Author: Shi Yi
Liu Bang When he conquered the world, he was very disgusted with Confucian scholars and snatched someone’s hats and used them as urinals. When he met Li Shiqi, a madman among Confucian scholars, he changed his views and accepted him. When he arrived at Lu Jia , he explained a truth to Liu Bang: If Qin Shihuang is in the way of benevolence, the world will not be the way for you Liu Bang to sit. Liu Bang admitted that this was a fact. They overthrew the Qin Dynasty because of its tyranny and injustice, but he couldn't figure out how to understand it at a deep level or how to take the next step. Therefore, Lu Jia was instructed to write an article to arm his mind, which also prepares for his future implementation of benevolent government.
Following the footsteps of these two gentlemen, Uncle Sun Tong can move from purity to pragmatism.
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From the following things, Shusun Tong should be a slippery person, which is what people often say is good at acting according to their eyes and can be able to stare at the limelight. He was a doctor at the Qin Dynasty. Chen Sheng . After Wu Guang’s uprising, Hu Hai II convened more than 30 Confucian scholars and doctors to find out the situation from them. Those doctors told the truth, which made the Second Emperor unhappy, thinking that they exaggerated and spread rumors. Shusun Tong, a hero, did not suffer the loss in front of him, said:
"All the students' words are not. The world is united into a family, destroying county towns, and destroying their troops, which shows that the world will not be reused. And the wise ruler is above it, and the laws are in place below, so that everyone can serve their duties and mingle in all directions. How dare there be any rebellion? This is a group of robbers, rats, dogs, and teeth. How can they put them between their teeth? The county magistrate is now arresting, so why worry about it."
His words are seriously inconsistent with the facts. The rebel army gathered millions of troops in several months, and it has become a prairie fire. Can it be said to be "rats, dogs, and thieves" in an understatement? But his lies were heard in the second lifetime, and he also gave Shusun Tong twenty pieces of silk and clothes, and was appointed as a formal doctor.
After leaving the palace and returning to the dormitory, the Confucian scholars and doctors asked him:
"What do you mean by sir?"
Uncle Sun Tong said:
"I don't know, I almost didn't get out of the tiger's mouth!"
After saying this, he ran away, first investing in Liang , and then investing in Liu Bang.
Listen to the later remarks, he thought Shusun Tong was a "slip" and was a bit inappropriate. It would be better to say that he was very flexible and a hero who knew the times.
He wore a Confucian uniform when he defected to Liu Bang. Liu Bang became angry at first sight, so he immediately changed his shorts. Liu Bang was then happy.
When Shusun Tong joined the Han Dynasty, he led more than a hundred disciples, but he did not recommend these people to Liu Bang, but he talked with the emperor about "group of thieves and heroes", just as the common people nowadays are so enthusiastic about money. The disciples all scolded him privately and said, "Mr. Shi has been for many years, but fortunately he has surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Now he cannot promote ministers and others. He is so cunning. Why is it?" After hearing this, Sun Tong told them:
" King of Han , the Han Dynasty is fighting for the world, would the students fight? Therefore, they first said that they were beheading the generals and flags. All students will not forget them."
He did not turn against his roots, but knew that the time had not come, so he could only speak with Liu Bang. So, he could win Liu Bang's favor, so Liu Bang appointed him as a doctor and named him " Ji Sijun ". In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, the world had merged, and the princes respected King Liu Bang of Han as the emperor. Liu Bang abandoned all Qin laws and acted in simplicity. Without any constraints, his generals were lawless. "Hidden and Sun Tong Biography of Liu Jing" records:
"The ministers drink and compete for merit, get drunk or shout, draw their swords and hit the pillars, and Gaodi is worried about it."
Shusun Tong saw the opportunity, and the "hero" has a place to use it. He hurriedly advised Liu Bang:
"Confucians are difficult to make progress, so they can be successful with Guan Xing. I am willing to conquer the students of Lu and raise ceremony with my disciples."
The former Lu Jia talked about the principle of Confucianism "reverse to follow the obedience and obedience". Today's Shu Sun Tong talked about the idea of "advanced and upholding success", which can hit the nail on the head and put forward his own opinions in a timely manner. It seems that Shusun Tong has done a good job.
When we talk about Confucian scholars, there are examples of the term "corrupt scholar". Shusun Tong recruited thirty Confucian scholars to , Lu , and two of them were cold-blooded and refused to come.They said:
"The ten people who work in the public are flattering to gain the honor of their relatives. Today, the dead have not been buried, the injured have not yet arisen, and they want to arouse rituals and music. The rituals and music are born from, and they can only be prosperous after a hundred years of accumulation of virtue. I cannot bear to do what the public does. What the public does not conform to the ancients, so I will not do it. I will go there, and I will not defile me!"
