Recently, the unfortunate death of Lin Jiawen, a historical prodigy, made people feel sad and shocked. There are prodigies in Jiangshan generation and countless prodigies in ancient times. They all have the same characteristics: young and wise, young and mature, unique in nature and brilliant. However, many of these prodigies have a bad life and even died. What is the reason?
Xiang Tuo died at the age of twelve. According to historical records, Xiang Tuo (494-482) was a native of Juguo in the Spring and Autumn Period. Now Yuanjiazhuang, a town in the north of Lanshan District, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, is said to be the hometown of Xiang Tuo, about 80 miles away from Rizhao City.
There are different opinions about Xiang Tuo's life experience: First of all, he is a noble son. According to historical records, Du, the ancestor of Xiang, was granted a fief in Xiang. The descendants gave birth to a son. The second is the children of farmers. It is said that Xiang Tuo's father and mother, Wei Shi, are ordinary farmers. He was born when his mother was chopping wood in Ergushan, and the umbilical cord was cut with thatch. Third, the school children said. More common after the Tang Dynasty, students regarded it as an academy school. Fourth, Lao Tzu students said.
In The Warring States Policy, Gan Luo said that Xiang Tuo was a teacher of Confucius at the age of seven, which was vague and left too much room for imagination for future generations. It is said that there was a dispute between him and Confucius about "cars give way to the city" and "cities give way to cars", about the number of hoes and hoofs, and about the rise and fall, all of which ended in Confucius' failure.
Unfortunately, Xiang Tuo died at the age of 12. There are different opinions about the cause of his death: some people say that he was killed by a student of Confucius, while others say that he was killed by a vassal.
Kong Rong offended Cao Cao and Kong Rong was a child prodigy in the early Three Kingdoms. There is a story about Kong Rong renting pears in Saint Amethyst.
When Kong Rong/Kloc-0 was 0/0 years old, he visited the famous Mars at that time. Mars is an official in officialdom and has a great reputation in cultural circles, so the threshold at home is naturally high, and ordinary people can't get in. Kong Rong passed by and was stopped. He said, "Your grandfather and I are old friends." A child, with such a big tone, the doorman naturally has to report to the master. Mars looked at him for a long time, but he just didn't see who the child was standing in front of him, so he asked Kong Rong to explain why. Kong Rong said unhurriedly: My ancestor Confucius once learned manners from your ancestor Li Yong. We are friends, so we are family friends.
Kong Rong later entered the officialdom, so that he could be a magistrate of Beihai. However, he is sharp-edged, unwilling to be inferior, and does not know how to be humble. He often makes some comments by Cao Cao. He looked down on Cao Cao, who came from a eunuch family, always found fault with him, and often played tricks on Cao Cao with his talents. When Cao Cao banned alcohol, Kong Rong and Cao Cao wrote a prohibition order, saying that Emperor Yao loved to drink before he was sanctified. Mrs. Zhen, the widow of Yuan Shang, is nothing to hide at all. Kong Rong said eloquently, "Zhou Wuwang crusaded against Zhou Wang and gave da ji to Duke Zhou." Cao Cao didn't understand, thinking that Kong Rong was knowledgeable, he asked to talk about He Dian, but Kong Rong said unkindly, "I take current events for granted." Isn't this self-destruction?
But what really killed Cao Cao was not that Kong Rong messed him up on these gossip anecdotes, but that Kong Rong often made some remarks against Cao Cao's internal affairs, foreign affairs and military affairs, such as Kong Rong's opposition to Cao Cao's northern expedition against Yuan Shao and Wu Huan, which had a very bad influence in Cao Cao's power circle. "A flock of sheep can still do harm." Cao Cao finally had enough and decided to get rid of Kong Rong to avoid future trouble.
Kong Rong offended Cao Cao, who held the relieving power, beheaded him with her, and also brought trouble to his two sons who were also prodigies.
