Chapter 14 2. Demeanor, strength of character, demeanor

The demeanor of a soldier, there is. For example, "Zhou Nan Rabbit (Reading Ruju)"—— Open up the heavens, spread the earth's net; Lay down the stakes and welcome the tigers and wolves. martial arts, a barrier for kings; martial arts, It is the pillar of the country. yes!In ancient society, where there are countries, there are wars, and where there are wars, there are warriors.As long as you are a soldier, you will keep your eyes wide open and vigilant.This is the so-called "suspend the rabbit's fur, apply it to Zhonglin".Rabbit, not a hare, but a tiger, that is, "Yutu" (pronounced like Wutu). 6, is the hunting net.Therefore, this poem can also be understood in this way: when a friend comes, he has good wine, and if the jackal comes, he is greeted with a shotgun.

What a style! This kind of demeanor is also found in "Chu Ci". In "Nine Songs · National Memorial", Qu Yuan described the soldiers of Chu State in this way: holding Wu Ge, holding Qin bow, carrying a long sword, and wearing a rhinoceros armor.The battle flags obscured the sun, and the enemy was as numerous as chaotic clouds.They rushed into our camp and killed our soldiers.However, our soldiers picked up the drumsticks and beat the drums, drove the chariots and drove the horses, and bravely took the lead against the arrows shot like a storm.Because the soldiers know that "you can't go in and out, you can't go back, you can't go back, the plains are suddenly far away", and there is no turning back when you shoot the bow.

It is the duty of a soldier to be loyal to the country. So Qu Yuan sang like this—— Honesty is both brave and martial, Always strong and invincible. The body is dead and the spirit is alive, The soul is determined to be a ghost hero! What kind of style is this! Behind the demeanor is the strength of character.In 684 BC, Duke Zhuang of Lu led his army to fight against the State of Song, and a warrior named Xian Benfu (Ben read Ruben) served as his driver.On the battlefield, the horses pulling the cart suddenly startled, and Duke Zhuang of Lu also fell off the cart.Zhuang Gong said that according to the rules, whoever will be the driver must be divined before the battle.It is difficult today because there is no divination!Xian Ben's father said that there had never been any accidents before, but this time an accident happened, and he could only blame his servants for not being brave enough.So he rushed into the enemy camp to fight and died.After the war, when the groom washed the horse, he found that there was an arrowhead on the horse.Only then did he realize that the cause of the accident was that the horse had been hit by a arrow, and that the father of the county was not responsible, so Zhuang Gong ordered to write a eulogy for him.The custom of writing eulogies for scholars started from this incident. 7

This kind of strength of character is endless in history.In 480 BC, the year before Confucius' death, civil strife broke out in the state of Wei, and the doctor Kong Kui (read Rukui) was besieged at home.Zilu, a student of Confucius, heard about it and immediately went to rescue him, because he was Kong Kui's retainer and a soldier.As a result, in a scuffle, Zilu was chopped into pieces.Confucius was distraught when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the kitchen to throw away the prepared meat sauce. 8 In fact, Zilu didn't have to go to the rescue.In fact, when he arrived at the capital, the city gate was closing; when he arrived at Kong's house, the gate had already been closed.His classmate Zigao and Kong Kui's retainer Gongsun Gan also advised him not to make unnecessary sacrifices, because it was too late anyway.Zilu died generously.He said: The reward of cannibalism is the thing of loyalty.Follow around when it is profitable, and run away when disaster strikes, I am not that kind of person!

Similarly, Zilu didn't have to die so tragically.His death was only because the crown tassel was cut off by the opponent with a dagger during the battle, and the hat would fall off.Zilu said that a gentleman must live a decent and dignified life.Even if you die, you can't escape the crown.So he put down his weapon and freed his hands, calmly fastened the crown tassel, and let the enemy hack and kill. What kind of character is this! If you have strength of character, you will have style and style.For example, in the battle where Lao Xiang died in battle and Zhifu was captured, there was such a small episode: a chariot of the retreating Jin army was stuck in a pit and could not move. The Chu soldiers who were chasing them stopped the chariot. Call out to teach the Jin army how to repair cars.The repaired chariot didn't take two steps, and then stopped moving. The Chu people shouted to teach them how to deal with it.In the end, the Jin army finally retreated calmly and left.What's even more ridiculous is that the people of Jin are so good-looking when they get cheap.While fleeing, they shouted: Brothers in the Chu army, thank you!After all, it is a superpower, and it has a lot of experience in running!

Such a Chu person is really a gentleman.But such a demeanor makes people doubt: Is fighting like this still called war? Of course I still call.Just be polite. At least, Chunqiu's is. For example, the battle between Jin and Chu Chengpu. 6. The rabbit in "Tuyu" is Yutu, which was first proposed by Wang Zhi of the Song Dynasty, and it is also proved by Wen Yiduo's "The Book of Songs". 7.See "Book of Rites Tan Gong Shang".For the explanation of this record, please refer to Zhang Yinlin's "Outline of Chinese History". 8.For details, see "Zuo Zhuan: The Fifteen Years of Duke Ai of Lu" and "Confucius' Family Talk: Zi Gong Wen".