Cui Yan (?-216), whose courtesy name is Ji Gui, was from Dongwucheng, Qinghe County (now Gucheng County, Hebei Province). A famous scholar at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sikong Cui Lin conquer brother, Prime Minister Cao Cao strategist.
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Cui Yan was simple when he was young, slow in speaking, liked fencing, and advocated martial arts. At the age of 23, the village turned him into a regular school as required, and then began to feel emotional and study "The Analects of Confucius" and " Han Poetry ". At the age of 29, he made friends with Gongsun Fang and others and studied under Zheng Xuan's school. After less than a year of study, the Yellow Turbans conquered the Beihai, and Zheng Xuan and his disciples went to Buqi Mountain to avoid the difficulties of soldiers. At that time, food was scarce, so Zheng Xuan had to stop teaching and thanked all the students. Cui Yan was dismissed and moved around the suburbs of Qing, Xu, Yan and Yu. He went east to Shouchun and south to almost Yangtze River and Dongting Lake areas. He returned to his hometown four years later and was entertaining himself by playing the piano and reading at home.
General Yuan Shao After hearing this, he summoned Cui Yan. At that time, Yuan Shao's soldiers were domineering and tyrannical and digging their graves, Cui Yan persuaded: " Xunzi once said: 'If you don't teach the soldiers strictly, your combat effectiveness will not be strong. Even people like Shang Tang and Zhou Wu Wang cannot win by relying on their battles.' Now the corpses are exposed in the wild, and the people have not seen your virtues. They should order all counties to bury the corpses to show your heart of hurting the dead and follow the merciful actions of Zhou Wen Wang ." Although Yuan Shao did not adopt it, he asked Cui Yan to be the Cavalry Commander .
Later, Yuan Shao stationed his troops at the Yanjin Ferry, and Cui Yan persuaded him: "The emperor is now in Xuchang . The people's wishes support the side who obeys the court. Our troops should be careful to govern the territory and report their duties to the emperor in order to stabilize this area." Yuan Shao did not obey, and later was defeated in Guandu . After Yuan Shao's death, his two sons fought against each other, fighting to get Cui Yan. Cui Yan claimed to be ill and refused firmly, so he was imprisoned and relied on Yin Kui and Chen Lin to rescue him, so he was spared from death.
In the tenth year of Jian'an (205), after Cao Cao defeated Yuan, he also served as the host of Jizhou . He summoned Cui Yan to serve as a different person in history and said to Cui Yan: "After checking the household registration, it can reach 300,000 households. Jizhou is called a big province." Cui Yan replied: "Now the Han Dynasty collapsed, the Jiuzhou was divided, the Yuan brothers fought with each other, and the people of Jizhou were exposed in the wilderness. Wang Shijia arrived, and before he heard the benevolence voice, he made it his top priority to expand his strength. Is this the gentry in this state who hoped for Ming Gong?" Cao Cao was moved and immediately apologized to him, and the guests present were very surprised.
In the 11th year of Jian'an (206), Cao Cao conquered Bingzhou , leaving Cui Yan to assist Cao Pi . Cao Pi still went out to hunt, and his interest was all about chasing his prey.
Cui Yan sent a memorial to persuade: "I heard that King Wen of Zhou did not dare to enjoy hunting. " Shangshu " records this matter for reference by future generations; Duke Yin of Lu goes out to watch fish, and "Spring and Autumn" ridicule it because of his inappropriateness. This is the motto of Duke Zhou and Confucius . Xia Jie is unrighteous and becomes a mirror of Shang Dynasty . " Book of Songs " says that "the lesson of the king is not far away"; the king should not be happy, " Li Ji " records this matter as a taboo. This is another relatively close example of gains and losses, successes and failures, and you must not think deeply and observe them clearly.
Yuan Family He is rich and strong, but his son is indulgent and plays and enjoys fun. He is extremely extravagant. He is not heard of justice in the world. He is a wise and gentleman. He wants to leave in an instant. He is brave and brave, and he refuses to use his minions for him. This determines that although the Yuan family has millions of people, he has no place to stand. Now that the country is in decline, the people are looking forward to the moral government. Moreover, your father personally participates in the military conquest and works hard. Prince, you should follow the right path, be cautious in making good behavior, learn from the inside, and carry forward lofty moral integrity from the outside. I hope that Prince, you will burn your hunting tools and abandon your traveling military uniforms to satisfy everyone's wishes and prevent the old ministers from being guilty of the heavens." Cao Pi replied: "After you have learned your earnest teachings, the hunting tools have been burned and the military uniforms have been taken off. If you have any similar mistakes in the future, I hope you will teach me again.”
In the 18th year of Jian'an (213), the State of Wei had just established and appointed Cui Yan as the Secretary of the Shangshu. At this time, the crown prince was not appointed. Linzi Hou Cao Zhi was talented and caring. Cao Cao was suspicious and hesitant, and sent a secret letter to seek the opinions of the ministers. Only Cui Yan's letter did not banish his reply, saying: "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the First Son of the People is the righteousness of establishing the eldest son, and the General of the Five-Secret General Cao Pi was kind and filial, and should inherit the throne. Cui Yan would use his death to stick to this principle. "Cao Zhi was originally the son-in-law of Cui Yan's brother. Cao Cao highly praised Cui Yan's selflessness and noble character.
Cui Yan had a majestic body, loud voice, sparse eyebrows, four feet long, and a very majestic demeanor. People in the court admired him very much, and Cao Cao was a bit awe of him. Cui Yan once recommended Julu people Yang Xun , saying that although he lacked talent, he was honest and chaste and obeyed the righteous way. Cao Cao then summoned Yang Xun with etiquette.
In the 21st year of Jian'an (216), Cao operated the King of Wei. Yang Xun praised Cao Cao's achievements and praised Cao Cao's virtues. At that time, some people ridiculed Yang Xun for hypocritical catering to power, thinking that Cui Yan was inappropriate in recommending people. Cui Yan took the draft of the essay from Yang Xun and wrote to Yang Xun, saying, "Reading the essay is just a good job! Time, time, as time changes, the situation will definitely change! "Cui Yan's original intention was to satirize those critics, who liked to condemn and scold, but did not seek reasonableness. Some people said that Cui Yan's letter was a curse of arrogance and resentment. Cao Cao was angry and punished Cui Yan as his disciple and sent someone to see him. Cui Yan's expression had no intention of surrendering at all. Cao Cao said: "Although Cui Yan was tortured, he had come and go with guests, and the door was crowded with people. When receiving guests, he curled his beard and looked straight at him, as if he was angry. "So Cui Yan was sentenced to death.
Cao Cao's personality is jealous. Anyone who he could not tolerate, such as Kong Rong , Xu You , Lou Gui , were killed because he was an old friend of Cao Cao. Among them, Cui Yan was the most injustice, so literati and poets in all dynasties sought justice.
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