After the Rebellion of Li Ji, Prince Zhong'er of Jin was forced to embark on the road of exile, which was nineteen years, and he was followed by a group of henchmen such as Zhao Wan, Hu Yan, Wei Yi, Qianjie, and Xu Chen, among whom was named Jiezi Tui. Many friends know him because of the story of cutting his stock and being hungry, saying that when he was in exile with heavy ears, he often did not eat enough and did not cover his body. One day Heavy Ear was about to faint from hunger, and the meson pushed a piece of meat on his leg and cooked it into a soup for him, and when The heavy ear knew that it was the meat on the leg of the meso push, he was greatly moved, and promised to repay the mezzo push one day as a king.
Duke Wen of Jin at the time of exile
Nineteen years of wind and food, sleeping in the wind, eating and sleeping, tasting hardships and dangers, Zhong'er finally returned to China to become the king of the Jin Dynasty, and he was one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. The Jin Dynasty Emperor Wenxiu Ming government affairs, gave favors to the people, and of course, rewarded the fugitives and all the meritorious servants, and gave the great merits to the city, and the small merits were awarded knighthoods. The Chronicle of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty records that the reward is divided into three grades: the first merit is from the death, the one who gives the money is second, and the one who greets the surrender is second. Among the third classes, each of them distinguishes the weight of their labor, and the reward is up and down. When discussing the merits and rewards, everyone did not see zitui, and for some reason, they happened to catch up with King Xiang of Zhou because his younger brother Prince brought a rebellion to the Jin state. The Jin state had just settled down, wanted to send troops, and was worried about turmoil in the country, so before the reward was given to the meson, he was busy with the king, and afterwards he forgot to push the meson. However, it was also issued that if there were forgotten meritorious people, they could come and receive the reward.
The meson pushes the statue
So why do meson pushes to live in seclusion? Since he was not willing to accept the reward, he could also be an ordinary resident, and what was the reason that made him prefer to give up the high-ranking official Houlu and choose the deep mountain and old forest. There is very little historical information about the meson pushing his person, he may be one of the many exiled retinues of the Jin wen public, there is an evaluation of him, Feng Menglong used a word "rampant", meaning that this person is clean and self-righteous, and never complies with people.
In his view, it was the destiny of Heaven that Duke Wen of Jin was able to succeed to the throne, and the heavens did not let the Jin kingdom perish, not the credit of two or three people, they did not know that this was providence, but to fight for merit, this kind of behavior is like a thief, it is a sin. He himself would rather die than do this, so he was willing to keep the poor and serve his old mother at home. Mother said that you are not willing to ask for a reward, but you have been loyal to the monarch for nineteen years, and you have also cut off the shares to save the king, and there is no merit and hard work, so you can also enter the court to meet the monarch. The meson replied: The complaint has been spoken, since you have chosen to hide it, why should you reveal it again? I have nothing to ask for, so why should I see you again? Mother said that since this is the case, I will hide with you.
Cling to the tree and die
Since then, the mother and son have lived in seclusion into the Mianshan Mountains and have never appeared again. Mezi Tui once gave a poem, "There are dragons flying, all over the world." The five serpents followed it and assisted it. The dragon rebelled against its homeland and got its place. From it, the four serpents received their dew and rain. A snake was ashamed and died in Nakano. Some scholars believe that this is written by the neighbor Xie Zhang, in short, the poem was hung on the city gate. When Wen Gong left the palace, he saw these words and said, "This is the meson push." I was worried about the royal family, and I had not yet been able to consider his credit. "Quickly send someone to summon The Prince to be sealed, only to learn that he has hidden into the Mianshan Mountains." Jin Wengong personally led the guangdong people to Mianshan to search, looking for many days did not find, has been angry, the result of mishearing the words of the villain, ordered three sides to burn the mountain, the fire was extinguished for three days, and the meson push did not come out after all. Later, someone found the bones of mother and son under a dead willow tree, and Jin Wengong was so sad that he changed the mianshan mountain to Jieshan mountain and set up a temple to sacrifice.
For the behavior of the meson, most of the later generations praised him for being loyal to the king and going to righteousness, despising the righteous way of fame and fortune, and he did not love the king but loved the country. Others thought his behavior was too pedantic. We told the story of Jiang Ziya's killing of the Qi hermit and Hua Shi before, precisely because these two people do not seek the king, nor do they obey the king's orders, Jiang Ziya believes that if everyone follows suit, who else can the monarch manage and appoint?
In fact, there is nothing wrong with meson pushing, but people have their own ambitions, loyal to their ideals, even if they pay for it, they should have no complaints or regrets. Perhaps in the nearly twenty years of exile, Mezi Tui has rewarded thousands of worlds, carrying a touch of wind and clouds, and retreating to the mountains and forests.