Although the "seven sons of Jian 'an" are contemporaries, they all have different experiences and different outlook on life. Why was a celebrity like Kong Rong killed by Cao Cao? There have always been different opinions. The "seven sons" have different talents and brilliance, so it is more interesting to put them together.
When the reporter summed up the series of reports on the "Eight Great Scenes of Luoyang", the topic was "The Eight Great Scenes of Luoyang", which was discussed in the form of novel argument. Today, the reporter made a summary of Seven Children of Jian 'an, entitled Seven Questions about Seven Children of Jian 'an, and adopted the form of "answering reporters' questions", with vivid writing and novel form.
Let's follow the reporter's questions and listen to how the "seven sons" "answered".
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It's spring, and the ancients are dead.
After the seven sons of Jian 'an appeared in the classic Luoyang, RoyceWong, Chen Lin and others were filled with joy and packed their bags to go home. RoyceWong and Kong Rong are fellow villagers. According to today's administrative divisions, they both belong to Shandong Province. When they returned to China together, they were just partners.
But Kong Rong was unhappy and complained to RoyceWong: "The classic Luoyang told your story too well, as if it were much better than me. But you know in your heart that my fame is much bigger than yours! You just made some achievements in poetry. And I had a great influence on the society at that time in political and literary creation! Don't you think so? ! "
RoyceWong thought: Kong Rong has died 1798, and he hasn't got rid of this bad temper! To put it simply, the "seven sons of Jian 'an" will not go home for the time being and hold a press conference-answer reporters' questions and talk about their feelings. So there was the following dialogue between the reporter and the "seven sons"-
Ask Kong Rong: Hello, Teacher Kong. Your character and talent are admirable! But why is it that the father has no kindness to his son, but planted a seed in the womb to vent his lust? He also said that the relationship between a son and his mother is nothing more than sending something in a bottle, pouring out the contents of the bottle, and the relationship between mother and son is over-how ugly it is! Even in today's ideological emancipation, fear is a strange theory, right?
Kong Rong replied: Mr reporter, you don't know something! I said that for a reason. You know, the "seven sons of Jian 'an" lived from the Eastern Han Dynasty to Wei Chu. When your descendants wrote the history of literature, they made a big mistake-you only used 25 years to define Jian' an literature. In fact, Jian 'an literature developed in a broad historical background, with a history of more than 50 years!
What kind of era was that? It is the heyday of great ideological liberation and literary development after the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period! Don't you think it strange that frequent wars can't stop splendid culture? In the ninth year of Jian 'an, in 204 AD, Cao Cao occupied Yecheng, creating a relatively stable political situation in northern China. Many scholars joined the Cao Shi Group and formed a group of scholars with "Three Caos" as the leader and "Seven Scholars" as the representative. The soldiers and the Israeli army occupied many capitals, entered Luoyang, and fought in the south and the north; Worrying about the country and the people has formed a "Jian' an style" since scribbling. "
I, Kong Rong, am the first hard bone in this "Jian 'an Style"! Don't you have a word called subversion now? What I did then was subversion. Subvert what? Subvert my ancestor Confucius' theory about human relations!
He said that the monarch and his son are hierarchical, and I said that everyone is equal. At that time, the war was raging, and people were so hungry that even adults ate children, but they couldn't bear to eat their own children directly, so they "changed to eat". You eat my children for lunch and I eat your children for dinner. It's cruel and inhuman. The hypocritical Cao Cao wants to rule the world with "filial piety". Pathetic! Ridiculous! Alas! A father ate his own child. What qualifications are there to ask his children to be filial? Bah! Filial piety and "showing filial piety" are just a means used by the royal family and the court to maintain human feelings and order. So, what I just said was just angry words. What's the matter?
