There is a folk proverb called "I don't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me", this proverb first came from the mouth of Wang Dao, a famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which basically means that I did not intend to kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren was killed because of me, so who is Bo Ren? What does Bo Ren's death have to do with Wang Dao?
Zhou Boren, in fact, the original name is Zhou Yan (yǐ) character BoRen, because his name is a strange character, it is not easy to recognize and identify, so we still call him Zhou Boren is more convenient!
Zhou Boren and Wang Dao were both ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, famous scholars of the Jin Dynasty, and the history books record him: he had little reputation, handsome and handsome, quite a famous scholar's style, when sima Rui of the Jin Yuan Dynasty had not yet established the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he followed him, and later Sima Rui established the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Zhou Boren also rose all the way, becoming a prince young fu, a rebbe Shangshu, a left servant, and it can be said that he was a very popular subject!
And he also had contacts with Wang Dao, the founding hero of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, wang yimen had a great influence in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when people said that the regime of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the king and Ma Gong tianxia, the Wang clan and the Sima clan jointly ruled the world, it is reasonable to say that Zhou Boren and Wang Dao's friendship can make his position more stable, why did he eventually die because of Wang Dao?
Things also start from 322 AD, this year Wang Dao's cousin Wang Dun rebelled under the banner of the Qing Emperor's side, the soldiers pointed directly at Jiankang, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty court was immediately in a mess after hearing the news, especially when the dynasty minister Wang Dao was even more shocked, after all, most of the Wang clan stayed in Jiankang City at that time!
It doesn't matter if Wang Dun rebelled outside, but the Wang clan in the city was about to suffer, the rebellion was a great rebellion, and the great sin of destroying the Nine Clans was an act of disregarding the life of the Wang clan in the city, and Wang Dao naturally knew this, so he hurried into the palace and knelt outside Sima Rui's palace to ask Emperor Jin Yuan for forgiveness, in order to get the emperor's forgiveness!
At this time, Zhou Boren also wanted to enter the palace to serve Emperor Jinyuan, passing by Wang Dao's side, Wang Dao hurriedly grabbed Zhou Boren's clothes and pleaded: Brother Boren, the lives of hundreds of people in my Wang clan will all depend on you, Wang Dao's meaning is very clear, that is, he hopes that Zhou Boren, who is trusted by Emperor Jinyuan, can intercede for himself!
Zhou Boren coldly looked at Wang Dao, said nothing, and entered the palace, Emperor Jinyuan asked Zhou Boren how to deal with Wang Dao, Zhou Boren said that Wang Dao was a founding hero, loyal to His Majesty, how can there be a rebellious heart, for Wang Dun's rebellion, Wang Dao is not aware! After the Jin Yuan Emperor listened, he pondered for a long time without taking a position!
Then Zhou Boren was left in the palace by Emperor Jinyuan to eat, and he accidentally drank a lot, and then when he left the palace, he looked at Wang Dao, who was kneeling outside, and said to the people on the left and right that such a chaotic courtier and thief could make a great contribution by killing him, of course, Zhou Boren said these words are some drunken words, because of the Wang Dun rebellion, Zhou Boren has a little opinion on the Wang clan!
Wang Dao knelt outside the palace, naturally not knowing that Zhou Boren had interceded with himself, Zhou Boren's behavior before and after and his cold attitude towards himself, let Wang Dao think that Zhou Boren had not helped himself at all, and even did not rule out that Zhou Boren had also fallen into a well for himself, and Wang Dao was imprisoned in the palace by the Jinyuan Emperor after that, and he was afraid that he could not live forever!
Not long after, Wang Dun led his troops into Jiankang City, Wang Dun Yao took control of the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty court and began to kill those who opposed him, at that time Wang Dun arrested many important courtiers, including Zhou Boren, for how to deal with Zhou Boren, Wang Dun naturally wanted to ask Wang Dao's meaning!
Wang Dun asked Wang Dao if Zhou Boren could entrust him with a heavy responsibility, Wang Dao did not answer, Wang Dun asked again, since he could not be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, then kill it, Wang Dao still did not say a word, in Wang Dun's view, Wang Dao's not saying a word is equivalent to acquiescence, so he ordered the killing of Zhou Boren.
Later, Wang Guided through the letters of the courtiers, and found that Zhou Boren had written to Emperor Jinyuan to intercede for himself, and then he summoned the palace people to ask about the scene when Zhou Boren met Emperor Jinyuan that day, only to learn that Zhou Boren had once interceded for himself in front of Emperor Jinyuan, and suddenly realized that it was he who had misunderstood Zhou Boren, and as a result, when Wang Dun killed Zhou Boren, he saw that he was dead and did not save Zhou Boren!
So he looked up at the sky and sighed: I don't kill Bo Ren, But Bo Ren died because of me, a moment of carelessness, losing this good friend, but unfortunately Wang Dao regretted it and could not save Zhou Boren's life, for the reason for Zhou Boren's death, Lao Liang once analyzed the main reason for Zhou Boren's death in his own program because of the poor communication between him and Wang Dao!
Imagine if he had told Wang Dao of his actions in time after interceding with Wang Dao, or if he could call Wang Dao to confront him when Wang Dun was about to kill himself, I am afraid that the truth of the matter would come out and Zhou Boren would have been spared from being killed, so Bo Ren's death was mainly caused by poor communication with Wang Dao!
On the surface, poor communication is indeed a direct cause of Zhou Boren's killing, but looking deeper, in fact, boren's death miscommunication is a superficial phenomenon, Zhou Boren's loyalty to the Eastern Jin dynasty court is the root cause of his killing, Wang Dun's rebellion is a chaotic thief, although Wang Dao did not participate, but in the past era of paying attention to crime, Wang Dao's sin was actually the same as Wang Dun!
Therefore, Zhou Boren's attitude toward Wang Dao would be a little cold, even if he had once asked Wang Dao for mercy, but in the depths of his heart he thought that the Wang clan was a chaotic thief for the Eastern Jin court, so after he was caught by Wang Dun, he did not want to rely on his friendship with Wang Dao to get pardon, and he disdained to submit to such a chaotic thief as Wang Dun!
He looked down on Wang Dun in his heart, and naturally he also looked down on Wang Dao, and it was true that he insisted on interceding for Wang Dao, but it was also true that he disdained to be with Wang Dao and the like, although he was debauched and unruly, he was not very concerned about the government, but in his heart he was always loyal to the imperial court and loyal to Sima Rui, the emperor of Jinyuan!
Thousands of years later, I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me, this sentence has been passed down, many people think that Zhou Boren died of Wang Dao's misunderstanding, but in fact Zhou Boren killed Chengren, died of his loyalty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty regime!