The fact that the ass decides the head, the blood teaches ——— why Yang Xiu, who had prophetic foresight, became one of the ghosts under Cao Cao's sword, yang Xiu was Yang Xiu (175-219 AD), zi de

The ass decides the head, the fact of blood is a lesson

——— why Yang Xiu, who had prophetic foresight, became a ghost under Cao Cao's sword

First, who is Yang Xiu

Yang Xiu (175–219 CE), courtesy name Dezu, was an Eastern Han Dynasty writer from Huayin County, Hongnong County, Silibu (present-day Huayin, Shaanxi), son of Yang Biao, a prince of the Taiwei Yang Biao, and mother of the Yuan clan (great-granddaughter of Situ Yuan An and daughter of the warlord Yuan Shu)

Yang Xiu was born in the Famous Han and Wei Dynasty, Hongnong Yang Clan, and was respectful and studious, and erudite and versatile. During the Jian'an period (196-220 AD), he was elected Xiaolian (孝廉), and soon changed to Langzhong (郎中), and later became the chief bookkeeper of Cao Cao (曹曹), the chancellor of the XiangFu. Later, Yang Xiu helped Cao Zhi pass Cao Cao's test several times, and in the event of Cao Zhi and Cao Pi's struggle for the Prince of Wei, Yang Xiu chose to side with Cao Zhi's camp, but Cao Zhi became more arrogant, and finally Cao Cao chose Cao Pi as the heir to the Wei king. Later, Cao Cao learned that Yang Xiu was involved in the seizure of the concubine and was quite angry.

In the autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD), Yang Xiu was executed by Cao Cao for "leaking words and teachings before and after, and handing over to the princes".

Second, why Yang Xiu became a ghost under Cao Cao's sword

(1) Yang Xiu had other reasons besides being executed by Cao Cao for the crime of "leaking his words and teachings before and after, and handing over the princes of Guanguan".

(2) He participated in the contradictions and entanglements of Cao Cao's selection of successors and became a victim of politics. Cao Cao was originally going to test the political wisdom and political ability of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi through a series of events, and then make a decision, but because of Yang Xiu's participation, Cao Cao's plans and actions were directly disrupted. Committed Cao Cao's biggest taboo.

(iii) Small people cannot control their own destiny

Yang Xiu is a small person. Yang Xiu could not dominate everything about himself, and everything about Yang Xiu was dominated by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao not only has the power to make a decision between life and death in politics, but also the right to change the political fate of small people, and even the right to decide the survival and death of your life. This is the fundamental cause of the tragedy of the fate of all small people in history, but history is a mirror, and the small people of history do not use this mirror again and again, which is even more the sadness of small people. Although Yang Xiu had the ability of prophetic foresight, he could not escape the fate of tragedy. Why? As Du Mu summed up in "On Passing the Qin": "The Qin people do not have time to mourn themselves, and the posterity mourns; the posterity mourns and does not learn from it, and also makes the posterity mourn the future generations." "Yang Xiu is dead, but why are there countless Yang Xiu-style small figures in history?" Yang Xiu did not understand his role and status until his death: a small person. The little people are at the mercy and slaughter of fate, no matter how much they struggle, the result is the same. But countless small people do not understand their role and status, nor do they understand their possible fate. Even the wise prophetic Yang Xiu didn't understand, let alone the other sentient beings? I think there are countless Yang Xiu who will appear. This is the lesson of blood history! Can you learn a lesson? Not all small things are mediocre, and there is no shortage of small people who are talented and capable. Among the small people, there are also the talents of the emperors, and there are more generals and handsome talents, such as Han Xin, the god of war, who is such a figure. Han Xin changed from a small person to a general, both talented and capable, as well as meritorious and achievements, but it was only the reason why the ass decided the head, Han Xin died, Yang Xiu died?! Often small people want to fight for their lives, and the result is that the more they earn their lives, the more unlucky they are, and sometimes they even catch their lives, Yang Xiu is such a typical example.