Nian Fu said: "History is all beautiful women who have been dressed up, how can it sound good?" Are these things all true? ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "Qiu Chuji traveled westward, stayed with Genghis Khan for a year, and when he returned to Shandong from the Central Asian steppe, Genghis Khan sent 5,000 Mongolian cavalry to escort him, and also sent him four holy decrees, which wrote: "I often think about you, I have never forgotten you, you have forgotten me." After returning from his journey to the west, his disciple Li Zhichang wrote the book "Journey to the West in Changchun" based on what they had seen and heard from their journey to the west, which is now an important text for the study of the history of Central Asia, Mongolia, and Taoism in China in the 13th century. ”

Nian Fu said: "I also know Qiu Zu, Qiu Chuji's life has been fruitful in politics, culture, education, medicine and other aspects, his poetry works have a certain representativeness at the turn of the Jin and Yuan Dynasty, and he is also the author of health care, medicine "Regency News Theory" and other works. But the most praised by later generations is his persuasion of Genghis Khan, many later generations praised Qiu Chuji's merits for saving living beings, and Emperor Kangxi once commented that he "stopped killing in a word, and knew that there were miraculous merits in helping the world". The four words "stop killing in one word" are also the most commonly used words to summarize Qiu Chuji's life and contributions. ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "Qiu Chuji was famous at that time, and Emperor Dajin (Jin Xuanzong) and Emperor Southern Song Dynasty (Song Ningzong) summoned him. He believed that the Dajin Emperor had "unkind evil" and that the Southern Song Emperor had "the crime of dereliction of government", and refused their summons. But he traveled thousands of miles to meet Genghis Khan, and it can be seen that he is not more of a nationalist in the narrow sense, and from his deeds such as stopping killing and using his prestige to persuade peasant uprisings, it can be seen that he is more like a humanist in a broad sense. In addition, he was born in the Jin country, and his life was mainly in the Jin country, but he judged the situation, sensitively saw the rise of Genghis Khan and his Mongolia, and tried his best to persuade and gain recognition in person. This devotion to the times and society in which he lived, as well as the legend of his time, also made him remembered by everyone. So, what was Genghis Khan's purpose in summoning Qiu? And how did Qiu Chuji persuade Genghis Khan to reduce his killings? ”

Nian Fu said: "Anyone who has watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will be deeply impressed by one of the Taoist priests with strong martial arts. This Taoist priest is Qiu Chuji, one of the seven sons of Quanzhen. In Jin Yong's pen, Qiu Chuji is an iron-clad hero, in the Southern Song Dynasty when the survival of the State is in danger, Qiu Chuji to the national righteousness, chivalrous and heroic, loyal to the liver and courage, and the invasion of the Southern Song Dynasty Jin State is incompatible, killing Jin soldiers is like chopping melons and vegetables, is a respectable patriotic hero. However, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is only an excellent literary work, not history, and in the real history, Qiu Chuji's performance is very different from the book, and it is a completely different face. ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "How do you say this? ”

Nian Fu said: "What I have learned is that Qiu Chuji in history is not only not a patriotic hero loyal to the Southern Song Dynasty, but on the contrary, he has almost no half-cent relationship with the Southern Song Dynasty. Qiu Chuji was born in Dengzhou, Shandong Province in the eighth year of the Emperor's reign, and Shandong at that time had long been reduced to the land of the Jin State, and after the fall of the Jin State, it became the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. In other words, Qiu Chuji was a native of the Jin Kingdom, and he was not a subject of the Southern Song Dynasty, so it was naturally impossible to have any "patriotic feelings" loyal to the Southern Song Dynasty. Qiu Chuji is not a chivalrous master of the rivers and lakes, but a shrewd Taoist priest. Not only did he never fight to the death with the Jin soldiers, but on the contrary, in order to better expand the influence of his sect, he tried every means to establish a good relationship with the Emperor of Jin, and was respectful and courteous to the Emperor of Jin. He also instructed the Emperor of the Jin State on the way to prolong his life, and was the "health consultant" of the Emperor of the Jin State. In the twenty-eighth year of Dading, Qiu Chuji, who had been preaching for many years, had become famous. Jin Shizong summoned him to Jingshi and consulted him on the way to maintain his health. "Xuanfeng Qing Huilu" and "Quotations of Changchun Patriarch" all record this summons. Jin Shizong was exhausted because of his addiction to wine, and "every time he meets, the two of them do it", and he even has to walk with two people. After Qiu's guidance, "since then, the body is healthy and strong, and the pace is the same", and the physical condition has improved greatly. Jin Shizong Longyan Dayue, Qin ordered him to preside over the "Wanchun Festival" Luo Tian Dajiao, in a sense, he has become the "national teacher" of the Jin country. From this point of view, Qiu Chuji is far from being an otherworldly master, but a person who is keen on fame and fortune who "flies like a crane in the clouds and flies to the prime minister's office". ”

Xiao Tianshu said with a smile: "The most criticized and most flattering point of Qiu Zu is his lack of integrity. He was not a subject of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was understandable that he would not be loyal to the Southern Song Dynasty. But he is a native of the Jin Kingdom, and has been favored and titled by the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, so he can be regarded as a "virtuous person" of the Jin Kingdom. But when Genghis Khan's army threatened the Central Plains and swept the world, seeing that the Jin Dynasty was in danger and in danger, Qiu Chuji immediately changed his course and threw himself into the arms of the Yuan Dynasty without hesitation, becoming Genghis Khan's guest. At that time, the Yuan Dynasty, under the leadership of Genghis Khan, a generation of Tianjiao, strong soldiers and generals bravely marched into the world, ambitious to dominate the rivers and mountains, and the Jin State in the Central Plains bore the brunt of the danger of extinction. The shrewd Qiu Chuji saw this, and he immediately turned his face to the Emperor of Jin, and the "History of the Yuan" recorded that the Emperor of Jin "sent an envoy to summon him, but did not go", and the speed of changing his face was jaw-dropping. On the other hand, in the face of the Yuan Dynasty, the sworn enemy of his motherland, Qiu Chuji has a face. In the third year of Jin Xingding, Genghis Khan sent an envoy to Shandong Xuanzhaoqiu to meet him. At that time, Genghis Khan was on the way to Khorezm in the west, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, there was no lack of lofty mountains and deserts on the way, and Qiu was already over 70 years old at the time, which was really a little difficult, but he immediately accepted the order in the face of the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty. Probably in order to find a step for himself, Qiu Chuji claimed that "I follow the principles of heaven, and angels dare not disobey everywhere", with a face of "those who know the times are handsome". I also know that this person is very controversial......"

Nian Fu said: "For many years, there has been a saying that Qiu Chuji met Genghis Khan thousands of miles away, in order to save the people of the world from fire and water, and advised Genghis Khan not to presumptuously open the killing ring, that is, the so-called "stop killing with a word", which simply praised Qiu Chuji as the reborn parents of the world. ”

Unfortunately, this is not a historical fact. Yang Ne, a well-known scholar and expert in Yuan history, has made some careful research efforts on this matter, and he has extensively collected historical materials, including "Journey to the West in Changchun" and "Xuanfeng Qinghui Record", etc., all of which have confirmed that the whole process of Qiu Chuji's meeting with Genghis Khan, how can there be a half-word mention of "stopping killing", and the so-called "stopping killing" is just the imaginary words of his successors who deliberately beautify Qiu Chuji.