Xie An, the word Anshi, born in 320 years, ancestral home of Henan Chen County, after the Yongjia Rebellion, Chen County Xie moved south to Nanjing Wuyi Lane, the people of the time called "Xie Jialan Yuzhen Portal", an authentic famous family. Liu Yuxi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, has a poem: "In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people. Among them, the word Xie is talking about the Xie An family, whose family ranks second among the four major families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, second only to the Wang family of "King and Horse, the World".

Xie An, who was born in a famous family, has been famous since he was a child, and was greatly praised by Huan Yi (Huan Wen's father) when he was four years old, "Here the wind god is beautiful, and then Wang Donghai (Wang Cheng, the first scholar in the early Eastern Jin Dynasty)." When he was thirteen years old, Xie An's name spread far and wide in Liaodong, and even Murong Chui, who was only seven years old at the time, knew his name, and specially sent a pair of white wolf eyes to show his admiration for Xie An, and it can be imagined that his reputation was loud.

Not only that, Wang Dao (one of the founders of the Eastern Jin Dynasty regime) also attached great importance to it, so its reputation was even more out of control, the literati worshipped, thousands of girls flocked to it, and even every move would be imitated by the world. It is like the first star idol that the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the opposition must talk about after tea and dinner in the streets and alleys.

It turned out that the reason why the people in the world looked to Xie An was because of his fame.

Xie An has skillfully used this star effect to do good deeds.

Once, one of Xie An's fellow villagers was doing business in Jiankang (selling pu sunflower fans), but he was unlucky, and the money for the trip home was spent, but the fans were not sold. After Xie An learned of the situation, he made a special trip to pass by the man's stall, grabbed a pu kui fan, and then fanned it as if no one was around, swaggering through the market. As a result, everyone on the streets of Jiankang rushed to follow suit, and the backlog of fans was quickly sold out at high prices.

That fellow not only earned back the cost of the journey home, but also saved Xie An's advertising endorsement fee, which made a lot of money.

With such a high reputation and a famous background, Xie An naturally does not need to take the civil service exam, and he does not even need to be filial piety and integrity, and he can directly become an official. However, Xie An was not here at that time, and he was unwilling to use his personal background and fame to win the glory and wealth that the world yearns for. When the imperial court recruited him as a sasho (his first official position), Xie An resigned and returned home after only a month, and since then he has lived in seclusion in Huiji Dongshan, refusing to answer the call.

During the period of seclusion, Xie An fished in the mountains and rivers, chanted in the literature, and coerced prostitutes to travel in the mountains and forests, at most he taught his children and nephews to study at home, but he did not want to be an official. Once admired the face and his friend Wang Xizhi participated in the Lanting gathering, our calligrapher was happy to write a masterpiece with the words of "the group of sages are complete, the young long and salty" - "Lanting Collection Preface", of course, at that time calligraphy was also because of the happy mood and reached the peak.

It is worth mentioning that Xie An's education of the children in the family is very successful, and he taught his niece Xie Daoyun, who has a "talent for Yongxu", and once issued "Unexpectedly, there is Wang Lang in the world!" Lamentation. It also left the idiom of "teaching by word and deed" for future generations.

Later, Xie An couldn't resist the urging of the county officials, and was called to be an official again, but he only worked for more than a month, and he didn't receive his salary, so he resigned again and returned to Huiji Dongshan.

Xie An's attitude of being born in the dust aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials in the imperial court, and finally in exchange for the punishment of "not being an official for life", he was pardoned only after the emperor personally issued an edict. The government and the opposition were shocked by the great impact of this matter, but Xie An disdained it and dealt with it calmly.

The key to mastering people is to control the desires in people's hearts, to be able to give in time and to take away at any time. However, for people like Xie An, there is nothing to be done, he has no intention of being an official, and "not being an official" is so important to me!

Now it seems that the most important point is that Xie An is a person who likes and angers, and we cannot deduce his true heart from the appearance. The people who are deep in the city are certainly like this, and the people who are open-minded are indeed indifferent.

Once, when I went out to sea, I encountered a storm, and the wind and waves were very high. When the boat was about to capsize, everyone panicked, wailing that the sky was unjust and that the end was coming. Du Xie An was calm, unmoved, and persuaded everyone: instead of panicking to no avail, it is better to calm down and think well. Although everyone was still not as calm as Xie An, they no longer panicked, and they were spared and returned safely.

The future is ruined, life and death are at a juncture, Xie An is still calm and calm. Is it unbearable? Is it unbearable?

Nature is worthy! Unruly appearance, weak appearance, but an incomparably strong heart!

Such various deeds naturally led to Xie An's reputation becoming more and more famous, and he was respected by the people of the time as "the first in Jiangzuo". Sure enough, as Huan Yi said, his fame really did not diminish Wang Donghai. Under the fame, everyone in the world said: "An Shi refuses to come out, what will he be like the common people?" ”

Emperor Jianwen Sima Yu also said the same thing, and the object of his words was the hermit Yin Hao. is also a great celebrity, but the sword proves that Yin Hao still continues to "come out", otherwise, Cangsheng really doesn't know what to do.

