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Obviously, you can learn to eat by talent, but you are famous for your skills. Although he has the ambition to be enterprising, he can only sigh in retirement. In the name of divine calculation, the envy of the immortals, this is the Eastern Jin Dynasty Guo Pu, a proud and self-respecting literati, a lonely and lonely warlock.
The images of historical figures with certain deified colors are mostly rendered by literary works, such as Zhuge Liang, Li Jing, etc., and the records of zhengshi are not exaggerated. Even if the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is "like Zhuge Zhizhi's wisdom and close to the demon", Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is still only a mortal after all. However, the canonical history of the Book of Jin solemnly records Guo Pu's Yin-Yang magic skills, which is quite meticulous.
The cases of the actual operation of Guo Pu's Yin and Yang techniques included in the Book of Jin involve many aspects such as bu zheng, feng shui, and disasters, and even the blindfold method of sprinkling beans into soldiers. Guo Pu had brought Zhao Gu's horse back to life, and had also let Wang Dao avoid the thunder and earthquake. In particular, the divination he made for Sima Rui, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, predicted accurately, which can also be said to be a near demon.
These stories probably come from Guo Pu's own editing and collation of "Donglin", which collects more than sixty cases of Guo Pu's fulfillment. From a scientific point of view, it is of course not credible to spread the basket through the shell of the yarrow, and it is even more vain to sprinkle beans into soldiers. Guo Pu collected and sorted out the successful cases of his own divination, it may be that he chose the spiritual experience and gave up the non-spirituality, or it may be that he regarded the things that could have been objectively analyzed and predicted as the result of the divination. In this way, whether Guo Pu is intentional or unintentional, he objectively helps the formation of his "divine calculation" human design.
Guo Pu was originally erudite and talented, proficient in miscellaneous studies such as yin-yang arithmetic calendar, and usually liked to help people. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty court, he served in positions such as Zuo Lang and Shang Shu Lang, and when he offered advice, he often added the analysis of gua xiang as a basis. In this way, Guo Pu is naturally easy to be regarded as a magician with clever calculations.
In today's relatively developed science and technology, there is still a market for yin and yang magic, and "masters" like Wang Lin can play a little magic to seduce a group of people, not to mention the Jin Dynasty, an era when human beings' understanding of nature was still quite superficial. Guo Pu had a theoretical foundation, and he could come up with examples to support, and he was naturally admired by people to throw himself to the ground and became the "divine calculation" at that time.
Unfortunately, the "divine calculation" persona did not help Guo Pu's career. Guo Pu started from the same point as Wen Zhao and Yu Liang, and Wen and Yu soon became important officials of the imperial court, and Guo Pu basically only stayed in the small officials of the Tu category. Therefore, the content of Guo Pu's biography in the Book of Jin is not related to historical events, and most of it is a legendary story in the field of yin and yang magic.
In terms of talent and learning, Guo Pu is not weaker than Wen Zhao and Yu Liang, and the level of resignation is considered to be the crown of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. When Sima Shao, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, was still crown prince, he attached great importance to Guo Pu because of his talent. In terms of ability, Guo Pu has a relatively good view of the overall situation, and his analysis and judgment of the situation is often relatively accurate.
At the beginning of the Xiongnu Liu Yuan uprising, Guo Pu judged that the situation was unmanageable and that there would be great chaos in the north, so he contacted relatives and friends and dozens of families early on to emigrate to the Jiangdong area. The inevitable defeat of Wang Dun's forced palace court and usurpation of the throne was also expected in advance. Although the historical records record that this is the conclusion reached by Guo Pu Bu Zheng, it should be a judgment made by Guo Pu in analyzing the situation, and the false trust is the result of Bu Zheng.
Talented and capable, and the career has been stagnant, the history books attribute the reason to Guo Pu's casual nature, dislike of grooming, and lustfulness, in fact, the real reason is only afraid of the reason of birth.
Wei and Jin celebrities were much more absurd and willful, and their alcoholism and lust were even more common, which did not affect their officialdom. Wang Cheng indulged in drinking and pleasure all day long, behaving strangely, too conservative, and stabbing history casually. Zhou Yan is famous for his good wine, and he can't get drunk for a few days, and he also calls it "Three Days of Servant Shooting", which actually has a positive meaning. When guo pu came here, it became an obstacle to becoming an official, and it was not because Guo Pu's door was too low.
And the reputation of "divine calculation" may even have played a negative role, but it covers up the real ability, making people think that Guo Pu's opinions and suggestions are really based on the conclusions of Bu Zheng. Guo Pu wrote many times to give advice, although he was praised by the imperial court, but it was ignored when it was implemented, which may be the reason for this.
