Section 587 Qin Mugong
At the beginning, King Chu Cheng planned to appoint Shang Chen as the crown prince and solicit the opinion of Ling Yin Zishang. The pen %fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info said: The king is not too old, and there are many favors, and if the merchant ministers are deposed and then deposed, there will be chaos. The crown prince of Chu often chooses young ones. Moreover, Shang Chen, with eyes like wasps and a voice like a jackal, is a cruel man who cannot be made a prince. King Chu Cheng did not listen. After the establishment of the merchant minister, he wanted to establish the prince and abolish the prince and the merchant minister. Shang Chen heard the news but had not yet made it accurate, and told his teacher Pan Chong: How can it be accurate? Pan Chong said: You set up a banquet to entertain Jiang Mi (mi) and deliberately showed disrespect.
Shang Chen did so. Jiang Mi was angry and said: Ah! Cheap thing! No wonder the king wants to kill you and make you crown prince. Shang Chen told Pan Chong: The matter is confirmed. Pan Chong said: Can you serve the position of son? Shang Chen said: No. Pan Chong said: Can you escape abroad? Shang Chen said: No. Pan Chong said: Can you do great things? Shang Chen said: Yes.
In winter, in October, Shang Chen led the guards of the Gongzhong to surround King Cheng of Chu and forced King Cheng to commit suicide. King Cheng asked to die after eating the bear's paws, but the merchant did not agree. On the 18th, King Chu Cheng hanged himself. He is called a spirit, and the corpse does not close its eyes; Only then did he close his eyes. King Chumu ascended the throne and gave Pan Chong his house and property when he was the crown prince, making Pan Chong the prince and the commander in charge of the Gongzhong Guard.
Mu Bo went to the country of Qi and began to ask questions, which was in line with courtesy. Whenever the king ascends the throne, the secretary of state goes abroad to ask questions, continue to revisit the friendship of the past, unite foreign aid, treat neighbors well, and defend the country, which is in line with loyalty, faithfulness, and humiliation. loyalty, which means the purity of political morality; Faith means the purity of political morality; Faith, which means the consolidation of political morality; Concession means that there is a foundation in political morality.
In this battle, the Jin State returned the chief general of the Qin State, and the doctors and the left and right courtiers of the Qin State all said to Qin Mugong: This defeat is Meng Ming's sin, and he must be killed. Qin Mugong said: This is my sin. The poem of Rui Liangfu of the Zhou Dynasty said: The wind destroys everything quickly, and the greedy corrupt the good. I like to interject when I hear irrelevant things, and I doze off when I hear "poems" and "books". It's because of greed, and that's me. I have caused Meng Ming to suffer because of greed, what is Meng Ming's crime? Let Meng Ming take power again.
(2) The second year of the Duke of Wen
In the spring of the second year, Meng Mingshi of Qin led his troops to attack the Jin State in retaliation for the battle. In February, Xianggong of Jin resisted the Qin army, first leading the Chinese army, and Zhao Yuan assisted him. The palace has no land and drives the chariot, and the fox (ju) is the right side of the chariot. On February 7, he fought with the Qin army at Pengya, and the Qin army was defeated. The people of the Jin State said that this was a battle in which the Qin State worshiped and thanked for the blessings.
During the battle in the dead land, Liang Hong of the Jin Kingdom drove the chariot for the Duke of Jin Xiang, and Lai Ju served as the right of the chariot. On the second day of the battle, Jin Xianggong tied up the captives of Qin and sent Lai Ju to kill them with Ge, the captives shouted loudly, Lai Ju dropped Ge to the ground, and Wolf Eye (shěn) picked up Ge and cut off the captive's head, grabbed Lai Ju and caught up with Jin Xianggong's chariot, and Jin Xianggong let him be the right of the chariot. In this battle of Keichi, the wolf was abolished first, and Jian Bo was used as the right of the car. The wolf was angry.
