When Liu Zhen was appointed Danyang Yin, Xu Xuandu went to Kyoto and stayed overnight with him. The beds and curtains are new and gorgeous, and the food is sumptuous and delicious. Xu Xuandu said: "If you can preserve this place, it will be much better than living in seclusion in Dongshan." Liu Zhenchang said: "If you know that good or bad fortune is determined by people themselves, how could I not preserve this place (received by official salary) "What!" Wang Yishao was present and said, "If Chao Fu and Xu You met Ji Heqi, they would never say such a thing." After hearing this, both Liu and Xu looked ashamed.
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Liu Zhen grew up to be Danyang Yin. Xu Xuandu left the capital and lived in Liu Su. The bed was decorated with new curtains and the food was rich and delicious. Xu said: "If you save this place, it will be better than Dongshan." Liu said: "If you know that good or bad luck depends on others, I can't protect this!" Wang Yishao was sitting and said: "Lingchao, Xu Yuji, Qi, we should No such words." Both of them felt ashamed.
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Dongshan: In the southwest of present-day Shangyu, Zhejiang, the scenery is beautiful. It was a place where Xie An lived in seclusion and enjoyed leisurely travels. It also became a place where celebrities at that time and later would yearn to live in seclusion.
Ling Chao, Xu Yuji, and Qi should not say this: these two sentences are ironic that Xu and Liu are concerned about worldly affairs and are not true hermits. Chao and Xu were both sages in the time of Yao. Yao and the two of them had the Zen position one after another, and refused to accept his words. Ji, Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, is said to have served as an agricultural officer of Yao. Qi (xiè), the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty, is said to be a minister of Shun, who helped Yu control floods.
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Liu Zhenchang: Liu Xun, with the courtesy name Zhenchang, was born in the Prime Minister of Pei State (now northwest of Suixi, Anhui). Descendant of the Han Dynasty, son-in-law of Emperor Ming of Jin Dynasty. He is good at talking, especially Lao Zhuang, and is friendly with Wang Xizhi, so he is highly valued by Director Wang. He successively held the positions of Situ Zuo, Changshi, Shizhong, and Danyang Yin, so later generations called him "Liu Yin". He was clean in politics, had extensive friendships, had political foresight and the ability to recognize people. He was called a "Famous Scholar of Yonghe" in "The Biography of Famous Scholars", and was honored as one of the "Eight Gentlemen of the Wei and Jin Dynasties" in "Tang Huiyao". He died during Danyang Yin's tenure at the age of thirty-six and was awarded the title of "former general". The famous scholar Sun Chuo wrote an edict for him, saying that he "lived in an official position without official affairs, and handled affairs without a desire to do anything", which was regarded as a famous saying by people at the time.
Xu Xuandu: Xu Xun, courtesy name Xuandu, was born in Yangbei Xincheng, Gaoyang, Jin Dynasty (now Xushui West, Hebei Province). He was called a child prodigy when he was young, but he was good at writing. Together with Sun Chuo, he was known as the Wenzong of the time, and he was a representative figure of Xuanyan poetry in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was not an official all his life and loved to travel. He often accompanied Liu Xun and Wang Xizhi on banquets and chants. He was good at analyzing mysteries and was also one of the leaders of the Taoist family. There was a collection, but now it is dead.
Wang Yishao: Wang Xizhi (303-361), courtesy name Yishao, was born in Linyi, Langya (now Shandong). A calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he was good at Li, Cao, Kai and Xing styles. His representative work "Lanting Preface" was known as "the best running script in the world" and was known as the "Sage of Calligraphy". He and his son Wang Xianzhi were collectively known as the "Two Kings". He successively served as secretary Ying, general Ningyuan, and governor of Jiangzhou. Later, he was the internal history of Kuaiji and led the right general. In the eleventh year of Yonghe (355), he claimed to be ill and abandoned his official position. In the fifth year of Shengping (361), he died in Jinting, Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang).