Chen Yi (shí), a native of Xu County, Yingchuan (present-day Xuchang, Henan), was born in a humble background, but the poor family conditions did not affect his ability to learn.
At that time, reading was like a distribution system, there were quotas, Chen Yu because of his strong learning ability, noble character, and a good person in his hometown, when he grew up, he was recommended to study in Taixue.
After returning from his studies a few years later, Chen Was assigned to the grassroots level as the chief of Ximen Pavilion in Yingchuan County, equivalent to the current village chief. Although the official is not large, Chen Yu has done a good job, and step by step he has achieved the post of county magistrate.
It is said that when the governor of Chen Yi County took office, he did not ride a horse or a sedan car. Along the way, micro-service private visits, observe the people's feelings, govern with virtue, care for and love the people, so the reputation spread far and wide.
The house of good deeds will be celebrated. How could an ordinary county magistrate let thirty thousand people send him off? He was the one who left a lot of stories.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" > idiom allusion to "gentleman on the beam"</h1>
Now we call the person who steals things "thief", "thief" and another nicknamed Liang Shangjun, this story is derived from Chen Yu.
One day, a thief stole something into Chen Yu's home and hid it on the beam of the house, but was discovered by Chen Yu. Chen Yu did not expose him at that time, but called all his children.
It is said: "In the beginning of man, nature is good, and many bad habits are due to the later environmental influence, just like some gentlemen hiding on the beams of the house, they are not born bad people. ”
As soon as the thief heard this, he immediately knew that this was being said to himself, and he quickly came down from the beam and prostrated himself to apologize. Chen Huan comforted him: "I look at your appearance, not an evil person." I hope that after you go back, you will reflect on it and change it. This year's famine, I think you also came out to steal things because of your life, I can understand. Here are two silks, you take it. ””
For the thief who stole from his home, he was not only not punished, but also taught him the principle of being a man and gave him something, which was later passed down as a beautiful talk, and since then"the gentleman on the beam" has also become an idiom, which has been passed down to this day.
The "Later Han Shu Chen Yi Biography" records: "When the people were desolate and frugal, there were thieves who entered their rooms at night and stopped on the beams. The yin and yin saw that they were from the beginning of the rectification, calling out to their descendants, and the righteous precepts said: 'Madame cannot fail to encourage herself.' The unkind person may not be inherently evil, but is accustomed to sexual attainment, so this is the end. The gentleman on the beam is a man! ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="40" > idiom allusion to "difficult brother"</h1>
Chen Yu has a total of six sons, in the old age of the children and grandchildren around the knee, one day his two grandchildren in each other's business touting their father, for a long time can not win or lose, the two dolls ran to grandpa Chen Yu, to ask the old man to rule.
The old man said unhurriedly: "In terms of knowledge and conduct, your fathers have their own strengths, and they are brothers to each other, and it is difficult to distinguish between the superior and inferior!" This is the origin of the idiom "difficult brother and difficult brother", which means "each has its own strengths, and it is difficult to distinguish between high and low".
Today, the term "difficult brother" has evolved into the meaning of "people who suffer together, people who live in the same difficult situation".
Chen Yu's fame grew, and he was later promoted by the general Dou Wu to be a subordinate of Chen Yu and assisted him in his administration. Chen Yu was transformed from a humble county magistrate into a red man of the imperial court.
Before the Ten ChangShu Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the chang attendants named Zhang Rang was Chen Yuan's fellow villager, his father died, the imperial court officials looked down on these eunuchs, and many local officials and celebrities did not go, which made Zhang Rang feel very faceless.
Only Chen Yu went alone, and Zhang Rang was very moved. However, this move was despised by don't let people, and everyone said that Chen Yu was a snob and wanted to find Zhang Rang as a patron. Chen Yu did not explain too much, but said that the same dynasty was an official, and he was his own hometown, and the deceased was the eldest, so he went.
Later, during the Ten Constant Servants Rebellion, Zhang Rang brandished a butcher's knife and killed many officials, but as long as Chen Yu came forward to intercede, Zhang Rang was all saved. So the person who scolded Chen Yu at the beginning changed his attitude and was extremely grateful to Chen Yu: Thanks to Chen Yu, otherwise I don't know how many people would die.
In the fourth year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty, Chen Yi died at the age of 84. When Chen Yu died, the scene was extremely sensational, and 30,000 ordinary people came thousands of miles to send him off, and everyone carved a stone stele for Chen Yu together, with the nickname "Mr. Wen Fan".
Throughout his life, Chen Yu was easy-going, humble, impartial in dealing with people and things, able to adhere to fairness and justice, and did not blindly follow. For the benefit of the people on the official side, since then, the Chen Family has changed from a cold door to an upper nobility, and the people in the family have been officials for several generations, and among the descendants are the descendants of Tang Xuanzang (real name Chen Yi).