The original author of this article: Xiamen University, Master of Ancient Chinese Literature Shi Yuchun
A person, whether he is a talent or not, needs his life's work to verify.
The "merit" mentioned here is not a merit, achievement or political achievement in the narrow sense. "Karma" here is in a broad sense. Since it is in a broad sense, of course, it also includes the aforementioned merits, achievements and achievements. In addition, this "merit" also has virtue, what the ancients called "Taishang Lide", which ranks first in the "merit"; this "merit" also has the writings and sayings, and the so-called "second to the word" of the ancients, which is the second place; and finally, it is the so-called "meritorious service", that is, merit, performance, or political achievement.
Since this "merit" requires a lifetime to verify, even if you are a talent before the name is written, you may not be able to be recognized by your contemporaries, nor will you necessarily be recognized by the people around you.
Founder of Cao Wei Cao Cao (second from left)
Cao Cao's life was controversial, and his merits and demerits are still said today. But one thing is certain: he was a good politician, a military man, a poet.
These feats of Cao Cao are the result of his lifelong struggle. Although the birth conditions are very good and the career path is relatively smooth, Cao Cao also has a period of disapproval.
People need to be recognized, which seems to be a natural psychological need. Moreover, this is a kind of recognition need, and the higher the reputation status of the recognizer, the greater the psychological satisfaction of the recognized person.
So, who was the first person to recognize Cao Cao? In Cao Cao's mind, what kind of feelings did he have for this person who recognized him?
According to reports, at the beginning, when Cao Cao's status was still very low, not many people really understood him, and no one could see his talent. Once, Cao Cao went to see Qiao Xuan. When Qiao Xuan saw Cao Cao, he was very surprised and thought that he was a rare heroic warrior. Qiao Xuan was a man with a straight temper, and he did not bend over backwards, he said directly to Cao Cao:
"As far as the current situation is concerned, according to my observation, it is very likely that there will be war in this world in the near future. Together with this war, the people are bound to suffer. Because of this matter, I am often worried, and I am somewhat relieved to see you today, is it not true that the person who can protect the country and the people in the future is you? ”
Qiao Xuan's words this time made the young Cao Cao very excited, and after that, he introduced Qiao Xuan as a confidant all his life.
Today, let's talk about this confidant of Cao Cao, the indomitable Eastern Han Dynasty famous minister Qiao Xuan.
Bridge Xuan
Overview of Qiao Xuan's life.
Qiao Xuan (110 AD ~ 184 AD, 183 AD), the duke of Zi, was a native of Suiyang County, Liang.
When Qiao Xuan was young, he served as Gong Cao of Suiyang County, and was famous for not fearing the powerful minister Liang Ji and daring to pursue the evil deeds of Yang Chang, the minister of the State of Chen. Later, Qiao Xuan was recommended as a filial piety, and successively served as the left lieutenant of Luoyang, the minister of state of Qi and Shanggu, the Taishou of Hanyang, the history of Situ Changshi, the general master, and the history of Liangzhou.
Emperor Huan of Han (132 AD – 167 AD) was born in Liwu (present-day Boye County, Hebei Province), great-grandson of Emperor Liu Of Han, grandson of Liu Kai the Prince of Hejian, son of Liu Yi the Marquis of Liwu, mother of Ming, and the tenth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the period, Qiao Xuan served as the general of Liangzhou and served as the general of Du Liao, and Qiao Xuan protected the territory of Anmin and defeated the invasion of Xianbei, Southern Xiongnu, and Goguryeo.
Emperor Huan of Han Liu Zhi
Emperor Liu Hong of Han (157 AD, 156 AD – 189 AD), born in hejian state of Jizhou (冀州, in present-day Shenzhou, Hebei), was the grandson of Emperor Liu Of Han, hereditary Marquis of Xieduting, whose father Liu Cang died early and whose mother Dong shi (東氏). In December of the first year of Yongkang (167 AD), The Han Huan Emperor Liu Zhi died, and Liu Hong was selected by his cousin Dou Shi as the heir to the imperial throne, and took the throne in the first month of the first year of Jianning (168). In the early years, Qiao Xuan was promoted and appointed as Henan Yin, Shaofu, and Dahongxu. In the third year of Jianning (170 AD), he was promoted to Sikong. The following year, the official paid homage to Situ. In the first year of Guanghe (178 AD), he was promoted to taiwei .
Emperor Liu Hong of Han
Qiao Xuan saw that the country was weakening day by day, and he was powerless, so he fell ill and was dismissed from his post and replaced by Taizhong Doctor.
In the seventh year of Guanghe (184 AD), Qiao Xuan died at the age of seventy-five.
