Gongsun Zidu, the first beautiful man in the Spring and Autumn Period, Mencius commented on him this way: "As for Zidu, the world does not know its own." Those who do not know the sons of the capital, and those who have no eyes" (Mencius. On the Suzi"). In Mencius's view, there are no people all over the world who do not know that the children are handsome and beautiful, and those who do not know do not have long eyes. It is hard to imagine that the saints all praised Zidu's appearance so much, even if the sunken fish and geese in the back and the closed moon shy flowers did not have such treatment. But it is also such a beautiful man, but because of personal selfishness, the three views and the five senses are extremely mismatched, and finally fell into a very disgraceful idiom allusion - the dark arrow hurts people.
The idiom "Dark arrow hurts people" comes from Song Liu Yan's "Sayings" volume VI: "In the dark arrow, the deep bones of the people, the grievances of the people, will also be the second bones, and they will be the next bones, and they will be prepared for what they do not prepare." It means to secretly shoot arrows to kill and injure others, that is, to put cold arrows to hurt people, which is a metaphor for secretly carrying out hurtful acts or tricks. And this idiom is from the historical story of Gongsun Zidu shooting Uncle Yingkao with a dark arrow.
Rich and handsome grandson of both
Gongsun Zidu (公孙子都), Ji (姬), courtesy name 阏 (è), zi du (字子都). His original surname is Ji, so why is he called Gongsun? The problem of surnames in China is more complicated, and those who are interested can go to learn more. One of the surnames is based on identity, the king's son is called the prince, such as the prince becomes the father, the king's grandson is called wang sun, such as the king Sun Man of Zhiqi Chuzhuang; the same is true of the gong, the son of the gong is called the prince, and the grandson of the prince is called gongsun. Ji Fu (è), is the grandson of Zheng Huan, so he is called Gongsun Zidu, according to the generation, he and Zheng Zhuanggong are cousins, so the sons are from the royal family, the status is noble. Coupled with his very handsome appearance, if Mencius commented that he was "delicate" more than 400 years later is hearsay, then the contemporary "Book of Poetry. Zheng Feng borrowed the mouth of a folk woman to praise him (just like today's young boys and girls praise Wu Moufan, but the handsome guys do not have a good ending), and the credibility should be very high. There are poems to prove it:
Guofeng. ZHENG Feng. The mountain has Fusu
The mountain has Fusu, and the yin (xī) has the Lotus. I don't see Zidu, but I see madness and (jū).
The mountain has a bridge pine, and the mountain has a dragon. I don't see the son, but I see the cunning child.
This poem describes the jokes of men and women when men and women are dating, and the translation is "there is a lush mulberry forest on the mountain, there are beautiful lotus flowers in the pool, I have not seen beautiful men, I have met you this crazy boy; there are tall pine trees on the mountain, there are beautiful red water grasses in the pool, I did not see the beautiful man charge, I met you this little fool", think about this face is quite that, it is enough to see that Zheng Guo girl is more unrestrained. It can be seen that Zidu almost became the dream lover of the girls at that time. In addition to his handsome appearance, Zidu's martial arts are also superior, especially the arrow technique is very good, and he is deeply favored by Zheng Zhuanggong. Beautiful, golden, noble, brave and martial, it can be said that the grandson is absolutely a proper rich and handsome man.
Contest Selection Tournament
Zheng Zhuang fairly fixed the internal schild of the great uncle Duan, after several years of development, Zheng Guo's national strength gradually became stronger, in the south of Zheng Guo was Xu Guo (only a baron, the lowest title of a princely state, after the four yue of Wu Wangfeng, Jiang surname, some said to be a son of Jiang Ziya, some said to be a member of the Jiang Ziya clan, who had been sealed with king Wu), Zheng Guo had always wanted to continue to expand outwards, and had long wanted to annex Xu Guo, so in 712 BC (the eleventh year of the Duke of Lu Yin), he united with the State of Qi and the State of Lu to jointly attack the State of Xu. It is really unorthodox for three big countries to beat up a small country. Before the war, Zheng Zhuanggong had been thinking about who would be the vanguard of this war? In recent years, Zheng Guo's successive wars have produced many military talents, and they have all rushed to accept defeat. Matsushi helped him figure out a way to do it—competition selection. This should be the earliest recorded selection in Chinese history. Zhuang Gong made a large banner called the Scorpion [máo] arc, and planted it on a brand new chariot, and Zhuang Gong announced the rules of the race: "Whoever can pick up the big flag on the chariot, walk as usual, breathe and retreat, then who is the pioneer, and attach this chariot." The first to appear is Flaw Shuying, raise the banner before taking three steps, after taking three steps, steady as Taishan, finished looking at Zhuang Gong with expectant eyes, waiting for the appointment of the pioneer, then there was another general, Uncle Nai Ying Kao, since giving Zhuang Gong the idea of "digging the ground to see the mother", Uncle Kao was promoted and reused by Zhuang Gong, has grown into a member of the general, only to listen to a loud shout "holding the flag to show steps, nothing rare, I can wave this big flag", said grabbed the big flag, danced left and right, whistled, not only completed the prescribed actions, The difficulty of the optional action is also 3.0 or above. Zhuang Gong was overjoyed that "the true tiger will also be accepted by this car as a pioneer". Before the words could be heard, another young general came out, with a white face and vermilion lips, wearing a purple and gold crown, wearing gold lock armor, and pedaling deerskin boots, naizhuang's favorite brother, Gongsun Zidu, who also shouted, "Will you dance?" The car and the flag are left for me", Uncle Yingkao looked bad, holding the flagpole, driving the carriage away, the son all chased after me with a euphorbia, and chased out of the teaching field, resisting the enemy of the two feet but four wheels, indignantly saying, "This person despises my Ji surname no one, I will kill him." Zi Du has always been at odds with Uncle Kao, has both royal status and zhuang gong favor, and is arbitrary and willful. Laying the groundwork for the shooting of Uncle Kao.