After hearing these sarcastic and sarcastic words, Shusun Tong sneered:
"If you really despise Confucianism, you don't know the changes of the times."
Those who do not know the changes of the times and stick to the ancients are corrupt scholars. You should know that it is extremely difficult to develop Confucianism to this point. Shusun Tong advised Liu Bang to establish the court ceremony. What do you think he asked:
"Is it difficult?"
If it is too complicated, he will not learn it. So Shusun Tong made a simple and mixed ancient rituals with Qin Yi to create a simple set of rituals that are easy to learn. Liu Bang said:
"You can try it to make it easy to know and save what I can do."
is not easy to teach. From Liu Bang to his ministers, it is really not an easy task to keep their wildness in a cage.
In October of the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Changle Palace was built, and all the princes came to pay their respects. Shusun Tong's training ceremony came in handy:
"First, the evangelists governed the etiquette, and then entered the palace gate. The court held chariots, cavalry, infantry, guarded the palace, and set up soldiers to open flags. Rumors "Turn". Your Highness, the doctor, and the doctor, were clerks, generals, military officials, and the military officials, and the east, and the civil officials, and the prime ministers, were in the east, and the west... from the princes, everyone is afraid of being respectful... No one dares to make noise and be rude."
Liu Bang was very happy and said:
"I know the honor of the emperor today."
Liu Bang found the feeling of being an emperor, so he bowed to Shusun through Taichang and gave him 500 kilograms of gold. Shusun Tong took advantage of the opportunity to recommend his hundreds of disciples. Han Emperor is happy and worships them all as men. Shusun Tong divided all the five hundred golds with his disciples. The disciples said happily:
"Shusun Sheng is a saint, and he knows the important things of the world."
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In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang promoted Shusun Tong to the crown prince's tutor. In the 12th year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang wanted King Zhao to change his position as Prince Ruyi, but Shusun Tong firmly disagreed and advised:
"In the past, the Duke of Jin Xian deposed the prince for Li Ji and established Xiqi. The treacherous state of Jin has been chaotic for decades, making the world laugh. Qin decided to set up Fusu , allowing Zhao Gao to deceive the position of Hu Hai , and to destroy it himself. This is what Your Majesty personally saw. Now the crown prince is kind and filial, and the world has heard of it; Empress Lu attacked and ate his majesty hard, how can he betrayed! Your Majesty must want to abolish Shi and establish young people, and I am willing to punish them first, and to waste the blood of the neck."
It turns out that Shusun Tong is a wise and brave man, not only flexible, but also principled. If it is soft, it is soft, if it is hard, it is hard. When Liu Bang saw that there was no room for negotiation, he changed his words and said, "Host is finished, I'm just playing."
Uncle Sun Tong said dissatisfiedly:
"The prince's world is born, and the world is vibrated when the book shakes the world, but how can the world be played!"
Later, Liu Hou Zhang Liang made a plan and invited the four old men to be the prince's guests and come in to meet the emperor. Only then did Liu Bang completely dispel the idea of changing the prince. After Liu Bang's death, Emperor Xiaohui ascended the throne and entrusted Shusun Tong to formulate various rituals and laws of the Han Dynasty. All rituals and treatises were written by Shusun Tong.
Emperor Xiaohui went to Changle Palace. He felt that he had been in trouble on the road several times, so he ordered a rehabilitation road. This re-road road passes by Han Zu Temple. After Shusun Tong found out, he pointed out to Emperor Xiaohui:
"How can future descendants take the ancestral temple road?"
Emperor Xiaohui was frightened when he heard this and was anxious to tear down the re-thought. Shusun Tong handled him properly. From the above things, we can see that Shusun Tong made great contributions to the Han Dynasty and even descendants.
Whether it is Lu Jia's "reverse and follow the presidency" or Shusun Tong's "enterprise and conservative achievements", they actually emphasize the other side of war, that is peace, benevolent politics, and etiquette. The benevolent and etiquette advocated by Shusun Tong is to maintain peaceful order.
This kind of benevolent politics and etiquette is the core content of Confucianism. Shusun Tong kept a low profile and promoted it in Han Dynasty in keeping with the times. It is really not simple. Taishi Gong said it well:
"Shusun Tong rarifies affairs and regulates etiquette, advances and retreats and changes in times, and finally became the Confucian scholar of the Han family."
