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Translations
Wei Wenhou wanted to appoint the prime minister, so he asked Li Ke to discuss: "I want to appoint the minister of state now, the candidates are Wei Chengzi and Zhai Huang, which do you think I should choose?"
Li Ke said: "I have heard that people of low status cannot plan for people of high status, foreign ministers cannot plan the affairs of the central government, and people with estranged relations cannot plan things related to those who are close to them. I'm a low-status and estranged person, and I don't dare to give you advice. ”
Wei Wenhou said: "This is a major national event, I hope you can take the lead and don't shirk it." ”
"You have to see the essence through the phenomenon to know who to choose," said Like. It depends on what kind of person he recommends when he is in a high position, what he spends his money on when he is rich, and what kind of things he does not do when he is poor. With such a standard, you can know who is the right person. ”
Wei Wenhou said: "Sir, go back, I now know who is the right person." ”
Li Ke left and happened to see Zhai Huang. Zhai Huang asked, "I heard that the monarch consulted you about the candidate for the state minister, but I don't know who will be the state minister in the end?"
Li Ke replied: "Wei Chengzi will become the minister of state." ”
When Zhai Huang heard this, his face changed, and he said unhappily: "I'm too disappointed in you." ”
Li Ke replied: "Why are you disappointed in me? Are you befriending me just so that I can recommend you to be a senior official?" When the monarch asked me about the candidates for prime minister, I replied: 'The monarch only needs to look at what kind of talents he recommends when he is in a high position, where he spends his money when he is rich, and what he does not take or do when he is poor, and then he will know the candidate for prime minister. Then the king replied to me: 'You can go, I already know who the prime minister will be.' So, I said that Wei Chengzi would become the minister of state. ”
Zhai Huang was still unhappy, and said: "Why can't I be the minister of state? Xihe Shou General (Wu Qi) is recommended by me, and I recommend the internal history of the plan. The monarch wanted to attack Zhongshan, so I recommended Leyang. The monarch has no capable ministers, and I recommend you, sir. The prince has no teacher, so I recommended Qu Houfu. I'm worse than Wei Chengzi. ”
Li Ke replied: "You are really not as good as Wei Chengzi." Wei Chengzi has another 1,000 bells, ninety percent of which is used outside, and one percent is used at home. So I was able to invite Bu Zixia, Tian Zifang, and Duan Ganmu. These people, the monarch regarded them as teachers. The people you recommend are all the courtiers of the king. ”
Zhai Huang looked ashamed at this time and said, "I'm really sorry for you. Let me go home and study again. ”
Before Zhai Huang's words fell, there was another news that Wei Chengzi had been appointed as the prime minister. Zhai Huang stopped talking, he could only secretly feel sad, and he didn't dare to go out for three months.
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original
Wei Wenhou put the phase in place, summoned Li Ke and asked, and said: "The widow will put the phase in Ji Chengzi and Zhai Touch, which one can I put in it?"
Li Ke said: "When the ministers hear it, they don't seek to be expensive, they don't seek the inside, they don't seek their relatives, and the ministers don't dare to listen to their orders." ”
Wen Hou said: "This state affair is also, I am willing to talk to Mr. without resignation." ”
Li Ke said: "If you don't look at it, you can know it, you can see what you do, you can see what you do, you can see what you don't do, you can know what you don't do." ”
Wen Hou said: "Mr. is out, and the widow is decided." ”
Li Kechu, past Zhai Huang, Zhai Huang asked: "I Wenjun asked Mr. Xiangyu, I don't know who is the phase?"
Li Ke said: "Ji Chengzi is the prime minister. ”
Zhai Huang didn't say anything: "I am disappointed in Mr. Yu." ”
Li Ke said: "Why is the son disappointed in me, and I am also the king of the son, how can I compare with me and ask for a great official?" The king asked me, and the minister said: 'The king does not observe the reason, but he depends on what he does, and the rich look at what he does, and the poor regard what he does not take, and the poor look at what he does not do. The king said: "Out of the way, the widow is decided." 'I think it is the courtier who knows the season. ”
Zhai Huang didn't say and said: "What is the matter of touching the West River, touching the office; planning the internal history, touching the office; the king wants to attack Zhongshan, I enter the sheep; there is no minister to rule, I enter Mr. Jin; there is no envoy Fu Qizi, I enter the marquis." Why do you lose Ji Chengzi?"
