-Sima Yi, the most successful player in the Three Kingdoms
Sima Yi 179 was born in Wenxian County, Hanoi. The second son, Zhong Da. Smart and knowledgeable since childhood, history books call it "rare and extraordinary, intelligent and knowledgeable, obedient to Confucianism." Born in the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was "always worried about the world".
Sima Yi, 22, was elected as a senior official by Hanoi County. At that time, Sikong Cao Cao established brothers Sima Lang and Sima Yi. Sima Yi, on the other hand, waited patiently, kept a low profile, pretended to be ill, postponed the official position granted by Cao Cao, and simply quit the plan and went home to recuperate.
Sima Chu was Cao Cao's master book, and later was the princess of the prince. He gained the trust of Cao Pi. When Wei Mingdi was a general, he led the army against Zhuge Liang many times and was the minister of Wei. Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, and both he and Cao Shuang were supported by testamentary edicts. After killing Cao Shuang, he majored in national politics. After his death, his son Sima Shi seized power one after another. Sun Shi, Wei proclaimed himself emperor, established the Jin Dynasty and made Sima emperor. Some people say that he is the Terminator of the Three Kingdoms.
Sima Yi is the most successful player in the power game of the Three Kingdoms. In the political game, his "waiting strategy" of "laughing last" is really remarkable. In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi was the biggest winner. He won the victory with patience, cunning, wit and cruelty.
What kind of person is Sima Yi? We can say for sure that Sima Yi is a very capable person, with both ability and strong ability and endurance, especially endurance. Even in front of the younger generation, a vulnerable rat like Cao Shuang can wait, and he is good at waiting. He can do whatever he wants, but in the end I will achieve my goal. Again, he who laughs last laughs best. I'm not in a hurry to laugh, but I want to laugh last, and I must laugh last. This is Sima Yi.
Get rid of Cao Shuang, Sima Yi can do whatever he wants. Fang let Sima Yi be the prime minister and add Jiuding, which is equivalent to Cao Cao's position in the Han Dynasty, and let Sima Yi and his son jointly lead state affairs.
At this time, Sima Yi reached the peak of his career. Two years later, he died of old age. The novel about Sima Yi's death is very simple. When he died, he said to his two sons, "People think I have different ambitions. How dare I? After I die, you two should be kind to your master, don't give birth to him and bear my name. But if there is an offender, it is unfilial! " He said to his son, after my death, you must never defect or usurp power, but you must keep your position.
Sima and Si Mazhao did not obey his orders and their promises, and finally did not usurp power. Although it is said that "everyone knows Si Mazhao's heart", he did not usurp power after all. Sima Yan, the grandson of Sima Yi, couldn't care so much, so he forced Cao Huan, the Emperor of Wei Yuan, to take a Zen position, ascended the throne of the emperor himself, and established the Jin Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, the Jin dynasty won the world, and the last three points of the world were unified. The long-term struggle between Wei, Shu and Wu finally made the Jin Dynasty win the world. Isn't this all thanks to the old man Sima Yi?
On the whole, Sima Yi is indeed a person with ulterior motives and good at hiding. Juan Jin Shu-Xuan Di Ji praised him: "As light dust, it relaxes with the times, swallowing scales and diving wings, thinking about clouds." In China's most dangerous political succession game, he can always handle it with ease. In Wei, he was in charge of four great masters and three dynasties. Although he was left out in the cold several times and was deprived of military power several times, he always turned the corner in political turmoil, "salted fish turned over" and eventually occupied a high position.
Later generations often compare Sima Yi with Cao Cao when evaluating him, and think that Sima Yi and Cao Cao are very similar, or that Sima Yi and Cao Cao are the same kind of people. Some people even think that Cao Cao and Sima Yi are shameless. A courageous person bullies orphans and widows by himself.
Sima Yi was in Wei and Cao Cao was in Han. From the outside, he is almost the same. His ministerial position is extremely high, and his application to politics is also extremely high. However, their personalities are still very different. Simply put, Cao Cao is cruel and Sima Yi is overcast.
