”
Empress Eldest Sun said: "Concubines and Your Majesty are married as husband and wife, and they are respectful and respectful, and their feelings and righteousness are deep, and every time they have a word, they will be colored, and they do not dare to commit a light crime of majesty. She meant to say: "Concubines and Your Majesty have a deep affection for each other, and Your Majesty has great respect for concubines, and when concubines advise His Majesty, they must wait for Their Majesty to be pleasant and in a good mood before euphemistically persuading them." And Wei Zheng, as a subordinate, was able to speak out and advise, which was really rare. ”
She also said: "Therefore, Han Fei said that it is difficult to say, and Dongfang Shuo said that it is not easy. Loyalty is against the ear and is conducive to deeds, and those who have a state-owned family are deeply anxious, and those who accept it are the rule of the world, and Du is politically chaotic. Sincerely, Your Majesty will be careful, and the world will be very fortunate! "The Empress quoted the scriptures to make it very difficult to explain the matter of advice. She said that Han Feizi called this "difficult to say", that is, "persuasion" is really a difficult thing. Dongfang Shuo called it "not easy". It is not easy to give a different opinion to the monarch, it is really very reasonable. "Advice is the most important thing for those who own their home country. If these advices are adopted, the country can live in peace and stability for a long time, and if these advices are eliminated, the political situation will be chaotic. The concubine hopes that His Majesty can carefully understand the meaning, that is, the great fortune of the world. After saying this, Empress Eldest Sun also asked Emperor Taizong of Tang to send emissaries with five hundred horses to present Wei Zheng with five hundred horses of brocade, and to reward Wei Zheng for being able to violate Yan Zhizhi.com.
Why did Empress Eldest Sun become the virtuous empress praised in the history books? It was because she was familiar with poetry and books, knew the etiquette, and really did it according to the "Tao", so when she advised Tang Taizong, she quoted the scriptures and advanced layer by layer, and Tang Taizong had to be convinced after listening to it.
Now we advocate being ashamed of extravagance and lasciviousness, but some people are not really ashamed of extravagance and lasciviousness, and they still live a life of competing for luxury and fighting for wealth, ashamed of hardship and simplicity, and not knowing that hardship and simplicity are for themselves and their families, which is really beneficial and is a magic weapon that makes our family way, family style, and family business passed down from generation to generation. In history, Fan Zhongyan was a reasonable person, and Zhuge Liang was also a reasonable person, so the good family style they cultivated was passed down from generation to generation. Fan Zhongyan's family style has been passed down to this day, nearly a thousand years without fading. Some people have calculated that by the time of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than seventy officials above the level of minister in the Fan family. This shows that "success is due to thrift and thrift", which is true for a family and for a country.