Introduction: Unjust cases were very common in ancient times, and many knowledgeable people were murdered in every period. During the Three Kingdoms period, the unprecedented genius Cai Yong died unjustly, which was a great regret in history.
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The secondary characters in the Three Kingdoms, a tragic figure, a de facto cultural giant, a person forgotten by modern people, are Cai Yong and Cai Zhonglang.
Cai Zhonglang is from Chen. He is a great scholar, a great calligrapher, and a great musician. He is the father of the famous talented woman Cai Wenji. As a practitioner of Confucianism, he enjoyed a high reputation in his youth. He had a rough life and entered the court during the reign of Emperor Ling. When he was in Dongxue, he compiled the classics, erected monuments and books himself, established himself in the Imperial College, and set an example for society. After the monument was built, more than a thousand people came to see it on horseback every day, crowding the streets and alleys. He felt that state affairs were corrupt, so he wrote a letter criticizing state affairs, and was almost executed for this crime.
Exile to the frontier. He was pardoned a year later, offended the eunuchs, and fled to Wuhui in the southeast. This exile lasted twelve years. During these years, he made the famous Wei Jiao Qin, and it was not until the reign of Dong Zhuo that he needed to decorate his face, and he entered the court. Knowing that Dong Zhuo was in poor health, he complained that he was ill. But Dong Zhuo's words left him helpless: I can exterminate the clan. I had no choice but to go and succeed in my official career. It is said that there are three weeks in three days. He was able to create history and eventually became the leader of Zuozhong, which is why he was called Cai Zhonglang.
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In the era of human-monster inversion, he received special treatment from Dong Zhuo, immersed himself in the narrative, and made great contributions to ancient Chinese culture. So when Dong Zhuo was killed and Wang Yun came to power, he felt Dong Zhuo's gratitude and sighed at the banquet. Wang Yun was furious and shouted at him: "Dong Zhuo is a national thief who almost overthrew the Han Dynasty.
As ministers, you should blame everyone together, but you think about your own etiquette and forget your own Integrity! Since God has killed the guilty man, why don't you rebel with him? Then hand Cai Yong a letter of apology and ask for his feet to be cut off. Punishment in order to continue to complete the history of the Han Dynasty.
Most literati sympathized with him and tried to save him, but they all failed. After hearing this, Qiu hurriedly ran to Wang Yun and said, "Berger is an unprecedented person. Wizard. He knew a lot about the Han Dynasty and should continue to write it and resolve the subsequent history, making it an important work for a generation. Moreover, his reputation for loyalty and filial piety has always been outstanding, and there is no reason to overturn the verdict. Wouldn't killing him mean losing his prestige? "
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Wang Yun said: "In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not kill Sima Qian in order to write slanderous words and spread them to future generations. Now that the country is in decline and the political power is unstable, we cannot allow treacherous and flattering courtiers to write articles around the young Lord. Not only does this increase divine charity, it also exposes us to slander. "
After leaving, Ma Ri_ told the others, "Wang Yun may not last forever. Moral people are the discipline of the country; words are the national classics. Can abandoned disciplines and classics last long? "So Cai Yong died in prison. Wang Yun regretted it, but it was too late to stop him. Cai Yong was sixty years old. No prince or scholar did not cry for him. After hearing the news of Cai Yong's death, the famous Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan He sighed: "Who will decide the Han Dynasty? ”
So, Cai Yong’s death is a loss to Chinese culture, and his profession of continuing the Han Dynasty was not finally completed. Otherwise, what we see today would not be Ye Fan’s later Han Dynasty!