In life, no one is an island that can be self-fulfilling in the sea.
People in the red dust, whether they become relatives, friends or enemies, have their own causes and effects.
And life, from time to time, will show us the cruel truth in the most heartfelt way.
This is a little bit of Lao Wei's feelings about Watching Lu Xun's proofreading of Ji Kang's Collection recently.
This is not only a literary and philosophical work, but also a magnificent and short life of Ji Kangna.
Ji Kang's life is not our sorrow and joy.
01
Ji Kang vs Ji Xi: The same family, but the personality and fate are not the same
How handsome Ji Kang was, people who had never seen him would not understand.
The "New Language of the World" describes Ji Kang: seven feet and eight inches long, with a unique style.
People who have seen him praise him: "Xiao Xiao is solemn, cheerful and clear. Or "Solemn as the wind under the pine, high and slow to lead." ”
Ji Kang is 1 meter 8 ~ 1 meter 9 tall, his appearance is explosive, and he is a national school grass.
This "walking hormone" was born in 223 AD, during the Wei and Jin dynasties.
Ji Kang's father, Ji Zhao, was an old subordinate of Cao Cao and died when Ji Kang was very young.
His mother and brother single-handedly brought ji kang up and gave him extra pampering.
Even if his father died early, Ji Kang did not send people to the fence, and from an early age, he saw the cold eyes of the world and tasted the heartache of the world.
This pampering gave Ji Kang the confidence to live, and also cultivated his personality of "just jealousy" and "straight and narrow".
Influenced by his family, Ji Kang loved to learn from an early age, reading a lot of books and studying various skills.
When he grew up, Ji Kang was one of the few all-round artists: good at poetry, good at playing the piano, good at calligraphy, good at metaphysics, etc.
The Book of Jin describes him as a "wizard".
Ji Kang once swam in the mountains to collect medicine, and the firewood cutters thought that they had encountered the gods in the mountains.
Ji Kang especially liked the Lao Zhuang doctrine, believing that life should go with its own nature and not be bound by the many factors of this world.
Ji Kang's older brother Ji Xi, on the contrary, once held up talent, was keen on fame and fortune, and later also became an official.
When Ji Xi further defected to the imperial court and sought fame and fortune, Ji Kang wrote eighteen poems to exhort his brother:
(Part 1)
Mandarin ducks fly and suppress their feathers.
Towards the plateau, Xisu Lanzhu.
Yong Yong and Ming, Gu Xiao Couple.
Generous and generous.
(Part 2)
Mandarin duck Yu Fei, howling couple fate.
Heading towards the plateau, staying in Zhongzhou.
Cross-necked wings, tolerant and clear flow.
Chew Lan Hui and look up to you.
Ji Kang is independent and special, and Ji Xi goes with the flow.
Ji Kang looked up to MiGao, and Ji Xi was not worth mentioning.
Shi Zai: Ji Xi attended the funeral of Ruan Yuan's mother, but Ruan Ji stared at him with a pair of white eyes, and his expression was wooden.
When Ji Kang came, Ruan Zhi immediately greeted him, "Blue eyes are added."
Another time, Lu An visited Ji Kang without encountering him, wrote a large "鳯" (the traditional character for "phoenix") on the door and left.
The word "鳯" is taken apart to mean the word "fan bird", and Lu An mocks Ji Xi as just a "vulgar" person.
The world believes that Ji Xi is a mortal bird, and his younger brother Ji Kangcai does not do the business of making friends with the powerful.
Perhaps on the day of her father's death, Ji Xi matured prematurely and began to silently pick up the burden of the family with her mother.
Lu Xun, who was in the same situation as Ji Xi, once said in the preface to "The Scream":
"Who has fallen from a well-off family into a difficult situation, I thought that on this way, I could probably see the true face of the world." 」
It can be seen that no matter what years are quiet, it is just someone who carries the weight for you.
Although Ji Kang and his brother have very different interests, their brotherhood is quite deep.
Without the care of such a conscientious brother, Ji Kang may not become the Ji Kang of the future generation.
02
Ji Kang vs Zhong Hui: Self-worth determines social value
Birds go to phoenix, not because the phoenix can engage in interpersonal relations, but because he is a phoenix.
Ji Kang, who is both talented and complete, always has superior resources unconsciously tilted towards him.
Soon, he was favored by Cao Cao's son Cao Lin and became the cao family's east bed concubine.
As a relative of Cao Wei's emperor, Ji Kang soon entered the career path, and the official worshiped Zhongshan Dafu (also known as Ji Zhongshan).
