The season of the sense of guest,
Regurgitate the ancients.
Years a hill soil,
No stone unicorns.
The broken stele is slightly readable,
The doctor is a bully.
Yu Gong Na Weeping Thorn,
General Nishi asks.
Anzhi five sheepskins,
Self-inflicted gold.
The iniquity of the last-day workers,
Rhetoric is true.
Fortunately, on the occasion of Meng Ke's reward,
Worthy of the soul of the micro child.
The poem is called "Tomb of the Great Master of the Hundred Mile Xi", and the author is Huang Tingjian, who was known as one of the "Four Scholars of Sumen" during the Northern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Huang Tingjian was transferred as a jinshi to the post of lieutenant of Ye County (present-day Ye County, Henan). The poem was composed by the author when he was a lieutenant in Renye County, and went to the tomb of Baili Xi in Nanyang. As for whether to use public funds to go, it is impossible to verify, anyway, Ye County is not too far from Nanyang. However, by honoring the sages and learning to govern the country, the Tao is certain.
The poem sums up the extraordinary life of Bai Lixi. Baili Xi was called "Qilin among Men" by later generations, and zhuge Liang, the "Sleeping Dragon among Men" in the Three Kingdoms period, has two phases. First, the age is similar, Baili Xi, Spring and Autumn, chaos. Zhuge Liang, between the Three Kingdoms, chaos; second, they are all related to Nanyang. In this dynasty, the Wollongong of Nanyang is famous in the world, but Qilin Gang knows very little. In the past, this post was called Xigang, the south of the gang was called "Wollonggang", which was Zhuge Liang's "ploughing place", and the north of the post was called "Qilin Gang", which was also the "place where cattle grazed" in Bailixi. Oh, far away, the book is back to the truth.
The "Chronicle of Famous Places" records: "Baili Xi, Wanren, Shi Qin Number Five Emperor Doctor", there is a tomb in the west of the (Nanyang) city ten miles, in front of the tomb there are seven stones Hu Seven Star Tomb. "That is, the people of Baili, Mingxi, Zijingbo, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu state of Wanyi (present-day Wolong District, Nanyang) people. The State of Chu "cut off the abundant soil of Zhou Chu and crossed jingyu to become a frontier" (Zhang Heng's "Nandu Fu"), and Nanyang belonged to the territory of the Chu state during the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, Bai Lixi was a famous politician and a famous minister of the Qin State.
So, as a Chu person, how can you go to the Qin State to "apply for a job"?
And listen slowly. Bai Lixi's family was poor at an early age, and he made a living by herding cattle, that is, herding cattle in Qilin Gang. But he has great ambitions, starting from small things, taking the art of cattle breeding as a basic skill, and assiduously learning how to govern the country, waiting for the opportunity to show his ambitions. He once traveled to the State of Qi, and was finally appointed by the King of Qi and left. Later, I heard that the "government" of Yu Guo was recruiting talents for governing the country, so I went to Yu Guo to apply for a senior management position, and after a strict written test and interview, I passed it. He was hired as the Grand Master of Yu Guo and became a colleague with gong Zhiqi, the former Doctor of the State of Yu, to jointly assist Yu Jun in governing the country.
There are unpredictable storms in the sky, and people have bad luck at night. In the twenty-second year of King Hui of Zhou (655 BC), after the Duke Xian of Jin destroyed the Kingdom of Yu with the "false Yu Extinction". In this way, The Duke of Jin Xian used the Dao to cut down the Yu Kingdom, destroyed the Yu Kingdom and the Yu State, and captured Yu Jun and dafu Baili Xi.