Li Ke said: "It's not as good as Ji Chengzi, Ji Chengzi eats a thousand bells, and even nine live outside and one in the middle; ”
Zhai Huang Fang was ashamed and said: "For Mr., please study by yourself, and then learn." "Words are not dead, and the left and right words Ji Chengzi are compatible. So Zhai Huang silently changed color and was ashamed, and he didn't dare to come out, and he was also in March.
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repair
Li Ke: During the reign of Marquis Wen of Wei, he was a high-ranking official of the Wei State.
Zhai Touch: That is, Zhai Huang, which is also Zhai Huang in the later text. Wei Wenhou, a high-ranking official of the Wei state, recommended Wu Qi, Ximen Leopard and Le Yang for Wei Wenhou.
Ji Chengzi: That is, Wei Chengzi, also known as Ji Cheng, the younger brother of Wei Wenhou. His deeds are all concentrated in this story. Wei has such two brothers, it is difficult not to be strong.
Bu Zixia: that is, Bu Shang, concubine surname, Bu Shi, famous businessman, the word Zixia. One of the ten philosophers of Confucius, he is revered as Buzi.
Tian Zifang: Tian's, the name is not chosen, the word Zifang. He is a disciple of Zigong. Tian Zifang has an allusion that I personally like very much, and I will make it up for you here. That is to say, Prince Wei (Wei Wuhou) met Tian Zifang on the road and gave a very respectful salute, but Tian Zifang ignored it and left. Wei couldn't hold his face, so he chased after him and asked: "Are the rich and noble proud? The poor and lowly are proud?" Tian Zifang laughed and replied: "The poor and lowly are proud! The rich and noble dare to be proud! The king loses his country, and the doctor loses his home. Those who have lost their country have not heard of those who have been treated by the country, and those who have lost their homes have not heard of those who have been treated with their homes. This passage in the "Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" is like this: "Since ancient times, only the poor and the lowly are proud, and there is a reason for the rich and proud? King Chu Ling died with pride, Zhi Boyao died with pride, and the lack of wealth was clear. If the husband is a poor man, he can't eat quinoa, his clothes can't be brown, he doesn't want to be in the world, he has no desire for the world, but the lord of good things is happy to do it, and he listens to his words and plans, and he reluctantly stays for it. Otherwise, who can forbid it? The martial king can punish the ten thousand times, but he can't bend the two soldiers of the head and yang, and the foot of the poor and lowly is so expensive. "Love the story so much.
Duan Ganmu: During the Warring States Period, the Wei State Ganmu Doctor, because he was sealed in Duan, was called Duan Mugan. This master's pomp and circumstance is much better than Zhuge Liang's. Wei Wenhou went to invite him, and he ran away over the wall. Finally, under Wei Wenhou's many sincere invitations, Duan Ganmu came out of the mountain.
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emotion
This story is truly a well-spread story. There are many editions such as "Historical Records", "Zizhi Tongjian", "Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" and so on.
But whether the protagonist in this story is Li Ke or Li Kui, I don't know. Both versions seem to be available. However, it is more likely that it is Like. According to this story, there is a sentence "the outside does not seek the inside", indicating that Li Ke should be a foreign minister. The prime minister of Zhongshan country. The whole logic is also self-consistent.
But that aside, the story is still very interesting.
First of all, this story is different from the previous stories that are based on the standard of recommending sages.
Why? Because this is the selection of the prime minister, that is, the prime minister, which can also be understood as the prime minister. For such a position, then there must be high standards. Moreover, it is also necessary to consider Wei Chengzi's clan identity. Therefore, in my opinion, it is impossible for Zhai Huang to compete with Wei Chengzi at all. Zhai Huang's own ability is good, and his status is not low, so it stands to reason that he will not be so ugly for this kind of thing.
But then again, Wu Qi also wanted to be the minister of state, so he was calculated that he couldn't get along in Wei.
Among the talents lost by the Wei State, the most well-known and deadly is probably Shang Ying.
Compared with the court full of talents during the period of Wei Wenhou, the decline of talents in Wei is not that no one is available, but that the mentality of the monarch has changed, and there are no talents and cannot be used.
It can only be a sigh.