Qiao Xuan's life and deeds
When Cao Cao was young, he was not afraid of the magnates, with sharp edges and sharp edges, which offended the magnates at that time.
In his life, Qiao Xuan also had a side of not being afraid of the powerful.
When Qiao Xuan was young, he served as a Gong Cao in Suiyang County. At that time, Zhou Jing, the Assassin of Yuzhou, led an inspector of his subordinates to the Liang kingdom [Liu Chang (born unknown ~ 103 AD), a native of Nanyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, son of Emperor Ming of Han, who was initially enfeoffed as the King of Runan, and in the fourth year of the founding of the first year (72 AD), he was enfeoffed as the King of Liang, with Chen Liu's Qi, Ningling, Jiyin's Bo, Shan Father, Ji Clan, and Chengwu, a total of six counties, and increased to the territory of the Liang State. Liu Chang has been arrogant since he was a child, he does not obey the law, believes in divination, is arrogant, believes in the so-called "word of God", thinks that he can become the son of heaven, and is full of joy. Impeached for not obeying the way of his subjects, the imperial court cut off the liang state of Chengwu and Shan Father's two counties. The capital of the Liang state was Xiayi, and the ancient city site was in the east of present-day Yanshan County, Anhui. Liang Guo passed on to the sixth generation. In 220 AD, the Cao Wei regime was established, and Liu Mi, the king of Liang, was demoted to the title of Marquis of Chongde, and the state of Liang was abolished. Qiao Xuan went to see Zhou Jing, listed and counted the various evil deeds of Yang Chang, the minister of Chen Guoguo, and asked Zhou Jing to appoint himself as Chen Guo's work in order to thoroughly investigate Yang Chang's incriminating evidence. Zhou Jing felt that Qiao Xuan was arrogant and heroic, so he agreed to his request. After Qiao Xuan took office, he captured Yang Chang's protégés and verified Yang Chang's crimes in detail. However, Yang Chang's acting in this way is not a self-expansion of personal consciousness. The actual situation is that Yang Chang is a person with a lot of background, and the reason why he is unscrupulous is that his backstage is very hard. Yang Chang's backstage was the powerful minister, foreign relative, and general Liang Ji. After learning that Qiao Xuan was cleaning up Yang Chang's doormen and thoroughly investigating Yang Chang's crimes, Liang Ji sent a fast horse to deliver the documents and went to rescue Yang Chang. After Zhou Jing received Liang Ji's letter, he immediately sent a document according to Liang Ji's intentions, intending to recall Qiao Xuan and suspend the thorough investigation of Yang Chang. Qiao Xuan received Zhou Jing's documents, and on the one hand, he made a written reply to Zhou Jing according to the actual situation, and he did not directly go back to report the relevant situation to Zhou Jing; on the other hand, he continued to seriously investigate and collect Yang Chang's criminal facts and evidence, and accelerated the speed than before. In the end, Yang Chang's crime was clear and the evidence was conclusive, and he was arranged by Qiao Xuan to be escorted to Beijing in a prison cart.
Because of this, Qiao Xuan was not afraid of the reputation of the magnate and was greatly encouraged in the society at that time.
After Qiao Xuan was recommended as a filial piety, the imperial court appointed him as the left lieutenant of Luoyang. At that time, Liang Bu doubted that [Liang Ji's younger brother] was Henan Yin, and Qiao Xuan went to see him because of official business, and Liang Bu doubted that in the dialogue with Qiao Xuan, he was very rude to Qiao Xuan and was very mean. Qiao Xuan was ashamed to be humiliated by Liang Buxian, so he decided to abandon the official and return to his hometown.
Luoyang YingTianmen
Qiao Xuan was too punctual in Hanyang, and the then Shangyi County Order Emperor Fuzhen committed the crime of embezzlement. After Qiao Xuan arrested Emperor Fuzhen, he tortured him severely. After the evidence of the crime was confirmed, Qiao Xuan, in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, imposed a skull (shaving) and flogging (flogging) on Emperor Fuzhen. In the end, Emperor Fuzhen died on the market in Jidi, and the people of yi county were shocked by Qiaoxuan's law enforcement.
At that time, the Taizhong Doctor Gai Sheng and the Han Ling Emperor were old friends and had a very close relationship. Gai Sheng served as the Taishou of Nanyang, and during his tenure, he became corrupt and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen goods. After Qiao Xuan was appointed Shang Shu Ling, he went to the imperial court to recommend that Gai Sheng be deposed, demand that he be imprisoned, and that all property obtained from his bribes be confiscated. Emperor Hanling disagreed, and instead promoted Gai to the rank of attendant. As a result, Qiao Xuantuo resigned from illness, and the imperial court approved him to worship him as Guanglu Doctor.
