The Burial of Chen Ziche

Chen Ziche is a native of Chen State and a descendant of the monarch of Chen State. Chen Ziche's experience has not been verified, and he is only named because of a small incident that happened when he died but was not buried as recorded in the "Book of Rites". Although Chen Ziche was a native of Chen State and a descendant of the monarch of Chen State, he was not able to become an official in Chen State. Instead, he went to Qi State to become a doctor. People leave their names and geese leave their voices. From ancient times to the present, for thousands of years, there are only a few people who can leave their names. Either they will be famous through the ages, or they will be infamous for thousands of years. And those who leave their names in the world through small events are even rarer. And Chen Ziche is one of them. There is no record of Chen Ziche's experience in the State of Chen, nor his experience as a doctor in the State of Qi. There is also no record of the reason why he lived in the State of Wei. Only the issue of burial after his death in the State of Wei became specific.

"Book of Rites" records: Chen Ziche died in the Wei Dynasty, and his wife and the family officials planned to bury her. Then Chen Zikang arrived and told him: "My husband is sick, so don't raise him. Please bury him as a sacrifice. "Zikang said: "It is not polite to bury him as a sacrifice. However, if he is ill and needs to be raised, who is the wife or the slaughterer? If I have to do it, I want to do it; if I have to, I want to take care of the two sons. ." So it doesn't work.

Whether Chen Ziche abandoned Qi and joined Wei, or traveled to Wei as an official, he ended up living in Wei for a long time. From the article, we can see that Dr. Chen’s whole family was in Wei and his financial situation It should be pretty good, and its status is relatively high. Dr. Chen is also very good at maintaining the emotional connection between his family and employees, but of course he does not do it to the extreme. After Dr. Chen died in Weiguo, Mrs. Chen was still very sad, and she could imagine that Dr. Chen was on the other side of the world between yin and yang. There was no one to take care of her husband when he was sick, so she discussed with the housekeeper that a living person should be used for burial, and she decided The candidate for burial was selected, and at this time, Dr. Chen's younger brother Chen Zikang came to attend the funeral. Chen Zikang, also known as Chen Kang and Zi Qin, is a disciple of Confucius and one of the seventy-two sages of Confucius. When Chen Kang was the governor of Shanfu County in the state of Lu, he specialized in moralizing without punishment, playing the piano in the court, and governing by doing nothing. , doing nothing but doing everything, benevolent administration to the people, and highly praised by future generations.

When Mrs. Chen and the housekeeper saw Chen Ziqin coming, they said to him: "Your brother unfortunately passed away. We are going to hold a grand funeral for him." Chen Zikang said: "This way It is not in line with Zhou etiquette." Mrs. Chen said, "Master is sick and there is no one to wait for him underground, so we want to bury him alive so that someone can accompany your brother underground." Zikang said, "If it is necessary. He needs someone to take care of him underground, and no one is more suitable than his wife and housekeeper. After all, you are the most attentive and considerate of him. If you want to cancel this plan, I am willing to cancel it; if you can't cancel it, then I think so. Let the two of you be buried together. "That's how people think. I think some people must have objected to the burial before Ziqin came, and they might have refused with the same reason. However, IQ is not just talk. Ziqin's IQ was much higher than theirs, and in just a few words he was able to make things that were already a done deal disappear, and they were the ones willing to cancel the plan. Mrs. Chen said: "Since it is not in accordance with Zhou etiquette, let's bury him as you said." So the burial plan was cancelled.

In ancient times, burial should not be an isolated incident, otherwise Mrs. Chen and the others would not have made such a decision. Therefore, if Ziqin had not stopped it, it would have been just an ordinary incident of burial, and it would not have been like this. praised by future generations.

The way of thinking of many people today is close to Mrs. Chen’s way. Mrs. Chen's love was limited to this, and it had not yet reached the point of being buried alive. Moreover, she wanted to bury her husband in a rich burial, but was afraid that he would be lonely. She was deeply in love but did not realize it, so she chose someone else to take his place. In today's terms, that means having money and being willful. The people who agreed to be buried were just because they were tempted by the high price offered by the other party and exchanged their lives for wealth.

An ancient saying goes: The hair and skin of the body are received from parents and dare not be damaged, which is the beginning of filial piety. There were also people in ancient times who exchanged their lives for wealth, which shows that they were unfilial! Perhaps, the same dilemma as "selling one's body to bury one's father" or "burying one's son to serve mother" in the Twenty-Four Filial Piety is unknown. However, some people in today's society are enough to make people feel ashamed. For example, there seem to be many people who sell their blood, kidneys, parricide, robbery, emotions, and dignity just to buy a mobile phone. We People who think like this will naturally have no dignity to speak of, no filial piety to praise, no public morality to speak of, but only enjoyment, selfishness, and even scum that is worse than animals!

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Similar incidents have not ceased, but they have only changed in form.