Zixu Changqing

Shiwei July, Zhongyuan.

The brush turned a few circles in his hand. While turning the brush, Sun Changqing talked about the rituals of Zhou. After finishing speaking, he poured tea by himself and asked, "What else did the Taifu talk about besides the rituals of Zhou?"

Zhuanyi said excitedly: "I told the story of Wu Jizi hanging up his sword and presenting it to Xu Jun. Oh, because the envoy of Qi State is coming soon, the Taifu also told the story of Qi Yanzi killing three men with two peaches."

Sun Changqing: "Okay, tell me what you think of Ji Zi's hanging sword?"

Wu Jizi hangs the sword and presents it to Xu Jun. It is said that when Ji Zi was on an envoy to various countries, he visited Xu State. The king of Xu State was very fond of Ji Zi's sword, but he was embarrassed to ask for it.After Ji Zi found out, he also wanted to give the sword to Xu Jun, but "a gentleman can swim without a sword", he will visit the state of Jin next, and it would be impolite if he didn't have a sword, so he didn't mention it, just made a decision in his heart , After returning from the state of Jin, he gave the sword to Xu Jun.

However, when Ji Zi passed through Xu State on his return journey, Xu Jun was unfortunately seriously ill and passed away.

So Ji Zi paid homage in front of Xu Jun's tomb and hung his sword on the pine tree in front of Xu Jun's tomb.

The entourage persuaded him: "Mr. Xu has no deep friendship with you. Now that he has passed away, why do you still have to give away the sword?"

Ji Zi replied: "At that time I had already decided to give him the sword. Although I didn't say this promise, life and death would not pass. If you don't give it because of his death, you will be deceiving yourself."

This incident spread, and the people of Xu State sang, "Jizi in Yanling will not forget his past, and he will take off the sword of a thousand pieces of gold to bring a tomb." In order to express his respect for Jizi, Jizi's behavior is also widely praised by people.

So Zhuanyi showed respect and admiration: "Ji Zi is really a good person."

Sun Changqing: "..."

Sun Changqing said, "Zhanyi, let me tell you, you can't just judge a person as a good person just because of one incident. It's not easy to distinguish between good and bad people, and it's also difficult to define, so you can't draw conclusions easily."

Zhuan Yi still felt that Ji Zi was a good person, so he asked, "Sir, how can we judge that a person is a good person?"

Sun Changqing said: "It's hard to say. The answer varies from person to person. Some people think that being kind is a good person, and some people think that doing more good deeds is a good person. How to judge, everyone has their own scale in their hearts."

Zhuo Yi nodded, and Sun Changqing asked him: "If you do something, you will become a good person in the eyes of others, but if you do it, your conscience will be disturbed, will you do it?"

Zhuanyi said: "Don't do it!"

Sun Changqing asked again: "If you do something, you will become a bad person in the eyes of others. But if you don't do it, your conscience will be disturbed. Do you want to do it?"

Zhuo Yi hesitated, and after a while, Qi Qi Ai Ai said: "I...don't know."

Not to be outdone, Zhuo Yi said, "Then, what about you, Master? Are you going to do it or not?"

Sun Changqing smiled.

"I'm a person, the most important thing is to be comfortable with myself. If something like that really happens, I can only do it for my own comfort. Other people's evaluation is good or bad... How can I wrong myself for others? "

"When I do things, I don't want to do what I want, but I want to have a clear conscience."

Zhuanyi looked at Sun Changqing, and felt that the image of this master was extraordinarily tall and glorious.Sun Changqing remembered Qi Yanzi's matter, and said: "Ji Zi Gaohua, although this kind of temperament is a bit out of date now, but it's nothing to learn, but Yan Ying—"

Sun Changqing tried to hold back, but he couldn't hold back, and paused every word: "With a small trick, we got rid of three indomitable warriors who have made great contributions to the king and the country. Although they are powerful to themselves, they have caused great damage to the country. A gentleman builds himself on benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, and such mind skills cannot be learned!"

"Yes!" Dedicated, the master just said this morning that Yan Zi of Qi State used only two peaches to eliminate the three warriors known as "Three Heroes of Qi State".The three generals, Gongsun Jie, Tian Kaijiang, and Gu Yezi, were exceptionally brave. A conflict of emotions was provoked. First, Gongsun Jie committed suicide, then Tian Kaijiang committed suicide because of shame, and finally Gu Yezi followed him and did not want to live alone.

what a pity!