But that guy Cao Cao, clinging to my braid, insisted on sentencing me to death. The charge is still the same: unfilial! The most ridiculous thing is that the evidence presented at the scene of the court was actually a sentence I said-once, a person asked me: "If there was a famine in the world and there was only a little food, would my son give it to my father?" I replied, "If my father is not good, I would rather give it to others." I am telling the truth! If the father is a murderer, should he eat before killing? But Cao Cao wanted to kill me, so he took this sentence as evidence of my disloyalty and unfilial, and killed me.
Alas, I am the earliest of the "seven sons of Jian 'an"? My wife and son were killed at the same time as me. At that time, I was 56 years old, and my two sons, one 7 years old and the other 9 years old, didn't even graduate from primary school! Do you think Cao Cao is cruel?
In fact, Cao Cao killed me because I disagreed with him politically, not because I was unfilial-who knows the story of "Kong Rong let pears"? I am so polite to my brother, will I be unfilial to my elders? Mr. reporter, you can ask Cao Cao: Didn't he say "it doesn't matter if you are unfaithful and unfilial, as long as you are talented"? Kong Rong, why did you kill me for being unfilial?
This is my grievance and resentment! Ask Chen Lin and others to see if I'm right?
The second question is Chen Lin: Teacher Chen Lin, when reporters write about you, they are very cautious in choosing words and making sentences, because they know that your pen is sharper than your sword, and they are afraid that your writing is not in place and will make you turn around. What do you think of Kong Rong's speech just now?
Chen Lin replied: First of all, I want to say that later generations misunderstood me: that my pen is sharp, as if I were a knife and pencil official. In fact, the last thing I want is to lose this reputation. Because the word "knife and pencil" seems to be positive, but in fact it is derogatory and is scolding me!
At that time, I wrote an article against Cao Cao for Yuan Shao. Although I am rude, I am absolutely right! Because the characteristic of a campaign is burning, if it is written politely, is it still a campaign? But your descendants, like Cao Cao, always thought I was unkind and called his ancestors names. In fact, I just said that Cao Cao was a eunuch, and this is not wrong. Cao Cao was born in a prominent eunuch family, and his grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. His father, Cao Song? Cao Teng's adopted son. Isn't he a eunuch?
I called his ancestors' names, yes. At that time, the people hated the autocratic power of eunuchs, and they hated it. The more prominent the eunuch family, the more hateful it is. Therefore, Cao Cao is most afraid of exposure and talking about his origins. I was writing an election campaign, and I found his weakness. The starting point was right, and I scolded him for his head wind disease. This is a very high level. How can you blame me for being unkind?
However, I admire Cao Cao's broad mind. He is a true lover, not a show. Later, Yuan Shao was defeated and I was captured. Cao Cao didn't hold a grudge, didn't make things difficult for me, and has been using me. I am very grateful. His son xelloss also thinks highly of me. I'm not as famous as RoyceWong in poetry, but when xelloss mentioned "seven sons of Jian 'an", he ranked Kong Rong first, Chen Lin second and RoyceWong behind me. It seems that Cao Cao is still good to me.
As for Kong Rong's evaluation of Cao Cao, I feel a little extreme. But he died so miserably after all, so I avoided the question. Ask RoyceWong.
RoyceWong: Mr. RoyceWong, the question I asked you today is rather sharp. Why does Cao Cao always take you when he travels? Why did Tongquetai take the lead in writing poems praising Cao Cao just after it was built? Do you mean flattering boss Cao?
