At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, politics took on a high-handed terror, but in contrast, the literary field became more and more free and prosperous. And during the transition from Cao Wei to the Jin Dynasty, a "strange man" was born, he was a gentleman, his figure was magnificent, and his style made countless people fall, even if he was naked on his upper body, he still made countless literati regard it as the most literary and elegant picture. And the idol of countless literati is Ji Kang.
Ji Kang is a strange man, he is seven feet eight inches long, his appearance is outstanding, but he does not pay attention to dressing, and he looks very sloppy. Ji Kang admired Lao Zhuang, often swallowed Neidan, and sang poetry in the mountains and forests. Such a strange person who seemed to have some "mental illness" was the dream lover of thousands of young girls at that time, and even the literati regarded Ji Kang as an idol, without him, it was really Ji Kang who was too talented.
Ji Kang was the spiritual leader of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", and he put forward such propositions as "teaching by virtue of the name and letting nature go", "judging the noble and the lowly and understanding the material feelings", and advocating a new style of metaphysics. At that time, Ji Kang's ideas became the trend, and his every move became the standard of celebrities, and many people competed to imitate him in order to become famous.
However, Ji Kang did not seek fame, or there was no word for fame or fortune in his heart. After Sima Shi's monopoly of power, he was appointed as an official several times, but Ji Kang was dismissive and refused to leave Sima Shi. Ji Kang is a man of temperament, it is said that there is a pair of green and white eyes, when he sees people he does not like, he will roll his eyes, and when he sees people he admires, he will roll out his green eyes and never hide them.
Ji Kang was dismissive of many so-called celebrities, and he angered many powerful people, but many young people admired him very much and became his "fans", such as Zhong Hui, one of the more hardcore ones. Zhong Hui once approached Ji Kang with his own works and hoped to make him evaluate, but Ji Kang was immersed in the iron and ignored him. Since then, Zhong hui has developed a grudge against Ji Kang in his heart.
In the fourth year of Jingyuan (263), ji kang's friend Lü An's wife was insulted by his eldest brother Lü Xun, and Lü An was ready to sue Lü Xun, but Ji Kang and the two brothers were friends, so he persuaded Lu An not to expose the family scandal. Lu An listened to Ji Kang's advice, but Lü Xun was worried that Lu An would sue him, so he took a bite back and accused Lu An of filial piety. After Lu An was arrested, Ji Kang interceded on his behalf, but he angered Sima Zhao, and at the same time, the "black powder" Zhong Hui also fell into the well at this time, framed Ji Kang, and fabricated evidence of his crime. In the end, Sima Zhao ordered ji kang and Lü An to be executed.
Before the execution, more than 3,000 Tai students collectively interceded for Ji Kang, but Sima Zhao did not allow it. Ji Kang behaved very calmly, he asked his eldest brother for his own piano, stroked the "Guangling San", Qu Bi sighed after the song: "In the past, Yuan Xiaoni tried to learn "Guangling San" from me, I jin Guzhi, "Guangling San" is now extinct! (Book of Jin) Then Ji Kang generously died, and the literati around him all shed tears.
Ji Kang was a real celebrity, he was different from those who deliberately let loose their skeletons and sell their reputations, and he was also different from those hypocrites who only knew how to talk about metaphysics and called themselves celebrities, he never cared about other people's opinions, he was not afraid of the powerful, he longed for freedom, he was the real nobleman of that era. The death of Ji Kang also represents the end of the Cao Wei era and the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty.