Today's idiom stories of the Three Kingdoms can be found in the annals of the Three Kingdoms? The Biography of Yu Xun quoted three auxiliary records, the specific time is unknown, and the protagonists are Kong Rong and Duan Wei. The original text is as follows:
Kang's character will also be human. Kong Rong and Camford wrote a book saying: "In the future, the yen will be brilliant, elegant and unyielding, and will be a great tool in the world. Yesterday, Zhong Qiang came again. He is honest, gentle and sincere, and is the head of the family. I don't care about Shuangzhu, but I am close to Laozhu, which is very precious. " End from Liangzhou animal husbandry levy for the servant, Kang for Liangzhou secretariat, when people respect it. After being surrounded by Ma Chao, he persisted for a long time and failed to save the army and was killed by Chao.
The main idea of this record is: Weikang characters will be Jingzhao people. In a letter to Wei Kang's father, Kong Rong said, "Yuan will come to my house a few days ago, and I found that he is knowledgeable, distinguished, generous and determined, and will definitely make great achievements in the future. Captain (Dan Wei) came to my house again yesterday. I find him honest, knowledgeable and smart, and he will be a shining person in the future. I didn't expect you to have two such good sons. You should cherish it. "
Duan Wei worked as an official for many years and was transferred from Liangzhou pastoral to Zhong Chao as a servant. Wei Kang succeeded his father as the secretariat of Liangzhou, which was considered a very glorious thing at that time. Wei Kang was later besieged by Ma Chao and stuck to Ji Cheng for a long time, but the reinforcements didn't arrive for a long time, and he was finally killed by Ma Chao.
The idiom of the Three Kingdoms to be introduced in this article is based on Kong Rong's saying that "the old clam struggles, and the fisherman gains", which is called "the old clam gives birth to pearls", meaning to praise other people's talented sons, and later it is often used to refer to the old clam.
Duan Wei was a herdsman in Liangzhou during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, but his deeds were vague, with neither a special biography nor many records. I only know that he is old and has two sons, Wei Kang and Dan Wei. Judging from this record, the relationship between Kong Rong and Duan Wei should be very close, otherwise, we don't have to praise Duan Wei in such a teasing tone.
As for Duan Wei's two sons, they are more famous than their father Duan Wei in history. Soon after Wei Kang's stepfather was the secretariat of Liangzhou, he met the resurgence of Ma Chao Group. Ma Chao led Wei Kang to be besieged for several months, but he did not send troops to rescue him in the summer in Chang 'an. In desperation, Wei Kang surrendered in Kaesong, but was killed by Ma Chao.
As far as Dan Wei's experience is concerned, he is much luckier than his brother Wei Kang. He was an official and a servant in his early years. At the same time, he was a famous calligrapher and Mohist at that time, and his calligraphy attainments were not inferior to those of the great calligrapher Zhong You. Compared with his brother Wei Kang who died in battle, Dan Wei lived a quiet life until Wei Jiaping died in the fifth year of Cao (AD 253) at the age of 75.