Fable: The Pure Xia Tong

During the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Xia Tong in Jiangnan, who was full of poetry and books, had unique insights, outstanding talents, and superhuman wisdom. Xia Tong's talents and learning were well known, and there were many opportunities to enter his career, but he knew in his heart that the officialdom was dark and corrupt, and he was not accustomed to the officials and nobles leaning on each other, but he was vying to exploit the people and plunder the world of the people's fat and people's anointing, so he was unwilling to be an official, no matter who came to invite him, he was not moved, and he was content with a life of poverty.

Once, Xia Tong took a boat to luoyang, the capital city, to buy medicine for his mother, and just happened to meet the taiwei Jia Chong with his family and his men, and a large group of people rushed forward and back to take a luxurious boat on the Luo River to enjoy the beautiful scenery of spring.

Jia Chong was around someone who knew Xia Tong, so he pointed out and told Jia Chong, "Tai Wei, that is the famous Jiangnan talent Xia Tong!" ”

Jia Chong had long heard of Xia Tong's talent name, and when he met by chance, he was very happy, so he sent someone to invite Xia Tong to come and give him a little talk.

Xia Tong did not hesitate and came to Jia Chong's big boat to drink and talk with him. After talking for a while, Jia Chong found that Xia Tong was indeed full of economy, and the head of the analysis of things was the Tao, indeed worthy of the name, and was a rare talent, so he wanted to recommend him to be an official in the capital to cultivate his own forces. Knowing that he had just revealed this meaning, Xia Tong was immediately unhappy and refused to answer.

Jia Chong thought to himself, "This person is still quite tall, and it seems that I need to use some means." In the face of the glory, wealth and flocks of beautiful women, who will not be impressed? Therefore, he ordered his soldiers to line up in a majestic line of honor guards, hoping to make Xia Tong envy this majestic pomp and circumstance; then he summoned a group of beautiful women who were smeared with grease and powder, dressed in flowers, and surrounded Xia Tong in the middle to dance, and the fragrance was fragrant, hoping to arouse his greed for beauty. ”

However, even though Jia Chong tried his best and exhausted his tricks, Xia Tong remained indifferent. He just sat silently in the boat, the expression on his face was very cold, as if he had no feeling for everything around him.

Jia Chong was extremely angry, but he also had no choice, gritting his teeth and scolding with hatred: "This boy is simply a wooden man, a heart made of stone, and there is no ordinary human feeling at all!" ”

Xia Tong was not without feelings, he was just clean and self-righteous, and he did not want to be with the bureaucrats. His high wind and bright festival, which is still unyielding in the face of threats and inducements, is worth learning from today, and we need to have such a strong integrity and firm will as Xia Tong.