"Chiseling the wall to steal the light" can be said to be one of the inspirational classic stories used by teachers and parents to encourage children to study hard and change their destiny. The protagonist of the story, Kuang Heng, indeed through his own diligent study, gradually became a famous scholar from an ordinary cold student, and because of his outstanding knowledge, he was appointed by the government and directly entered the core power institutions of the country, which was deeper than the value of the then national leader Emperor Han Yuan.
However, Kuang Heng's inspirational experience is not perfect, and his final life direction is lamentable.
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Kuang Heng was born in a poor family, and his family was in a difficult situation. In order to survive, he had to go out to work in exchange for food and clothing. But such a harsh environment did not consume his will, and he decided to change his destiny through study, but he had to help and do farm work during the day, so that only when he rested at night did he have a little time to read.
But poor him, can not afford to buy lamp oil, he saw that the neighbor's house is often brightly lit, so he thought of a way, quietly chiseled a hole in the wall, at night through the hole through the light to read books, which is the origin of the story of "chiseling the wall to steal the light".
In this way, Kuang Heng tirelessly and eagerly absorbed knowledge, and at that time he studied the Book of Poetry with the doctor at that time, and it was with the book of the Book of Poetry that he opened the door to his success.
Years of hard study have made his understanding of the Book of Poetry very unique and thorough. Therefore, in the Confucian circles at that time, there were "no sayings of poetry", Kuang Dinglai. Kuang said "poetry", understanding people", that is, listening to Kuang Heng explain the "Book of Poetry", can make people's brows stretch, the mood is comfortable, which shows the depth of Kuang Heng's understanding of the "Book of Poetry".
At this time, Kuang Heng seems to have seen the dawn of changing his fate and getting ahead. However, reality poured him a basin of cold water.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the strange circle of the exam</h1>
The best way out for talents of all generations is to "learn and excel" and pass the examination to enter the political arena.
According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, doctoral disciples who master one of the "Six Classics" can pass the examination to obtain an official position, and those who obtain the first section of the examination can be Langzhong, the person who obtains the B section is the prince of the house, and the person who obtains the C section can only make up for the literary palm.
Kuang Heng also chose this path, but what he did not expect was that he was usually excellent in character and learning, but he suffered repeated setbacks in the examination, and he took the exam 9 times in a row, only to barely pass the pass, won a C subject, and was supplemented as the literary history of Taiyuan County.
However, he was still lucky, caught up with a good time, advocating Confucianism to govern the country of the Han Yuan Emperor ascended the throne, he began to explore and reuse Confucianism from the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and in the Confucian circle at that time, Kuang Heng's reputation was very large, and naturally it would be paid attention to by the emperor. As a result, Kuang Heng made an exception and was promoted to doctorate, and changed the position of "giving things to the matter" with great authority.
In the matter, the official name, Qin Han was a plus official of the marquis, general, gurudwara, etc., who served the emperor around, prepared advisers to deal with, and participated in political affairs
Since then, Kuang Heng has begun to step into the highlight period of his life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > a smooth career</h1>
Kuang Heng, who has just entered the central organs, is full of vigor and enterprising, and he maintains the original heart of a reader, works seriously, works actively, and is also quite politically insightful.
In the year of his "giving affairs", the natural phenomenon of solar eclipses, earthquakes and other disasters occurred in Chang'an, Kyoto, and Kuang Heng quoted the classics in the "Book of Poetry" to suggest to the Han Yuan Emperor that it was appropriate at the moment to "reduce the degree of the palace, the decoration of the province, the examination system, the repair of the inside and outside, the near loyalty, the far qiaoyou, the gentle man, the retired official, the white man, the road of no desire." "
This probably means that if today's disaster has caused great losses to the country, the royal use should be frugal and can no longer be luxuriously whitewashed; it is even more important to use this move to vigorously promote the moral customs of courtesy and benevolence at present, reuse the virtuousness with both ability and political integrity, and dismiss the vitriolous and mean officials.
In fact, it is to exhort the Han Yuan Emperor to be frugal, to be pro-virtuous and far-fetched, to rule the world with the "heart of a saint", and so on.
Kuang Heng's remarks, quoting the scriptures, are reasonable and well-founded, and are very much in line with the Confucian way, which greatly recognized the Han Yuan Emperor who ruled the country with Confucianism. For this reason, Kuang Heng was promoted to The Grand Master of Guanglu and the Young Prince of the Crown Prince. The Han Yuan Emperor, who was very fond of Confucian literature, especially loved the "Book of Poetry", and after listening to Kuang Heng's "Book of Poetry", he appreciated Kuang Heng's talent and learning more and more, and soon after, Kuang Heng was promoted to the rank of Imperial Master. In 36 BC, Wei Xuancheng died of illness, and Kuang Heng became the Acting Chancellor, the Marquis of Fengle'an, assisting the emperor and premiering the national government affairs.
