The old saying: "Those who become great things, mood and anger are not colorful", which means that a person who can achieve a great cause, whether he encounters happy things or sad things, he will not show his true feelings in his heart on his face, so that others cannot detect and peek into the information. Historically, there were many people who were "moody and angry", and Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was one of them.
Xie An, a famous politician of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, held the position of prime minister. In history, the famous leader of the "Battle of Shuishui" who won many battles with less victory, this battle can win more with less, becoming a classic battle in history, which is inseparable from Xie An's cultivation in peacetime. Xie An, from an early age, has a very high cultivation, versatility, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not to say that he is proficient in everything, he can also be called a master. He usually pays attention to personality cultivation, every word and deed, every bit is rigorous, he has a leisurely and gentle personality, integrity, fairness in handling things, mood and anger are never colored, so as to lay a solid foundation for his future achievements.
In the eighth year of taiyuan (383), Former Qin Led an army of one million to the south, intending to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty and unify the north and south. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was an uproar, everyone was terrified, and the health ministers were all endangering themselves and did not think about countermeasures. Only Xie An, who was the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was not affected by the critical military situation and calmly shouldered the military responsibility of resisting the Former Qin army. Unfazed, calmly coping, and thinking of good strategies, Xie An carefully arranged the campaign arrangements in his capacity as the governor of the capital. He first sent Xie Shi, Xie Xuan and other generals to lead 80,000 horses to the front line to resist the Former Qin army, and although Xie Xuan, as the main general, was not afraid of the Former Qin army, after all, the people were a million troops, and he only had 80,000 troops, and the disparity in strength also caused him to have a little nervousness. Before sending out the army, Xie Xuan deliberately went to Xie An's mansion to bid farewell, in order to spy on Xie An's mood and ask for good advice. Coming to Xie An's mansion, Xie Xuan could not get a single message from Xie An's face, because the expression on Xie An's face was the same as usual, and there was no change. In the face of Xie Xuan's arrival and intentions, he only said six words lightly: "The imperial court has made arrangements!" ”
Former Qin and Eastern Jin fought each other, and the war was extremely fierce, but what was Xie An doing at this time? He was playing chess with his guests at home, and the battle ahead seemed to have nothing to do with him, giving people a great sense of being out of the way. Later, in the battle ahead, the Eastern Jin army defeated the Former Qin million army with fewer victories and more victories, and the main general Xie Xuan sent someone to send a good report to Xie An Province. Xie An took the good news, read the content carefully, and then put the good news next to the seat and continued to play with the guests. The guest who played with him saw that Xie An's face was expressionless, still the same, and could not observe the situation of the battle from his expression, the guest played a few steps, really could not hold back, and asked Xie An how the battle was in front? When Xie An saw the guests asking, he said to him lightly: "Nothing, the children have already defeated the enemy in front!" Then he continued to play chess as usual. Ranked, just imagine, such a victory in the battle against the sky, if you hear the good news, there are a few people who can still be calm and not crazy and happy, and Xie An is a special case, which also achieves his merits. The victory in Feishui brought Xie An's fame to its peak, and he was awarded the title of Taibao by the emperor for the merits of the president's various armies. The author regrets the past and says: Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty will play the ultimate role of "those who become big things, mood and anger are not colorful". (Text: Pan Xiexi)