This is the story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, this is the story of talents and beauties, such a story, how to read, feel good. It is the story of a poor and sour talent and a rich woman, and this story has become a classic textbook for many novelists in later generations.
Sima Xiangru is very talented, and when he was young, he set up a direction for himself in life, that is, to be a person like Lin Xiangru. In fact, his real name is Inuyasha, because he wanted to learn Lin Xiangru before he changed his name. Lin Xiangru is very talented. He is the protagonist of the classic story "Xiang Xiang and Xiang", with the mind of "losing the urgency of the country and then having a personal vendetta", and has become a model for future generations of civil servants. Lin Xiangru was born in a humble background, and was once a disciple of a eunuch in the State of Zhao, and in this regard, Sima Xiangru was very similar to him. Sima Xiangru's family was very poor, and volume 73 of the Taiping Imperial Records records that when Sima Xiangru left Yanxiang and went to Chang'an, he passed through the Shengqian Bridge (the Shengqian Bridge was in the north of Chengdu County), and wrote a sentence on the bridge pillar, showing his determination and ambition: "Do not ride on a high cart on a horse, but this bridge." "Not a poor and frightened person would not have written such a thing.
Sima Xiangru was a spontaneous person, and from this point of view, he did not really learn Lin Xiangru to his home. Lin Xiangru could bear it, even under the door of the eunuchs whom people despised, he did not care, Lin Xiangru firmly believed that it was the day when Jinzi would always find out. Sima Xiangru could not do it, after he came to Chang'an. He served as a warrior attendant of the Han Jing Emperor. But unfortunately, he was not appreciated.
Why is Sima Xiangru so depressed? Chronicles of Rurin? It goes like this:
"When Xiao Hui and Lü Hou were all ministers with meritorious service. Xiaowen was quite requisitioned, but Emperor Xiaowen was good at criminal names. As for Xiao Jing, he did not serve as a Confucian, and Dou Daiming was good at the art of Huang Lao, so the doctors were all officials to be questioned, and there were no entrants. ”
To sum up, there are two reasons: First, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there have been many turmoil, and the residences of high-ranking officials are all from the military generals, and the Han Dynasty has such a tradition of advocating martial arts and light literature, such as Emperor Wen of Han, who demoted such a talented person as Jia Yi to Changsha; second, Empress Dou, the mother of the most emperor of the Han Dynasty, hated Confucianism; and loved the Huang Lao doctrine, so it directly affected the employment policy of Emperor Jing of Han.
And at this time, such an incident occurred, which further strengthened Sima Xiangru's determination to leave the imperial court. Because Empress Dou loved Lao Tzu, she asked Bo Tu Yuangu to come over to discuss Lao Tzu, and Yuangu said, "The book "Lao Tzu" is just talking about it when there is no secretary at home, and I don't want to discuss it here. Empress Dowager Dou, the blind old woman, was very annoyed and said, "There is no Lao Tzu, where are you bastard readers!" "She looks at Yuangu with such sharp teeth,
He gave the order to throw Yuangu into the wild boar pen and said, "Wild boars are also sharp teeth, and if you have the ability, you can fight with wild boars." When Emperor Jing of Han heard the news, he quickly threw a dagger at Yuangu, who was spared. This incident is lazy to show that the Han Jing Emperor did not want to use the literati, but the blind woman's salty deterrent power was too great.
Therefore, Sima Xiangru decided to flee. At this time, just when the princes were invited, when King Xiao of Liang came, he brought a group of well-educated people with him, such as Zou Yang, Mei Cheng, Zhuang Jifuzi, Yang Sheng, Gongsun Wei and so on. King Xiao of Liang was also the son of Empress Dowager Dou and was very much liked by Empress Dowager Dou. After the princes were invited, they were required to leave the capital immediately and return to their fiefdoms, but King Xiao of Liang requested to stay in the capital, and the reason for Liang Xiaowang's stay in the capital was to serve Empress Dou, because Empress Dou liked Liang Xiaowang very much, so Emperor Jing of Han allowed him to stay. King Xiao of Liang's treatment was very high, and he could sit in the same car as his brother Emperor Jing of Han. His retinue could also enter and exit the Tianzi Temple, as were the Han Dynasty officials. It was also in this way that Sima Xiangru had the opportunity to mingle with this group of well-educated people, and when King Xiao of Liang finally returned to the country, Sima Xiangru said that he was ill, resigned from the palace, and followed this gang to Liangguo in a big way. Was there another reason for Sima Xiangru to follow King Xiao of Liang? It is difficult to speculate now, but according to the situation at that time, once Emperor Jing of Han died, It was very likely that King Xiao of Liang would inherit the throne, and did Sima Xiangru also have a little selfishness?
