Guo Donglin once performed a sketch called "A Word of One Word", which is very classic and intriguing. One word can make a thing happen, one word can also make a bad thing, one word can save people, and one word can also harm people. Sometimes life and death are only between one word.
1. Qin Niuque
Qin Niuque was a native of Zhao in the Spring and Autumn Period. Huainanzi said that he was "very famous."
One day, Qin Niuque drove to visit the king of Zhao State , but he encountered a group of robbers on the road and were looted. "Take the carriage and horse, remove the trunk, drag his clothes and quilts."
Most people will be extremely afraid when encountering such a thing, but Qin Niuque is calm and does not panic at all, "no fear of being worried and ambitious, and he is content with one's own pleasure."
The robbers were very curious and asked him why he was so calm, "I took my son's wealth and treasure, and robbed him with a knife, but his will was not moved, why?"
Qin Niu said in a shortage: "Carriages and horses are the body, and clothes are the body to cover their bodies. The sages do not use what they raise to harm them." This means that chariots and horses are for people to ride and load, and clothes are used to cover their bodies. If they are gone, they will be gone. The sages will not damage their body and mind for these things to nourish themselves. After saying that, he left.
At first, these robbers were impressed by what he said, but then they thought that if such a knowledgeable person had resigned to meet the king with this set of words, they would definitely be valued. When he became famous, it would be the day when we died. "If you see the king with this, you will take me as your duty."
So, these robbers who only robbed money but did not kill people, because of their fear, immediately rode their horses and whipped them, chased Qin Niuque, and killed them to eliminate future troubles!
It’s a pity that an enlightened person who lives in the present just died like this. It’s really a death-killing one word!
2. Yuanshao
Yuanshao, Northern Wei After the royal family, Emperor Xianwen Tuoba Hong great-grandson (Her 1 Xiaowen changed the royal family surname to Yuan), and his father, Supreme Wang Yuanshao, was the elder brother of Emperor Xiaozhuang of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When I was young, Erzhu Rong launched the " Heyin Incident ". More than 2,000 royal family and officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty were all thrown into Yellow River to feed the fish, including his father.
Fortunately, his father had the foresight and sent him out Luoyang in advance and kept him in his old friend's home.
After the mutiny, his uncle found him back and conferred the title of King Pengcheng, and later served as senior officials such as the Taiwei and Taifu.
After the Northern Wei Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu took his cousin and mistress Yuan Mingyue to the west to find Yuwen Tai .
And the original empress of Emperor Xiaowu, the daughter of Gao Huan , remarried to Yuan Shao under the arrangement of his father, and packed the rare treasures in the Northern Wei Palace as his dowry.
Later, Gao Huan's son Gao Yang usurped the throne and established Northern Qi . He was demoted to the county magistrate because his wife and Gao Yang were brothers and sisters, so he still had some power.
Historical books say that he is gentle, modest and tolerant, has a good reputation as an official, likes to recruit scholars, and has no corrupt and degenerate hobbies. Even if he is not a gentle gentleman, he is at least a normal person.
But such a gentleman brought himself and the whole clan to the guillotine because of one sentence.
days of protection for ten years, the Northern Qi Taishi wrote a book that "the old should be removed this year."
Gao Yang asked Yuan Shao: "Why did the Han Guangwu revival?"
Yuan Shao replied: "To punish Liu Buquan."
So Gao Yang listened to his suggestion happily, arrested all the 44 Yuan clans in the Northern Qi Dynasty and beheaded the East City. A total of 721 people were killed one after another, and all the bodies were thrown into Zhanghe . Yuan Shao himself was also locked in a dungeon and starved to death. "Shao is better than the dungeons in the capital. He went on a hunger strike and died of eating his sleeves."
There are eight idiots in the world, and Yuan Shao of the Northern Wei Dynasty exclusively owned one stone, and the rest of the people owe two dou.
3, Han Xin
Everyone knows that after Han Xin fled to Chu and returned to Han, he was promoted by Xiao He (Han Xin ran away again because he was not allowed to reuse it, and Xiao He staged the "Chasing Han Xin under the Moon"), and was appointed as the general by Liu Bang .