Historically, countries have tended to adopt policy of harmony and pro-country in order to relatively stabilize state-to-state relations. Soon, Duke Mu of Qin proposed marriage to Jin, so Duke Xian of Jin married his daughter to Duke Mu of Qin as a wife, and sent Baili Xi as a dowry slave to the Qin State. As a "high-ranking official" of the Jin Dynasty, Bai Lixi was not willing to be humiliated, so on the way to the Qin State, he took the opportunity to flee back to his hometown of Wan (Nanyang, Chu State), and then started an old cattle herding business in Qilin Gang to support his family. At that time, the transportation was inconvenient, how did Bai Lixi flee back to his hometown of Nanyang? It is estimated that it is from the Jin Dynasty through the Yellow River Sun Ferry, to Lingbao, the thousand-year-old town of Chuankou, and then through Lushi and Neixiang, back to Nanyang. Haha, it is pure speculation under the following, and there is no record in history.
Speaking of Qin Mugong, after seeing the dowry roster, he was also very serious and personally checked it. A check less Baili Xi, and listen to the introduction of subordinates said that Bai Li Xi is very talented, but also love talent, I want to redeem him with heavy money. However, there was a minister who said that heavy gold could not be used, so that the Chu State would know that baili Xi was very important, and the Chu State would not give it, and all countries needed talents. Qin Mugong: So how to do it? Minister: It is said that my family's dowry slave Baili Xi fled to your country, and we will punish him. We ransomed him with five black ram skins (the value of a slave at the time). Chu Guona, knowing that he was a man who could shoulder heavy responsibilities, agreed to the deal and handed over Baili Xi to return him from Chu to Qin. This is also "mountains and rivers are doubtful and there is no way, willows are dark and flowers are bright and one", and it is crooked. In this way, Bai Lixi, in the name of a slave, took a "luxurious" vehicle to the Qin Kingdom. The glorious period of his life began.
After Baili Xi arrived in Qin, Qin Mugong saw that he was seventy years old and old, and he was disappointed. He asked: What talents do you have when you are old and frail? Answer: "If you urge the birds to ambush the tiger, I will look old." If you plan for Anbang, you are ten years younger than Jiang Shang (Ziya). Qin Mugong felt that this person was very human, lifted his imprisonment, talked to him about major state affairs, and asked for an strategy for Anbang for three consecutive days. Bai Lixi annexed Zhu rong in the west, developed the economy to accumulate wealth, peeked into the strategy of waiting for opportunities in the Central Plains, and won the trust of Qin Mugong. He also praised: "I now have a well uncle, just like Qi Dezhong's father (Guan Zhong)." Therefore, Bai Li Xi was given the title of governor of the country. In this way, Baili Xi successfully "applied" to a national management position.
Because Baili Xi was redeemed with five ram skins, he was known in history as the "Five Doctors".
Among the many princely states at that time, the State of Qin was economically backward, the traffic was blocked, and the country was weak. Talent determines the fate of the country. Baili Xi, a late master, assisted Qin Mugong in creating a hegemonic industry. He lived in simplicity for seven years, conducted investigations and studies, showed compassion for the people's feelings, flourished in agriculture, rewarded production, and was deeply loved by the people of the Qin State; he looked ahead, diligently managed the government, accumulated money and grain, enriched the national treasury, trained the army, and strengthened the army and enriched the country. Thus, the State of Qin later lifted up and jumped up, making Qin Mugong one of the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons". Moreover, this laid the political, economic and military foundation for the strong Qin, and the more important significance was that the subsequent Qin king won the government and established the first unified "central government" of China, the Qin Dynasty, laying a solid foundation. Baili Xi played a huge role in the development process of the Chinese nation, and history will never forget this sage. Therefore, when the old man died, "the men and women of the Qin Kingdom wept, the children did not sing, and the servants did not pestle each other." This is the ordinary and great life of Baili Xi. It was also after the Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang Dynasties that Huang Tingjian of the Northern Song Dynasty used poetry to hang and mourn the feelings of the sage Baili Xi.
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One of the things to think about is that opportunities are for those who are prepared. Whether it is the skill of "cattle herding" or the "grasping the principle of governing the country", the reason is the same. However, one must have real talent and practical learning.
Second, age is not an issue. The problem is that everyone has to have a purpose in life and do what they can. The poor are alone, and the poor are good at the same time.
May 17, 2018
YulingBaochuankou Township Laterite Slope (Poverty Alleviation) Village