Jiang Ziya looked at Maolu three times, visited the hermit Gaoren, the hermit hid, and Taigong turned around and ordered: Kill!
When it comes to "Three Gu Maolu", many people's first reaction will think of the allusion that Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain to assist during the Three Kingdoms period. However, the "Three Gu Maolu" was not liu Bei's first creation, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the Divine Machine Army Master Jiang Ziya had already used it, but the results of the two "Three Gu Maolu" were vastly different.
Whether in a slave society or a feudal society, There is no shortage of hermits and high people in China.
In the historical material "MicroZi", it is recorded: "If there is a way in the world, it is seen, and if there is no way, it is hidden"! Seemingly simple two sentences, in fact, reveal the highest realm of life, political clarity, you can actively enter the world, govern the country and the world;
Political darkness, if you still enter the army, you may face two kinds of dangers: one is to collude with the same stream and play for the tiger, so that it is bound to be spurned by the people of the world, and everyone will be condemned; the other is to adhere to principles and speak out in righteousness, so that it will offend the villains and ruin their wealth.
Therefore, when politics faints, the best option is to retreat from the rapids and be left alone. Either it is small and hidden in the wild, thin and so-called glory and wealth; or it is hidden in the dynasty, hiding wisdom and showing foolishness, and its light is the same as its dust, self-preservation, and at the same time, it does not follow the tide, and is ready for the opportunity at any time.
It is precisely because of the influence of this idea that many hermits have appeared in successive dynasties.
In the last years of the Shang Dynasty, the madness of the early Zhou Dynasty was a hermit, and the object of Jiang Ziya's visit to Sangu Maolu was him.
In the historical record "Han Feizi Wai Chu Said the Right Upper", it is recorded that "Taigong Wangyu said: Crazy, not subject to the Son of Heaven, not friendly princes, I am afraid of his chaotic law and easy to teach, so I think it is the first curse!" ”
The mad man here is a hermit on the coast of the East China Sea in the country of Qi, who is only eight buckets tall and has learned to be rich in five cars. Because he once made a statement that "he is not a subject of the son of heaven, not a friend of the princes", he became a representative figure of the magnates who did not admire the magnates, and was very popular with the people at that time.
After the end of the Wu King's War, Jiang Taigong was enfeoffed to Qidi, and Jiang Taigong attached great importance to the role of talents in the process of national development. Therefore, when he heard that there was such a high-ranking person in his own feudal kingdom, it was like asking him to eat out of the mountain to help him govern the country and the people.
However, Crazy Yan seems to be a little arrogant and overdone, Jiang Ziya has prepared generous gifts, went to visit three times, Crazy Yan actually avoided seeing, the attitude is very obvious: it is not cooperative, look down on you.
Jiang Taigong was also very crisp, and turned around and ordered: "Kill."
The news that Jiang Ziya wanted to kill the hermit madness alarmed The Duke of Zhou, who was far away in the state of Lu, and Zhou Gongsu knew that the madman was a famous soldier in the State of Qi, so he dissuaded Jiang Ziya from thinking twice, otherwise he would end up with a notoriety of "killing sages".
Jiang Ziya said to Zhou Gong: "Crazy is talented, but arrogant and proud, selling fame and reputation, since the full belly of the economy cannot be used to govern the country and secure the country, what is the use?" There's nothing wrong with killing him! ”
The image left by Jiang Taigong to posterity has always been that of a wise and divine warrior and an approachable person, but it is a real thing that he killed Fan Qi. However, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that in Jiang Ziya's body, he also has the common disease of the ruling class, "if he is not of my race, his heart will be different", but it is only covered up by the history of whitewashing and carving.
However, to some extent, the death of the hermit is not unjust at all, and in the semi-slave and semi-feudal period, human rights are greater than the rule of law. As the founding father of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the king of a country in the State of Qi, he put down his face and invited you out of the mountains three times, which was already a great grace for the madness of the grass people.
It is sad and lamentable that he chose to hide and die himself. Therefore, the ancients often said: "Those who know the times care about Junjie", people under the eaves, we must learn to bow their heads, otherwise they may humiliate themselves and face the disaster of killing themselves.
From this, we can imagine what kind of end it would be if Liu Beisan took care of Maolu during the Three Kingdoms period and Zhuge Liang chose to hide.