As for Xie An, whether it is genuine or not also needs to be verified with a sword.

Of course, Sima Yu also said to Xie An, "Since An Shi is happy with others, he must share his worries with others, and he will be called." ”

Facts have proved that although he later became the Son of Heaven, Sima Yu's vision is really flattering, because, no matter how he summoned, An Shi did not come.

is famous because it is different, after all, all living beings in the world are bustling and deceitful, all for profit. Everyone was puzzled, with such a high reputation, why didn't they go to the office? Later, even Xie An's daughter-in-law couldn't sit still, looking at the brothers and nephews in the family who were all dignitaries, only her husband was white, and she was very envious. So he asked Xie An: "Shouldn't the eldest husband be an official?" An covered his nose and said: "I'm afraid I can't help it." ”

Many vernacular texts translate "I'm afraid of the inevitable ear" as "I'm afraid it's inevitable". In my opinion, what Xie An wants to convey should be: fear cannot be avoided. And he said it with his nose covered, lest he smell the worldliness and sourness between the words.

Xie An's world, his daughter-in-law doesn't understand, and we, naturally, won't understand either.

Later, there was an accident in the family, Xie An's brother Xie Yi died of illness, and his younger brother Xie Wan (then Yuzhou Assassin) was deposed soon after due to his failure to rescue Luoyang, and Yuzhou, which had been in business for ten years, was swallowed by the powerful minister Huan Wen. The Xie family has no one to support the façade in the court, and the family's power is greatly threatened, and it is facing the danger of withering. It was under this circumstance that Xie An was ordered to "have the ambition to advance" and began to prepare for his career. At that time, Xie An was already a middle-aged uncle in his forties.

Regarding Xie An's departure from the mountain, there is actually another saying, "The singer's blood is splashed with flowers and leaves, and Xie An looks up to the sky and roars." ”

When everyone in the world was looking at the reclusive Xie An, a singer suddenly asked after dancing for Xie An: "The world is chaotic, what should we do first to save the country and the people?" Xie An calmly replied: "You must first accumulate its virtues." After hearing this, Kabuki had a sad face, and his eyes were full of tears, "If you are not virtuous, but you want to save the country and the country, you are 'lying down and licking the sky'!" After finishing his words, he killed himself, and blood splattered flowers and leaves. Xie An was extremely sad, even more ashamed, holding this bloodstained singer in his arms, looking up to the sky and shouting: "An is not as good as a delicate woman, ashamed!" Since then, he has been determined to go out of the mountains and save the people from fire and water.

could have done a lot to benefit the people, but he looked at the world coldly with his talent, and he was also despised by the world. At the same time, the singer's blood stained the flowers and leaves, but also ignited Xie An's heart to serve the country, since then, Xie An took off the coat of a famous man, with earthly fireworks in his heart, in the troubled times, and finally entrusted the peace and tranquility of the people of the world for decades.

In 360, Xie An accepted the invitation of Huan Wen, the general of the expedition to the west, to serve as his Sima.

As soon as the news came out, the government and the opposition were shaken, and Xie Anshi, who had always been indifferent to fame and fortune, was finally going to become an official. In the era of information blockage, if such a major news is not discussed for a few months, it is embarrassing to say hello when you go out. Because Xie An lived in seclusion in Dongshan, later generations arranged such things as coming out to be an official again into an idiom: Dongshan is coming back.

It is reported that when Xie An left for his post, many ministers of the DPRK and China came to see him off. Zhongcheng Gao Song even "teased" Xie An when he saw him off: "Qing has repeatedly violated the decree of the court, lying high in Dongshan, everyone is talking to each other, An Shi refuses to come out, and he will be like the common people!" Now that he is an official, he will be like a man now! Xie An, who has always been calm, is very ashamed, and feels sorry for the people of the world in those years he wasted.

With different circumstances and different identities, Xie An naturally has to be "ashamed", otherwise, how can he be a good official who is loved by everyone in the world?

In fact, what makes Xie An "ashamed" is more than that, when he was in Huan Wen's house, a guest once gave Huan Wen a herb named "Yuanzhi", at that time, Huan Wen saw the object, so he asked Xie An: "This medicine is also called Xiaocao, why are there two names?" Before Xie An could answer, Hao Long, a celebrity, replied: "In the mountains, it is called Yuanzhi, and after coming out of the mountain, it is called Xiaocao." In order to ridicule Xie An, he was lying on the East Mountain, and he was ambitious, but after leaving the mountain, he only served as Sima. Later, this incident spread, and people used "Xiaocao Yuanzhi" to refer to seclusion and appearance, or Xiaocao Qian to refer to his own lowly officials.

This is a small episode, and Huan Wen is still very happy about Xie An's arrival. When the two met, they talked about their lives and laughed all day long. After Xie An said goodbye, Huan Wen said to his subordinates with great pride: "Have you ever seen me have such a guest before?" "The joy is palpable. Later, when he went to visit Xie An, Huan Wen patiently waited for Xie An to finish freshening up before meeting him, which showed his respect for this world-famous person.