At this time, the struggle between Cao Wei and Sima Shi had also reached a white-hot stage, and the people's hearts were in turmoil under the current situation.
In order to escape the pressure of reality, Ji Kang and a group of like-minded friends form a group of Wei Jin's version of "brother who cut through thorns" - The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest.
Kang Ge soon became the face of the group and spent the happiest time of his life.
Ji Kang loves to cast swords in iron, and Xiang Xiu'ai pulls a bellows;
Ji Kang Ae FuQin, the Holy Hand of the Ruan Xian Qin;
Ji Kang loves to drink, and Liu Ling calls himself a wine immortal;
Ji Kang loves Chang Xiao, Ruan Zhi Chang Xiao in the mountains and forests;
Ji Kang loves metaphysics, and Shan Tao and Wang Rong are good at talking.
Their favorites: pillow bluestone, Wosonggang, or drunk, or playing the piano, fluttering.
Some people may think that they are too debauched skeletons, but:
If everyone understood them, they would be ordinary.
Ji Kang's "Cocktail Party Poem" best reflects his happy and relaxed mood at this time:
The middle of the Le Zha Garden, the surrounding is endless.
Baihui Tufanghua, Chongtai Miao Gao.
The trees are intertwined, and the pond plays with the carp.
Light pills shoot birds, and fibers produce tuna.
Sitting in the middle of the beautiful praise, different breath with the same soundtrack.
Linchuan offers qingsheng, and the micro song makes the teeth bright.
SuQin wielded graceful exercises, and the clear sound rose with the wind.
Si Hui is not happy, and hates Higashinoko.
In the wine, the ghost is read, and the old man is always kept.
But when the body is seven strings, the heart is in the confidant.
Ji Kang still catches the eye with his powerful beauty.
But in fact, he himself only wants to be a mediocre "sloppy ghost".
Ji Kang had a die-hard fan named Zhong Hui, the son of the calligrapher Zhong Xizhi (Yáo), who was on a par with Wang Xizhi and a close confidant of Sima Shi.
On this day, Zhong Hui was in a good mood and decided to visit his idol.
So he greeted one or twenty fox friends, and a bunch of people and horses marched towards Ji Kang's house.
At this time, Ji Kang and Xiang Xiu were playing iron shirtless and pulling a bellows, relatively happy, and casting swords with no one around.
Zhong Hui came to Ji Kang and said very politely, "Hello teacher."
However, Ji Kang pretended to be deaf and dumb, and continued to cast a sword.
I don't know how long later, Ji Kang came quietly and said, "What do you hear, and what do you see?" ”
In the face of this ironic question, Zhong Hui reacted quickly and replied: "What you hear and hear, and what you see and go." ”
(Ji Kang, you wait for me, let's walk and see.) ）”
This conversation is the first awkward conversation in history.
Ordinary people face zhong hui such a big bureaucrat personally, the most likely reaction is "visiting the cold house, fluffy and radiant."
Only Ji Kang, still the same me, "just jealous of the intestines", does not change the true color of the hero.
There is no need to make friends with everyone, because you cannot please everyone.
03
Ji Kang vs Shantao: Don't overestimate relationships, don't underestimate people's hearts
Life is lonely, and there is no real empathy in this world.
In 261, Sima Zhao openly killed the Wei emperor Cao Huan.
Faced with the mouth of the world, Sima Zhao urgently needed the support of public opinion.
As the leader of the Heavenly Disciples, Ji Kang once again entered Sima Zhao's sight.
In the face of the Sima clique's co-optation, Ji Kang has always been a passive and resistant attitude.
However, this time was different from the past, and Shantao, who was then the Shangshu official, had seen that the situation was extremely dangerous.
Therefore, without Ji Kang's consent, he recommended Ji Kang to Sima Zhao to enter the dynasty as a general and engage in Zhonglang.
Shan Tao overestimated himself and also underestimated Ji Kang.
Ji Kang was not angry about the current situation, so how could he go along with the Sima family?
Therefore, Ji Kang officially announced the famous passage "Book of Renunciation with Mountain Juyuan".
Shantao, the word Giant Source.
In his letter, Ji Kang rejected Shantao's recommendation, listing eleven historical figures such as Lao Tzu and Zhuang Zhou, pointing out that people's dispositions were good.
He also used nine comparisons to affirm that he was lazy, could not be bound by etiquette, and could not reach cooperation with the imperial court, and could not be forced.
Finally, after listing the four sages of ancient and modern times, he scolded Shantao and confessed that he would rather go to the soup and fight the fire than this rich trap.
This letter of renunciation rolled out and poured out, focusing on Sima Shi, and became his own life-destroying charm.
