The origin of couplets
According to legend, during the Ming Dynasty, some royal people were always arrogant and constantly fighting dogs for court gambling and entertainment. Domestic slaves also rely on themselves as slaves of the royal family, not only oppressing the people, but even ignoring the government! Whenever I am bored, I will take out fighting dogs and let them bite passers-by for fun. Both the people and the government dare to be angry and dare not speak.
Later, in the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Cao Xuequan, the leader of "Ten Talents in Middle Fujian", was appointed as the right senator of Guangxi. He is upright and upright. Before he arrived, he had heard what the local royal relatives had done. Sure enough, he secretly decided to kill these villains.
One day, the slaves of the royal family were bored again, so they used their own skills to let the fighting dogs bite passers-by at will. A scholar couldn't run any further and threw himself on the ground. Fighting dogs ride on the scholar and bite him at will, and the scholar will die. At this time, a pig killer rushed out of the roadside and began to cut off the dog's head, saving the scholar. The minions of the royal family saw that a mere civilian had killed his master's beloved fighting dog. It was amazing! They tied up the pig killer and sent him to the government with the dead dog, demanding that the government sentence him to death and compensate the dog's life.
Cao Xuequan happened to hear about the case. He read the complaint in detail, not afraid of the imperial clan, acquitted the butcher, and even awarded the royal family compensation for the medical expenses of the scholar. When the royal family saw it, they thought their faces were in danger, but they could not compete with Cao Xuequan in composition. They have a plan to ask for a retrial. They secretly bribed the scholar to change his confession, saying that he and fighting dog were lovers and friends. What he played with that day was dog fighting. It was the butcher who killed the fighting dog out of bravery and demanded compensation from the butcher!
At the retrial, the scholar was greedy for money, afraid of the influence of royalty, betrayed the butcher and changed his confession. Cao Xuequan flew into a rage after hearing the confession of the scholar. He was angry and scolded, "All the witnesses and physical evidence are here. Besides, the butcher saved your life, but you didn't expect to give it back to him. Instead, you wanted to kill him and befriend the dog. This is unnatural! God forbid, I won't let you go! " After that, I will beat the scholar with the official staff, and the scholar can't stand it. Finally, he confessed how the royal family threatened him to make a false statement with heavy money. The truth of this case came to light.
Cao Xuequan heavy sentence:
The butcher is innocent; Scholar, be friends with dogs, recognize dogs as friends, bite back, get rid of fame, and be a dog for royalty!
And angrily wrote on the case file: "Every time you kill a dog, you are a scholar."
Speaking of fighting righteousness, most people who kill dogs are scholars.
The feeling of pride and frustration in life, sharing weal and woe is the most obvious place, like theater, officialdom, shopping mall and love. But from the actual experience of life, who wants to be "content with happiness" and indifferent! Unless we are born with a sage like Lao Tzu. Secondly, in interpersonal relationships, people will not maintain morality because of honor or disgrace. Zhuge Liang once had a famous saying, which can be the best motto for people to learn and cultivate, as a cloud says, "A friend who is a snob is a man who is difficult to learn. Scholars know each other, warmth does not increase China, cold does not change, and it is safe and beneficial to do it at four times. "
Apart from his great achievements, Zhuge Liang has only two famous works throughout the ages, namely Liezi and several suicide notes. Zhuge Liang's letter is very short, which shows that he is busy with official business and has no time to say much, but it has far-reaching significance. For example, a letter to my son about making friends said that a gentleman's friendship "does not add to China if it is warm, but does not give up if it is cold." "Warmth does not increase China" means that spring has arrived and the flowers have already opened. Don't embellish or add icing on the cake. This is the meaning of "the upper hand is not flattering, and the lower hand is not blasphemous". Don't add icing on the cake when your friends are proud. Don't look down on your friend when he is unlucky, as usual. The affection between friends can't be as hot and cold as the weather, but it should last forever all the year round. This is the way to make friends. Let's also talk about how to make friends in trouble and so on. You will know it when you watch Zhuge Liang Biography.
China people talk about making friends, "a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water". This sentence comes from the book Augmenting the Sages of Past Dynasties. In the past, this book was so important that we all knew it by heart when we were teenagers. The original text is "a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and a friendship between villains is as sweet as honey". A good friend is not a fair-weather friend, not a daily contact, usually very dull. But this does not mean indifference; My friend will come when he is in trouble or sick or something like that. Usually it doesn't matter. Maybe even if you look at it with your eyes, you say hello, but it's really warm. This is what we in China call "as light as water" and friendship as light as water.
Therefore, the poem of the ancients said: "Every time a dog is killed, it is mostly a scholar." This is also derived from life experience, and indeed most of them are. Dog butcher was a poor yogi who killed pigs and dogs in ancient times. They are sometimes very chivalrous. In history, Jing Ke and Gao Jianli all slaughtered dogs. Although they are uneducated people, sometimes these people are loyal, say a word and really do it; The higher the knowledge, the criticism is the criticism, and the high-profile person likes to sing. If you are really in trouble, you can't find him.