Chapter 25 Chapter Eleven

During the Western Jin Dynasty, in Xin'an County, Henan County (now Mianchi County), there were rumors of legendary stories about Huangfu Mi (mi Mi), a prodigal son, who went to school in earnest. Huangfu Mi, styled Shi'an, was born in 215 A.D. in the Huangfu family in Longxi. His great-grandfather was Huangfusong, a great bureaucrat in the Eastern Han Dynasty.However, no one would have thought that the Huangfu family, which has produced many high-ranking officials for generations, would make the world laugh at Huangfumi when he came to Huangfumi: a "stupid" with low talents!

Huangfu Mi was adopted by his uncle when he was young, and lived with his uncle and parents in Xin'an County, Henan County.His uncles and parents regard him as their own flesh and blood, and love him very much. They hope that he can study and study, and in the future he will be able to obtain an official position and shine in the family.Who knows that this nephew just doesn't like reading, he wanders around all day long, often stays out of the house all night, and stubbornly refuses to listen to teachings.Seeing that his little friends have already married and established businesses, some of them have already served as officials in the Yamen, but he is still in his 20s, and he is still in his twenties. Stabbing each other, foolishly playing military games, yelling and screaming, so angry that the eyes of the uncles and parents burst into smoke.

One day, Huangfu Mi, who was sweating profusely from playing outside, staggered and carried some melons and fruits that he did not know where, and excitedly sent them to his aunt, saying that he was filial to his mother, thinking that his aunt would be happy. The aunt has exhausted her efforts in disciplining her son, and shed many tears secretly, but this runaway wild horse has never heard a lesson.Seeing this now, she suppressed the bitterness and dissatisfaction in her heart. She didn't pick up her son's melon, but kindly called him to come to her, and said earnestly and earnestly: "Son, you are already in your 20s. I understand, you don’t care about teaching, you don’t know the way, you talk and do things rudely and confusedly, and you blindly indulge your wild temper. When will you let your mother see that you can become a weapon? You look like this, even if you give me beef, mutton, and pork, you can’t eat it. You can't comfort me at all!" After that, he sighed repeatedly.

Huangfumi was still standing there in a daze, his excitement suddenly disappeared.Not knowing why my aunt did this, my aunt sighed again and said, "In the past, Meng's mother moved three times, and Mencius finally changed his ways and became a scholar. Could it be that I, my mother, didn't choose good neighbors and let them lead you into ruin? Sigh. How can you blame others? The neighbor’s children are not as naughty and stupid as you! It seems that I have not educated you enough, or I have not educated you properly. My son, mother can’t discipline you. Diligent study and self-cultivation depend on your own efforts. In the end, you benefit yourself, so what does it have to do with me!" After finishing speaking, the aunt couldn't help but burst into tears, and continued to cry.

Huangfu Mi used to hear his uncles and parents yelling and scolding loudly, so he couldn't listen to them.At this time, his aunt's persuasive enlightenment, the pain of tears streaming down his face, and the deep and painful self-blame made him suddenly feel a kind of enlightenment. From now on, we must change our past mistakes, abandon the old and start the new. The prodigal son will turn around and become a promising person. Like the ancient Mencius, he will study hard and become a scholar who will last forever. The next day, just after dawn, Huangfu Mi got up, dressed, and slipped out of the house quietly.When the aunt heard the sound of the door, she thought that her son had gone out to loose again as usual, so she sighed out of habit and tossed and turned helplessly on the bed.However, my aunt never expected that Huangfu Mi went out this time to worship an old man named Tan Xi in the village as his teacher.From then on, Huangfu Mi became a different person, no longer wandering outside, but indulging in books eagerly, "playing with classics, forgetting to sleep and eat", "working hard".It is no longer delicious and lazy, but "bow yourself to the harvest, and farm with the scriptures".When his aunt's family situation gradually improved, he began to learn in a down-to-earth manner.Because he was studying angrily without sleeping and eating, people at the time also advised him not to overwork and criticized him as a "book prostitution".Huangfumi felt that he had wasted too much precious time in the past, and determined to make up for the loss, so he spent day and night reading and learning the sayings of hundreds of schools of thought, and finally became a very learned person.

Through unremitting efforts, Huangfumi's knowledge and reputation are getting bigger and bigger. Some kind-hearted people advised him: "You are already full of knowledge and reputation, you should make friends with some powerful and powerful people, so that you can get yourself an official position." , why bother to die of old age in the study." Huangfu Mi said: "My aunt wants me to learn from Mencius. I am happy and poor, so why should I seek fame and fortune with my knowledge?" My aunt was very happy when she heard this.Later, Huangfumi's fame spread all over the world. Emperor Wu of Jin issued edicts again and again to urge him to become an official, but he declined politely and devoted himself to academic research until his death.

Huangfumi began to learn from teachers in his 20s, and then devoted himself to writing. He wrote a large number of works throughout his life and became a famous scholar, historian and medical scientist.His works include "Emperor Century", "Calendar", "Biography of Gao Shi", "Biography of Yi Shi", etc. "The Century of Emperors" describes the history of 3000 years from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Cao Wei period of the Three Kingdoms.In addition, he also wrote a large number of medical works, such as "The Yellow Emperor's Three Books of Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B", "Huangfu Shi An Yi Zhu Fang", "Lun Han Shi San Fang", etc. These medical works are not only still circulated in China today, but also As the earliest systematic monograph on acupuncture and moxibustion in ancient my country, "The Yellow Emperor's Three Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classics" was also translated into foreign languages ​​and introduced abroad, becoming an influential monograph on acupuncture and moxibustion in the world.Aunt Huangfumi's godson's tears were not in vain, it blossomed and bore fruit.