Allusions of King Xuan of Qi Dynasty

Yes, Zhong Wuyan , Nothing, summer and spring

The clock 、 Xia Du is the woman beside King Xuan of Qi , The former is ugly and talented , The latter is beautiful and incompetent . therefore , King Xuan of Qi has something , He ran to find Zhong Wuyan for help ; Once it's over , Then go to find Xia Yingchun for fun , Throw Zhong Wuyan aside . [5]

pretend to play the Yu

King Xuan of Qi asked someone to play Yu , Three hundred people must blow together . Nanguo Chushi asked to blow Yu to King Xuan of Qi , King Xuan is very happy . The government gave him the same treatment as those hundreds of people . After the death of King Xuan of Qi , His son king Qimin succeeded to the throne . King Qimin also liked to listen to Yu playing , But he likes to let them listen to his solo one by one , Nanguo Chushi had to escape .

King Xuan has only one love

once , King Xuan of Qi said to his subordinate minister Chunyu Kun ：“ Sir, talk about what I like ？” Chunyu Kun theory ：“ Ancient kings liked four , And the king likes three .” King Xuan of Qi is very strange , I couldn't help asking ：“ How can I say that ？” Chunyu Kun theory ：“ Ancient kings loved horses , The king also loves horses . Ancient kings loved delicious , The king also loves delicious food . Ancient kings were beautiful , Your majesty is beautiful . Ancient kings respected people with talent and virtue , But the king doesn't respect people who respect talent and virtue .”
King Xuan of Qi listened , Shake your head and say ：“ There are no outstanding talents in junior high school , Otherwise I will respect them , Like them . How can I say that I don't respect talented people ？”
Chunyu Kun theory ：“ In ancient times, there were good horses such as Hualiu , But now there is no , The king never hesitate to spend a lot of money , Choose from all the horses , It can be seen that the king really likes horses . In ancient times, there were intestines or tender, crisp and delicious meat of animals such as leopards and elephants , But now there is no , The king ordered his men to take pains to choose from many delicious foods , It can be seen that the king really likes food . In ancient times, there were woolens 、 Beauty like Xi Shi , But now there is no , The king will choose from the many beauties in the world today , It can be seen that the king really likes beautiful women . As for talented and virtuous people , The king must wait until there are virtuous people in the era of Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang , Then I will honor them 、 Like them ; So if the virtuous people in the Yutang era knew , You will feel that the king doesn't really like talents , I won't like the king .” King Xuan of Qi listened, and silence was there , I don't know how to answer .

evade the subject under discussion

Mencius once said to King Xuan of Qi ：“ There was a man , Because I want to go to Chu , Entrust his wife and children to his friends , Please take care of . When he comes back , Just know that his wife and children have been suffering from cold and hunger , That friend didn't do his duty of care at all . What do you say to such a friend ？”
King Xuan of Qi replied ：“ Break up with him ！” Mencius said ：“ There is a law enforcement 、 The officer in charge of punishment , But he can't even manage his own subordinates . What do you say to do ？” King Xuan of Qi said ：“ Remove him from his post ！”
Last , Mencius said ：“ Nationwide , Political chaos , People cannot live and work in peace . What do you say about this ？” King Xuan of Qi looked at his left and right ministers , Deliberately dragged the topic elsewhere .

