Divorce is all a curse for Xi Shi

Lying down to taste the guts and the beautiful Xi Shi

Lying down is a scam, and it can also be said to be a rumor. The history books record that the earliest occurrence of "tasting bile" and associated with Gou Jian is Sima Qian's "History", "History - Yue Wang Gou Jian Shi Jia": Yue Wang Gou Jian anti-national, is bitter and anxious, put the courage in sitting, sitting on the back of the gall, eating and drinking also taste the guts. It can be seen that there is no "sleeping salary".

There is no record of "Chinese", "Wu Language", and "Yue Language" about the taste of gall on the salary, and even the "Zuo Zhuan", which has a lot of records of the deeds of the hook, does not have a record of the taste of the gall with the salary.

So where does the lying salary come from? The first time the two words were combined was su Shi's "Book of Quasi-Sun Quan's Reply to Cao Cao" of the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's so simple that it comes to light - who is Su Shi? Unfortunately, he was a man of letters, not a historian. In the "Spring and Autumn Treatise on the Nations" that appeared in the Ming Dynasty, it also mentioned the taste of gall at a low salary, and its author followed the historical facts and quoted Su Shi's term "sleeping salary to taste the gall", but did not mention the practice.

In any country, the history of popularization to the people is often the history of the literati, not the history of historians, just as Zhuge Liang in the hearts of the people is a living immortal, and they are never willing to believe that the famous "Seven Captures of Meng" is simply a fabrication, and the historical facts contain that Zhuge Liang was once captured alive by Meng Yu instead of the Bright Seven Captures of Meng. Literati are creating, not recording.

The romantic feelings of the literati have left many beautiful stories for the world, but at the same time, because they are historical literary works, they are often suspected of distorting historical facts and confusing the public opinion, and it is likely to mislead a value orientation, thereby changing or reshaping an ideology, which is also a terrible thing. For example, in the 1990s, historical dramas were popular, and the budding of the flow economy led to the emergence of a series of Qing Dynasty historical dramas created by the literati represented by February River, deliberately rendering the dignity of imperial power and writing almost a thick epic of the useless Qing Dynasty. It has caused many historians to be indignant and criticize. This is because such works that seriously deviate from historical facts not only mislead the people's understanding of the historical truth, but also weaken the perception of revolutionary values by future generations.

And when it comes to Gou Jian, it is natural to say that xi shi of "sinking fish and falling geese", since the lying salary and tasting the gall are all false, then the rumors of sinking fish and falling geese may only deceive the ancients? This, of course, is from an evolutionary point of view rather than mocking the stupidity of the ancients. Let's examine it.

According to legend, Naxi Shi coexisted with Gou Jian and was a protagonist and an important historical figure who played a key and important role in the destruction of Wu Wu, so there is still no shadow of her in some of the historical materials mentioned above. Only the "Chao Zhi Shu" of the Eastern Han Dynasty has a record: "Yue Nai as the beautiful women Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, so that the doctor Wen Zhi, dedicated to the King of Wu." Later, "Wu Yue Chunqiu" continued to sublimate and improve this record, to put it bluntly, it was more rounded and full. And what is "Wu Yue Chunqiu"? It is not a history book but a literary work, a narrative literature, strictly speaking, a novel, because many of it are exaggerated and bizarre descriptions.

Until more and more spread more and more widely, many historical works have been recorded, such as the "Chronicle of Youdi", "Ten DaoZhi", "Jiatai HuiJizhi" also contains: "Gou Jian Sou Beauty to sacrifice the King of Wu, get Zhuji Rama Luoshan to sell salaried women, known as Xi Shi." At the bottom of the mountain there is the Xishi Huan Yarn Stone.".

What is Odyssey? It is a geography book, the "Ten Dao Zhi" is also a geography book, and the "Jiatai Hui Zhi" is a local chronicle of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You's father and son participated in the revision, and Lu You made a preface to it. The truth is coming again, who is Luyou? Unfortunately, he was a man of letters...

Then the good name of Xi Shi and the great and poignant story gradually spread in the folk. Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 's "Sending Blessings to the Eight Rivers east endowed with Huan Sha Stone" Yun: "Xi Shi Yue Xi female, bright light cloud sea ... Before entering the palace of King Wu, the ancient stone of Huansha is still there. "

There are also countless literati and inkers who have written affectionate and full of Xizi praise, such as Wang Wei, Pi Rixiu and so on.

Then the origin of the word Xishi is not a fabrication, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period "Pipe. The "Small Name" records: "Mao Yan, Xi Shi, the beauty of the world also", this record predates the era of Gou Jian more than 200 years. In addition, there is "Zhuangzi. The "Theory of Qi" and other places have been recorded as "Xi Shi", which shows that the word Xi Shi has long been a synonym and collective name for folk generally referring to beautiful women. Later, it was literary and artistic, and was hyped up by literati and inkers, which was really just a self-pleasure in the hearts of Chinese men.

After continuous artistic processing and widespread recitation, Xi Shi has further become a real synonym for Chinese "beauty" and has been visualized and realized here, I don't know how many Chinese men hug each other in their daytime search dreams, each man has a different image in his head, the same thing is that these images have nothing to do with his wife.

The great writer hereby solemnly declares: Don't dream, Xi Shi was not drowned, nor did he elope with Fan Li, because Xi Shi did not exist in this person at all, don't bother anymore. When you think about the wife of another person, the other person is also dreaming of your inner person as a Western shi. Romantic stories are always desirable, but stories are just stories, and only the child is the most worthy of your cherishing.

2021/12/3