[Vol. 1] Verse 116: Sima Xiangru

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Among the literati and sages of the Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding figures, known as the Fusheng.

Around the first year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (179 BC), Sima Xiangru was originally named Sima Changqing. Born in Chengdu, Shu County.

All talented people are in roughly the same situation, they are generally from poor families, and their parents will let them learn cultural knowledge, no matter how difficult their lives are. Sima Xiangru is no exception, Sima Xiangru has a wide range of subjects, in addition to reading, he also likes fencing, and at the same time is quite interested in music.

As he grew older, Sima Xiangru had his own ambitions, and he regarded the Warring States name Lin Xiangru as his idol, and in order to show his determination, he deliberately changed his name to Sima Xiangru.

In order to establish the education of Shu County, the Taishou Wenwen Weng of Shu County wanted to select children with reading talent from the county and send them to Chang'an to study, hoping that they would succeed in their studies and return to their hometown to contribute to the education of their hometown. Sima Xiangru is on the list.

Sima Xiangru spent his teenage years in a dull and happy school career, and when he and his companions returned to their hometown of Shu County after graduation, they were warmly welcomed by Wen Taishou.

After the hospitality, Wen Taishou arranged their work one by one, and the young Sima Xiangru was offered the position of professor.

This position is not very easy to do, that is, to teach and educate people, but also to publicize the enrollment, in an underdeveloped area like Shu County, it is not a good errand to set up an official school. However, Sima Xiangru was still full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, because he found that Wen Weng Taishou often selected some outstanding talents from among his disciples to serve as government officials, so that the young Sima Xiangru had many friends in the officialdom.

Sima Xiangru is an ambitious person after all, like Jia Yi, a talented man back then, they all have humble backgrounds, but they have lofty ideals, so the professorship does not really satisfy him, he is willing to do this job well, more to repay Taishou.

People are not as good as heaven, Wen Taishou died of illness.

Sima Xiangru left his position as a professor, and he set his sights on distant Chang'an.

Chang'an is a metropolis full of traffic, and for most of the young people with ideals and culture, this city has an irresistible allure.

Sima Xiangru said goodbye to all his relatives and friends, and came to the hot land of Chang'an again, unlike the last time, this time he was alone, and he was no longer an ignorant teenager who knew nothing, Chang'an City was already a thing, and the court had a new master.

In Chang'an City, he has no background and no qualifications, only the full of economy and dazzling talent, and he only hopes that there is a master who can know the goods, and he can sell it at a good price.

After wandering for a few days, Sima Xiangru found that the difficulty of the empty glove white wolf was extremely high, and in desperation, he could only take the path that countless ideal young people had walked---- and he was elected as a lang.

Sima Xiangru took out his savings for many years, entered the palace, and became an official Lang official.

Although the bag was empty, Sima Xiangru finally got an errand, although this errand was far from his ideals, but Sima Xiangru had reason to believe that with his extraordinary talent, he would definitely have a bright future.

The slowness and foolishness of the will, and the joy of chastity. I am willing to ask and self-enter, and get the jade sound of Shangjun. In the hope of sincerity, the south of the city is out of the palace.

Sima Xiangru was cautious everywhere and always diligent, and soon after, Sima Xiangru was promoted and became a regular attendant of the military cavalry. This is a martial arts, for Sima Xiangru, who has tender skin and fine flesh and a civilized temperament, it is extremely difficult to be a military attaché, after all, he is a literati and a gentleman, and it takes great endurance and restraint for him to be with the five big and three rough people all day long.

But Sima Xiangru did it, and he stayed in the position of a regular attendant of the martial arts, so that Sima Xiangru had more opportunities to stay by the emperor's side.

After staying by Emperor Jing's side for a long time, Sima Xiangru felt unprecedented disappointment, and he was disappointed to find that the emperor was more like a martial artist, and he was not interested in song lyrics at all, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to Sima Xiangru, who had extremely high attainments in rhetoric.

Sima Xiangru thought his dream was shattered.

He couldn't help but hesitate and couldn't help but be at a loss.

When Sima Xiangru's mood fell to the bottom, the arrival of a person ignited his expectations for life.

This person is King Liang, and King Liang has come to the dynasty. As we all know, King Liang likes to be vassal, there is no shortage of literati and celebrities around him, at that time, everyone was given a seat, Zou Yang, Zhuang Ji and others were regarded as the guests of King Liang, and at the same time followed King Liang into the court.

Sima Xiangru was fortunate enough to get acquainted with them, as if he had found a bosom friend, Sima Xiangru talked with them all day long, and Sima Xiangru was very happy for a while, and he finally understood that his happiness was not only for fame.