RoyceWong replied: Mr. Reporter, I want to ask you a question: Isn't Cao Cao worthy of praise? In history, Cao Cao was a brilliant and broad-minded hero, not a villain who was jealous of talents as Kong Rong said. Your modern writer Lu Xun commented that Cao Cao was fair. Lu Xun said: Now when we talk about Cao Cao, it's easy to think of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the white-faced traitor on the stage, but this is not the right way to know Cao Cao. Now let's look at history. Historical records and judgments are sometimes extremely unreliable, and there are many unreliable places. Because usually we know that a certain dynasty has existed for a long time, and there must be many good people in it; A dynasty existed for a short time, and there were few good people among them. Why? Because for a long time, it was the people of this dynasty who created history. Of course, we should praise the people of this dynasty. Because of the short age, people in other dynasties are historians, so they can freely condemn the figures in the previous dynasty. For example, in the Qin Dynasty, there were few good people recorded in history. Cao Cao's history is also quite short, and naturally he can't escape the fate of being spoken ill of by later generations. In fact, Cao Cao is a very capable person, at least a hero. Lu Xun also said: After Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao was authoritarian. His legislation is very strict, because after the chaos, everyone wants to be an emperor and everyone wants to rebel, so Cao can't help it. Cao Cao once said, "Without me, I wonder how many people would call themselves emperors!" He didn't lie about this sentence.
Look! Cao Cao is at least true. He is frank, tough, intelligent, generous and fierce, which meets the requirements of politicians. So I want to say that in our time, people like Cao Cao are needed. Almost all scholars at that time worshipped Zuo Zongtang. Ask Ruan Yu, Xu Gan, Angelababy and Serina Liu.
Ask four questions: Today, I only ask one question to Mr. Ruan. You are one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an", ranking fifth. Why did Cao Zhi delete your name and replace it with Yang Xiu? Did you offend him?
Ruan Yu replied: I didn't offend Cao Zhi. I don't understand why he deleted my name from Jian 'an Seven Sons. Maybe he thinks my personality is too weak. In fact, now I find that Cao Pi and Cao Zhi have teased me. It is said that after my death, Cao Pi wrote "Widow Poetry" to mourn me, completely treating me as a widow living alone. Now that I think about it, I really shouldn't have written poems to please Cao Cao and Cao Pi. As for Yang Xiu, he has a close relationship with Cao Zhi, and it is understandable that Cao Zhi added him to the "seven sons of Jian 'an". However, this change of Cao Zhi is not recognized by history. My name is Ruan Yu, and I am one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an"!
Xu Gan: Mr. Xu Gan, I always think your name is very modern and unique. Were you very popular then?
Xu Gan replied: Haha, on the contrary, I lived a very low profile at that time. Your classic Luoyang commented that I am a "one-pool hot spring", and I like this positioning very much. Hot springs, there is no lack of enthusiasm in silence, very good. If there is an afterlife, I will also be a "hot spring".
Six questions: Mr. Ying, you are one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an", but why do all editions of China Literature History mention you?
Angelababy replied: Ha ha, I can't blame the history of China literature, but I was too playful at that time, playing chess and fighting cocks all over the world. In fact, any literati group, including Serina Liu and Xu Gan, was not as famous as Kong Rong, Chen Lin, RoyceWong and Ruan Yu at that time, so we will continue to work hard in the next life! Keep trying!
Seventh question Serina Liu: Mr. Serina Liu, I neglected you and asked you at last. Can you sum up the "seven sons of Jian 'an" in a few words? If you know that there were other literati as famous as "Jian 'an Seven Sons" at that time, please let me know, and I will consider letting him appear in the next article.
Liu Zhen replied: Thank you, Mr. Reporter, for trusting me so much. Let me sum it up. In fact, I think the literary achievements of our "seven sons" are not high. Compared with later Tang poetry and Song poetry, compared with Li Bai and Du Fu, their writing is not very brilliant. But it is true that we have created a kind of personalized literature, which is "based on feelings, expressing one's feelings directly, expressing one's grief and indignation generously, and reappearing reality", and has a far-reaching influence on later generations.
As for the literati who was as famous as the "Seven Scholars" at that time, it was of course Cai Yan, that is, Cai Wenji. Her father, Cai Yong, a famous scholar and calligrapher, discovered his calligraphy inscription when farmers were ploughing fields in the suburbs of Luoyang-father and daughter have many stories, so it's their turn to appear next!
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