The rise and fall of the country and the holders of power have an inevitable relationship, and with the help of loyal subjects, they will certainly add wings to the tiger, so that the country can become more prosperous and strong, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, which has a great influence and has also been supported and loved by the people. There are also many famous loyalists in Chinese history, and today we will tell the story of Bigan.
Biography
Bi gan [gàn] (1110 BC – 1047 BC), courtesy name, a native of Yuyi (present-day Qi County, Henan), the second son of Emperor Wending of the Shang Dynasty, the younger brother of Emperor Yi, the uncle of Di Xin (the King of Shang), and a major official of the Yin Shang royal family, an official worshiping shaoshi, was known as the "Ancient Loyal Subject". Bi Gan successively assisted the two generations of emperors of Yin and Shang, loyal to the king and patriotic, asking for the people's lives, and daring to speak out and advise. For Di Xin's tyrannical rule, Bigan advised him many times, but none of them had any effect, and Bigan eventually gave advice to death. In 1047 BC, Bigan died at the age of 64. The Zhou Dynasty honored him as the "God of the Nation", Tang Taizong posthumously awarded him the title of Taishi (太師), Emperor Zhonglie (谥忠烈), and yuan dynasty (元朝) as the Duke of Renxian Zhonglie.
As one of the few sages in the world, Bigan was different from childhood, smart and clever, others said that he had a heart of seven tricks, and later Bigan grew up and became the prime minister of the Shang Dynasty. In his position, Bi gan saw that his monarch was absurd and unscrupulous, and he was naturally very angry in his heart when he saw that his monarch was absurd and wanted to bring calamity to the world. In particular, Bi Gan saw that the King of Qiu was abandoning government affairs because he spoiled himself, and the wine forest meat pond was happy. Bi Gan understood that if the Shang Dynasty continued like this, it would definitely perish, so he wanted to start with Dai Himself first. So the loyal Bigan scolded Daji for three days and three nights at the heart-picking platform, hoping that Daji would get lost and return. Unfortunately it didn't work.
Seven tricks of the heart to make a medicinal primer
How Di Xin killed Bigan is not recorded in history. However, in the Qing Dynasty novel "Fengshen Yanyi", it is written that Di Xin was ill at that time, and Dai Ji said that he needed to use Bigan's Seven Tricks Linglong Heart as a medicinal primer. Bi Gan obviously knew that He wanted to let himself die in this way, but there was no way, and the loyal and patriotic Bi Gan had originally cut open his chest, took out his heart and threw it on the ground. When Bigan took out his heart and threw it on the ground, his chest did not bleed, nor did he die, but he walked out of the hall with a pale gold face.
When many ministers asked him, he did not speak, but rode his horse to the people. He came to the folk and met a woman who sold heartless vegetables. Bigan asked her if she could live without a heart, and if a person had no heart, would he die. If the woman had said she would not die, Bigan would have lived forever. But what the woman said was that how could she live without a heart! After Hearing this, Bigan cried out and fell off his horse, bleeding to death. The question arises, why did Bikan bleed to death when he heard the woman's words? It's a moral that has a deep meaning. It is not so much that he died because he did not have a heart, but rather that he felt disheartened because he saw the cruel and cold-blooded appearance of the King of Shang.
The loyal and direct advice of Xiang Bi gan was later also respected by various dynasties, king Wu of Zhou made Bi Gan a dragon, that is, a god of the country; Emperor Xiaowen of Wei set up a temple; Emperor Taizong of Tang made an edict to "Zhongliegong" and "Taishi"; Song Renzong wrote poems for the "Lin Family Tree", Yuan Renzong erected a monument statue for Bigan, Qing Gaozong's sacrifice inscription poem, Qing Xuanzong repaired the main hall of the Bigan Temple, etc., in addition, there were BiganLing and Bigan tombs (Yin Bigan tombs).
Legend has it that Shang Lu was absurd and cruel, addicted to wine all day, as the uncle of the King of Lu and the minister of the dynasty, Bi Gan naturally had to advise the king, but he angered this tyrant, was killed and had his heart gouged out, which was painful!