Ji Kang is one of the seven sages of bamboo forest and the spiritual leader of the seven sages of bamboo forest. Many friends still don
Ji Kang is one of the seven sages of bamboo forest and the spiritual leader of the seven sages of bamboo forest. Many friends still don't know which period Ji Kang was in. He was born in 224, during the Three Kingdoms period. Ji Kang is a native of Luoxian County, the hometown of overseas Chinese. He showed his cleverness from an early age. He not only read widely, but also studied various arts. When he grew up, he married Cao Cao's great granddaughter. However, Ji Kang's fate is tragic. He was framed by Zhong Hui and finally executed by Si Mazhao. Ji Kang was also a famous thinker and writer at that time. Here is a role introduction for everyone. Let's have a look.
First, the background
There have always been different opinions about Ji Kang's origin.
However, many documents record that Ji Kang's ancestral name is Xi and his ancestral home is Huiji. In order to avoid enemies, during the great-grandfather period, his family moved to Qiaoguo and changed their surname.
There are two theories about changing the surname Ji. It is said that ancestors will remember their ancestral home, so Ji was changed from "purport" to "mountain" and changed to "Ji" as the surname.
Second, there was a mountain called Ji Mountain in Luo County at that time. After Ji Kangzu moved to Luo County, he lived at the foot of Ji Mountain, so he changed his surname.
Hou Wailu, a modern historian, put forward a new viewpoint in A General History of China's Ideological History: Xi's surname was a base surname at that time, and Ji Kang's ancestor changed his surname to an official.
Either way, it can be seen from Ji Kang's background that he is not of noble birth. In that era when there was no imperial examination, birth decided a person's career.
Ji Kang was not a noble family, but his ancestors had always been a Confucian family, and because he moved to Cao Cao's hometown, he got Cao Cao's esteem and trust from Zhao Ji, Ji Kang's father: Zhao Ji was a book consultant of Cao Wei and was responsible for supervising the commissary. Ji Kang's brother Ji Xi was named a scholar by the teahouse in his early years.
Because of the frequent wars at that time, he joined the army as a scholar, and successively served as a servant, Yangzhou secretariat, Zong Zheng and other posts, which was deeply trusted by Cao Wei Group.
Second, both talent and appearance.
Ji Kang's father died young and was raised by his mother and brother.
In poetry, he is as famous as Ruan Ji, especially good at four-character poems. He is another master of four-character poems after Cao Cao, and he is a man of character in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
He Chao's Review of Selected Works once wrote, "Four words are not confined to elegance, but written directly on the chest, higher than Pan and Lu."
In calligraphy, his cursive script was praised as the top grade by later generations. Later generations called his calligraphy "like holding a piano and half drunk, sleeping soundly, if birds gather, people will disperse."
What is most commendable is his talent and attainments in music. Xiang Xiu wrote in the preface to thinking of the old that "Ji Bo's comprehensive skills are wonderful in silk and bamboo".
He has made great achievements in literary theory, fu, painting, etc. His literary theory is clear in logic and eloquent, and he reads like a torrent.
With so many talents, ordinary literati have long been dumped by him. I don't know how many streets there are, but this is not all. Ji Kang also brought his own killer.
Ji Kang's own killer is nothing more than his amazing appearance. Simple "handsome" is too superficial and powerless for Ji Kang.
Shi Shuo Xin Yu Rong Zhi wrote, "(Ji Kang) is seven feet eight inches long and has a special charm. Those who saw it sighed:' Xiao Xiaosu is bright and clear.' Or the cloud says, "Su Su is like a loose wind, high and gentle." "
Ji Kang, who is 1.88 meters tall, is graceful, but he is quite casual about himself: "I often don't wash my hair and face on January 15, so I can't take a shower."
Third, feelings of Zhuang zi.
Unparalleled talent and secular appearance made Ji Kang's influence. As an adult, Ji Kang was wooed by Cao Shi Group, betrothed to Ji Kang the director of Changle Pavilion and the daughter of Pei Wang Cao Lin, and became an official doctor, and later worked as a doctor in GuangLuQuan.
Cao Shi Group knows that Ji Kang advocates Zhuangzi and yearns for the life he was born in, so all the official positions awarded are unpaid idle jobs.
As the first idol, Ji Kang, the chief superstar of the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, invited friends to drink and write poems in the bamboo forest, or traveled to famous mountains and rivers, collecting herbs and refining alchemy, and lived a life of "teaching more and letting nature take its course".
At that time, the Sima family gradually usurped the Cao Wei regime, and all the aristocratic families squeezed and cheated each other for their own interests. Ji Kang despises this and often criticizes it with poems.
Si Mazhao sent people to Ji Kang for courtship many times, but Ji Kang refused. When his friend Dan Tao was transferred from Cao Lang to the corps commander, he wanted to recommend Ji Kang to take his place. After Ji Kang learned the news, he wrote a dear John letter and resolutely refused to be an official.
Ji Kang's character once made him a national idol, and people worshipped Ji Kang's moral integrity. Even Wang Rong, the second generation official, joined the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest because of Ji Kang.
It's hard not to be intimidated by Si Mazhao because of such a huge appeal, so under the frame of Zhong Hui, Si Mazhao ordered Ji Kang to be put to death.
On the day of execution, 3,000 students jointly protested and asked the court to pardon Ji Kang, but Si Mazhao was unmoved.
Ji Kang looked at the shadow of the sun on the execution ground, and the execution was still early at three o'clock in the afternoon, so he played a song "Guangling San" on the piano. After a song, Ji Kang passed away calmly at the age of forty.
After Ji Kang's death, he was still sought after by countless literati. Li Bai, the first poet in the Tang Dynasty, compared himself with Ji Kang when expressing his disdain for fame and wealth and his pursuit of freedom, and wrote a poem "The breeze and the bright moon are free, and Yushan is not pushed by others".
I have to say that this kind of Ji Kang deserves to be worshipped and cherished by future generations.
Author: Shi Ruoke, special author of this newspaper