In this way, Kuang Heng went from a cold warrior to less than 20 years of hard work, and he was an official and a very popular subject. His inspirational experience is definitely a successful example among inspirational people.
However, Kuang Heng, who stands in a high position of power, is a bit lost.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > rigosters and giant greedy cultivators</h1>
The French thinker Montesquieu said: "All people with power are prone to abuse of power, which is an eternal experience" and "all people with power have a tendency to abuse power for their own selfish interests." ”
When the power is in hand, Kuang Heng has also changed completely. At that time, there was also a powerful role in the dynasty, Shi Xian, the eunuch of Zhongshu Ling, who relied on the favor of Emperor Yuan of Han, so he was able to run amok in the court, form parties for personal gain, and control the government of the dynasty. As a heavy minister of the DPRK, Kuang Heng, for his own position, turned a blind eye to this, and sometimes even bent on pandering to it, praising Shi Xian for his courage and being the first able minister of the dynasty.
In 36 BC, Chen Tang, who was stationed on the frontier, with the pride of "those who commit crimes against the strong Han, although they are far away will be punished", launched a counterattack against the Xiongnu without consulting the imperial court, and finally won a great victory, killing Zhi Zhidan Yu, who constantly provoked the Han Dynasty, and also ending the situation of the division between the north and the south of the Xiongnu, stabilizing the northwest frontier of the Han Dynasty, which can be described as a great miracle for the Han Dynasty.
Kuang Heng and Shi Xian, both of whom had a common heart, were worried that Chen Tang's use of this merit would affect their political status, so they jointly made a joint arrangement to impeach Chen Tang for "the father is lost; there is no one in the victorious battle, the false saint, the greedy and adventurous, the Zhi Zhidan who was killed is false", and so on, disloyalty, filial piety and injustice.
Kuang Heng also made a nonsensical reason to accuse Chen Tang, and he targeted Chen Tang's statement that "the cut off Zhi Zhi should be hung on the head of the barbarians, so that the Xiongnu people know the majesty of the Han Dynasty." ”
Kuang Heng used the "Moon Order" as "Spring, when the hips are buried." It is advisable not to hang. Meaning, there should be no decapitation in the spring, and Chen Tang was asked, "When is the decapitation of the head?" I am afraid that it is not in line with the law of execution after the autumn. ”
In the end, Chen Tang, who had made great achievements in battle, almost got the result of this crime, only to get a result of offsetting merits. If it were not for the fact that the upright ministers in the court supported Chen Tang's outstanding merits, saying that if they did not reward chen tang, it would chill the people of the world, and Emperor Yuan of Han gave Chen Tang an encouraging reward and sealed the Marquis of Guannei, but there were only three hundred households. And because Chen Tang got a lower food than Kuang Heng, Kuang Heng gave up.
After emperor Yuan of Han passed away and Emperor Cheng of Han succeeded to the throne, Emperor Cheng disliked Shi Xian very much, and Kuang Heng, who saw the direction of the wind, made a "counter-attack" and became the vanguard of the anti-Shi, he impeached Shi Xian, listed his previous crimes and evils, and corrected his henchmen.
However, Kuang Heng, who was not clean himself, was also reported.
The reason is that when he was named the Marquis of Anle by Emperor Yuan, his original fiefdom was 310,000 mu, but Kuang Heng did something and occupied more than 40,000 mu of land. After being denounced, Kuang Heng also slyly argued that it was the fault of the county map.
However, once the heavenly son was a courtier, the new leader, Emperor Hancheng, could not care about these things, and just used Kuang Heng to establish his power.
In the end, Kuang Heng was punished by an edict for embezzlement, and after confiscating all property and fiefdoms, he was reduced to a commoner.
In this way, Kuang Heng suddenly changed from a high-ranking official to an ordinary citizen, returned to his hometown, and died of illness in his hometown not a few years later.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > written at the end</h1>
Looking at Kuang Heng's life course, it is true that knowledge has changed his destiny, but he who could have become a generation of sages has completely deteriorated under the temptation of power and materialism. Although there were factors in the general environment at that time, in the final analysis, it was still the incompleteness of Kuang Heng's inner world, from the cold disciple to the power side, in the change of role, he lost his original intention.
Therefore, in addition to talent, in addition to hard work, being able to keep the original mind, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, is the foundation of the world.
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Source: Book of Han, Outline of Ancient and Modern Tan
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