Kong Rong is four years old and can make pears. This is a well-known story, Kong Rong let the pear also become a classic story in the traditional Chinese virtues, that is, since this incident, Kong Rong has carved the impression of "understanding etiquette and emphasizing loyalty and filial piety" in our minds. But this is just our impression, to put it bluntly, our impression of Kong Rong only stayed when he was four years old, because what Kong Rong did when he grew up is very different from our impression. If nothing else, Kong Rong's death alone is to die in the name of filial piety. Today, let's talk about why 4 years old will make the hole of the pear melt, why it will eventually die of filial piety.
"Kong Rong Let Pear"
Kong Rong Rang Pear is one of the classic stories that promote traditional Chinese virtues. The story takes place when Kong Rong was four years old, and when Kong Rong was a child, he had five older brothers and one younger brother. One day, the family ate pears. A plate of pears was placed in front of everyone, and the brother asked the younger brother to take it first. Guess what kind of pear Kong Rong took? He didn't pick the good, he didn't pick the big one, he took only the smallest one. Dad saw it and was very happy: don't look at this child who is only four years old, he really understands things. He deliberately asked Kong Rong: "So many pears, and let you take it first, why don't you take the big one and only take the smallest one?" Kong Rong replied, "I am young, I should take the smallest; the big one is left for my brother to eat." The father asked him again, "You have a younger brother, isn't the younger brother than you?" Kong Rong said: "I am older than my brother, I am an older brother, I should leave the eldest to my younger brother to eat." "You see, Kong Rong talked so well. His father listened and laughed: "Good boy, good boy, really a good boy." Kong Rong was four years old and knew to let the pear. Let the brother up, let the younger brother down. Everyone praised him.
Biography
Kong Rong (153 – September 26, 208), courtesy name Wenju. A native of the State of Lu (鲁国, in modern Qufu, Shandong). A literary scholar of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", the origin of the family, was the twentieth grandson of Confucius, the son of Taishan Duwei Kong Zhou. Rarely talented, diligent and studious, he was called Junxiu with Tao Qiuhong and Chen Liubian of the Plains. After Emperor Xian of Han ascended the throne, he served as the Marquis of the Northern Army, the General of the Tiger Army, and the Minister of Beihai, then known as Kong Beihai. During his six years in office, he repaired the city, established a school, held up a virtuous talent, expressed Confucianism, and was recommended by Liu Bei and led the History of Qingzhou Thorns. In the first year of Jian'an (196), Yuan Tan attacked Beihai, and Kong Rong fought fiercely with him for several months, and finally fled to Shandong. Soon after, he was recruited by the imperial court as a general to be a master craftsman, moved to Shaofu, and was also appointed as the Taizhong Doctor. A good guest, he likes to criticize current politics and fierce speech, and is later killed for angering Cao Cao.
Be on the loose
Kong Rong, this person, four words to describe that is debauchery, dare to say anything, anyone dares to offend. First of all, let's talk about what he did to offend people, after Ma Ribao (di) died, the imperial court wanted to posthumously seal, Kong Rong said a lot of not to let the imperial court seal, the imperial court wanted to restore the punishment of cutting off hands and feet, and he said a bunch of sentences that were not allowed to be used. These two have offended many people. It didn't matter if he offended others, but he offended Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered a ban on alcohol at that time, but Kong Rong listed a bunch of benefits of drinking against Cao Cao, and later Cao Cao's family affairs he also talked about. Isn't it nice that some people might say that they are outspoken? At this point, I stand in Cao Cao's position, and Cao Cao is right to ban alcohol in order to save food.
Inappropriate words and deeds
Kong Rong once said that for the relationship between father and son, mother and son, Kong Rong complained: "Father to son, can have any family affection to speak of, but it is only the father who can't control the lower body for a while; the son to the mother, not to mention, the mother-child relationship is like an object originally placed in the basin, and when the item is taken out, what is the relationship with the basin." "Fatherless and kingless, bloody mouths, openly challenging the great policies of the imperial court."
In the end, Kong Rong was naturally executed because of infidelity and filial piety, which is very normal, disloyalty is a major crime at any time, execution is not exaggerated at all, the second filial piety, at that time was very important to filial piety, the Han Dynasty advocated filial piety to rule the world, the selection of talents must look at filial piety, Kong Rong said such remarks, must be executed, otherwise the atmosphere will be destroyed. Of course, Kong Rong's death also had political reasons, but the two main reasons for killing him were disloyalty and filial piety, and it can only be said that he died in his own mouth that said everything.