A gentleman is far from a cook

King Xuan of Qi ① Ask ：“ Qi Huan 、 Jin Wen ② You can smell it ？”
Mencius said ：“ Zhongni's disciples have no Tao Huan 、 The matter of literature , It is not passed down in the future . I have heard of it before . There is no way to ③, Then Wang Hu ？”
yue ：“ What virtue , Then you can be king ？”
yue ：“ Protect the people and the king , No one can resist .”
yue ：“ If you are alone , It can protect the people ？”
yue ：“ can .”
yue ：“ Why know me ？”
yue ：“ I heard of Hu Yu ④ yue , Wang sat in the hall , There is a morning glory in the hall , Wang Jianzhi , yue ：‘ What is the cow ⑤？’ To say ：‘ Will be in defiance of the clock ⑥.’ Wang said ：‘ Give it up ！ I can't bear to be scared ⑦, If you are innocent, you will die .’ To say ：‘ However, the clock and ？’ yue ：‘ Why waste ？ Change it with sheep ！’ Not knowing everything ？”
yue ：“ Yes .”
yue ：“ The heart is king enough . People all love the king ⑧ also , Chen Gu knew that the king couldn't bear it .”
Wang said ：“ however . Those who sincerely have common people . Although Qi is narrow ⑨ Small , Why do I love a cow ？ That is, I can't bear to be scared , If you are innocent, you will die , Therefore, it is easy to change it with sheep .”
yue ：“ Wang Wuyi ⑩ It is also true that the people love the king . Small is easy to big , That evil knows it ？ Wang Ruoyin ⑾ His innocence and death , Then how can cattle and sheep choose ？” Wang Xiaoyue ：“ What is the sincerity ？ I love my money . And easy to sheep , It is appropriate for the people to call me love .”
yue ：“ No injury ⑿ also , It's Renshu , See cattle, see sheep . A gentleman is to animals , See its life , I can't bear to see him die ; Smell it , Can't bear to eat its meat . It's a gentleman who cooks far away ⒀ also .” [2]

Mencius made an appointment in the second year of King Xuan of Qi （ B.c. 318 year ） Travel to Qi again , Receive courtesy . King Xuan of Qi asked ：“ Duke Huan of Qi 、 Duke Wen of Jin dominated in the spring and Autumn period , Could you tell me about it ？” Mencius replied ：“ Confucius' students did not talk about Duke Huan of Qi 、 The hegemony of Duke Wen of Jin , So it was not passed on to future generations , I haven't heard of . King, if I have to say . Then let me talk about the king's way of unifying the world with morality ？” King Xuan of Qi asked ：“ How can morality unify the world ？” Mencius said ：“ All in order to make people live and work in peace . To unify the world in this way , No one can stop .” King Xuan of Qi said ：“ Can people like me live and work in peace and contentment ？” Mencius said ：“ can .” King Xuan of Qi said ：“ How can I know that I can ？”
Mencius said ：“ I once heard Hu Ying tell me something , It's said that your majesty, you were sitting in the hall one day, and someone led the cow past your highness , You see , Ask ：‘ Where to take the cow ？’ The petunia answered ：‘ Prepare to kill the blood taking sacrifice clock ’. You say ：‘ Let it go ！ I can't bear to see it shaking with fear , It's like being executed everywhere without guilt .’ The morning glory asked ：‘ Then don't sacrifice the clock ？’ You say, ：‘ How can we not sacrifice the clock ？ Replace cattle with sheep ！’—— I don't know if it happened ？”
King Xuan of Qi said ：“ There is this thing .” Mencius said ：“ With your kindness, king, you can unify the world . After hearing this, people think you are stingy , But I know you are not stingy , But because I can't bear it .”
King Xuan of Qi said ：“ yes , Indeed, some people think so . however , Although the state of Qi is not big , But how can I be so stingy that I can't bear to give up a cow ？ I really can't bear to see it shaking with fear , It's like being sentenced to death without guilt , So replace it with sheep .”
Mencius said ：“ Don't blame the people for thinking you mean . They only see you use small sheep instead of big cows , Where do you know the deep meaning ？ Moreover, , King, if you pity it, it's innocent but it's slaughtered , What's the difference between cattle and sheep ？”
King Qi Xuan said with a smile ：“ Yeah , Even I don't know what kind of psychology it is . I'm really not stingy with money to replace cattle with sheep , however , People think so , Indeed, there are their reasons .”
Mencius said ：“ It doesn't matter. . Your impatience is just a sign of kindness , Just because you saw the cow with your own eyes and didn't see the sheep . A gentleman treats birds and animals , See them alive , I can't bear to see them die ; Hear them whine , I can't bear to eat their meat . therefore , Gentlemen always stay away from the kitchen .”