We don't speculate, anyway, Sima Xiangru became a protégé of King Xiao of Liang, and he stayed in Liang Kingdom for six years, and during these six years, Sima Xiangru wrote the great gift of "Zi Fei Fu", which later changed the fate of his life. In the sixth year of his stay in liangguo, King Xiao of Liang died, as the so-called "tree fell into the lake to help disperse", after the death of King Xiao of Liang, the disciples dispersed, and Sima Xiangru had no choice but to return home.
After returning home, Sima Xiangru had nothing to do and was idle at home in Chengdu all day. At this time, Wang Yan, an old friend of Sima Xiangru, happened to have made a Linqiong order. Wang Ji heard that Sima Xiangru was in Chengdu, so he invited Sima Xiangru to visit him in Linqiong.
Linqiao is a good place, which is rich in iron ore, extremely rich and wasteful, and there are many rich families. Sima Xiangru was not a person who did not plan for the future, he went to Linqiao. Sima Xiangru heard that Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of King Zhuo's grandson, the richest family in Linqiong, had just died of her husband, so he deliberately married Zhuo Wenjun, and we looked at his means.
Upstarts usually like to invite talented and powerful people to visit their homes to show off their prestige, and the Zhuo family, as the richest family in Linqiao, is not exempt from vulgarity.
So the first step, Sima Xiangru wanted to make a name for himself, and then he could be invited by Zhuo Wangsun to be a guest in their family, as long as he could be a guest of the Zhuo family, everything would be easy to handle.
Sima Xiangru asked Wang Ji of Linqiong County to sing the double reed to him. Wang Ji visited Sima Xiangru every day, and Sima Xiangru was willing to receive him at first, but then he simply closed the door and thanked the guests, and he did not come out again, only letting his retinue come out to refuse Wang Yan. The more Sima Xiangru closed the door to thank guests, the more respectful Wang Yan became. In fact, where does Sima Xiangru still have money to follow? Everything was Wang Yan secretly helping.
"Sima Xiang is such a person, how dare he let the county order eat closed door soup every day?" The rich and noble families in Linqiong were all frightened by such a sudden character. "Since you are such a distinguished guest, you naturally can't let others invite you to your home first." King Zhuo naturally refused to give in, so he immediately began to set up a banquet, and the invitation was sent directly to Sima Xiangru's guest house.
After Receiving the invitation, Sima Xiangru snickered in the guest room. The first step was declared successful.
On the day of the banquet, before noon, more than a hundred guests sat down at King Zhuo's house, and only waited for the master's order to raise chopsticks to eat wine. However, the master was unable to order the opening of the banquet, because Sima Xiangru, the first protagonist of this banquet, had not yet arrived. The guests of Bailaijian began to knock on the bowl at the banquet, and while knocking, they talked about it: "Sima Xiangru... Sima Xiang is like.... "It's just that sima xiangru is not regarded as Lord Chincha."
Wang Yan was also seated, Wang Ji took a look, yes, I came out to invite the distinguished guests over, can't let Zhuo Wangsun have no face. So at noon, Wang Yan rushed to the hotel where Sima Xiangru was staying, and Sima Xiangru half pushed and half pushed, and came to eat.
