According to the tradition in China, men's and women's affairs are "unwritten" and cannot be discussed openly. The story of Liu Xiahui, one of the "Four Sages", has been circulated for thousands of years. Although it's not chaotic, it's not convenient to put it on the table because it involves men and women. So what made it spread for so long? With the discovery of Liu's genealogy in Anhui, the statement that sitting still is a lie for thousands of years has been further confirmed. How did the Millennium lie evolve? Where did the story of Liu Xiahui sitting still come from? A surname is Zhan, a surname is Huo, and a surname has been a judge of Lu, which is equivalent to the current warden. It is said that he lived in Liuxia (now Liutun, Puyang County) because of his upright official position and strict law enforcement. After his death, he was named "Hui", so he was called. Mencius regarded him as one of the "four great sages", and Mencius said: Liu Xiahui was not ashamed to pollute the monarch, and did not hesitate to be a small official. If you don't hide sages, you must follow their path. Heritage without resentment, poverty without pity. Get along with fellow villagers, reluctant to leave. "I am for you, I am for me. Although I am naked here, how can I be jealous? " Therefore, those who heard the news in Liu Xiahui are contemptuous and generous, and have a poor husband. It is said that he is the sum of saints and can be a teacher of eternal life, so later generations call Liu Xiahui "the sum of saints". However, Liu Xiahui is widely known, not because he is a "saint", but because he is "restless" in the relationship between men and women. The sentence "Sit with your arms open" comes from the "Shi Mao" version of The Book of Songs, and there are several versions. Mao Heng's Biography of Mao Poetry in the Western Han Dynasty? Xiang Bo tells the story of a lonely man and widow: In the past, Yan Shu was alone in the room, and the neighbor's wife was also alone in the room. In the evening, the storm came, the room was broken, the woman came, Yan Shuzi accepted it and held the candle. Let it out and shrink the house. I don't think I will try it. If you judge, you should be honest. Lu people have separate rooms for men and adjacent women. At night, the storm came, the room was broken, and the women rushed over. Men close the door and don't accept it. The woman said to herself, "Why don't you accept me?" The man said, "I heard that men and women don't live together until they are 60." The child is young, so am I. I can't accept this child. "The woman said," Why don't China people scold Liu Xiahui in a big mess if she can't catch her daughter? " The man said, "Liu Xiahui can be solid, but I can't. I will learn from Liu Xiahui. Confucius said, "People who want to learn from Liu Xiahui are not as good as them." . "This should be the earliest version, forming the embryonic form of the story of" sit tight and don't mess up ",but it has been hundreds of years since Liu Xiahui's time. In the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Bingwen (1250-1333) further enriched the details of "sitting in peace" in pure prayer, and had a formed story of "sitting in peace": Liu Luxiahui, whose real name was Zhan Mingniao, traveled for one night and stayed outside the city gate. When it was cold, a woman suddenly came to stay, fearing that she would freeze to death, and sat in her arms, covered with clothes, until she knew that she would not be messed up. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Tao's "The Record of Dropping out of Farming in the South Village Volume 4 No Disturbance and Inconvenience" also recorded the same thing: "The husband spent the night in the country and a woman came to stay. I'm afraid it will freeze to death. Sit in my arms and stay awake at night. "Another way of saying it is that Liu Xiahui went out to visit relatives and friends, met with heavy rain, and went straight to the ancient temple on the side of the road to shelter from the rain. But when he came in, he saw a naked woman wringing wet clothes inside. Liu Xiahui quickly quit and sat under the old tree, letting the rain pour down. This "anecdote" has become a reassuring work. In any case, the undeniable fact is that Liu Xiahui's story of "sitting by feeling" didn't fully take shape until the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The Yuan and Ming Dynasties have a history of more than 1000 years from the Spring and Autumn Period, and it takes a long time for a story to evolve and take shape. It is not surprising that its authenticity is in doubt. Why did it take so many years to finalize the story of Liu Xiahui's "sitting with his heart in disorder"? This is probably related to the prevalence of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties. We might as well infer that. During the Song and Ming Dynasties, Neo-Confucianism prevailed, which advocated "keeping justice and destroying human desires", "starving to death is a small matter, and dishonor is a big matter", and strongly advocated that men and women give and receive rather than kiss. The promotion of theory can't just be an empty slogan, otherwise it will be too general and abstract. Therefore, in order to spread this theory smoothly, we often set a typical example and publicize his advanced deeds widely for everyone to imitate and learn, just like today's model figures. So who will bear the heavy responsibility? It was difficult to find such a suitable candidate at that time, and if the influence was not enough, it would be counterproductive. Then look for it in ancient times. It was a long time ago. It is up to you to tell the truth. Liu Xiahui, an ancient man separated by thousands of years, was highly praised by Confucian sages at that time. He also served as Dr. Lu, governing the country with courtesy and cultivating oneself with faith. He also served as a judge in the state of Lu, in charge of criminal prisons, enforcing the law impartially and governing the country by virtue. Confucius spoke highly of his "considerateness in words and deeds", and Mencius also praised him as "the sum of saints", comparing him with Boyi, Yi Yin and Confucius, and later called him "the sum of saints". The influence of such a saint is naturally not low, so it is a good thing to set up a "sit-in" story on Liu Xiahui to publicize his views. When Liu's genealogy was discovered in Anhui, according to textual research, Liu's genealogy was written by Zhu, a Neo-Confucianism scholar in the Song Dynasty, which shows that Liu's family had a certain relationship with Neo-Confucianism at that time and its status was also extraordinary. Fortunately, however, this is a lie. Otherwise, this "woman" held by his old man's house will be depressed with Liu Shengren's sedentary story. Lonely men and widows are in the same room, and the fire is raging. Liu Shengren did not move. Is he more dinosaur than a dinosaur? Or are saints not "people" and have no worldly desires? I want to break my head.