Although there were many great loyal and virtuous ministers during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the most special one must be this one. This man was a madman in the eyes of the princes and ministers of the same period, a god man in the eyes of the people. One of the emperor's favorites, Dongfang Shuo
Today Bafang takes you to know this crazy man. Dongfang Shuo (东方朔), also spelled Manqian , was a native of Pingyuan County, and a famous writer of the Western Han Dynasty. In his lifetime, Dongfang Shuo wrote a lot of works, including "Difficulty in Answering Guests" and "On Mr. Non-You" and other famous articles.
In his early years, this person liked to read the books handed down from ancient times, thinking about how much the ancient books read by the Han Dynasty people were so 'ancient', he loved Confucian scriptures, the Hundred Sons and Hundred Families, the I Ching, divination and the like, anyway, it was more than the classic books written by his ancient elders, he loved to read! People not only love to read books but also love to learn martial arts, and they have nothing to do with boxing and practicing swords. Although it is not a combination of culture and martial arts, it is definitely not bad. Such people are not willing to go flat, or they are not willing to be mediocre, and they have the ambition to rejuvenate the country.
At this time, the Han Wu Emperor Liu Che ascended the throne (Jianyuan Yuan, 140 BC), and Liu Che, who had just ascended the throne, was thirsty for talents, so he recruited people with literary talents from all over the world. People in various places who think that they are virtuous and square, erudite and talented, and have the ability to govern the country and the country have applied for employment. At this time, Dongfang Shuo took a look, and at this time, he did not stay longer. Dongfang Shuo, who was in his early twenties, was in his infancy, and he felt that he was well-read, knowledgeable, and very confident in himself. So he wrote a self-recommendation letter of three thousand pieces of bamboo Jane.
{We don't know what is written}, these bamboo brief two people can afford to carry, and Emperor Wudi of Han took two months to read it just by looking at it. After reading the resume, there is a feeling of crying and laughing. Dongfang Shuo's resume is full of eclecticism, which probably means that he is a man of both literature and martial arts, personable, elegant and exuberant, and a rare world wizard. Emperor Wudi of Han was also eye-opening when he saw it, and some people actually took such great pains to exaggerate and unceremoniously boasted. I think this person is a bit interesting, give an official and a half-job to see the after-effects. He was given a bus order and served in the Bus Department. How big an official is the bus order! The Southern Gate of the Palm Palace (Sima Gate) and the Night Patrol Palace. All the officials who have made the first chapter, the contributions of the four parties, and those who have been recruited are conveyed by them. To put it bluntly, it is a night watchman, such a department is definitely meager, and Dongfang Shuo is very dissatisfied when he sees what this is called.
So I thought that this would not work, I had to see the emperor, otherwise my belly full of prayer wheels and a cavity of blood would not be able to exert it. It is not easy for a janitor to see the emperor. Dongfang Shuo thought that he had to let Emperor Wu of Han summon himself. He then went to the two dwarfs who were keeping horses and said, "People like you, one cannot farm the land, the other cannot fight, you are of no use to the country, and I have heard that His Majesty the Emperor is going to kill you both." Before the Holy Decree is given, go and ask Your Majesty to see if you can spare your life. When the two dwarfs heard this, they were greatly frightened, so they ran to Emperor Wu of Han to beg for forgiveness. When Emperor Wudi of Han saw these two people running to beg for forgiveness with tears and howls, he was also confused. After asking the reason, he summoned Dongfang Shuo to accountability, and Dongfang Shuo was waiting to be summoned, and the people came. Seeing Emperor Wu of Han, he smiled and said: Wei Chen had no choice but to make this decision, Wei Chen was nine feet tall and full of economy. However, he was on the same level as a dwarf who was only three feet tall. If Your Majesty does not want to reuse me, he will simply let me go home, and I do not want to waste the grain in the capital in vain. Emperor Wu of Han laughed when he heard this, so he ordered him to go to the Golden Horse Gate to wait for the edict.
