The story of Yanagishita Hui's "sitting still" is probably known to every cultured Chinese, but everyone may not understand the person of Yanagisha Hui.
In fact, Liu Xia Hui is not surnamed Liu, but the surname Zhan, the name is obtained, the character bird, he was born into the nobility, is the Spring and Autumn Period Lu Xiaogong's son Gongzi Zhan descendants. The reason why he was called "Yanagishita Hui" by posterity is because his food is in the place of Yanagisha, and his nickname is "Hui"
So, what kind of person is Yanagishita Hui?
First, the upright and brave Yanagisita
According to the Chinese Lu Language, in the summer of 631 BC, When Duke Xiao of Qi led an army to attack the State of Lu, Zang Wenzhong, a minister of state power in Lu, asked Liu Xiahui, who was good at wording, for advice on the plan for retiring the army, and Liu Xiahui said bluntly:
"I have heard that if the big countries do a good job in setting an example for small countries, and if small countries serve the big countries well, they can prevent the scourge of war. At present, as a small country, the state of Lu is arrogant and arrogant, and angers the big country, which is tantamount to self-inflicted disaster and self-destruction, and it is useless to do anything about it. ”
Yanagishita's outspoken criticism of Zang's chaotic political behavior in the Lu state requires not only integrity, but also fearless courage.
Second, Yanagishita Hui, who is resourceful to retreat from the enemy
Yanagisha Hui has a younger brother named Zhan Xi, who works as a doctor in luguo.
Duke Xiao of Qi led the army to Fight Lu, and Duke Lu sent Zhan Xi to the front line to meet the enemy. Before his brother left, Yanagishita sent him off and gave him a strategy to retreat from the enemy.
After Zhan Xi arrived at the front line, he followed the plan and went to qi camp alone to meet Qi Xiaogong.
Qi Xiaogong asked, "My Qi state army is suppressing the border, are you Lu monarchs and subjects afraid?" ”
Zhan Xi smiled and replied, "Little people will be afraid, and gentlemen will not be afraid!" Filial piety was puzzled and asked the reason, and Zhan Xi said, "By the order of the previous king." At the beginning, Lu Zhi's first feudal monarch Zhou Gong and Qi Zhi's first feudal state Prince Jiang Taigong had jointly assisted King Zhou Cheng, and King Cheng had given him a letter of alliance, so that the two countries of Qilu and Lu could not be raped for generations and could not kill each other.
Now the covenant is still hidden in the inner house, recorded in the history books, and whenever a new monarch ascends the throne, he must solemnly swear that he will never forget it. You've only been in the throne for a few days, so how did you leave this thing behind? ”
Qi Xiaogong knew that he was wrong, and he had no choice but to withdraw his troops. Liu Xiahui's witty words in this way easily withdrew the thousands of troops and horses of the State of Qi.
Third, the honest yanagishita hui
The monarch of the State of Qi sent people to the State of Lu to ask for cen Ding, the treasure of the world. Duke Lu Zhuang was naturally reluctant to do so, but he did not dare to offend the powerful State of Qi, so he decided to use a fake Ding to fool around.
After seeing Ding, the emissary of the State of Qi said, "We do not believe in you, but only in Liu Xia Hui, who is known for her honesty and integrity." Only when he says that this ding is true, we can rest assured. Lu Zhuanggong had no choice but to send someone to beg Liu Xia Hui to come over and tell a lie, and Liu Xia Hui said: "Credibility is the greatest treasure in my life, and if I say a lie, it is a self-destructive treasure." How could I do such a thing to keep your treasure at the cost of destroying my treasure? Duke Lu Zhuang had no choice but to send Zhending to the State of Qi.
Some people may say that Liu Xiahui's move is not patriotic enough and too pedantic, but this is not the case, because he knows that if he lies and deceives the emissaries of the State of Qi, the powerful and rude State of Qi will use it to start a war, and in that case, it will not be the Duke of Lu zhuang who will suffer losses, but the ordinary people of the State of Lu.
Fourth, The Rise and Fall of Yanagishita Hui
Deng Xiaoping experienced "three ups and three downs" before and after the "Cultural Revolution," while Liu Xiahui was even better, with a tortuous career of "four ups and four downs." From 693 to 672 BC, Liu Xiahui served four times as a judge in charge of prison proceedings, but was deposed four times because of his upright nature, his inability to meet things, and his offense against the powerful. More than a hundred years later, Confucius is still overwhelmed with emotion when he talks about this matter.
Although Yanagi was repeatedly attacked and ostracized in the country of Lu, his moral learning was famous all over the world, so the princes of various countries competed to invite him to serve in their own country as a high-ranking official Houlu, but he refused one by one. When asked why, he replied, "The reason why I have been deposed many times in Luguo is because I have adhered to the principle of being a human being.
If we persist in it, we will inevitably encounter the result of being deposed everywhere; if we abandon the principle of being a human being, we can also get high-ranking officials in the country of Lu, so why should we leave the hometown where we gave birth to me and raised me? ”