The clock will die of disorderly arrows. Zhong Hui was a prodigy in the late Three Kingdoms period. His father is Zhong You, a famous calligrapher and politician. Zhong You took Zhong Hui and Yu Zhong to see Xelloss. When Yu Zhong first met the emperor, he was scared and sweaty. Where's Zhong Hui? He seems very calm, as if nothing had happened. Cao Pi asked, "Yu Zhong, why are you sweating so much?" Yu Zhong said: "The emperor is mighty, the ministers are trembling and sweating like rain." Cao Pi asked Zhong Hui again, "Why don't you sweat?" Zhong Hui learned the tone of his eldest brother and said, "The emperor is mighty, and my ministers dare not be paranoid." Xelloss laughed.
Zhong Hui later became the general of Zhenxi, and destroyed Shu with Wargo. After the demise of Shu, Zhong Hui tried to use the remnants of Shu to rebel and was shot to death by disorderly arrows.
As the son of the second generation of the official, Zhong Hui was able to get in touch with the emperor Cao Pi, and then won the favor of the emperor because of one or two clever words, and he was in a high position at a young age. This kind of person has a high IQ, but he is too arrogant, lacks foresight and strategy, and sees things too simply and easily. Zhong Hui wanted to rebel and become emperor because of Jiang Wei's inflammatory words. I didn't know this was the other side's double agent, and finally died.
Zhuge Ke made enemies on all sides. Zhuge Ke is a prodigy in Wu Dong. His father is Zhu Gejin, the younger brother of the famous Zhuge Liang. Sun Quan likes to play tricks on his men. At a banquet, Sun Quan took a donkey and wrote the words "Zhuge Yuzi" on the donkey's face, laughing at Zhu Gejin's long face. Laughter, Zhuge Ke picked up a pen and added two words, becoming "Zhuge Yuzi's donkey". Everyone went from laughter to wonder.
When I was a child, Zhuge Ke always made fun of Zhang Zhao. Once, a group of vultures perched in front of the palace. Sun Quan asked, "What kind of bird is this?" Zhuge Ke said it was Chinese Pulsatilla, but Mr. Zhang thought it was ironic, and asked Zhuge Ke to find Bald Niang. Zhuge Ke said, "The bird's name may not be right. Please ask the old man to find me a parrot father. " So, everyone sat and laughed. Zhuge Ke made everyone laugh at Zhang Zhao. This kind of laughter is very unpleasant. Another banquet, Sun Quan ordered Zhuge Ke to hold a lamp and bring the wine to Mr. Zhang. Quan Chen just doesn't want to drink it, saying it's not a pension etiquette. Sun Quan intends to test Zhuge Ke to persuade him to drink. Zhuge Ke came to see Mr. Zhang and said that when Jiang Shang was ninety years old, he went out to war without saying a word. Now you fight in the back and drink in the front. Why is this not the best way to provide for the aged? Zhang Zhao was speechless and had to drink this glass of wine.
Zhang Zhao was rejected by Sun Quan because he once advocated surrendering to Cao Cao, but after all, he was a big shot under Sun Ce. "Internal affairs ask Zhang Zhao, and foreign affairs ask Zhou Lang".
As the saying goes, children speak freely. But when a child prodigy grows up to be a big shot, it will be annoying if he still hurts people. Zhu Gejin once commented on his son: "This son is not the son of the family." Zhuge Liang also thought that his nephew was sharp-edged and would be killed.
When Zhuge Ke grew up, he succeeded Lu Xun in mastering military power. His prestige in officialdom is still shallow, but he is eager to make military achievements. Unfortunately, the Northern Expedition suffered repeated defeats, and Wu Jun suffered heavy casualties. Before his prestige was established, he was completely ruined. Wu Dong: "The masses are disappointed, but resentment is flourishing." The lack of prestige in officialdom to contain people is very fatal. First of all, everyone refuses to obey you, and your orders are no longer authoritative, so the day of collapse is not far away. Because Zhuge Ke's prestige in officialdom is too shallow, he will take notes, and most people are unconvinced. To make matters worse, after the failure of the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Ke still swaggered in officialdom, playing this one today and that one tomorrow. The whole Dongwu officialdom hated him, and "people's grievances are everywhere, and people are disgusted." Zhuge Ke only served as the records for one year, which offended all the dignitaries in Dongwu. Even the emperor Sun Liang can't stand Zhuge Ke. What awaits Zhuge Ke can only be ruthless destruction.