Of course, Sima Xiangru would not come to dinner alone. When he set out from the hotel, he sat in the carriage himself, followed by a group of retinues, beating gongs and drums, and the noise was overwhelming. It attracted countless people in the market to watch. The pomp and circumstance is huge and the excitement is very lively. When the noisy motorcade came to Zhuo Wangsun's house, Zhuo Wangsun also thought, this is also too face-saving, this person I did not wait for nothing, worth it! After Sima Xiangru sat down, he exchanged lips and tongues during the banquet, and stunned the guests - wow, this is so talented! Zhuo Wangsun thought again, this person I did not ask for nothing! At this moment, even Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of Zhuo Wangsun, had heard of such a mighty Sima Xiangru, so he could not sit still in the boudoir, so he secretly hid behind the screen and paid attention to this young man.
Attract the attention of the Zhuo family, especially Zhuo Wenjun. The second step was successful.
At the banquet, Linye County ordered Wang Yan to present Sima Xiangru with a violin and said: "I heard that Sima Changqing is good at playing music, and we only listened to your long talk that you have fallen for yourself, and I hope that you can play a song and feast my ears." Sima Xiangru was half pushing and half pushing, finally. Reluctantly" played a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". This time, it was not the guests who were drunk, but Zhuo Wenjun behind the screen. Zhuo Wenjun understood the strong affection contained in this song, and Zhuo Wenjun was already irrepressibly in love with Sima Xiangru.
After the banquet, it was late at night. After Sima Xiangru bought Zhuo Wenjun's servant, Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru eloped together. They rushed to Chengdu, Sima Xiangru's hometown overnight. Sima Xiangru succeeded in becoming the son-in-law of the Zhuo family, and the plan was completed. ’
Sima Xiangru's behavior was criticized by many posterity. Ru Yan Zhitui criticized Sima Xiangru in the Yan Family Training and Articles: Sima Changqing, stealing money is not. "This is criticizing Sima Xiangru for having no moral integrity" and doing whatever it takes to get money.
In my opinion, Sima Xiangru's mood of seeking wealth is understandable, in Han Dynasty society, the poor egg is no one to take care of you, even if you are full of economy, sometimes helpless. Sima Xiangru was still famous at this time, and after the death of King Xiao of Liang, who had relied on his fame in the past, he had to rely on himself, which required financial support. There is precedent for this method of fame. Chen Ping, the founder of the Western Han Dynasty, used this method to become famous, and upon closer examination, Sima Xiangru's method was almost completely imitated by Chen Ping. When Sima Qian commented on Chen Ping, he did not talk about this matter, but only praised his "knowledge and strategy", and finally at the time of the turmoil in the early Han Dynasty, he was able to rely on his own wisdom to "start and end well" in the post of chancellor. It can be seen that Sima Qian himself did not despise this behavior.
But in the end, Sima Xiangru's behavior was disgraceful, but unfortunately he was not a prophet, and if he knew that in the near future, his "Zi Fei Fu" would be read by the emperor of the dynasty, he would definitely not use these means, so we would not see the story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun now.
After Emperor Wudi of Han ascended the throne, Emperor Wudi of Han read the article "ZiFuFu" by chance, and after reading it, he sighed: "Ah, well written, I hate that I can't live in the same era as the author of this article!" If the eunuch who accompanied Emperor Wu of Han at that time was not from Sichuan, Sima Xiangru would have been forgotten by history. The eunuch, named Yang Deyi, was Sima Xiangru's fellow countryman, and he said to Emperor Wu of Han: 'Ah, Your Majesty, the author of this article is.'
Oh my countryman! Still alive! Sima Xiangru was able to move steadily from then on.
Zhuo Wenjun may not be a good wife, as a qualified wife, she should help Sima Xiangru sort out the collection of essays, rather than after Sima Xiangru's death, when Emperor Wu of Han sent someone to her house to ask, Zhuo Wenjun replied: "My husband Jun's articles cannot survive, and often as soon as they are written, they are taken away by others." "That's not what a wife should say. Because Emperor Wu of Han knew at this time that he wanted to give Sima Xiangru a collection of articles, Zhuo Wenjun did not care.
The love between Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun, aside from Sima Xiangru's bad motives, I think this should be considered a happy marriage, because Sima Xiangru is a literary talent after all, Zhuo Wenjun is a beautiful woman after all, and they will not be bothered by economic problems after marriage, it should be very happy.