The Origin of "Worrying and Realizing Difficult to Prosper the Nation"

From Jin —— Liu Kun's Notes on Zheng Chong's Advice to the King of Jin: "How difficult it is to consolidate the country, or worry about enlightening saints."

Zheng Chong's Notes on the King of Jin is a very special piece of Ruan Ji's works. It is not only praised for its "clear and powerful" style, but also praised as "a stroke of genius" as soon as it came out. Because of its special function-persuading Si Mazhao to enter and accept Nine, it has caused controversy in the critics of past dynasties, because it is directly related to Ruan Ji's attitude towards Sima regime, that is, his political orientation.

This article, which was first put forward in Jin Wen Di Ji, was written for the fourth year of Jingyuan. It is widely used in various monographs and chronicles, and is often associated with the death of Ji Kang in the third year of Jingyuan and Ruan Ji in the fourth year of Jingyuan, and it is considered that there is a causal relationship. However, there are many controversies in academic circles.

It is also controversial to quote Cheng's words in Shi Shuo Xin Yu Jian Zhi, and tie this article with Ganlu for three years. Many scholars questioned this article, questioned the above two statements, and put forward the theories of Ganlu five years, Jingyuan two years and Jingyuan first year.

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Ruan Ji, a poet of Wei in the Three Kingdoms. The word heir. Chen Liuwei (now Henan) was born. He is the son of Ruan Yu, one of the seven sons of Jian 'an. He used to be an infantry captain and was called Ruan Infantry in the world. Worship the learning of Zhuangzi and Zhuangzi, but take a cautious attitude to avoid disasters politically. With Ji Kang, Liu Ling and other seven people as friends, they often gather under bamboo forests and enjoy themselves, and are known as the seven sages of bamboo forests in the world.

Literally, Si Mazhao is a passionate person. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei was a powerful minister and one of the founders of the Western Jin Dynasty. He is the second son of Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua, the younger brother of Sima Shi, and the father of Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Si Mazhao inherited the power of his father and brother, killed Cao Mao, the Wei emperor, and completely controlled the Cao Wei regime. During his reign, Wargo was sent to destroy Shu. After his son Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wen. There is a famous idiom "The Heart of Si Mazhao", which is well known.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Zheng Chong advised Wang Jin to take notes