After King Liang left the dynasty, Sima Xiangru felt that his career was hopeless, as the saying goes, the tree is dead, the person is alive, there is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay.

Sima Xiangru decided to leave Chang'an, and the next stop was Suiyang.

Sima Xiangru resigned on the grounds of illness. He walked out of the heavily guarded palace, without much nostalgia, this place carried his dream, but at this moment, Sima Xiangru knew better than anyone that this place did not belong to him now.

He packed up his soft and rushed to Suiyang, where his bosom friends lived.

Along the way, he was relieved.

A few days later, Sima Xiangru finally met his bosom friends.

Through the introduction of Mei Cheng and others, Sima Xiangru won the appreciation of King Liang, and he obtained his corresponding position. Being able to work with a group of like-minded literati and celebrities, Sima Xiangru was not only in a good mood, but also further improved his literary attainments.

It was in the days of Suiyang, in order to thank King Liang for the opportunity given to him, Sima Xiangru wrote the famous "Zixu Fu".

This majestic but not lacking ideological essence not only laid the groundwork for him to step into Chang'an again in the future, but more importantly, it is a peak of Han Fu.

Sima Xiangru was reborn in this way, if nothing else, people have reason to believe that he would marry a wife and have children and buy a house in Suiyang, and finally die of old age in Suiyang.

Heaven seems to have deliberately forged this literary genius and prevented him from having a good life.

In the sixth year of Emperor Jing (144 BC), Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao, died of illness. With his departure, the Liang Kingdom was divided into five, and the guests and scholars who were fostered by the King of Liang were scattered all at once.

Sima Xiangru was not spared, he bid farewell to his literary friends and embarked on the road back to his hometown.

Due to the long distance, Sima Xiangru has been out for many years, but he has not communicated with his family. When he returned to his hometown after a long absence, when he saw his former residence, Sima Xiangru burst into tears for a while.

Relatives told him that your parents had passed away a long time ago, leaving no belongings, but they couldn't see their dog (Sima Xiangru's name), and they didn't blink an eye.

Sima Xiangru found the grave of his parents and mourned in front of his parents' grave.

When Sima Xiangru cried so bitterly that he couldn't shed any more tears, he returned to his devastated home and had to think about a very important matter, now that his family is surrounded by walls, his relatives are also poor, and now he has no formal job, how should he live in the future?

Sima Xiangru tasted the pain of life for the first time, and tasted the taste of no rice in the pot for the first time.

You can't write a resignation, but you can't skip eating.

After suffering for a few days, Sima Xiangru suddenly remembered that many years ago, his friend Linqiong County Ling Wang Ji had said to himself that if he was frustrated in Chang'an, he could come back to him. At that time, Sima Xiangru was just a polite conversation between friends, because he believed that he could not be down. Now that I think about it, the world is impermanent, and I am overconfident. Besides, after so many years, Wang Ji may not be in Linqiong with his early period.

Driven by hunger, this talented man left all his vanity and went to Linqiong County to give it a try.

There is no endless road, Wang Xianling has neither been promoted nor moved to his position, he is really still in Linqiong County.

Fortunately, Wang Xianling is a nostalgic person, when he saw Sima Xiangru, he asked all the situation, he couldn't help but be surprised and sighed, Wang Xianling treated him well, and decided to help him, so that he could settle his life.

Wang Xianling arranged Sima Xiangru to live in the capital pavilion of Linqiong. Wang Xianling not only made arrangements for Sima Xiangru in his daily life, but also went to Duting every day after work to ask for warmth.

Sima Xiangru was very grateful for Wang Xianling's enthusiasm, and he was safe and sound some time ago, but he couldn't bear to receive Wang Xianling every day, so he couldn't help but be a little resistant, and pretended to be sick to refuse to go out.

Sima Xiangru's resistance Wang Xianling felt like a mirror, but he wanted to help people to the end, it was a waste for such a talent to be down, so no matter what Sima Xiangru's opinions were, Wang Xianling was still the same as usual.

In this way, Sima Xiangru was suspicious.

Although your brother and I have a deep friendship, you can't afford to come and visit me every day, do you have other plans?

Sima Xiangru can only hold it in his heart if he has something to say, no matter what, he is also a benefactor and cannot be offended.

Wang Xianling's strange behavior quickly spread in Linqiong, and those who didn't know thought that Wang Xianling had a special habit and raised a little white face.

When the wealthy squires of Linqiong learned the news, they all agreed that they couldn't care if Wang Xianling had any special habits, but they had to treat this mysterious person well, and if they accidentally offended him, maybe Wang Xianling would take them under their knife, so everyone thought that it was better to hold a banquet to entertain this mysterious person.

This banquet gave Sima Xiangru's life the greatest motivation.