Emperor Wudi of Han liked to play the game of shooting. Hide the gecko in a bowl (the bowl is a jar) for everyone to guess, but no one can guess. Dongfang Shuo asked Emperor Wu to ask himself: "The subject has studied Yi, allow me to guess what it is." So he lined the yarrow into various elephants and replied, "I think it is a dragon but has no horns, it is said that it is a snake and has feet, its limbs and veins are good at climbing walls, this thing is either a gecko or a lizard." So Emperor Wu of Han gave Dongfang Shuo ten horses. Later, Emperor Wu asked Dongfang Shuo to guess other things, and Every time Dongfang Shuo guessed, there was a reward. This was seen by Emperor Wu of Han's side, Guo Sheren, who was singing and dancing, full of jealousy. Guo Sheren told Emperor Wu of Han that Dongfang Shuo was arrogant and arrogant, but in fact, he did not have real skills, and his guess was only accidental. He also requested Emperor Wu of Han to compete with Dongfang Shuo. Shooting, riddles, and what chants were opposed, after several competitions, Guo Sheren was defeated. Everyone present was also very surprised to see it. Since then, Dongfang Shuo has been valued, and Emperor Wu of Han has appointed Dongfang Shuo as a constant attendant, often accompanying Emperor Wu of Han, and Dongfang Shuo has finally been loved and favored by Emperor Wu of Han.
The emperor who was twenty years old also loved to play. In the third year of Jianyuan (138 BC), Emperor Wu of Han often traveled and hunted as the Marquis of Pingyang, saying that he did not dare to go out in his official status. At first, it was a day or two to go out, and then it was five or six days to go out slowly. At that time, the traffic was inconvenient, and it was not interesting to enter, and it was far away and could not go. Later, such a play could not be satisfied by Emperor Wu of Han. The emperor was not satisfied with the people and was tired of going to just a few places, and every three or five times he went hunting. Coupled with the long distance, Emperor Wu of Han had the idea of building a forest garden. This when the emperor is the cow X, if you have an idea, you can do it. Immediately let people calculate the value of the farmland occupied by the repair garden. When we do something, we must first calculate how much money we have in our pockets, and how much good land the people have occupied. He also sent people to set aside the wasteland of the county to which he belonged to to compensate the peasants. The emperor's ideas are so strange! Dongfang Shuo happened to be present at the time of making this decision, and When Dongfang Shuo saw this emperor, he remembered that one play was one play, but I had to be persuaded. So he advised Emperor Wu to plan the richness of the property and the dangerous terrain of the land where the forest garden was located, and if he wanted to repair the forest garden, it would be inconsiderate to the farmers. It is not a plan to strengthen the people of a rich country. It also lists three reasons why the Upper Forest Garden cannot be built. Take the examples of the King of Yin, the King of Chu Ling, and the First Emperor of Qin, who built a lot of civil engineering to cause chaos in the world. Finally, he presented the "Six Symbols of the Tai Order" in the hope that Emperor Wudi of Han would observe the mutation of the celestial signs and reflect on what he had done. Therefore, he worshiped Dongfang Shuo as the official position of a thousand stone Taizhong Doctor, added the title of Shizhong, and rewarded him with a hundred pounds of gold.
