"Gold has no feet, no one is perfect" is a widely used saying, it is generally believed that it comes from the Song Dynasty Jianghu poetry poet Dai Fu wrote in the "Sending Xing": "Gold has no foot color, and the white bi has slight flaws." ''
The meaning of these eight words is basically that gold cannot be refined to achieve absolute purity, and there will always be flaws. The same is true of people, no matter how perfect they look, they will always have their own flaws and deficiencies, so they cannot become 'perfect people'.'
As a mortal, he is always affected by all kinds of things, so that he has distracted thoughts, and as another proverb goes, "'Man is not a sage, who can be blameless?' It can be seen that since everyone has shortcomings, distractions, and faults, then nature cannot become perfect.
However, some people have raised objections that there was a perfect person in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he was also known as the only perfect person in that period. Emperor Liu Bei of Zhaolie treated him with courtesy, Emperor Cao Cao of Weiwu commented that he was "a model of warriors", and Emperor Wen of Sui praised him as "a former generation of famous sages", and he was Lu Zhi, a famous minister at the end of the Han Dynasty.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi was born in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, in present-day Zhuozhou, Hebei. According to the Book of later Han, Lu Zhi was very good-looking, and "eight feet and two inches long, and his voice was like a bell". According to today's unit of measurement, then he is a person who is one meter eight eight and has a thick and powerful voice.
As a teenager, Lu Zhi went to study at the famous scribe Ma Rong. Because he was studious and intelligent, he was soon able to learn from the past and the present, and he studied well without following the rules. ''
Ma Rong was the nephew of Empress Ma Yuan, the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the fubo general Ma Yuan. Therefore, the family is big, and there are many singers and dancers in the house. However, Lu Zhi had been in the mansion for many years and had never looked at the women, a move that won Ma Rong's respect, which was very difficult.
After completing his studies, Lu Zhi returned to his hometown of Zhuo County to teach, and the future famous prince Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei, who became emperor, were all his students.
According to historical records, during this period, Lu Zhi had a great temperament, often cherished the world's aspirations, was not good at resignation, and could drink a stone. ''
The example that can reflect Lu Zhi's heart for the world occurred in the first year of Jianning (168).
At that time, Dou Wu was made a great general because of his meritorious service in supporting Emperor Ling, and Dou Wu, who had attained enlightenment, wanted to give his clan a knighthood. When Lu Zhi learned of this, he wrote a long exhortation to stop it, but Dou Wu did not accept it, and as a result, a few months later, he was jealous of the eunuchs for his expansion and died in a coup d'état.
It was also during the Jianning years that Lu Zhi, who had always refused to be an official, finally responded to the conquest and became a doctor, in charge of the teaching of scripture.
In the fourth year of Xiping (175), barbarian unrest broke out in Jiujiang County. Lu Zhi was recommended to go to Pingding because of Wen Wu Shuangquan, and soon after his arrival, he quelled the rebellion, making it "barbarian Kou Binfu", but the disobedience also caused Lu Zhi to have to leave his post due to physical sickness.
Later, there was also a barbarian unrest in Lujiang County, and Lu Zhi went to work tirelessly and quickly achieved results.
After the Lujiang River was pacified, Lu Zhi returned to the middle of the dynasty and began the compilation of the "Records of the Eastern View of Han". However, the Han Ling Emperor believed that a talent like Lu Zhi should not be engaged in such an insignificant work, so he made him a waiter and a shangshu.
In the first year of Guanghe (178), there was a solar eclipse in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and at the time of the emphasis on the "unity of heaven and man", the occurrence of abnormal phenomena represented a problem in the emperor's governance. At this time, Lu Zhi took the opportunity to play and proposed ,' "One is to use Liang, two is forbidden, three is Yu Fu, four is Beikou, five is Xiu li, six is Zun Yao, seven is YuXia, and eight is Sanli", a total of eight good policies for governing the country, but they are all ignored by Emperor Ling.
In the seventh year of Guanghe (184), the famous Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Lu Zhizhi was enfeoffed as a general of The Northern Zhonglang and went to his hometown of Jizhou to quell the rebellion.
Lu Zhi won successive victories on the battlefield, forcing the thief's first horn to retreat to Guangzong City, while Lu Zhi built fortifications outside the city and prepared to fight with it for a long time. At that time, Emperor Ling sent Zuo Feng to supervise the battle, and Lu Zhi was unwilling to bribe him, which caused his dissatisfaction. Therefore, he deliberately reported that Lu Zhi was passively fighting, so the angry Ling Emperor "" requisitioned the sill car and reduced the death penalty. ''
Fortunately, another famous general, Emperor Fusong, asked Lu Zhi for merit after eliminating the Yellow Turban, and Emperor Ling released him and reinstated him as an official. After the death of Emperor Ling, his foreign relative He Jin seized power, and in order to eliminate the eunuch forces, he not only secretly dispatched troops to prepare to wipe them out, but also summoned Dong Zhuo, the pastor of Hezhou, to prepare to use his troops to seek more stability.
Lu Zhi knew that Dong Zhuo's "fierceness is difficult to control, and it will be born and trouble" will become a very unstable factor, so he bitterly advised him not to summon him to Beijing, but he was not adopted by He Jin. Later, He Jin was tricked into killing the eunuchs in the palace because of the failure of the plan, and Dong Zhuo entered the capital and cleared the eunuchs and took control of the government, which confirmed Lu Zhi's speculation.
After taking power, Dong Zhuo wanted to abolish the young emperor Liu Xie and install his brother Liu Xie as emperor instead. At that time, the courtiers were afraid of Dong Zhuo's obscenity and did not dare to oppose it, only Lu Zhi dared to speak bluntly, Dong Zhuo originally wanted to kill him, but Cai Yong and others interceded for him, saying, "Lu Shangshu is a great Confucian in the sea, and the hope of the people is also harmful, and the world is terrified."' Dong Zhuo gave up and only removed him from his post.
Soon after, Lu Zhi asked for resignation and retirement on the grounds of old age and physical decline. Dong Zhuo agreed and then sent someone to assassinate him secretly, but Lu Zhi had already expected it. He left from the path and traveled all the way to Shanggu County, Youzhou.
In the third year of Chuping (192), Lu Zhi died, and before his death, this former Han courtier asked his son to bury him in the earthen cave without a coffin, but with a single body. ''
Lu Zhi has many virtues in his body and it is difficult to find shortcomings, and it is not too much to say that he is a perfect person.