Le Yi bao Yan Wang Book, anti-moral kidnapping classic famous article

It is said that when the State of Yan was in the midst of the Yan King's attack, it was attacked by the State of Qi, and even the national treasure was taken away. Later, Prince Ping of the State of Yan ascended the throne for king Zhao of Yan, who used Le Yi as a general to unite the armies of the five countries to attack the state of Qi. After the withdrawal of other countries' armies, he still led his army to attack the capital of the State of Qi, captured a large number of treasures and treasures of the State of Qi, and stayed in Qidi, capturing more than seventy cities and pools of the State of Qi. Just when Le Yi was preparing to attack the entire territory of the State of Qi in one fell swoop, King Yan Zhao died, and the crown prince took the throne as King Hui of Yan.

King Hui of Yan had had conflicts with Le Yi since he was crown prince. We know that there were many masters in the Warring States period, the State of Qi had a Tian Dan, the Fire Bull Array was his originality, Tian Dan immediately seized the opportunity at this time, he made a counter-plan, the King of Yan Hui was in the middle of the plan, recalled Le Yi, and let others replace Le Yi. Le Yi saw that the king was suspicious of himself, fearing the disaster of killing himself, so he fled the Zhao Kingdom. Tian Shan seized the opportunity to break the Yan army and recover the lost land. At this time, King Hui of Yan regretted it, so he wrote a letter to Le Yi, which basically means that I let people replace you, is afraid that you are overworked, there is no other meaning, you suspect that I ran away to the Zhao Kingdom, you have no problem planning for yourself, but you are deeply trusted by the Former King (King Yan Zhao), do you feel worthy of the First King? So there was Le Yi's reply to this letter from King Yan.

"A subject who does not obey the teachings of the previous kings, in order to obey the heart of the left and right, fears the crime of the axe, in order to hurt the wisdom of the first king, but also harms the righteousness of the foot, so he flees to Zhao." Le Yixian defended that the escape was to avoid the disaster of killing himself, which was very euphemistic and reasonable, on the grounds that he was afraid of hurting the ming of the previous king and avoiding letting you fall into injustice.

"The subject is ordered by the mouth, with the rune knot, and the southern envoy is yu Zhao." Gu rebelled, and raised his troops to attack with them, with the way of heaven, the spirit of the first king, the land of Hebei, with the first king's move. The army of Ji Shang was ordered to strike and win a great victory. Light pawn sharp soldiers, long drive to the country. The King of Qi fled and fled, only to be spared. Pearls and jade treasures, car armor treasures, all into the swallow. Here, Le Yi describes that in order to repay the favor of the previous king, he made a detailed plan and led the army to thoroughly repay the grievances. Here is to show that he did not live up to the trust of the previous king, and indeed repaid the grace of knowledge.

"A good writer does not have to be good, and a good starter does not have to end well." It is precisely because of these considerations that "the full merit of the body is to take the traces of the ming kings", so as not to "depart from the wrong of destruction and disgrace, and fall into the name of the first king", so as to retain the knowledge of the previous kings. This is precisely the answer to King Hui's rebuke of him for "abandoning Yan and returning to Zhao". I want to save my life, to fulfill my deeds, and to make the merits of my ancestors manifest, which is what I would like to see most. And if I am slandered and tarnished the reputation of the first king, that is what I fear the most. "Those who are in the face of unforeseen sins, who benefit from happiness, do not dare to come out of righteousness." Now that I have been charged with an unexpected crime, I am now very satisfied with saving my life by chance, and in this case, although I am obliged to repay the king, I dare not express it.

"A gentleman who hears of the ancients will never utter a bad voice; nor will he be a loyal servant who goes, nor will he be clean in his name." Although the subjects are not obedient, they are taught by the gentlemen. Fear the relatives of the servants of the emperor, and do not observe the alienation of the deeds. Therefore, I dare to report it with books, and only the attention of the king. "I have heard that gentlemen in ancient times never spoke ill of people when they broke off their friendship with people; loyal subjects were forced to leave the country and did not justify their actions. Although I am talentless and immoral, I am often taught by gentlemen. I am afraid that you only listen to the opinions of your cronies and do not understand my long journey, so I wrote to you to explain.

Le Yi answered King Yan Hui's rebuke with a tactful wording; it showed that the author was good at planning and able to save himself. Talented people in ancient times hoped to be able to make meritorious achievements by relying on the knowledge of kings and subjects, so this letter became a famous passage recited throughout the ages.