嵇 (jī) 康 (224-263, 一作223-262), the character Shuye. Han nationality, a native of Xuanguo County (now Suixi County, Anhui Province).

He is the leader of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest". During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a famous thinker, writer, poet and musician at the end of the Wei Dynasty, and was one of the representatives of metaphysics at that time.

Ji Kang lost his father at a young age and was raised by his mother and brother. Bright at an early age, well-read, and learning various skills. Honest, inspirational and diligent.

Later, he married Cao Cao's great-granddaughter, the daughter of Cao Lin, the king of Pei, and the lord of Changle Pavilion as his wife, so he was worshiped by Langzhong, and later served as a doctor in Zhongsan. It is known as "Ji Zhongsan". Ji Kang and Changle Pavilion have a son and a daughter (his son is Ji Shao). He often cultivates the things of cultivating his temperament and serving Neidan, playing the piano and reciting poems, and is self-satisfied.

Ji Kang is one of the few beautiful male writers in ancient China, proficient in literature, metaphysics and music, and at the same time handsome and dashing, others describe him as "a dragon and a phoenix, natural nature". History said that Ji Kang was "seven feet eight inches long, with a special demeanor and outstanding appearance, but he did not pay attention to dressing up." The seeer sighed: 'Xiao Xiao is solemn, hearty and clear. Or clouds: 'Su Su is like the wind under the pine, high and slow.' The most convincing story is that one time he went to the forest to collect medicine, and was mistaken by the woodcutter for an immortal, and his demeanor can be seen.

Ji Kang admired Lao Zhuang and once said: "Lao Zhuang, my teacher!" Pay attention to the way of health and food. Advocating the way of life of "teaching more than the name and letting nature go", he wrote "Theory of Health" to explain his own health preservation. He praised the deeds of the ancient hermit Dashi, longed for the life of birth, and liked to read Taoist works. I don't want to be an official.

Ji Kang once swam in the mountains to collect medicine, and when he was proud, he forgot to go home in a trance. At that time, there were people who cut wood and met him, and they all thought that he was a god.

When he saw the hermit Sun Deng in the mountains of Jijun, Ji Kang traveled with him. Sun Deng was silent and didn't say anything. When Ji Kanglin left, Sun Deng said: "You have a strong temperament and a handsome talent, how can you avoid disasters?"

Ji Kang met the hermit Wang Lie again, and entered the mountain together, Wang Lie once got the essence of the stone, so he ate half of it himself, and gave the remaining half to Ji Kang, all of which were condensed into stones. He saw a book written on white silk in the stone room, and immediately called Ji Kang to get it, but Ji Kang stopped seeing each other. Wang Lie then sighed: "Ji Kang's ambitions are unusual but he always has no talents, this is fate!"

Ji Kang loves music, and he said in the preface to "Qin Fu": "Yu Shao has a good voice, and he has learned it for a long time, thinking that things have risen and fallen and have not changed." The taste is tired, but this is tireless. He is very familiar with both traditional and contemporary qin music, as can be seen in his Qin Fu.

According to Liu's "Qin Discussion", "Guangling San" is not Ji Kang's original work, but Ji Kang learned "Guangling San" from Du Kui's son Du Meng when he visited Luoxi. Ji Kang loved this song so much that he played it so often that many people came to him for advice, but Ji Kang did not teach it.

Sima Zhao once wanted to win over Ji Kang, but Ji Kang leaned to the side of the royal family in the political dispute at that time, and adopted an uncooperative attitude towards Sima, so he was quite jealous. Sima Zhao's henchman Zhong Hui wanted to befriend Ji Kang, but was given a cold reception, and since then he has formed a feud.

After the Sima clan took power, Ji Kang did not conform to its rule, and Ruan Yi, Xiang Xiu, Shan Tao, Liu Ling, Ruan Xian, and Wang Rong were known as the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" and opposed the Sima clan.

Lu An's wife Xu is beautiful and was raped by Lu An's brother Lu Xun (hexie). Lu An was resentful and wanted to sue Lu Xun. Ji Kang had dealings with Lu Xun and Lu An's brothers, so he advised Lu An not to expose family scandals and to clean up his reputation with the whole family. But Lü Xun was afraid of retaliation, so he preemptively accused Lü An of being unfilial, causing Lü An to be arrested by the government. Ji Kang was very angry and came forward to testify on behalf of Lu An, thus angering Sima Zhao. At this time, Zhong Hui, who had a grudge against Ji Kang, took the opportunity to frame Ji Kang to Sima Zhao and ordered Lu An and Ji Kang to be executed.