Uncle Kao's death "Dark Arrow"
Although Xu Guo was a small state, the city was not high, and the pool was not deep, but Xu Guojun was deeply loved by the people of Ren, and everyone was in the same enemy, although the three kingdoms of Zheng, Qi, and Lu surrounded the three layers of xu guo's kingdom with three layers and three layers outside, but they attacked for three days, and Uncle Yingkao, as the vanguard, could not sit still, took the banner under duress, took the lead, personally climbed the cloud ladder, and finally climbed the city wall. Gongsun Zidu, as a sharpshooter, had been shooting Xu Guo soldiers under the city to cover the siege personnel of the fang side, and just as he was preparing to shoot a Xu Guo defending general on the city wall with a bow and arrow, he saw the "enemy" Uncle Ying Kao climbing the city wall with a big banner, and suddenly a bad breath surged into his heart, and an evil thought came to his heart: "You have robbed the big banner, and the luxury chariot has also been occupied, and you have taken the first merit of this siege, and people can't live." "Wow" a poignant arrow sound, cut through the rolling dust and smoke, impartially shot from behind to Uncle Yingkao, came a "cool heart", a person with a flag planted down from the city, fortunately Uncle Ying emergency substitution, with the banner rushed up again, and waved the flag around the city wall shouting "Zheng Jun has entered the city", Xu Guo's army saw that the general trend has gone, Xu Guocheng. It's just a pity that Uncle Kao lost his own hands, mourning and pain.
The mystery of the ending of the sub-capital
Zheng Zhuang attacked Xu Guo, and the joy of victory could not hide the grief of losing the general Ying kao Uncle, and the Zuo Biography records that "Zheng Bo sent out the feng [jiā], and walked out the dog chicken, in order to curse [zǔ] to shoot Ying Kao uncle." This means that Zheng Zhuanggong asked a hundred soldiers to take out a pig, and twenty-five people to take out a dog and a chicken to curse the murderer who shot Uncle Yingkao. The record of Zidu is interrupted here, and there are several accounts of its true ending:
"Suicide by asking for your life," he said. According to the Chronicle of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, in order to find out the murderer, Zheng Zhuang first buried Uncle Yingkao, and after three days of cursing, he saw only one person with a dirty face, came to Zhuang Gong, knelt down and cried, and said: "Uncle Zheng Zhuang first ascended Xucheng, why did he lose the country?" The traitorous courtiers were all held hostage to the vengeance of the car, and the cold arrows were shot to death, and the subjects had to ask God, and the ministers paid for their lives. Remembered by the Lord, Nine Springs Wilder! After saying that, he probed his throat with his hand, and the blood spurted from his throat like a injection, and he was out of breath. Duke Zhuang let people see that it was Gongsun Zidu, and it turned out that Gongsun Zidu had been killed by Uncle Yingkao and told Zheng Zhuang the truth. Duke Zhuang sighed and ordered uncle Kao to be sacrificed at the Yinggu Temple.