But every time I read this, it is strange. Han Xin and Xiao He have no close relationships, nor have any relatives. As a nameless person who has never achieved anything in the past, why can Han Xin quickly gain Xiao He's recognition? Could it be that just through a simple conversation, can Han Xin be considered a rare military commander? Isn't it too funny?
Unless, Han Xin always has amazing words in Xiao He's conversation.
"Records of the Grand Historian" records, "There is no wonder that Xin Ju and Xiao He's words." It means that Han Xin talked with Xiao He several times, and Xiao He felt that Han Xin was a strange person. Sima Qian does not record Han Xin's words here (not just one sentence or two sentences). This is not the focus of this article, but another "strange word" by Han Xin.
"Records of the Grand Historian" records, "Xin destroyed Chu and returned to Han, and was killed by Lian Ao. The thirteen people of his generation had been killed. When he arrived at Xin, Xin looked up and saw Teng Gong , saying: 'Don't you want to betray the world? Why are you killing a hero?' Teng Gong was surprised by his words and showed his appearance, and he explained it but did not kill him. He said to him very much."
means that after Han Xin fled to Chu and returned to Han, he first became an official who received guests, but later committed a death sentence. The other thirteen of the same criminals had been beheaded. When it was Han Xin's turn, Han Xin looked up and happened to see Mr. Teng Xiahou Ying , and said: "Don't Han Wang want to get the world? Why do you want to kill a hero like me!" Mr. Teng felt that this person's words were extraordinary, and when he saw that he was handsome, he let him go and refused to kill him. Mr. Teng talked to him and felt very happy.
Han Xin was able to let Teng Gong explain it in one sentence without killing him. He moved Xiao He several words and asked him to chase him at night, which shows how profound Han Xin's eloquence is!
4, Li Jing
There is another case similar to Han Xin, which is Datang God of War Li Jing.
Li Jing offended Li Yuan twice before playing for Tang Dynasty .
The first time was the "horse borrowing incident".
Due to the motto of "Li should be the emperor", Li Yuan was suspicious of Yang Guang . Although the two were cousins, Li Yuan had never been valued and only served as the Shaoqing of Guard. To put it nicely, this position is to assist the second in command of "the curtain of ceremonial service for the court, sacrifice, and court meetings" in "Handle" and is actually a "flag-holding". According to "Handle 1 Old Tang Book ", Yang Guang not only often humiliated Li Yuan in front of his ministers, saying that he was "faced by his grandmother", but also asked Li Yuan to "hold the flag" for himself during his travels.
Li Yuan dared not speak out, so he had to endure it alone. Li Yuan's wife Dou advised him to cater to Yang Guang's hobby of sensuality and to give him the collected BMW horses. After Li Yuan listened to his words, his situation improved greatly.
Li Yuan is also a good horseman. Although he endured the pain of contributing his "private hiding" to Yang Guang, his resources were limited after all, so he found Li Jing (in charge of car rides and horses) who was the driver's officer at the time, hoping that he could help him collect BMWs. But unexpectedly, Li Jing refused without hesitation. Li Yuan was naturally angry when he saw Li Jing so disrespectful, so the two of them had a grudge.
The second time was a "stealing incident"
After Yang Guang retreated to Jiangdu, he was not enterprising. Li Yuan, who served as the left-behind of Jinyang , recruited troops in Taiyuan and prepared to rebel. As a result, Li Jing, who was the governor of Mayi, noticed it. Li Jing resolutely made a decision: go to Jiangdu and send Li Yuan's conspiracy to Yang Advertisement! In order not to make Li Yuan suspicious, Li Jing also asked someone to tie himself up, pretend to be a prisoner, and pretend to be guilty, and needed to be sent to Jiangdu.
I don’t want to see when Li Jing arrived in Beijing Chang'an , Guanzhong was already in chaos and failed to make a journey due to road blockage. Soon, Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan and quickly captured Chang'an. Li Jing was captured, "Gaozu conquered the capital and led Jing to kill him."