In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is all-powerful and dares to do anything. He has no fear or worry. He is not afraid of being called good or bad. Anyway, I am who I am. I can do anything I like, and no one can stop me. He doesn't care what others think, and he doesn't care what others think. He acts arbitrarily and does whatever he wants. Cao Cao has this kind of verve, whether heroic or treacherous. Anyway, he has verve and can set you on fire.
Sima Yi is different. If you use a metaphor, he is like water. Even if he is flooded, you won't feel anything. You can feel it when you are scalded, but you can't feel it when you are flooded, because water is feminine. Seeing the fire, no one dares to jump forward; When you see water, you never know. When it is hot in summer, everyone wants to dive into the water. So although "fire and water are ruthless", water is more dangerous than fire, or the danger is more hidden.
This book is about the weak conquering the strong, saying that "the world is weaker than water, and it is not easy to defeat the strong." The weak wins the strong, and the weak wins the strong. The world knows nothing about this. "People like Sima Yi, like water, are good at controlling rigidity with softness. There is a profound truth in China's philosophy.
Sima Yi is ambitious, but he has ulterior motives. He is very good at hiding himself. You can't guess him at all. He always wants to achieve a certain goal, but in order to achieve this goal, he can bear it again and again, waiting and waiting, and there is no hurry at all. When you are impatient and can't wait, he will kill you with the last knife. This is Sima Yi. Therefore, Sima Yi never worries, never fears, never fears, no matter how degraded, ignored or defeated. Because he knows that he can wait, endure, wait until the end, endure to the end, of course-will laugh to the end.
It can be said that Cao Cao basically belongs to self-expanding personality, and Sima Yi basically belongs to self-restraint personality. If Cao Cao is the kind of person who is very enthusiastic and flamboyant, then Sima Yi is the kind of person who is very calm and composed. Because Cao Cao is self-expanding and has outstanding advantages and disadvantages in personality, we can feel that he is a real and complete person, and we can understand him and see through him. Sima Yi, because of his self-restraint, seems to be consistent from the inside out. For us, he is more like a shadow, a concept. Although he can leave a deep impression on us, it is difficult to be seen through and understood.
Both Cao Cao and Sima Yi galloped on the political battlefield, but they galloped in completely different ways: one was to gallop on the political battlefield by constantly making progress, and the other was to gallop on the political battlefield by constantly retiring. But it was Sima Yi who eventually became the biggest winner in the history of the Three Kingdoms. Because he is good at waiting and picking the fruits of victory when the fruits are ripe, this is true for Zhuge Liang, especially for Wei regime, but he got everything he wanted.
If nothing else, Sima Yi is a winner in terms of life span. I have done statistics. Cao Cao lived 66 years old, Liu Bei lived 63 years old, Sun Quan lived 72 years old, Zhuge Liang lived 54 years old, and Sima Yi lived 73 years old. He outlived Sun Quan. Sun Quan is also a very tolerant and gentle person. There may be a weak connection between a person's personality and his life span.
Laugh last.
Therefore, Sima Yi is the most successful player in the political game of the Three Kingdoms. In the political game, his "waiting strategy" of "laughing last" is really remarkable. In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi was the biggest winner. He won the victory with patience, cunning, wit and cruelty.
Although the winner is the winner, Sima Yi has fallen behind the treacherous court official in history. Sima Yi's mentality is really good, but to maintain this good mentality, his purpose is to achieve a very bad political conspiracy, so it is difficult for people to like him because he is too moon. On the stage of later generations, Sima Yi did not escape the image of a traitor with a big white face. The evaluation of history and the people's evaluation of him finally put him on the column of shame.
Even the history books of the Jin Dynasty written by later generations made it very clear: "The ancients said:' Three years of good things, few people know; What a terrible day! The whole world heard it. Although I hide the past, I will eventually see my descendants. Still stealing bells and covering your ears, ignoring everyone; The determination to steal gold means that the city is a disgrace. "Although Sima Yi has always concealed his faults and ambitions, he still cannot escape the severe trial of history. It's like stealing a clock with your ears covered, thinking that others can't hear you, blindfolded and robbing a bank, thinking that others can't see it. That's not self-deception. Sima Yi's ambition in this life can't be defeated by ordinary people, nor can the old people in history.