Jade let tried his best to kill a man, but he didn't kill him, but committed suicide himself. What he said before he died later became the mantra of the ancients, especially the literati. Chivalrous people find it difficult to find bosom friends. In order to repay the kindness of meeting him, they will never leave until death, and in order to show their determination, they put this sentence on their lips.
This sentence first came from Zhao Ceyi in the Warring States Policy: "Yu Rang fled to the deep mountains, yue, hehe! A scholar dies as a bosom friend, and a woman is her lover. I will repay the wisdom of the people. " Later, Sima Qian also said in the book "Reporting Ren An": "Scholars are used for confidants, and women are pleasing to themselves." That this sentence has been passed down to this day.
Yu rang is actually very famous. He is one of the ancient The Four Assassins, and the other three are Zhuan Xu, Nie Zheng and Jing Ke, including Historical Records, Biography of Assassins and other ancient books. Today, let's tell the story of Yurang.
Yurang was a native of Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and served as a retainer in Yao Zhi's family of Qing Dynasty in Jin State. In 453 BC, the state of Jin and Zhao joined forces with the Han and Wei Dynasties and defeated Zhi Dou in Jinyang. The patriarch of Zhi Dou was killed, the whole family was destroyed, the land was divided up, and the head was used as a wine vessel.
Jade let fled into the mountains, missing Zhi Bo's kindness, resenting Zhao Xiangzi for making Zhi Bo's head into lacquerware to hold wine, and vowing to avenge Zhi Bo and assassinate Zhao Xiangzi.
So he changed his name and surname, disguised as a punished person, and went to Zhao Xiangzi Palace to repair the toilet. He was holding a dagger in his arms, waiting for the chance to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi. Zhao Xiangzi's heart was pounding when he went to the toilet. He asked the toilet repairman and found the dagger before he knew he was an assassin. When Yu Rang was interrogated, he bluntly said: "I want to avenge Zhi Bo!" When the guards were about to kill him, Xiangzi said, "Jade Jean is an upright man, so I will be careful to avoid him in the future. Besides, after Zhi Bo's death, there was no heir, and the retainer wanted to avenge him. This is the wise man in the world. " I finally let Yu Rang go.
Jade let very unwilling. In order to realize his desire to avenge Zhi Bo, he painted on his body, making his skin rotten like a sore beyond recognition. Before begging in the street, he swallowed charcoal fire to make his voice hoarse. Even his wife doesn't know him. I met a friend on the road and recognized him and said, "Aren't you Yurang?" Answer: "It's me." My friend said with tears, "With your talent, if you commit yourself to Zhao Xiangzi, Xiangzi will certainly cherish you, and then you will easily wait for an opportunity to assassinate him!" Yu Rang said, "It is disloyal to kill you after serving others. I am deeply ashamed that this practice violates the righteousness of the monarch and the minister. "
Yu Rang calculated the time and route of Zhao Xiangzi's trip. Zhao Xiangzi wanted to go out that day, and he ambushed under the bridge in advance. When crossing the bridge, the horse was suddenly frightened, guessing that someone was trying to assassinate him, maybe the jade rang again. It's not bad to let his people scout. Zhao Xiangzi asked Yurang, "I heard that you once served Fann and BOC and were wiped out by Zhi Bo. Instead of avenging Fann and BOC, you entrusted yourself to Zhi Bo. Now that Zhi Bo is dead, why are you so eager to avenge him? " Yu Rang said: "I did serve Fann and BOC, but they treated me like an ordinary person, so I repay them in an ordinary way. As for Zhi Bo, he treated me like a national, and I paid him back as a national. " Zhao Xiangzi was very moved, but he felt he couldn't let Yurang go any more, so he ordered the soldiers to surround him.
Yu Rang knew that he had no hope of survival and could not fulfill his oath to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi, so he asked Zhao Xiangzi to take off one of his clothes and let him symbolically assassinate him. Zhao Xiangzi met his requirements, took off his clothes and gave them to Jade Rang. Yu rang drew his sword and picked it up many times to stab it. He shouted to the sky: "I, Yurang, have finally avenged Zhi Bo!" Then he killed himself with a sword.
After the story of Yurang spread, Zhao's people with lofty ideals were all moved by his spirit and wept for him.