discover the minutest detail in everything

King Xuan of Qi was happy , say ：“《 The book of odes 》 say ：‘ What are others thinking , I can guess .’── It's about people like you, sir . I did , Think about it again , But I can't think of why . Sir, what you said , It really makes my heart suddenly open ！ The reason why this kind of heart conforms to the kingly way , What is it? ？”（ Mencius ） say ：“（ If ） Someone told the king ：‘ My strength is enough to lift 3000 Jin , But can't lift a feather ;（ my ） Eyesight is enough to see the ends of the newborn fine hairs of birds and beasts in autumn 【 yue ：“ A reply to the king said ：‘ My strength is enough to lift a hundred Jun , Not enough to lift a feather ; Bright enough to see the end of autumn , And no public salary .’ Then Wang xuzhihu ？”】, But I can't see the firewood of the whole car .’ that , Your majesty, do you believe ？”（ King Xuan of Qi ） say ：“ Don't believe .”“ Now your kindness is enough to extend to animals , But the common people can't get your merits , But why ？ So it looks like , Can't lift a feather , It's because you don't need strength ; I can't see the firewood of the whole car , It's because you don't need your eyesight ; People are not protected , It's the reason why he won't buchanand . therefore , Your majesty, you can't unify the world with kingcraft , Is unwilling to do , Instead of being unable to do .”

Climb a tree to look for fish

（ Mencius ） say ：“ What do you want most ,（ I ） Can you listen ？” King Xuan of Qi just laughed but didn't speak .（ Mencius ） say ：“ It's because there's not enough fat food ？ Light and warm clothes are not enough ？ Or is it because all kinds of colors are not enough to see ？ Beautiful music is not enough ？ It's not enough to surround the beloved ？（ these ） Your ministers can fully supply , Is your majesty really for these ？”（ King Xuan of Qi ） say ：“ No , I'm not for this .”（ Mencius ） say ：“ that , The king can know what he wants most ： Is to expand territory , Make Qin 、 The state of Chu came to meet , Rule the whole Central Plains , Appease the ethnic minorities in all directions .（ however ） In this way , To pursue such an ideal , It's like climbing a tree to catch fish .”【 yue ：“ However, the king's great desire can be known ： To carve out land , Facing Qin and Chu , Visit China and touch the four barbarians . Take what you do , Ask if you want , I still beg for fish because of wood .”】
King Xuan of Qi said ：“ like （ What you said ） Is it so serious ？”
（ Mencius ） say ：“ I'm afraid it's more serious . Climb up the tree to catch fish , Although I can't catch fish , But there is no afterthought ; Fake using such practices , To pursue such an ideal , And do your best , The result must be disaster .”

Walk rather than ride

There was a hermit in the state of Qi named Yan Xuan (chù). King Xuan of Qi heard that he was very famous , He was summoned .
After Yan Zhuo entered the palace , King Xuan of Qi said arrogantly ： Yan Zhuo , You came here ! Yan Zhuo said humbly to King Xuan of Qi ： King , You came here ! King Xuan of Qi was very unhappy , The ministers next to him also blamed Yan Zhuo . Yan Zhuo said ： If I go to the king , It shows that I envy his power ; If the king comes , It shows that he is polite to corporal . Rather than make me envy the king's power , It's better to let the king honor the virtuous and the corporal .
King Xuan of Qi asked him angrily ： Is it your majesty , Or noble scholars ? Yan Zhuo said ： Of course, noble scholars ! When Qin attacked Qi , The king of Qin ordered ： Who dares to cut firewood within 50 steps of the tomb of Gao Shi Liu Xiahui , kill with lawful authority ! There is also a reward ： Who can cut off the head of the king of Qi , Just make him a marquis , The reward is twenty thousand Liang . thus it can be seen , The head of a living King , It's not worth a dead scholar's grave .
King Xuan of Qi felt that he was wronged , He asked to be Yan Zhuo's student , And said ： You are with me , The food is delicious , Take a bus when you go out , Wives and children can wear gorgeous clothes . Yan Zhuo was not moved , Firm thanks ： I still hope to let me go back , Eat late every day , It's also as delicious as eating meat ; Walk slowly , It's like taking a car ; Not guilty , Is to keep your dignity . quietism , Pure self-restraint , Enjoy it ! Yan Zhuo said , Take leave .