Traditional Chinese idioms, condensing the essence of history; winding paths, meet a different "China".
Curved wood will be bent in the end, and it is difficult to raise wolves as dogs to watch the family.
The ink-stained cormorant was not long black, and the whitewashed crow was not strong.
Candied yellow lotus eventually needs to be bitter, and the strong picking of melons and fruits cannot be sweet.
Good things must always be done by good people, and where there are mortals who are gods.
A set poem is sung, and the story of the eight-character idiom "There is no way out of misfortune, but only people call themselves". The idiom first appeared in the "Twenty-three Years of Zuo Chuan Xianggong Biography", which tells the story of a family when it chooses an heir.
(1) A few digressions
Different from the Western people's belief that "human nature is inherently evil, born with (original) sin", since ancient times, the Chinese people have mostly held the "theory of sexual goodness", believing that "at the beginning of man, nature is inherently good", and as for the later path of good and evil, it is because "sex is close, habits are far away". Therefore, it is necessary to continue to educate and learn through the day after tomorrow, so that people can "see the good as if they can't reach it, and see the bad as the soup."
The author believes that Confucian classics such as the Analects and the Zuo Zhuan hold high the banner of "morality", seek the "Tao" from "virtue", search for "Tao" with "virtue", investigate the "Tao" of heaven, change from ancient to modern times, and become the words of a family, and try to crack the secret of the rise and fall of the world through the level of people's moral level.
But the problem is that pure moral education is unreliable, as small as a family, as large as a country, if you only pay attention to moral education, and there is no sound correction and punishment mechanism (rule of law), the result must be hypocrites running rampant, full of benevolence and morality, behind male thieves and female prostitutes.
Just like the likes of Hezhen, they were always moved to tears when they saw the moving deeds of the Qing officials, but when they turned their heads, they pushed the cups and changed cups with the bribe-givers, and mingled together.
I think this is also one of the reasons why China's feudal dynasty has a lot of chaos that cannot be solved to death.
After all, the weapon of criticism cannot replace the weapon of criticism.
(ii) A story about inheritance
The story takes place in 550 BC, the state of Lu.
Ji Wuzi (Ji Wenzi's son, Gongsun Su), the son of Ji Wenzi, did not have the eldest son and needed to choose one of the sons.
There were two candidates, the older Mi (公鉏) and the younger son 纥 (Mourning Son). Ji Wuzi liked mourning and wanted to make him a concubine, so he consulted with the doctor Shen Feng and said, "I like Ya and Mi, and I plan to choose a talented person as the heir." ”
Unexpectedly, Shen Feng did not say a word, hurriedly left, and when he returned home, he rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, saying that he would move quickly. Thanks to his family's bitter persuasion to stop sending "sheep's horn wind", he gave up.
Ji Wuzi was not dead hearted, and after a few days he went to consult with Shen Feng. Shen Feng said, "If you do this again, I'll get in the car and leave." ”
Ji Wuzi was helpless, resigned, and went to the doctor Zang Qi to ask for advice. Zang Qi said, "No problem, but you have to be entertained." ”
What a big deal! Ji Wuzi then invited the doctors to come to the house to drink, and let Zang Hui sit as the guest of honor.
After toasting each other between the guests and the host, Zang Hui ordered two layers of mats to be laid to the north, replaced with washed wine glasses, and asked people to invite mourners, and Zang Lu personally lowered the steps to greet them.
The doctors also got up one after another, and after Qiu as a "deputy companion" and the guests toasted each other, Zang Qi asked people to summon Gong Gong and let him and the guests sit according to their age.
Zang Qi's meaning was very clear, and he suggested that he make a mourner a concubine, but the incident occurred suddenly, and in public, he was small or large, and Ji Wuzi changed his face (Ji Sun lost his color).
Despite this, Ji Wuzi accepted Zang Qi's suggestion, making Gong Gong a successor and making Gong Zheng, who felt humiliated and did not want to do it. When Min Zima heard about it, he found Gong Hao and said, "You can't do this." There is no regularity in the coming of misfortune and blessing, and it is all recruited by man himself. When a son is a son, he is only afraid of filial piety, and he is not afraid of having no status. If you listen well to your father, you may have a good turnaround. ”
When he heard it, he was suddenly enlightened. From then on, he greeted his father every morning and evening, and the things he commanded were done carefully and carefully.
Ji Wuzi was very happy, and said that he wanted to go to Gong Gong's house to drink, so he came to Gong Gong's house with a large number of exquisite and valuable wine utensils, and after drinking, all of them were left to Gong Gong, and Gong Gong became rich. Later, he was recommended to be the zuo zai of Lu Xianggong.
(3) Being nosy and causing trouble
I don't know if my friends felt that Shen Feng was a bit neurotic when they read this story. To be honest, the author once thought so, people just asked for advice on the heir issue, and they couldn't be scared to move.
It wasn't until I saw what happened to Zang That I sighed from the bottom of my heart that Shen Feng was so smart.
It is said that there is a doctor in the State of Lu, Meng Zhuangzi (Zhongsun Su), who hates Zang Qi, who is very brash, and it is good that Ji Wuzi likes him, otherwise he would not have consulted him about establishing an heir. It just didn't make Zang Hui respect small or big before the banquet, which made Ji Wuzi a little unhappy.
Ji Wuzi was just unhappy, but Gong Hao was resentful and obsessed with revenge on Zang Qi.