Sima Zhao was furious and immediately began to kill.
Soon, the knife was handed. This person is Zhong Hui.
According to the "Biography of Ji Kang in the Book of Jin", Zhong Hui said to Sima Zhao privately: "Ji Kang, Wolong Ye, cannot rise." The world is free of worries, and the ears are well-cared for. ”
The latter sentence is too vicious: "You don't have to worry about everything in the world, only Ji Kang is your confidant." ”
Kitajima said: Despicable is the passport of the despicable, and noble is the epitaph of the noble.
04
Ji Kang vs Lu An: Good feelings are not changed by gold
All calculations are made, and only sincerity is the most natural, which is true friendship.
The reason for killing Ji Kang was soon placed on Sima Zhao's desk.
The bamboo slip on the desk is written exactly the famous "Lu An Incident".
Lu An, one of Ji Kang's best friends, was falsely accused of filial piety and rebellion by his brother.
For the sake of his friend's innocence, Ji Kang came to Luoyang alone to cry out for justice, but he was right in sima Zhao's arms.
He was tied up in the hat of Lu An's party and asked for beheading together.
The truth of the matter is that Lu An's brother Lü Xun violated his sister-in-law, and Ji Kang mediated with him, saying that he and the brothers.
Ji Kang had no choice but to intervene in the brothers' scandal, and eventually went to jail for Lü Xun beating a rake against his brother.
Later Wang Wei wrote a poem to comfort his friend Pei Di, saying:
Drinking wine and the monarch is self-exonerated, and human feelings are turned upside down like waves.
Prime Minister Bai zhiyu pressed the sword, and Zhu Men Xianda laughed at the crown.
The repetition of the human heart has always been frightening, especially in the official arena.
Imprisoned in prison, Ji Kang wrote two famous poems, one was "Poetry of Indignation" and the other was "Family Commandment Text".
At the end of The Poem of Sorrow, he says:
Huanghuang Lingzhi, three shows in a lifetime.
What is to be alone, there is no will.
Punishment is hard to think about, and the heart is guilty.
In the future, there is no sweetness and no smell.
Tsevi Shan A, emitting rocks.
Eternal roar and long chanting, longevity.
At that time, Ji Kang did not expect that he would be killed, so he also fantasized that once he was released from prison, he would stay away from the world.
The "Family Commandment" explained a bunch of big truths and small rules to his son in detail, and advised his son to be cautious in making friends and drinking.
Lu Xun is a huge fan of Ji Kang, and he has spent more than 20 years proofreading Ji Kang's anthology (that is, this one in Lao Wei's hand).
Lu Xun commented on the "Book of Family Commandments": Ji Kang is such an arrogant person, and his godson wants such a mediocrity.
Ji Kang is not only mediocre in his letters, but also unexpected in reality:
He entrusted his 10-year-old son Ji Shao to his friend Shantao.
Ji Shao was later taken care of and recommended by Shantao and Wang Rong, and became a famous minister of the Western Jin Dynasty.
In the end, Yin protected Emperor Hui of Jin and died, with the nickname "Zhongmu".
The greatest happiness in life is not fame and fortune, but a few friends worthy of trust.
The day of the execution soon arrived.
Mr. Yu Qiuyu once talked about this day in "Distant Sound":
It was one of the darkest days in The history of Chinese culture, and there was even the sun.
That day was the autumn of 262 AD, the autumn wind was unusually depressed, and outside the execution ground, the three thousand students knelt down to ask for forgiveness from Ji Kang.
Ji Kang played his beloved "Guangling San" for the last time, and when the last note was put into the sky, the piano player Yun yun said the last words of his life lightly:
"Yuan Xiaoni tried to learn this dispersion, but Wu Jin gu did not cooperate with it, and the Guangling San is now extinct!"
Talk about it, calmly go to death.
Perhaps for Ji Kang, death is not the loss of life, but the walk out of time.
Just as Ji Kang's Wei and Jin demeanor is always fascinating, "Guangling San" has not become an absolute sound.
The masterpiece "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" by Mr. Jin Yong, the lord of the later Wulin League, was compiled and composed by Liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang on the basis of "Guangling San".
In this life, Ji Kang crossed the sky like a meteor, bursting out a brilliant light, and finally dying in the light.
Looking back on his life, he is also entangled in various relationships like ordinary people.
His life is not a textbook of life.
The reason why we end up being "you and me" is nothing more than different choices made in various relationships.
The joys and sorrows of life are all hidden in these relationships,
How can I understand it? Maybe it's another life course.