O man! Whether you get rich too quickly or get promoted too quickly, it is not a good thing. This is not Dongfang Shuo once drunk, after entering the temple, urinated in the temple, originally above the officialdom is that you disobey me, and this move was impeached by other officials. For committing the crime of great disrespect, Emperor Wu of Han issued an edict to remove him from his official position and demote Dongfang Shuo to a commoner! It was a urine back to before liberation. Emperor Wu of Han had Dongfang Shuo wait for the eunuch's office. I don't know how much time passed, Emperor Wudi of Han's sister Princess Longxuan's son Zhaoping Jun, was arrested and imprisoned for murder, and Before Princess Longxu died, Emperor Wudi of Han promised his sister that he would redeem Zhaopingjun for death with a thousand pounds of gold and ten million dollars. It seems that Princess Longxuan had long since said what kind of material his son was. However, when Zhaoping Jun really committed the crime of murder, Emperor Wu of Han did not want to violate the laws. If this is a pardon for the nephew, then the emperor's prestige will not be damaged, and the judge who investigated and handled the case will be allowed to judge according to law. It was uncomfortable for breaking his promise to his sister. Dongfang Shuo is very discerning, and so many books are not read in vain. At this time, he raised a toast to Emperor Wu's birthday, and Emperor Wu of Han thought that Dongfang Shuo's words were not the right time to leave first. In the evening, he saw Dongfang Shuo and asked why. Dongfang Shuo used the theory of the five elements of yin and yang to tell the effect of sad emotions on the life span of the body, and wine is the best thing to dispel sorrows, so it is necessary to celebrate his majesty's integrity with wine, and can relieve his majesty's sorrow. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han also appointed Dongfang Shuo as the post of Zhonglang and rewarded him with a hundred horses.
Once Emperor Wudi of Han gave meat to the ministers in Sanfu Heaven, who knew that the minister responsible for dividing the meat was late, Dongfang Shuo simply drew his sword and went forward to cut the meat, and the emperor took the meat in his arms and brought it back, and the next day Emperor Wudi of Han was half joking and half reproachful and let Dongfang Shuo examine himself, and as a result, Dongfang Shuo said: "Oh, Dongfang Shuo, Dongfang Shuo, how rude it is to cut meat without waiting for Your Majesty's order!" How majestic, how manly, how manly it is to cut flesh with a sword! How benevolent it is to take the meat home and give it to his wife! Emperor Wu couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, and let you examine yourself, but you guy actually praised himself, and simply rewarded Dongfang Shuo with a hundred pounds of wine and a hundred pounds of meat to Dongfang Shuo's wife.
Dongfang Shuo also ate Hai Sai when he was eating with Emperor Wu of Han, and after eating, he poured the rest of the meat directly into the official clothes and rolled it away, Emperor Wu of Han looked at it and was angry and funny, so he rewarded him with silk to make clothes, but Uncle Dongfang Shuo took the money and silk given to him by Emperor Wu and used it to marry a young and beautiful woman in Chang'an City, but no matter how beautiful this girl was, Dongfang Shuo married her for a year and then married again.
Seeing this, I thought of the first question, Dongfang Shuo was about 138 BC, and his death was in 93 BC, if according to the rhythm of his annual change of wife, Comrade Dongfang Shuo married 45 wives, even if it was a discount, at least twenty or thirty ...
Good fellow, twenty or thirty wives in this life are still young and beautiful girls, Mr. Oriental, you are really blessed! So the question is, so frequent wife changes, is Dongfang Shuo a real celebrity or a hypocrite who pursues beauty and skin abuse?
There are three reasons why Dongfang Shuo, who has money and officials, changes his wife every year, the first reason is because Dongfang Shuo has a good face, he often changes his wife, he tells the world that Lao Tzu has money, the second reason is because Dongfang Shuo pretends to be a fanatic and uses this way to avoid the harm of courtiers, and the third reason is because Dongfang Shuo likes women very much.
His life is quite comedic, after the debut of Dongfang Shuo, he was favored by The Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, giving him a lot of silver, houses, ordinary people must make some mansions, jade to show their identity, but Dongfang Shuo's personality is more eccentric, he found another way to marry his daughter-in-law to play, ancient rich people marry wives to put on a feast.
Dongfang Shuo used the way of a year and a wife to prove to the world that he had money, identity, and status, and said it on this matter, that Dongfang Shuo had a lot of face, think about a hundred years later, many daughters-in-law of the Oriental family saw the ancestors of the Oriental family under the Nine Springs, and the scene was more exciting.