Qiao Xuan is also a generous person. According to reports, there is a little personal grudge between Qiao Xuan and Nanyang Taishou Chen Qiu, and the two are at odds. However, when Qiao Xuan mastered the national famous instrument and sat in the seat of the Third Duke, he did not suppress talents because of his personal grievances, let alone retaliate with the power in his hands. On the contrary, after determining that Chen Qiu was indeed a talent, he also vigorously recommended Chen Qiu as a court lieutenant. Chen Qiu later became the Third Duke of Ji, and was executed for plotting to kill the eunuch.
Three Gongs
Cai Yong, a famous writer and calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty and a talented daughter Cai Wenji, who was known as "Cai Zhonglang" by posterity because of his official appointment to the left middle lang general, praised Qiao Xuan in the "Taiwei Bridge Xuan Stele" as "indomitable and invincible." ”
Cai Yong, the father of cai wenji
The following Dong Tang quotes the full text of the "Taiwei Bridge Xuan Stele", please enjoy: Taiwei Qiao Xuanbei, Gong Zhen Xuan, Zi Gong Zu, Liang Guo Ju Yang Ren also. Great-grandson of Ōhiro, grandson of Hirokawa Sho, and Motoko of Higashirai Taishou. Possessing purity, giving birth to a special table, qiling and transcendence, etc., the total horn and the yiqun. As for the first gentleman, he is brilliant and outstanding, and he is a hero of all. Its temperament is solemn, the disease is still simple, and there is an indomitable wind that is indomitable and indomitable to the festival. Biography of jingyi, extensive reading, gem qi in front, jing does not know. At that time, it was a heavy instrument and returned to a high name. The state and county submitted the request, waiting for the visit to be broken, and the first of the past is feasible, and the pawns are threatened. Cha Xiaolian, except for Lang Zhong and Luoyang Zuo Wei, went on official business. The Situ, exalted the First Attendant, went straight to the road, and relieved him of his duties. The general of the Western Prefecture, the Western Prefecture table worshiped the history of Liangzhou, moved qi xiang, and went on official business. The edict was printed to worship Shanggu Taishou, Move Hanyang Taishou, and pay homage to Yilang, Situ Changshi, and Julu Taishou. He was edicted to be the general Da Jing (大菝), and was ordered by those who were punished, bai yi lang, that is, the general of The Liao Dynasty, moved to Henan Yin, Shaofu, Dahong, Sui Sikong and Situ. Abdication of the torus. He started by worshiping Shang Shu Ling, known as Gong Du, and worshiping Dr. Guanglu. After worshiping the lieutenant, he was ill for a long time. Reinstated as the Taichu Doctor of shaofu. Spring and Autumn Seventy-Five, Light and May of the Seventh Year. The public nature is straight, not afraid of the strong, in the Xiantai there is loyalty to the rules, and the lingzhou county has the power of the tiger. Its meritocracy is like a whirlpool, and its evil is like a thunderclap. In every direction, the breeze soars first, the near and far Are Shaken, and Ci can be said to be beyond the multitude and manifested in the far away. Therefore, the former official Situ Boling Gu Lie ("Water Classic, Ju Shui Notes" as "Cui Lie". ), Ting Wei Henan Wu Zhen and others, thinking that the supreme virtue is in oneself, Yang Zhi is by the people, Gou does not narrate, Fu He Kao Yan. It is the Gongle Jiashi, Yongzhao Fanglie. Thus the ode: Father Heyi Qiao, Bingwen holds the martial arts. The inner is the zonggan, and the outgoing is the clan auxiliary. In the Constitution of the Bullet, it was actually made up of momentum. Allowing the shepherd to be cool, the soil of the other people. He was able to use the Qi Axe. Shiki taught Shiki, Spin-tō Kyo-woo. Dunz five serves, and the congregation is with. Seven lives, wings of my sage. Climb the air to make up for the gun, and the disciples will be trained. Yin Wei Qingchen, the government of the Xi Emperor. The whole thing is virginity, and the rules are determined. Love is in the people, and the emperor mourns his life. Standing stone inscription, Moyes listened. Soul and spirit, trillions of its prosperity. (Original meaning, "Art and Literature Cluster", forty-six.) Case: "Water Classic, Ju Shui Note" Bridge Xuan Column Several Steles, the second is this stele also. ）
In the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), Cao Cao garrisoned Junyi (浚宜, in present-day Kaifeng, Henan) and sent troops to repair the Suiyang Canal. During this period, he sent people to sacrifice Qiao Xuan with an etheric prison, and also wrote a love article "Ancestral Taiwei Bridge Xuanwen".
Original address: Cao Cao's confidant: The indomitable Eastern Han Dynasty famous minister Qiao Xuan - Zhihu
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