There are many kinds of rankings of "strongest armies" in China's history. In fact, it is not in a dynasty, and it is impossible to really fight once on the battlefield, which belongs to the "Guan Gong War Qin Qiong" and can only be watched as entertainment news. However, some legions once crossed the sea and were invincible, no matter how many years have passed, their heroism is still stirring between heaven and earth, making people nostalgic and revered, such as the Yue Family Army and the Qi Family Army. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was also such an army, that is, the invincible and invincible "Beifu Army", whose founder was named Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan is Xie An's nephew. His mother's name was Nguyễn Đạng Đồng, and she was of His father's name was Xie Yi, who was once the Sima of Huanwen, and Xie Xuan himself served as Huanwen's subordinate. Xie Xuan was smart from an early age and was very much valued by Xie An. Once, Xie An asked: My sons and nephews do not necessarily have to come out to become officials, but why do you still hope that you can study hard, everyone has talents? Everyone was stunned, and no one could answer. Xie Xuan said: This is like The Zhilan Yushu, I always hope that they grow in their own courtyard. (For example, the Zhilan Yushu wants to be born in the court of the ear.) Xie An listened and was greatly appreciative.
This is the origin of the idiom "Zhilan Yushu". Zhilan refers to The Reishi Orchid; The jade tree is the legendary fairy tree. Later, it was likened to a son with moral integrity and ability. In the Tang Dynasty Wang Bo's "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion", there is a sentence that reads: "The treasure tree of the non-Xie family, followed by the neighbor of the Meng family." This is Wang Bo's humble words, which means: Although I am not as good as the Xie family's children like Yushu, you are like Meng Mu's good neighbors, and I have the privilege of getting to know and live with them." Xie An once asked him: Which is the favorite verse in the book of poetry? Xie Xuan replied, "In the past, I was in the past, Yang Liuyi; Now I come to think, rain and snow. ”
This is a famous sentence in the Book of Poetry, from the Book of Poetry, Xiaoya Tsevi, followed by four sentences: "The way is slow, and the thirst is hungry." My heart is sad, I don't know I'm sad!" This is an ordinary soldier, telling the hardships of a long-term foreign conquest and the longing for his hometown. If translated into modern Chinese, it is: recall that when the expedition was first launched, Yang Liuyi was blown by the wind. Now on the way home, rain and snow are flying all over the sky. The hardship in front of me thinks of the warmth of the past, the sorrow comes from it, and the emotions gush out like a tide, which makes people infinitely sentimental. Xie An was a man of temperament, and suddenly felt that he was very similar to himself.
But Xie Xuan was feminine when he was a child and liked to wear violet sachets. Xie An didn't like this kind of girlishness very much, directly criticized and worried about hurting his self-esteem, and came up with a way. Once the two of them played a game, Xie An said: If you lose, give me the violet sachet. After Xie An won it, he put it on the fire and burned it. Xie Xuan understood Xie An's meaning and never wore such ornaments again. Xie Xuan had both culture and martial arts, and had spent time under Huan Wen and Huan Huo. Huan Wen once said: When Xie Xuan reaches the age of 40, he will definitely be able to become a military commander.
Before the Battle of Shuishui, there was a nursery rhyme in Former Qin that sang: "Who is Erjian?" Stone shattered!" Meaning: Whoever says you are hard, the stone can be broken. By extension: Who can defeat Jian Jian? It's stone. After Huan Huo heard this nursery rhyme, he added the word "stone" to his son's name, such as Huan Shi Qian, Huan Shi Xiu, Huan Shi Min, Huan Shi Sheng, Huan Shi Sui, Huan Shi Kang and so on. However, in the Battle of Shuishui, Xie Shi was the governor who commanded the various armies. Later people suddenly realized that this "stone" originally referred to Xie Shi. This year Xie Xuan was 35 years old, and many people in the imperial court at that time opposed his appointment as a high-ranking provincial official, believing that Xie An was taking care of his nephew through the back door. Just when Xie An was being criticized, there was a person who firmly supported Xie Xuan, but he was still an enemy of the Xie family.