In Wen Tianxiang's poem "Song of Righteous Qi", he lists the incarnations of righteous qi in successive dynasties, "in Qin Zhang Liangshi, in the Han Su Wu Festival." For the head of General Yan, for the blood of the servants. For Zhang Suiyang Teeth..." "The blood in ji shi" is the deed of Ji Kang's son Ji Shao, after Ji Kang was killed by Sima Zhao, his son Ji Shao embarked on the career path, and during the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", in order to protect Emperor Sima Zheng, he was killed by the rebels, and the blood splashed on Sima Zheng,When the eunuch wanted to change clothes for the emperor, Sima Zheng cried and said: "This is the blood in the ji waiter, don't wash it." (This servant is bleeding, don't go.) This incident is also one of the few highlights of the idiot emperor Sima Zheng.
Ji Shao died loyally, and after his death, his behavior was indeed mixed, for the simple reason that his father Ji Kang was killed because he refused the emperor's grandfather Sima Zhao's conscription, so although Ji Shao's actions reflected his loyalty, it was inevitable that he was "foolish and filial piety", so the evaluation of Ji Shao by later generations was also mixed.
After Sima Ying and Sima Yue defeated Sima Ying, who supported Sima Zheng, in order to completely discredit him, it was natural to vigorously commend Ji Shao, rebuild the tombstone for Ji Shao, and posthumously honor him as Hou. But the good times did not last long, Sima Yue soon after poisoned Sima Zheng, supported the Jin Huai Emperor, Ji Shao was naturally going to be defeated with Sima Zheng, at that time there was a literati Guo Xiang, writing that Ji Shao: "Greed for the throne to die of the dark lord, righteousness is not enough", believing that Ji Shao's father Ji Kang was killed without guilt, and his allegiance was not to the Ming Lord, in fact, he was greedy for power to make the act of protecting the Lord.
Fang Xuanling of the Tang Dynasty compiled the Book of Jin, and greatly praised Ji Shao's behavior, believing that the king is heaven, and it is natural to be loyal to the son of heaven, "Husband Jun, Heaven also, Heaven can be hated!" Peace enjoys its glory, danger is against its misfortune, there is no basis for retreat, how can it be established! The whole section of the fallen body of the jisheng, with this way also. Fang Xuanling compiled Ji Shao into the "Jin Shu Zhongyi Biography", believing that Ji Shao used his life to defend the way of loyalty.
In the Song Dynasty, because the country was not right, the Song Dynasty court began to rule the world with "filial piety", and Ji Shao was pulled out to criticize, and Sima Guang believed that Ji Shao's performance was filial piety, and if he did not die for the king's loyalty, he would definitely be ridiculed. (Ji Shaogou has no loyalty to the yin, and is not exempt from the ridicule of a gentleman!) Zhu Xi criticized from another angle, believing that Ji Kang was a vassal of Cao Wei, then his son could not be loyal to the Jin Dynasty, and even if he was loyal to the Lord, he could not be exonerated from the crime of filial piety.
When the Mongol soldiers came to the city and the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger, of course, the word "loyalty" was the first, so Wen Tianxiang wrote Ji Shao's deeds into the "Song of Righteous Qi", and ranked with Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Tour, and Yan Gaoqing, who were loyal generals.
However, Wen Tianxiang's praise did not make Ji Shao gai conclusive, and in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the thinkers Gu Yanwu and Wang Fuzhi criticized Ji Shao, believing that Ji Shao's behavior was not filial piety and disloyalty, ji Kang was Cao Wei's loyal subject, then his son must also be loyal to Cao Wei and refuse to serve the Jin Dynasty, and Ji Shao was loyal to the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, so doesn't it mean that Sima Zhao was a Ming emperor like Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou, and his father was a chaotic courtier such as Fei Lian and Evil Lai?
How should Ji Shao's behavior be judged? In fact, there was not much controversy in itself about the act of being loyal to him, and the direction of everyone's debate was whether he should be an official of the Jin Dynasty and whether he should die for a dimwitted prince like Sima Zheng. In history, there are legends of Shun killing Cang and reusing his son Yu Zhishui, and there are also cases of Wu Zixu, in order to avenge his father and brother, defected to the State of Wu and attacked his motherland, the State of Chu. Ji Shao's merits and demerits are difficult for the author to determine for a while, and can only be left for future generations to comment.