Zhuge Ke later colluded with Sun Liang, was killed by Sun Jun, the despised general of Wu Wei, and was destroyed by the three clans.
Sun Quan's children and grandchildren, Liang, died in Sun Liang's leak, and he was called a prodigy since he was a child. The most famous story is the story of him and rat shit. Once, Sun Liang was eating raw plums and sent eunuchs to the palace warehouse to get honey to soak raw plums. There is mouse excrement in the honey. Sun Liang asked the official in charge of the warehouse: "Did the eunuch take your honey?" Answer: "He wants honey, but I dare not give it to him." The eunuch refused to accept, and the people around him demanded to be handed over to the prison officer for trial. Sun Liang said, "This is easy to find." He ordered the mouse excrement to be cut open and found that it was dry. Sun Liang said: "mouse excrement has been in honey for a long time, and it must be wet inside and outside;" Now it's wet outside, but it's still dry inside. It must be the eunuch! The eunuch kowtowed and confessed. "。
In August of the first year of Wu Shenfeng (252), Sun Quan, the 765,438+0-year-old generation, died of illness, and Sun Liang, the Crown Prince, became king in a justified manner. But at this time, Sun Liang was only 9 years old and was not able to preside over the state affairs. According to Sun Quan's testamentary edict, General Zhuge Ke fully assisted him. After Zhuge Ke, the two generals, Sun Jun and Sun Wei, were overbearing and never took Sun Liang seriously. Sun Liang at this time is more similar to the puppet emperor Cao Fang of his time. They are all playthings in the hands of powerful ministers. Sun Jun is better, at least he knows to give Sun Liang some minimum respect, while Sun Jun's ruling time is not long, only three years. Sun Liang's real nightmare comes from Sun Jun's cousin Sun Wei. According to his seniority, Sun Liang is also Sun Wei's uncle, but Sun Wei has only power but no uncle.
If Sun Liang is young, weak and inexperienced, the little emperor and the powerful minister can live in peace, but with Sun Liang's growth, his desire to regain power is getting stronger and stronger, which has a serious conflict with Sun D's interests. Sun Liang led the government at the age of 15. From then on, Sun Liang began to find trouble with Sun D. "It's hard to ask what D said." Sun Wei is afraid of this.
Sun Liang, after all, is young and has little experience in politics, so he will never give up easily. He didn't take into account that he was advancing on Sun step by step, which might push the enemy to the wall.
He conspired to kill Sun Wei and leaked the top secret plan to the Queen Quan, but the Queen's mother was Sun Wei's cousin and her mother-in-law betrayed him! Sun Wei beat us to it. In the third year of Wu Taiping (258), Sun Liang was deposed on the spot by angry Sun Wei, and was demoted to King Huiji, and the sixth descendant of Sun Quan was made emperor.
Two years later, Sun Liang, who was powerless, was demoted to Hou Guanhou because of the suspicion of his sixth brother Sun Xiu and sent to a remote and desolate place. Sun Liang fell to the sword in despair when he was only 18 years old.
There are many reasons why child prodigies have a bad life. Two important points are as follows: First, young people become famous too early, tend to be self-centered, ignore the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and look at things in the world too simply and easily. Second, prodigies rise to power too early, are smart, don't know how to hide, and don't know how to respect leaders and predecessors. For example, Kong Rong offended Cao Cao many times, and Zhuge Ke insulted Zhang Zhao many times. Finally, he was brutally retaliated for making too many enemies. In short, many prodigies have high IQ and low EQ.