If you don't forget it, there will be an echo.
Meng Zhuangzi also had two sons, the younger brother, the younger brother, and the younger brother and grandson. Meng Zhuangzi's chema official Feng Dian liked Karma, so he repeatedly picked up Karma as the heir, and Karma agreed.
At this time, Meng Zhuangzi was already ill. Fengdian approached Gong Gong and asked him to do ji Wuzi's work, making him the successor of the Meng clan, saying that this would weaken the influence of the Meng clan. Ji Wuzi felt that this matter was not authentic and did not agree.
Thus a suspicious point arises, according to the Zuo Chuan, Fengdian planned to make Karma the heir before Meng Zhuangzi fell ill.
Then the "Zuo Chuan" said "Meng Zhuangzi disease", so Fengdian consulted with Gong Hao to let Ji Wuzi be the master and become a concubine.
In other words, Meng Zhuangzi suddenly fell ill in the future before he could elect an heir, and lost the ability to arrange the aftermath, and died soon after. Is this just a coincidence?
Therefore, there was Feng Dian and Gong Gong up and down his hands, and finally through Ji Wuzi li qian became the lord of the Meng clan.
Hearing that his old rival Meng Zhuangzi was hanging, Zang Qi, who came to mourn, cried loudly, tears like rain.
His "driver" (the emperor) felt strange and said, "Meng Zhuangzi hates you, and you are sad like this." Ji Wuzi likes you, if he dies, what will you cry? ”
Zang Qi said: "Ji Wuzi likes me, this is a disease without pain. Meng Zhuangzi hated me, but he was a medicine stone to cure the disease. Medicine stones can keep me alive, and disease can cause poison. Meng Zhuangzi is dead, and I am also fast. ”
Sure enough, here Zang Qi wiped his tears and left on his front feet, and Meng Shi closed the door and said to Ji Wuzi: "Zang Qi wants to launch a rebellion and not let my family bury the old master." ”
Ji Wuzi didn't believe it. But the news soon reached Zang Qi's ears, so he began to be on guard, just in case.
Seeing that there was no opportunity for meng, mengshi dug a tomb tunnel for Meng Zhuangzi in October of that year and borrowed manpower from the Zang family.
Zang Qi asked Zhengfu to bring someone to help, and he also took Jia Shi to inspect the progress of the project. Meng Shi told Ji Wuzi the news. Ji Wuzi was furious and ordered an attack on Zang.
When Zang Qi heard this, he smeared oil on the soles of his feet, cut off the bolt of the deer gate, and fled to the country.
Zang Qi ran away, but the whole family was still in the Lu kingdom and could not have no heirs, so he sent someone to find his half-brother Zang Jia, who lived in the zhu country, and sent a big turtle as a gift for Zang Jia to return to the Lu country as the Zang clan lord. At the same time, he sent someone to tell Ji Wuzi that he was not at fault, but he was not smart enough, and hoped to establish another suzerain and continue to sacrifice his ancestors, and he was willing to sacrifice his own fiefdom defense. Ji Wuzi agreed.
Zang Jia sent his younger brother Zang Wei to run errands in the State of Lu instead of himself, and as a result, Zang Wei took the opportunity to ask him to be his heir.
Ji Wuzi planned to swear an oath for the Zang clan, so he summoned the foreign history of the evil ministers (fugitive ministers) to write a covenant, thinking about it, Zang Qi did not seem to be at fault, and finally a man named Meng Jiao said: "Just write not to be like Zang Sun Qi, violate the laws and discipline of the state, break into the city gate and cut the door bolt." Ji Wuzi gladly accepted.
The consequences of the sin of wanting to add to it are evident from this.
What is even more interesting is that after Zang Qi came to the State of Qi, he was very appreciated by the Duke of Qi Zhuang and planned to give him land.
After Zang Qi heard about it, he came to thank him. During the conversation, Qi Zhuanggong told the story of his attack on the Jin state.
Zang Qi said, "The merits are great, but the king is like a mouse." Rats come out day and night, and do not make holes in the temple because they are afraid of people. Now you heard that the Jin state is in turmoil, so you go to attack people's homes, and once you settle down, you go to people's homes, isn't it a rat? ”
When Qi Zhuanggong listened, how could this turtle son be so upset when he spoke, and gave you land to go to your grandmother's house.
In this regard, Confucius commented: "Zang Sun Qi is a wise man, but he does not tolerate Lu Guo, it seems that there is no reason, this is because what he did was not good and unforgivable." ”
This also corresponds to the idiom of today' saying, "There is no way out of misfortune, but only man calls himself." Zang Sun's experience has a lot to do with his lack of attention to the world.
Appreciation of Sinology Classics:
Qi Hou will be Zang Qitian. Zang Sun heard it and saw Qi Hou. Talk to him. Right: "More is more!" It's like a rat. The husband and mouse move day and night, do not burrow in the temple, and fear people. Now jun heard of the chaos of Jin and then made a fuss. How about not rats? "Nefer and Tian. Jonny said, "It's hard to know." There is the knowledge of Zang Wuzhong, but it is not tolerated in the Lu Kingdom, or there is a reason. Do not go well and do not forgive. The Book of Xia says: 'The mind is here. 'Forgive me with all my kindness.' ”
- "The Twenty-Third Year Biography of Zuo Chuan Xianggong"