In the "Book of Jin", Guo Pu's biography himself even clearly mentions that because he liked Bu Zheng, he was often ridiculed by Jin Sheng. It can be seen that guo pu's "divine arithmetic" skills are not taken seriously when it is really put on the formal table. If Guo Pu is allowed to occupy an important position, in the eyes of others, wouldn't he have invited a warlock to govern the country, and this matter should be absurd in which dynasty and generation? Even if the imperial court thought of using Guo Pu, most of them would have a lot of worries. The emergence of such a situation was only unexpected by Guo Pu.
Guo Pu is not without expectations for his career, in fact, he still wants to do something. Talent is high and humble, which is the real situation of Guo Pu. If you want to enter, there is no chance; if you want to retreat, you are not very willing. Between the dilemma, Guo Pu's heart was actually very uneven.
In the face of this embarrassing situation, Guo Pu specially created the "Guest Pride" to clarify his own heart.
In this endowment, Guo Pu fictionalized a person who arrogantly questioned himself, as a virtuous person, either he was famous or he went back to the mountains and forests, how could he always be so up and down, and be laughed at? This question hit Guo Pu's most sensitive pain point, it is clear that Guo Pu issued a spiritual torture question to himself, he knows himself best, how can others grasp it so accurately?
Guo Shengcang's reply after laughing made a clever explanation: Although I am not high or low, it is exactly the opposite of the world's view. Not ascending to a high position is not impossible, it is disdainful; it is impossible to do without retreat, because it has not reached the realm of the sages of the previous generations such as Zhuang Zhou and Lao Lai, and they cannot be hidden in the world like them.
In this "Guest Pride", under Guo Pu's proud face, it is clear that there is helplessness and depression that cannot be hidden. It is not so much about justifying yourself in front of others as it is about self-comfort and self-deprecation. If you are really indifferent, why bother?
As for the series of poems "You Xian", it is more clear and unmistakable to reflect Guo Pu's mentality. Although there are many people in the poem who do not seek glory and yearn for the mountains and forests, there is also no lack of loss that Huai Cai does not encounter. If you really have the heart to go into hiding, why should you be lost in not meeting? Guo Pu wrote in the poem, "Entering is baolong seeing, retreating to touching the fan", the scenery of ShiJin has never been obtained, and the dilemma of touching the clan is the most profound feeling.
Guo Pu was also ill-timed. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was an era of door valves, the Gaomen clan controlled the right to speak, and the heavy subjects in the dprk and the local strong clans were basically occupied by several people, and the Langya Wang clan, the Yingchuan Yu clan, the Long Kang Huan clan, and the Chen Junxi clan took turns to sit in the zhuang. A person like Guo Pu, who is not from a high birth and is known for his talents and learning, can basically only play the role of a subordinate, and this is exactly the case.
The heavy minister from the cold door also produced a Tao Kan, which was based on solid battle achievements and certain opportunities, and the success could not be copied. Whether Guo Pu has military talent is unknown, and even if there is, with Guo Pu's habits, expressing military opinions is probably based on the Yin and Yang Technique, so it is difficult to make the superior accept it, let alone give the opportunity to lead the troops to stand alone.
If Guo Pu wants to achieve something, the best choice is probably to give full play to his advantages in learning and concentrate on academic research, although helpless, but it is not a buried talent.
In this regard, Guo Pu still has a lot of achievements, and the commentaries on "Erya", "Dialects", "Biography of Mu Tianzi", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Chu Ci" and other ancient books have been circulated in the world. The history books say that Guo Pu's poems such as Fu Yi And Odes and other tens of thousands of words, there seem to be not many famous ones that have been handed down, only the "You Xian" series and a few fu. However, "Poetry" and "Wenxin Carved Dragon" have given high evaluations, believing that they are the first in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is also remarkable.
Guo Pu eventually joined the army as Wang Dun's secretary, and when Wang Dun intended to usurp the throne, he was executed by Wang Dun in anger because Bu Zheng did not conform to Wang Dun's wishes. Guo Pu had actually predicted his own ending long ago, perhaps the result of the buzheng, perhaps the analysis based on facts, but he did not take any escape strategy, which was very difficult for people to understand. Even if you are unwilling to be willing to pursue your career, it is still important to save your life first, right? Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood. Did Guo Pu really think that his fate was so numbered that he could not change it?
After Guo Pu's death, the imperial court posthumously awarded him the official position of Hongnong Taishou, and it is not known whether he met Guo Pu's expectations before his death. If Guo Pu had the privilege of being in the era of the Song Dynasty, which gave preferential treatment to literati, with his own talents and skills, I am afraid that he would be able to get away with it. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Guo Pu could only be the petty official who served the high-ranking officials of the Shi clan after all, and retiring to the mountains and forests as soon as possible and being a free and free immortal may be the best destination for Guo Pu.
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