In fact, Xie An did not choose to serve in the court, but went to Huan Wen's military palace to serve as a staff member, just to make Huan Wen happy.

The reason is very interesting: it was not the Xie family that offended Huan Wen, but Huan Wen who hurt the Xie family (encroaching on Yuzhou). What is the rationale for this? However, that's the truth.

With Huan Wen's strength, the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty is still bowing down, naturally it is not something that the Xie family can easily offend, Huan Wen can hurt the Xie family once, and he can harm the Xie family twice. For this, the only thing Xie An can do is to repair the relationship with Huan Wen and ease the contradictions between the Huan and Xie families through his arrival, which is Xie An's top priority after leaving the mountain, and it is the direct reason why he chose to serve in Huan Wen.

Even if Huan Wen knew that this was the case, he would still be happy.

The following year, Xie An left Huanwen on the grounds that his brother Xie Wan was mourning. After dealing with the funeral, Xie An came to Jiankang, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, to take up a post, and since then he has parted ways with Huan Wen and started his own road as prime minister.

Because of his good relationship with Huan Wen and his position in the imperial court, Xie An became a lubricant to alleviate the contradictions between Huan Wen and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the following ten years, the relationship between Huan Wen and the imperial court deteriorated day by day, but it was precisely because of the close relationship between Xie An and Huan Wen during this period that the contradictions between them never affected the Xie family. Xie An also made full use of his special relationship with the two sides, skillfully maneuvered between the two, and tried his best to assist the government.

However, it is understood that perhaps because of the dictatorship of Huan Wen, Xie An did not have any outstanding political achievements during this period, and the only commendable thing is that after the death of Emperor Jianwen Sima Yu, Xie An still chose to stand on the side of the imperial court and joined forces with the major families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to smash Huan Wen's attempt to usurp Jin and become independent.

In 373, Huan Wen entered the court to pay tribute to Emperor Jianwen Sima Yu, at that time, the first emperor died, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the political situation in the court was chaotic, and all kinds of rumors were rampant.

There were two main ministers sent by the imperial court to greet Huan Wen, one was Xie An, and the other was named Wang Tanzhi, whose reputation was similar to Xie Anqi at that time.

may be strange, after all, Xie An and Huan Wen are old friends, and the two once had a very memorable past; However, regarding the performance of the two in this incident, everyone thinks that it is a difference in courage.

Before leaving, it was rumored in the capital that Huan Wen was going to kill Wang Tanzhi and Xie An, Wang Tanzhi was very afraid, but Xie An's expression remained unchanged, and encouraged Wang Tanzhi: "Jin Zuo survives, and he is here." When he met Huan Wen, Wang Tanzhi was sweating profusely, and he was so nervous that he even took the handwritten version upside down; Only Xie An sat down calmly, and in just a few words, let Huan Wen go to ambush the soldiers behind the wall, and then the two talked and laughed for a long time before parting. After that, Huan Wen cut off the idea of self-reliance on behalf of the Jin Dynasty, and soon led the army back to the station. At this point, everyone knows which of the two famous men Wang Tanzhi and Xie An is superior or inferior.

In the face of power and violence, there are many who tremble in fear, and there are also those who are righteous and overbearing. And only Xie An, with his calm and calm demeanor, turned murder into harmony, and intimidation into jokes. The monstrous chaos is eliminated invisibly.

Later, Huan Wen was seriously ill and hinted that the imperial court would add nine tin for him, Xie An delayed again and again, and a tin text was changed for more than half a month without being completed, and Huan Wen was dragged to death with a "drag" word, which solved the big problem of the imperial court.

Xie An's composure allowed the Jin family to stabilize.

After Huan Wen's death, Xie An was promoted to Shangshu servant, the general leader of the affairs of the ministry, and the general of the post, and Wang Biaozhi, who was then Shangshuling, jointly took charge of the government.

In the following years, Xie An, with his outstanding political talents, took advantage of the political advantages of the imperial court to force the Huan family to gradually compromise and make concessions, balanced the power of the major families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and disintegrated the situation of the Huan family's dominance. The checks and balances of the major families form the political basis that can unite with the outside world.

Moreover, it was under Xie An's auspices that the Eastern Jin Dynasty implemented a series of effective wartime reforms. There are three main points:

One. From top to bottom, a cultural movement aimed at establishing the authority of the central government was carried out, and Confucianism was pursued to promote the concept of loyalty to the monarch, and metaphysics was targeted to downplay.

Two. We should carry out the reform of the taxation system, change the taxation according to the land to the taxation according to the mouth, and increase the state tax revenue.

Three. Military reform, the use of young generals (Xie Xuan, etc.), the formation of a new army - the Beifu Army.

Xie An's reform is the reason why there are so many loyal ministers and righteous people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty; It was the reason why the Eastern Jin Dynasty had the strength to support the war; is the reason why the Jin army is strong; It was also the reason why the Eastern Jin Dynasty was able to unite and finally defeat the former Qin.