In the era when Dongfang Shuo survived, because of his arrogant personality, the world called Dongfang Shuo a madman, and if he was mixed in the entertainment circle, it was estimated that he would make headlines every day. Someone pointed out behind his back, but Dongfang Shuo didn't think so, I just wanted me to do my own thing, I liked the life of a wife for a year, I didn't like it, I had the ability to travel through time and space to beat me. Although Dongfang Shuo was a red man around Emperor Wu of Han, the city of the Minister of Culture and Martial Arts above the imperial hall was extremely deep.
In order to avoid these people's calculations, Dongfang Shuo directed himself to perform the one-year one-wife incident, so that the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu above the court, and even emperor Wu of Han, looked at it, I Dongfang Shuo is such a funny person, not much ability, you don't count me. So Dongfang Shuo wants to change his wife, make his married life full of freshness, people live a lifetime is not to eat, drink, wash and sleep, people Oriental Shuo live to understand, and in ancient feudal society, when people were advocating polygamy and concubines.
Although I change wives every year, I still have children. Dongfang Shuo also recommended his son to be a Lang official, and his son was later promoted to gurudwara, often on the orders of Emperor Wu of Han.
Most of the Lang officials around Emperor Wu of Han thought that Dongfang Shuo was crazy, and Emperor Wu believed that if Dongfang Shuo did not do absurd things, no Lang guan around him could compare with him. Dongfang Shuo himself said: People like me are the so-called people who live in seclusion in the imperial court. In ancient times, people lived in seclusion in the mountains. Dongfang Shuo often sang when he was drinking in the banquet: "Live in seclusion in the world, and hide from the world at the Golden Horse Gate." In the palace, you can live in seclusion and protect yourself, why should you live in seclusion in the mountains, in the huts
At this time, Dongfang Shuo was also old. Before his death, he advised Emperor Wu: "The Book of Poetry says, 'Flies that fly around fall on the fence.' Gentlemen of kindness and kindness, do not listen to rumors. There is no end to the rumors, and there is no tranquility in the neighboring countries of the Quartet. 'May His Majesty stay away from those who speak flattery and rebuff their rumors. Emperor Wu of Han saw this: Dongfang Shuo spoke so seriously. And amazed at that.
Soon after, Dongfang Shuo fell ill and died. The ancient book says: "When the bird is dying, its cry is particularly mournful; when a man is dying, his words are very kind." That's what it means.
Dongfang Shuo was deeply appreciated by Emperor Wu of Han for his humorous conversation, exquisite metaphysics, and skill in transforming tricks, and he also relied on his own tricks to make tricks, and was regarded by later generations as the founder of magicians.
In addition to being the grandfather of the trickster, Dongfang Shuo is also worshipped as the founding father of thieves. The so-called pioneer may not be the first person, but it must be the best talent in the early days of the same industry.
The means of tricking and shooting in the East are as fascinating as his skills in typing and measuring words and reading fortune telling, and these history books are mostly recorded, and the folk are widely circulated. The story about his theft is even more mythical.
If we connect the story of Dongfang Shuo with the history of the deification of Taoism, it can be seen that the deification of Dongfang Shuo is not unrelated to the development of Immortal Taoist novels.
Immortal Taoist novels refer to zhiwei novels with the theme of promoting immortal Taoism, based on depicting the fairyland, promoting Taoism to learn and immortals to seek ideas. The continuous enrichment of the story of Dongfang Shuo's "Feathering into Immortals" is surprisingly in line with the development trajectory of this type of novel.
Since the Han Dynasty, there have been more and more stories of Dongfang Shuo, and in various later records, the deeds have often been deified, depicting them as figures such as gods and immortals who temporarily lived in the human world. Li Bai also has the verse: "The world does not know the Oriental Shuo, and the Great Hidden Golden Gate is who is immortal". The records of Dongfang Shuo gradually took on a strange color.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the idea of "immortals" has a long history, and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty has redoubled his belief in the immortal alchemy, which has been effective in the upward and downward directions, and this idea has been popular for a while and has a far-reaching impact. Under such realistic conditions, many of the actions of the "madman" Dongfang Shuo were naturally branded as "immortals" and gradually immortalized, detached from the real historical trajectory and shrouded in a mysterious aura.
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