"Shame and nervous breakdown," he said. When Xu Guo was about to be broken, Zi Du sent a dark arrow to shoot Uncle Kao to death, stealing the great merit of destroying Xu. In order to reward The Duke of Gongsun for destroying Xu' merits, and also to relieve the suffering of uncle Kao's sister Yingshu's loss of her brother, Zheng Zhuang gave Yingshu to marry Zidu. Although the sons were reluctant, they finally had no choice but to agree because "the king's fate is difficult to violate". Afterwards, Zheng Zhuanggong was shocked to learn that it was Zidu who killed Uncle Kao. Considering that Uncle Kao is dead, his right arm has been lost, and if he kills his son again, his left arm will be lost, and the courtier who wants to take charge of the criminal name will kill the son and not tolerate it, and will not punish the son. The sacrificial foot has another thought: even if the Dhamma does not condemn its heart. After Zi Du's dark arrow hurt people, he was terrified all the time and felt remorseful. On the wedding night, Zi Du and Ying Shu were in love with each other. Yingshu raised a glass and begged her son to find out the murderer for her. Looking at the cup, the figure of Uncle Kao appeared in the cup, and the children were all frightened and drunk. In the dream, he saw Uncle Kao come to ask for his life, and then saw Zhuang Gong threatening him to tell the truth. Whispering in the dream, Zi Du admitted that he had killed Uncle Kao. Yingshu learned that the husband in front of her was originally a brother killer, and the weak woman did not want to love her son, and she could not kill. Zi Du took the stage to worship the marshal, and Zheng Zhuanggong ordered the sacrifice foot to hand Zi Du a tip. Zi Du opened it to see that it was the crossbow arrow that shot Uncle Kao, and with the arrival of the crazy Ying shu, Zi Du had a complete mental breakdown... Young heroes become sinners and end up being reviled.
"Love beauty and commit suicide," he said. After Uncle Yingkao's death, the arrow on his body was obviously shot out from behind, and Zhuang Gong vowed to catch the murderer, but after Zhuang Gong and The Sacrifice Foot, these old and scheming jianghu veterans, quickly analyzed that this was done by Gongsun Zidu, Zhuang Gong should have wanted to kill Zi Du directly, but the Sacrifice Foot stopped him, and the reason for the Sacrifice Foot was: First, there is no direct evidence, this is death without proof, and the Son will never admit it; secondly, the sons are all royals, beautiful men and have military achievements, there are many fans, and it is difficult to convince the public to kill him. But Zhuang Gong was unwilling, what to do? According to the etiquette at that time, it took three months to be buried after the doctor died, and Zhuang Gong arranged for people to take turns to guard the spirit of Uncle Yingkao, and the shaman kept cursing next to the spiritual hall, and the son was also arranged to be the last one to keep the spirit, but he did not expect that the son did not believe in the ghost god, did not react at all, and even felt that the curse method of Zhuang Gong was very ridiculous. On the day of Uncle Kao's burial, Duke Zhuang took the group of courtiers, but he saw that Zidu was still a calm and self-assured look, and he couldn't help but be greatly disappointed. I didn't expect that the pair of "thousands of fingers, no disease" pairs had no effect. At the funeral, Zhuang Gong solemnly announced that the rut of the chariot was buried with Uncle Kao, what about the luxurious chariot? Everyone was very concerned, "I declare, that chariot was given to Uncle Ying" Zhuang Gong gave the final decision. Uncle Flawed Ying burst into tears and said with great emotion, "Thank you Lord, I must uphold Uncle Yingkao's legacy..." Before Uncle Ying could finish speaking, Gongsun Zi jumped out and shouted loudly, "Lord, why isn't the chariot mine?" Zhuang Gong was originally very angry, and when he heard Zi Du say this, he was even more angry, "Come on, take the arrow over", Zhuang Gong took the arrow from Uncle Kao's body and threw it in front of Zi Du fiercely, "Why do you want to kill Uncle Kao?" Everyone, including Zi, was stunned, everyone was holding zidu, zi all bowed his head, and tears also flowed down, "Lord, once upon a time there was the latest type of chariot, you were the first to give it to me, but this time you gave such an out-of-print chariot to Uncle Yingkao, my grandson is the world's first beautiful man, how can I not have the world's first luxury chariot?" I envy him, I envy him, I hate him, I hate him for stealing my chariot, I just want the best chariot" Zi Du cried even harder, and suddenly Zi Du drew his sword, raised his arm, and crossed his sword, and a bloody light appeared, and the world's first beautiful man died like this. Zi Du's love of beauty is not inferior to today's little sister, the enemy on the battlefield can not make him afraid, the dark arrow hurts people can not make him ashamed, the curse of the wizard can not hurt him, but can not get the most beautiful chariot finally made him despair, Zhuang Gong gave the chariot to Flaw Shuying This time let the son feel that life has no meaning, just because the beautiful man loves beauty, because of envy and jealousy, the two generals of Zheng Guo died.
Friends, what do you think the end of Gongsun Zidu should be? Your comments are welcome. In the next issue, we will still talk about Zheng Guo's series "Idiom Strange Injustice" of "People Can Be Husband". Stay tuned.