Thousand Characters

Chapter 36

[Original text]

Qi returned to Hanhui and said that she felt sorry for Wuding.Don't be handsome and secretive, but toast is peaceful.

【Note】

Qi: Qili Ji, a highly respected hermit who lived in seclusion in Shangshan, and Dongyuangong, Xiahuanggong, and Mr. Yongli are called "Shangshan Sihao".Han Hui: Han Hui Emperor Liu Ying.Said: Tong "Yue", refers to Fu Yue, the second virtuous minister who was born as a slave in the Shang Dynasty.Wu Ding: No.20 two monarchs of the Shang Dynasty.Junyi: Talent, in the eyes of the ancients, one in a thousand is called Jun, and one in a hundred is called Yi.Here are a few capable people with lofty ideals, from which we can see that the prosperity of a country and the many achievements an emperor can make cannot be separated from the help of many moral and talented people.

【Interpretation】

It was only with the help of Qiliji, Dongyuangong, Xiahuanggong, and Mr. Yongli that Emperor Hui of the Han regained the crown prince's seat; Wuding, the monarch of the Shang Dynasty, was assisted by the virtuous minister Fu Yue because of the induction of a dream.These people are one-in-a-million or one-in-a-thousand talents, and they are diligent and diligent. It is because of these capable people that the country can be prosperous and peaceful.

【allusion】

Xu Heng refuses to eat pears in vain. When the Song and Yuan Dynasties were replaced, wars continued in various places, and there was chaos everywhere.The famous scholar Xu Heng grew up in such an environment.One year, Xu Heng and a few friends went out together, passing through northern Henan, which had just been looted by the war. Most of the people had fled, and the fields were barren.At that time, it was the hot dog days, and everyone was on their way under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, and their mouths were dry.After walking dozens of miles, I didn't find a drop of water to quench my thirst.At this moment, a friend who was traveling with him rushed forward, shouting and screaming.It turned out that there was a tall pear tree standing upright by the road not far ahead, and the tree was full of big yellow pears.Everyone rushed forward to pick the pears, only Xu Heng sat under the shade of the tree and didn't seem to see those big pears.A friend came over and gave a pear to Xu Heng while nibbling pears, and asked him why he didn't pick a few pears to quench his thirst.Xu Heng took the pear, praised it again and again as a good pear, and asked how much a pear was.My friend said no money, this is wild pear.Xu Heng argued that wild pears would not grow so big and so good.He looked at the pear tree repeatedly, and said with certainty: "This must be a pear tree planted by a farmer, and it has an owner." Some people said: "In this time of war and chaos, what kind of pears and wild pears do you care about? Eat to quench your thirst. That's fine." Xu Heng retorted: "The owner of this pear tree must have fled. It is immoral for us to pick other people's pears and eat them without the owner's consent." Then he pointed to his own pear tree. chest, and sincerely said to everyone, "Pears are ownerless, but everyone has an owner in their hearts. Things that are not their own can't be eaten." After saying that, he stopped his partners from picking them.Everyone laughed at him for being too pedantic.Xu Heng was not angry when he heard other people's ridicule.He looked at the friend and said that he would rather be thirsty than eat other people's pears casually.Wu Ding's assistant During the Shang Dynasty, there was an ambitious emperor named Wu Ding.Before Wu Ding succeeded to the throne, he was sent to the countryside by his father to experience life, so he had a better understanding of the actual conditions of ordinary people's lives.After Wu Ding became emperor, he did not deal with major state affairs within three years, and handed them all over to the ministers, while he observed and thought about the strategy of revitalizing the Shang Dynasty.One day, when he went out for an outing, he met Fu Yue. Through conversation, he felt that this was the real capable person who could help him govern the country.But Fu Yue was just a slave who built the wall at that time, and the princes and nobles firmly opposed Wu Ding's reuse of Fu Yue.Wu Ding made up a story and said: Last night I dreamed that God sent me a capable person to help me revive the Shang Dynasty. This person is now building a wall in Fu Yanshan.So the ministers sent people to Fu Yanshan to find Fu Yue, and asked him to return to the palace to assist Wu Ding in governing the country.After Fu Yue became the prime minister, he implemented a series of reform measures to alleviate various social conflicts, and soon brought the Shang Dynasty to its peak, forming the glorious prosperity of the famous "Wuding Zhongxing" in history.

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