Feng Yi is the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the mainland, he established the Eastern Han Dynasty for Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu, and made great achievements, ranking seventh among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai. However, Feng Yi has never claimed to be meritorious, and has the nickname of "General Big Tree". Let's explore the following topics:
Stills of Feng Yi in "Long Song Xing".
Feng Yi, although he was the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty, why did he never claim to be meritorious?
1. Interpret the six three lines of the I Ching "Litigation Hexagram".
In order to explore the topic of this article more clearly, let's first interpret the six three lines of the I Ching's "Litigation Hexagram": "Sixty-three: Eating Old Virtues, Honesty, and Ending Auspiciousness." or from the king's affairs, and nothing. The word "food" means eating, and by extension, preference, and maintenance. "Old virtue" refers to one's original merits, a kind of merit left by ancestors. "Eating old virtues" refers to maintaining the old merits, or it refers to enjoying the remnants of ancestors, which means "eating old books". "No success": There are two explanations, one is that the work is not done, and the other is that the work is done, but it is not self-regarded.
There are two interpretations of this proverb: one refers to enjoying the shadow of the ancestors, keeping the righteousness, there will be dangers, and finally being auspicious, or doing things with the king, but there is no achievement;
This admonishes people that they should enjoy the old life and not be greedy. If you assist the king in his work, including in civil service, don't be proud of your achievements, even if you have accomplished them. Looking at the actions of Feng Yi, the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, we know that he knows the meaning of the six three lines of the I Ching's "Litigation Hexagram", so let's take a look at his specific performance:
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2. Knowing the dialectic of "no success" in order to be successful
Feng Yi once established the Eastern Han Dynasty for Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and charged into battle and made great achievements. Later, when he came to Luoyang to meet him, Liu Xiu pointed to Feng Yi and said to the Manchu ministers: He split the thorny thorns for me and pacified Guanzhong. "Overcoming thorns" was originally Liu Xiu's praise for Feng Yi's conquest achievements, and later became an idiom of "overcoming thorns and thorns", which is a metaphor for sweeping obstacles on the way forward or overcoming difficulties in the process of entrepreneurship.
In the third year of Jianwu, the Red Mei Army defeated Feng Jun before returning to Xi. But soon Feng Yi broke his red eyebrows in the pond at the bottom of the mountain. Afterwards, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu issued an edict to praise Feng Yi for defeating first and then winning, and said: "The red eyebrows are broken, the soldiers work hard, although they hang their wings and return to Xi, they can finally fight to win the pond, which can be said to be the lost east corner and the harvest of mulberry elm." The parable begins to fail on one side and triumphs on the other. This is the origin of the idiom "lost in the east, harvested in mulberry".
To sum up: Feng Yi followed Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty to conquer the south and the north, and made great contributions. At the beginning, Liu Xiu's strength was very poor, and sometimes the grass and grain could not be supplied, but Feng Yi always tried his best to help Liu Xiu. Feng Yi has a good way of governing the army, loves nurses, and is deeply supported by his subordinates.
"Big Tree General" Feng Yi
After every major battle, Liu Xiu had to reward the generals for their merits. At this time, all the generals fought for their own merits and rewards, and shouted so loudly that they drew their swords and struck the trees, and quarreled fiercely. But Feng Yi never competed for merit and reward, and sat quietly under the big tree alone every time, at the expense of Emperor Guangwu of Han. In this way, everyone gave him the nickname "General Big Tree", which everyone in the army knew.
After Liu Xiu became emperor, he selected Feng Yi to lead his troops from Luoyang to the west to pacify the Sanfu region of Guanzhong. Feng Yi led the army, pacified the people all the way, preached Liu Xiu's virtue, and everywhere he went, he returned to obedience, and within a few months, he completely pacified Guanzhong, Sanfudi, etc., and made new achievements for Liu Xiu again. Feng Yi was also worshiped as the general of the expedition to the west.
Feng Yi then calmed down several times in a row, and his power increased. At this time, a traitor sowed discord in front of Liu Xiu and said a lot of bad things about Feng Yi. Liu Xiu didn't believe it at all, but instead sent Feng Yi's wife and son to Xianyang to give him more rewards and power. And Feng Yi was loyal to the king until his death, and he never claimed to be a meritorious person. In fact, he is well aware of the dialectic of "no success" in order to achieve success.
Stills of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu
3. The life enlightenment of King Feng Yishi
"Feng Yishi Wang does not take credit", I Ching "Litigation Hexagram" 63 words, to our life enlightenment has two aspects: one is Feng Yi's military exploits, military power in hand, if according to the ancient saying "merit covers the master", "cunning rabbit death, lackey cooking" logic, I am afraid he has already been in a different place. The reason why he got a good death was because he met a generation of virtuous Liu Xiu.
On the other hand, Feng Yi never pretends to be meritorious, and adheres to his own righteous path, which is also the fundamental reason why he can finally ensure his glory and peace. Therefore, when we have achievements, we must not claim to be meritorious, and we should be like Feng Yi, who understands that "no success" can be successful, which is the dialectic of life.
Portrait of Feng Yi
The deeds of the founding generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty tell us that only by constantly learning and making progress and constantly serving the country and the people can a person win people's respect and praise. At the same time, we should also learn from Feng Yi's humble and low-key attitude, not to pursue personal glory and merit excessively, but to put the interests of the team first and contribute to the development and progress of the team.
In short, in the founding war of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Feng Yi made great contributions to the unification and prosperity of the country with his outstanding military talent and low-key style. His deeds have not only inspired generations of soldiers, but also provided valuable inspiration for us modern people. Let us remember Feng Yi's humility and low profile, and pass on this spirit to contribute to the development of the country and the people.
Feng Yi's image in the game
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