Chapter 18: True and False Hermits
There is a photo of the fake hermit Huang Qiong Fan Ying in the "Zizhi Tongjian", probably saying that the two of them are famous hermit masters, Fan Ying does not want to go out, the emperor sent people many times and could not invite him, and finally he came out to be an official, but after becoming an official, he did not have any outstanding political achievements, so he resigned and continued to go into hiding, but people did not have a high evaluation of him, saying that he was not a real hermit.
And Huang Qiong also has a good reputation, and later made outstanding political achievements after becoming a leader, benefiting the people, and then was considered to be a master with real talent and learning.
What is a hermit? I especially longed to get rid of the worldly life, every day for firewood, rice, oil and salt, for silver and money, it is really no fun at all, on the contrary, self-sufficiency, spring planting and autumn harvest of the pastoral life makes people feel comfortable.
In my mind, a hermit is such a person, who has real talent and learning, and is not bound by the world, and lives a hard life like idle clouds and wild cranes, without a trace of fireworks.
Therefore, after reading the article of Zizhi Tongjian, I felt very conflicted. After thinking about it carefully, I felt as if the evaluation was completely reversed.
The real hermit is Fan Ying, and the fake hermit is Huang Qiong. What a person likes in his heart, he will be particularly attentive to what he likes.
For example, if a boy has a crush on a girl, he will secretly pay attention to the girl's every move, and will inquire about the girl's news from all aspects, what are her hobbies, what she likes to eat and drink, what friends are around, especially what is the relationship between any person of the opposite sex who seems to be very close to her...... Another example, a scumbag, who likes to play games all day long, has no interest in learning at all, has to sit in his seat in class, and is also absent-minded, either chatting quietly with his tablemates, or wandering in a daze...... Therefore, like Fan Ying, it is estimated that he is knowledgeable, otherwise his reputation would not have spread so far, but he chose to be a hermit, and he really didn't have the heart to be an official, and he refused to ask him again and again, even if he was an official with a high position as soon as he took office, he still didn't care.
Just like a scumbag, if he didn't want the teacher to be a group leader and promised to be the class leader immediately after outstanding grades, he suddenly became active in learning.
Because he is not interested in fame and fortune, he has no political achievements. In addition, he doesn't care about the lives of other people, what his reputation is, and he doesn't please the people as a bargaining chip for him to continue to be promoted and make a fortune.
Huang Qiong is like a master of fame and reputation, he has a desire to be an official, he is knowledgeable and famous, and after he becomes an official, he is dedicated to being an official and benefiting the people.
Huang Qiong is a successful person, and the final result is fame and fortune, but Fan Ying has a bad reputation, a negative teaching material.
From their personal point of view, they all take what they need and fulfill their wishes, which is good.