After Li Jing was arrested, Li Yuan did not interrogate him. He just found out that he was behind him and pushed Li Jing out to behead him. At this time, Li Jing shouted: "Dong Gong's uprising soldiers were originally intended to eliminate riots in the world. Now he does not want to accomplish great things, but he wants to kill the hero because of personal grudges? "At this time, Li Shimin happened to pass by. When he heard Li Jing's bold words, he was very surprised and pleaded for Li Jing. At Li Shimin's request, Li Yuan was shaken and let Li Jing go.
is recorded in the "Old Book of Tang". It seems that Li Jing was able to survive from death must have read the "Biography of Han Xin".
5. Xu Zun
Modern men often encounter a proposition that sends a letter - the mother and wife fall into the river at the same time, who should they save first?
The problem encountered by ancient people and the monks was - when will they die?
Both questions are difficult to answer, but the latter is even more difficult. If you are not careful, the end of death.
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However, Xu Zun gave the standard answer.
Xu Zun was originally an aide to Gao Huan, a powerful minister of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was known for his physiognomy, "its test is like a god." Later, Gao Huan's son Gao Yang became emperor and established Northern Qi, and Xu Zun went to the Gao Yang clan's uncle Gao Yue to serve as the Cao Ji Room in Kaifu Tian, a caucus room under the command of Gao Yang clan's uncle Gao Yue . , but he is still the royal olympic.
How high is Xu Zun's divination technique? It is said that when Western Wei sent troops to attack Nanliang , he asked Northern Qi for help. Gao Yang asked Gao Yue to go to rescue at the request of Emperor Yuan of Liang. Gao Yue said goodbye to Xu Zun before going to war. Xu Zun said, "This trip will inevitably cause disaster, you should not go." "After hearing this, Gao Yue hesitated and said, "The emperor's will has been issued, I have to go, I plan to invite you with you. "Xu Zun immediately said bluntly: "I only follow the living and do not want to go with the dead." "Gao Yue set out helplessly and worriedly.
As a result, before Gao Yue arrived in Jiangling, Jiangling was already undermined by the Western Wei Dynasty, so Gao Yue had to return without success. During the period when Gao Yue left, his enemy took the opportunity to slander Gao Yang and framed him and slander him. As a result, after Gao Yue returned to the court, he was sentenced to death by Gao Yang not long after.
Xu Zun was very close to Gao Yue, so after Gao Yue died, he was very dissatisfied with Gao Yang. Moreover, Gao Yang was originally a tyrant, killing people like a tyrant, "the truth is getting worse."
One day, probably because he felt that Gao Yang's life was about to end, Xu Zun said to the people close to him: "I want to calculate carefully, when will the emperor, the crazy husband, die? "I didn't expect this to reach Gao Yang's ears. Gao Yang was furious and passed Xu Zun to the palace, preparing to humiliate him, and then execute him.
"Can you calculate it? You first calculate when you will die? "Gao Yangxin said, if you do the right thing, you will die, then I will kill you now. You are in the name of insulting God's calculations. Even if you do the right thing, you will die now, then I will fulfill your wishes. You will definitely die today!
didn't want Xu Zun to count his fingers and replied, "I died three days ago when Your Majesty a hundred years ago! "In other words, Xu Zun will die three days before Gao Yang's death.
Gao Yang understood Xu Zun's meaning. Although he didn't believe it very much, he did not dare to use his "emperor's life" to bet on Xu Zun's life in his name, so he could only say hatefully, "You are right, go back and stay for me, don't cause trouble! "
I don't know whether Gao Yang strictly protected Xu Zun afterwards, but he must have silently recited in his heart: Xu Zun must live a hundred years!
Xu Zun was able to escape death because he took advantage of Gao Yang's superstitious and cherishing life. If he meets a powerful emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang "My life is my own, not the sky", Xu Zun's trick will be difficult to succeed.
6. Fang Xiaoru
was executed and the local Xiaoru of the ten clans was strictly not classified as this, but because of his sentence "What can the ten clans do to me?" "It's too famous to make this example.
Ming Dynasty one of the four talented men in Wuzhong Zhu Yunming records the "Wild Records" written by "(Xiaoru) is more and more powerful, saying: It's just the nine tribes of ours! The emperor said angrily: I am free from the ten clans of you. What clan should I ask? The emperor said: Friends are also clans.”
Just because of Fang Xiaoru’s words, relatives and friends were also killed. How innocent?