Then the master and apprentice talked for a long time before Zhuanyi left.

Sun Changqing sat for a while by himself. He knew the three generals very well.

"We were friends, but for a peach, they died and I was still alive, which is heartless; I use words to flatter myself and humiliate my friends, which is meaningless; I feel that I have done something wrong and feel remorse, but Not daring to die, this is bravery. I am a person with three nos, and I have no face to survive in the world."

General Gu Yezi's laughter was vaguely still in his ears, and he still remembered his last words clearly, but he was no longer there.

After a long time, he curled his lips and turned to go to the tavern.

-

Unlike Yanling, Meili, the capital of the kingdom, has taverns everywhere.This afternoon, Sun Changqing sat in a small tavern in the north of the city for a while, finished drinking two pots of plum mash, and listened to the man at the next table talk about the grievances between a kind and righteous man and a flirtatious prostitute The story of love and hatred, at the end of the story, suddenly heard a drunken voice saying: "...he is so benevolent, so noble, no one would give him the throne, but he has everything! What about us? Nothing, death If it's rotten, no one cares about it!"

This is talking about Ji Zi!Sun Changqing frowned, looked at the place where he spoke, and saw six or seven idlers sitting on the desk over there, one of them had a dark face, a short stature, and a thin physique. The leaves of black trees blown by the wind will disappear when the wind blows.

And it was this person who spoke just now.

Ji Zha's reputation in Wu State is very good, and every time he enters the city, he can enjoy the courteous reception of the common people, and the man who is at the table will take the table first and say: "You reckless man! How Ji Zi is, it's not for you and me to judge !"

The little man woke up half drunk after being drunk, and his voice was not weak but strong: "How about Ji Zi? Ji Zi was born to be a son, you and I were born to be small people, he is the cloud in the sky, you and I are the mud at the bottom of the ditch! The truth is here , Could it be that what I said is wrong?!"

The man at the next table said: "Ji Zi is of course noble, but what you said just now was dissatisfied with Ji Zi, that is wrong!"

The short man was mocking, and his voice was extremely disdainful: "You don't have a clear mind, and you can't even hear the words clearly? I'm just dissatisfied with God, Ji Zi doesn't care for fame and wealth, but at the age of 20, he is called a good son and has a good reputation. He doesn't want the throne. But God just wants to push the throne to him again and again. But you and I really have nothing, and we can't reach that status after trying all our lives. At most, we can get lucky like Zhuan Zhu , I will be named a viscount after death!"

The man was very annoyed and blurted out: "Do I care about Zhuanzhu like that? That's considered lucky? He's dead, so what if he's a viscount!"

However, as soon as the words came out, the faces of many people around became displeased. It was a time of troubled times, when people were crazy, and many people were desperate for fame and titles. In the eyes of those who are still famous and respected, Zhuan Zhu is extremely worth emulating of.

The short man raised his chin and said with a sneer, "Now that Zhuan Zhu can be granted the viscount title, enjoy the ancestral temple, and offer sacrifices every year, he will be recorded in history after thousands of years. Knowing that he has lived, do you think it is not enough? I am a dignified man, and I don’t want to be famous in the world, but if I live a mediocre life, what is the difference between living and dying in this world?!”

"it is good!"

"Excellent!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard loud applause, and someone made fun of the man, "Aren't you rare? It's no use being rare!" Want to rush up and do it.

The short man flirted with the idlers around him, and several of them stood up one after another.

Seeing that a fight was about to start, when the man walked to Sun Changqing's desk, Sun Changqing hugged him directly: "You like to fight when you are drunk, when will you get rid of this problem? Forget it, let's go find Liu Girl sober up and go."

He hugged and left, the man resisted: "Who are you? How do you know Miss Liu?"

Sun Changqing secretly said, I've been listening to you all afternoon: "You don't even know me, how much have you drunk? You should drink less in the future."

The short man looked at Sun Changqing a few times, and sat down again.

Sun Changqing put his arms around the man and went out, and after walking for a while, he let go. The man was blown by the wind, and the wine was a little sober, recalling the situation just now, he bowed his hands and thanked him, and wanted to drag Sun Changqing to find another tavern to continue drinking go.

Sun Changqing hadn't finished listening to the story between Haoerlang and Wang, and there was only an ending, so he happily agreed, found another child, and gave him a elephant's trunk money to return to Wu Zixu's.

The author has something to say: During the Spring and Autumn Period, people firmly believed that people had souls after death, so compared with modern times, people at that time took life and death lightly.