On the day of Ji Kang's execution, 3,000 Taixue students collectively petitioned the imperial court to pardon him and ask for Ji Kang to come to Taixue to teach, but these demands were not granted. Before the execution, Ji Kang's expression remained unchanged, as usual. He looked at the shadow of the sun and knew that there was still some time before the execution, so he asked his brother Ji Xi for his favorite piano, and stroked the song "Guangling San" on the execution ground. After finishing the song, Ji Kang put down the piano and sighed: "In the past, Yuan Xiaoni (Yuan Zhun) once studied "Guangling San" with me, but I always regretted and insisted on not teaching him, and "Guangling San" is now going to be lost."

After speaking, he calmly killed at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. There was nothing in the sea that did not regret it, and Sima Zhao soon realized his mistake, but he regretted it. Xie Wan, a famous scholar of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, listed it as one of the "Eight Sages". Yuan Hong also called Ji Kang and other seven people "Bamboo Forest Celebrities" in "The Biography of Famous Scholars".

The tomb of the Southern Dynasty in Xishanqiao, Nanjing, unearthed the molded portrait brick of Ji Kang, depicting the image of Ji Kang sitting on the piano and the image of Qi Yu Angxuan.

Ji Kang's popularity is very good, Wang Rong said that he has been dating him for 20 years, and he has not seen a bad face. Therefore, it left the reputation of "estranged in interest and liberal in heart"; However, Ji Kang has a more "stubborn and evil heart, outspoken, and will happen when he encounters trouble", his famous article "Breaking Friendship with Shan Juyuan" and his love for "Guangling San" are the manifestations of his cynical and arrogant character, and his contempt for Sima Zhao, and then the disaster of being killed is a clear example of this kind of righteousness.

Ji Kang is proficient in music and rhythm, especially fond of playing the piano, and is the author of music theory works "Qin Fu" and "Theory of Music without Sorrow". He advocated that the essence of sound is "harmony", and that harmony with heaven and earth is the highest state of music, and believed that joy, anger and sorrow are not musical feelings but human emotions in essence. Ji Kang wrote "The Wind Enters the Song", and according to legend, "Lonely House Meets God" was also written by Ji Kang. He composed four piano pieces of "Changqing", "Short Qing", "Long Side" and "Short Side", which are called "Ji's Four Alleys", and Cai Yong's "Cai's Five Alleys" are collectively called "Nine Alleys". Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty once took playing the "Nine Alleys" as a condition for taking office.

Ji Kang is good at calligraphy and works in cursive. Its ink is "fine and bright, and the atmosphere is above the clouds", and it is listed as a cursive masterpiece. Later generations called his calligraphy "like holding the piano and half drunk, singing and sleeping, and if the birds gather when they gather, the flock is scattered".

Ji Kang is good at Danqing, and Tang Zhang Yanyuan's "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties" contains Ji Kang's "Nest by Washing Ears" and "Lion Hitting the Elephant" handed down, all of which have been lost.

In his important work "The Theory of Health", he put forward the following points with the general thesis of guiding the cultivation of rational longevity:

First, the body and the spirit are cultivated, and the emphasis is on the cultivation of the spirit. He illustrated the powerful effect of the spirit on the human body, stating, "In this way, the spirit is to the body, and the kingdom of Judah is king." Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that human beings are based on God, and when God is destroyed, the form is destroyed. Ji Kang grasped the root of health preservation here.

Second, health preservation should focus on one merit and benefit, be cautious of the harm of one pass, and carry out it in an all-round way. Ji Kang believes that all things are born from heaven and earth, and the maintenance given by the day after tomorrow is different, and the life expectancy is not the same.

3. It is pointed out that if you do not pay attention to health preservation, you will be too emotional, you will be prone to death. "The husband is the body of the man, and the one who attacks it is not the same paint; The body is inexhaustible, and the internal and external enemies, the body is not wood and stone, can it last long?"

Fourth, Ji Kang also warned health practitioners to have confidence and perseverance, otherwise it will not be easy to be effective. It is also necessary to take the good health practitioner as an example, actively absorb good health preservation methods, purify the heart and have few desires, keep a truth, and "steam with Ganoderma lucidum, moisten with Liquan, sigh with the rising sun, and slow down with the five strings", you can "compare life with Xianmen and compete with Wang Qiao".

Ji Kang himself also practiced it, and Wang Rong, who was also the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", once said: "I have lived with Kang for 20 years, and I have never tasted his joy and sorrow", and the theory he put forward himself was almost done in order, but he committed the taboo of "forgetting the outside in the camp and forgetting the outside", and was finally framed and killed.

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