Pan An, Lanling Wang, Song Yu, Wei Jie.
1. Pan An
Pan An (247-300), also known as Pan Yue, also named Anren, was born in Zhongmu, Henan, and was a famous writer and politician in the Western Jin Dynasty.
Beautiful and graceful, he was rarely known for his talent. He was frivolous and tended to benefit the world. He flattered Shi Chong and others and served Jia Mi. Whenever he waited for him to come out, he often looked at the dust and worshiped. Together with Shi Chong, Lu Ji, Liu Kun, Zuo Si, etc., they are the "Twenty-Four Friends of Jia Mi", headed by Pan An. Pan An is known as "the most beautiful man in ancient times".
2. King Lanling
Gao Changgong, King of Lanling (541-573), whose real name was Gao Su, clan name Gao Xiaoguan, and the courtesy name Changgong, was born in Bohai County (now Jingzhou, Hebei Province). County) people. A royal general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the grandson of Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan, the fourth son of Emperor Wenxiang Gao Cheng, and one of the four most beautiful men in ancient China.
In the fourth year of Wuping (573), he was sentenced to death for saying that "state affairs are family affairs". He was thirty-three years old and was given the posthumous title of Zhongwu as a fake Huang Yue, Taishi, and Taiweigong. .
3. Song Yu
Song Yu, named Ziyuan (about 298 BC - about 222 BC), was born in Yan (now Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei Province) during the Warring States Period. After Qu Yuan, he was a disciple of Qu Yuan and once served as King Qingxiang of Chu.
He ran away from Chu State due to the conflict between his father and his son. He was a Ci Fu writer at the end of the Warring States Period. He loved Ci Fu all his life. He knew music and was good at writing articles. He once served as King Qingxiang of Chu. He was another great Ci Fu writer after Qu Yuan. , as famous as his contemporaries Tangler and Jingzai.
4. Wei Jie
Wei Jie (286-June 20, 312), named Shubao, was born in Anyi, Hedong (now north of Xia County, Shanxi), and was the Minister of Cao Wei. The great-grandson of Wei Jian and the grandson of Taibao Guan. A metaphysician and official of the Jin Dynasty, he was one of the four most beautiful men in ancient China.
Wei Jie was a famous talker and metaphysician after He Yan and Wang Bi during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He rose to the rank of Prince Xima. In the fourth year of Yongjia (310), he moved to the south. In the sixth year of Yongjia (312), Wei Jie passed away at the age of 27. He was buried in Nanchang and later moved to Jiangning.
Extended information:
It is recorded in "Shishuoxinyu" that every time Pan An goes out to play, a large number of girls will chase him. Groups of girls chasing Pan An presented him with flowers and fruits. Every time Pan An returns home, he always returns home with a full load. This is the origin of the allusion of "throwing a fruit-filled cart".
Although there were so many beauties chasing him all day long, Pan An remained unmoved at all. Pan An is definitely a good husband when it comes to treating his wife. Pan An's wife came from a well-known family, and her family status was higher than that of Pan An's family. The two were not a good match.
Because Pan An is both a handsome man and a talented man, Pan An's wife is willing to marry him. Pan An was very infatuated with his wife. Not only did he never go out to flirt with women when she was alive, but he still missed her after her death. A year after his wife passed away, he wrote three "Mourning Poems".
In the history of Chinese literature, these three "Poems of Mourning" are of groundbreaking significance. Because women's status was very low at that time, before Pan An's "Mourning Poems", there were almost no works in memory of his wife. Pan An's articles are also very good. He likes to write mournful articles. He can be said to be a beautiful and melancholy writer.
There is nothing to say about Pan An's appearance, and he can be considered a good husband with a devoted and dedicated relationship. However, his life path is not as enviable as his appearance, but has a bit of tragedy. His political path was still very bumpy. He was not reused in his early years. Later, he took refuge in the Jia Group headed by Jia Nanfeng and her nephew Jia Mi. At that time, it was the time when the Jia Group was making all the changes.
Jia Nanfeng wanted to depose the prince, and Pan An was unfortunately involved in this conspiracy. One time when the prince was drunk, Pan An was asked to write an article to worship the gods and asked the prince to copy it. The prince was already drunk and unconscious, so he wrote a lot.
After Pan An got the article written by the prince, he sketched a few more strokes and turned it into a treasonous article, which led to the prince being deposed and the prince's biological mother being executed. Although he was not the mastermind, Pan An obviously played a role in fueling the conspiracy. Although this treacherous plot succeeded, Pan An did not get any good results in the end. After the Eight Kings Rebellion, King Zhao Sima Lun succeeded in seizing power. He immediately arrested Pan An and sentenced him to annihilate the three clans.
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