His friend said: Why not die? The wolf said: I have not found the place of death. His friend said, "I'll fight with you to kill Xianzhen." The wolf said: "Zhou Zhi" has such a saying, if you are brave enough to kill the people above, you will not be able to enter the Ming Hall after death. It is not brave to die without being moral. It is called bravery for the use of the country, and it is also appropriate for me to get the right of the car with bravery and to be deposed without bravery. If the people above don't understand me, and if you abolish it properly, you don't know me. Just wait!
After arriving at Peng Ya and setting up a formation, Wolf Blind led his subordinates to rush into the ranks of the Qin army and died on the position. The Jin army followed and defeated the Qin army. The gentleman thinks: The wolf can be regarded as a gentleman because of this. The Book of Songs says: If a gentleman is angry, he can quickly stop the rebellion. And he said, "King Wen was furious, so he put his army in order." If you are angry and do not make trouble, but go up to fight, you can be said to be a gentleman.
Qin Mugong still appointed Meng Ming. Meng Ming further cultivated political affairs and gave the people preferential treatment. Zhao Chengzi said to the doctors: If the Qin army comes again, it must be avoided. Those who have further cultivated virtue out of fear cannot be resisted at that time. The Book of Songs says: Remember your ancestors and cultivate your virtues. Meng Ming thought of these two poems. Is it possible to resist the thought of virtue and to work tirelessly?
On the 20th, the tablet of the god of the Duke was made. The reason why "Spring and Autumn" is recorded is because the production is not timely. The people of the Jin Kingdom came to crusade because Lu Wengong did not go to the court. Duke Wen went to the Jin Kingdom. In the summer, on April 13, the Jin State sent Yang Virgin Father and Wen Gong to form an alliance to humiliate him. "Spring and Autumn" records that "and the Jin Father's Alliance", which means to express disgust. Going to the Jin Kingdom without recording it is due to concealment.
Duke Lu did not reach the state of Lu, and in June, Mu Bo formed an alliance with the princes and the Jin state Sikong Shiyu (hu) at Chuilong, which was due to the Jin state attacking the Wei state. The "Spring and Autumn Period" records that he is called Shijiu, because he is considered competent. Chen Gonggong sued the Jin State for peace in order to defend the country, and arrested Kong Da to explain to the Jin State.
In autumn, on August 13, the sacrifice was made in the Taimiao, and the god of the ascending prince was above the Min Gong, which was a sacrifice out of order. At that time, Xia's father Fuji served as the uncle of the sect, respected the prince, and announced what he had seen, saying: I saw the new ghosts big, the old ghosts small, first big and then small, this is the order. It is wise, wise, orderly, and it is propriety to make the saints ascend. The gentleman thinks that it is rude to do so. There is nothing out of order. Sacrifice is a major event of the state, not in order, can it be said that it is in accordance with the ceremony? It has been a long time since the son, though wise and sageful, could not enjoy the sacrifice before the father.
Therefore, Yu cannot be before 鲧 (gun), Tang cannot be before Qi, and King Wen and King Wu cannot be before 窋 (zhu). The Song State took Emperor Yi as the ancestor, and the Zheng State took King Li as the ancestor, which is still a respect for the ancestors. Therefore, "Lu Song" said: The sacrifice of the four seasons is not slack, there is no mistake, and it is sacrificed to the emperor of heaven and to the great ancestor Houji. The gentleman said that this is in line with etiquette, and he said that although Houji was close, he was called the Emperor of Heaven first. The Book of Songs says: Greetings to my aunts, and then greetings to my sisters.
The gentleman said that this is in line with etiquette, and he is talking about his sister, although she is close, but she is called aunt first. Confucius said: Zang Wenzhong, there are three things that he is not benevolent, three things that he is not smart, and three things that are not smart. It is three unloving things to raise a big turtle, superstitious divination, connivance at out-of-order sacrifices, and sacrifice to seabirds.