The Wang family was a wealthy family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. One of Wang Dao's brothers was named Wang Dun, who was the shepherd of Jiangzhou and the governor of Jingzhou at that time. After the death of founder Ti, Wang Dun believed that his literary and military skills were unrivaled and he did not accept the court's blame. He not only ignored the orders of the central government, but also occasionally directly confronted the central government. At this time, Emperor Jin and Yuan favored two people, Liu Huai and Diao Xie, and obeyed their words. Wang Dun thought that his level was higher than that of Liu Huai and Diao Xie, but he was not reused. He was very angry, so he launched an army to rebel. Twenty thousand elite soldiers marched from Wuhan to Nanjing, shocking the central government of the Jin Dynasty .
At this time, Liu Huai suggested to Emperor Jin Yuan that all members of the Wang family in Nanjing should be killed. Emperor Jin Yuan didn't know what to think about it, so he didn't agree immediately. Even so, Director Wang was horrified when he heard this. So Director Wang took more than twenty clan members with official positions and went to Emperor Jin Yuan in person to cry out, saying that the family was unfortunate because Wang Dun, a rebellious son, was born, but we were devoted to the public service and were absolutely loyal to His Majesty. Not only that, every day since then, Director Wang took these twenty or so people and stood at the entrance of the palace to show that they were innocent and did not collaborate with the enemy.
At this time, he happened to meet Zhou Wei who was about to enter the palace. Director Wang stopped him as if grasping a life-saving straw and said: " Boren (Zhou Wei's word), the lives of hundreds of people in our family are at risk." It all depends on you!" But Zhou Yi went straight into the palace as if he didn't hear it. However, after entering the palace, he expressed Wang Dao's loyalty to the emperor Sima Rui and earnestly asked Sima Rui not to kill Wang Dao, but Sima Rui obeyed. Later Zhou Dynasty Yi drank until he was drunk. When he came out, Director Wang called Zhou Yi again, but Zhou Yi ignored him again and said, "Kill all the thieves and slaves this year, and the gold seal will be tied to the elbow like a fight." Director Wang Seeing Zhou Boren behave like this, I suspected that Zhou Boren had said bad things about himself to Emperor Jin Yuan. So I secretly hated Zhou Boren. After returning home, Zhou Wei came to the rescue again to rescue Director Wang, and his words were very serious.
Zhou Yi Boren
Wang Dun led 20,000 elite soldiers to defeat Liu Huai's tens of thousands of troops, and soon occupied the outer city of Nanjing. Emperor Jin Yuan saw that it was not good and quickly sent Liu Huai and Diao Xie to escape, while at the same time he was busy making wishes to Wang Dun for an official position. Wang Dun got his wish and became a high official. Later, Wang Dun asked Director Wang whether Zhou Wei should be appointed as the third minister, but Director Wang did not answer. He then asked Director Wang whether Zhou Wei should be appointed as Shangshu Ling and Servant, but Director Wang did not answer. Finally, Wang Dun said that if he did not do both, he would be killed. , Director Wang didn’t answer. After failing to answer these three times, Wang Dun directly killed Zhou Wei.
After the rebellion was put down, Director Wang returned to power. He browsed the previous documents of the official school in Zhongshu Sheng and accidentally discovered Zhou Yi's memorial to save himself. Only then did he know that Zhou Yi went to the palace to see the emperor that day and elaborated on Wang Dao's loyalty and patriotism. He believed that Zhongliang must not be killed by mistake until the emperor listened to his advice. Director Wang cried bitterly while holding the memorial, and said an eternal famous saying: "Although I did not kill Boren, Boren died by me. In the netherworld, I have lost this good friend."
"Although I did not kill Boren, Boren died. The phrase "die by me" has been widely circulated in ancient and modern times, which means admitting to having made an "unintentional mistake" and feeling guilty for it. It shows the courage of ancient Chinese gentlemen to have moral self-reproach and take responsibility, even at the cost of carrying a heavy burden of guilt throughout their lives.
This story tells us that no one who is boring will end well. Even Lei Feng knows that good deeds should be written in a diary ~
Who is Boren?
Zhou Wei (yǐ) (269-322), courtesy name Boren. A native of Ancheng, Runan (now Runan County, Henan Province). A celebrity and minister during the Jin Dynasty period, The son of General Anton Zhou Jun in the Western Jin Dynasty . He once served as the governor of Jingzhou and became the minister Zuopushe. He dared to give loyal advice and was reused by the court, and was respected for his generous and kind nature. He was killed by Wang Dun during the Wang Dun Rebellion in and was killed at the age of 54. Later, he was given the posthumous title of Dr. Zuo Guanglu and the third division of Yitong, with the posthumous title of Kang.
