Chapter 19 Yang Hu rebelled against Lu: the power of the princes gradually moved downward

In the spring of 505 BC, when the Wu army was still staying in Yingdu, a small group of Zhou Dynasty warriors in disguise were ordered to infiltrate into Chu State. It was in the winter of 516 BC that Wang Zichao went into exile in the state of Chu due to the failure of the rebellion, and it has been a full ten years since then.The reason why the royal family killed him was mainly because he was unwilling to be lonely.According to "Zuo Zhuan", although Wang Zichao was in Chu, he kept in touch with the remaining party in Luoyi, hoping to make a comeback one day.In 506 BC, he remotely controlled Dan Pian, a doctor of the Zhou Dynasty, to launch a rebellion in Luoyi, and persuaded Zheng Guo to send troops to help.The state of Zheng captured the six cities of Feng, Hua, Xu Mi, negative millet, Huren, and Quewai in one go. The royal family was shocked and sent people to the state of Jin for emergency.On the one hand, the state of Jin sent troops to guard Luoyi, and on the other hand, it instructed the state of Lu to send troops to attack the state of Zheng.

After Lu Zhaogong died in another country, his younger brother Song was established as the king, which is the history of Lu Dinggong.In 505 BC, the political structure of the "Three Huan Specialized in Lu" underwent new changes.In June of this year, Ji Sun Yiru was inspecting his family's territory, Dongye, and suddenly fell ill and died.In July of the same year, my uncle and grandson dared not die. Ji Sun Yiru has been in control of the state affairs of Lu State for a long time, and the power is overwhelming for a while.There is a piece of precious jade in the Lu Palace, named 玙 (yu) Fan, which is a treasure worn by Lu Hou in the past on formal occasions.Ever since Lu Zhaogong left the state of Lu, Ji Sun Yiru had worn Xuan Fan on himself.After Yiru's death, the retainer Yang Hu proposed to be buried with Xuan Fan, but was opposed by another retainer Zhongliang Huai.Zhongliang Huai's opinion, "Change steps to change jade", when Lu Zhaogong was not in the country, Ji Sun Yiru wore a 玙璠 to act as an agent of state affairs, which is understandable.Later, when Duke Lu Ding ascended the throne, Yiru should have returned it to Yu Fan but had not returned it. Wouldn't it be too much to take it to the grave now?

Here it is necessary to explain what is meant by "changing steps and changing jade". First, Zhou people used jade as a status symbol, and there were clear regulations on what kind of jade ornaments should be worn by cadres of any level, which should not be overstepped. Second, a step is the length of a walking step.Zhou Ritual stipulates that the princes walk "accepting martial arts", that is, after the first step is taken, the second step walks slowly over the first half step; , There must be a foot space between the two steps.In short, the more noble a person is, the slower he walks and the shorter his steps are.If you travel to the Zhou Dynasty and see a man walking like a woman with small feet, don't laugh at it, or you will bear the consequences.

It can be seen from this that Ji Sun Yiru should have taken the step of following the martial arts, because Lu Zhaogong was expelled, so he took the step of taking the martial arts.Duke Ding of Lu came to the throne, and he went back to the step of following martial arts.It is obviously inappropriate to wear Yufan's jade and be buried with it in the footsteps of martial arts. Yang Hu couldn't agree with Zhongliang Huai, so he had no choice but to let it go.But Yang Hu is not a person who is willing to let go. He approached Gongshan Buxuan (niu), the governor of Feiyi, and proposed to punish Zhongliang Huai.As mentioned earlier, Feiyi is the most important territory of the Ji family, and Gongshan Buxuan is naturally a powerful faction among the Ji family's retainers. His attitude towards this matter is very clear: "Zhongliang Huai did this for our sake. Hello, master, why are you complaining?"

However, after only a few days, Gongshan Buxuan's attitude changed 180 degrees.It turned out that after Ji Sun Yiru died, Ji Sunsi inherited the family business.There are three fires for new officials to take office. The first thing Ji Sunsi does after taking office is to inspect the territory accompanied by Yang Hu and Zhongliang Huai (it can be seen that Zhongliang Huai is not an ordinary person).When they came to Feiyi, Gongshan Buxuan ran all the way to the outskirts to meet them, and greeted Ji Sunsi and Zhongliang Huai respectfully.Ji Sunsi respected Gongshan's indifference, but Zhongliang Huai was superior and ignored Gongshan's indifference.Gongshan Buxuan said to Yang Hu that night: "Aren't you going to punish Zhongliang Huai? Why hasn't there been any movement yet?"

Yang Hu's answer was a meaningful smile. In September of the same year, Yang Hu launched a coup in Qufu, imprisoned Ji Sunsi and a group of his followers, and expelled Zhongliang Huai. In October of the same year, Yang Hu and Ji Sunsi made an oath at the South Gate of Qufu.Only four months after the death of the strongman Ji Sun Yiru, the actual control of the Lu State was transferred to the retainer Yang Hu. In February 504 BC, under the auspices of Yang Hu, the State of Lu responded to the call of the State of Jin and sent troops to invade the State of Zheng.Lu and Zheng did not cross borders. When the Lu army went, they passed through the state of Wei, and did not take the ceremony of borrowing the way; when they returned, they passed through Diqiu, the capital of Weiguo. Come out of the east gate, and then station in the village of Tongze outside the east gate.Duke Ling of Wei was furious, and ordered his favorite minister Mi Zixia to lead troops to attack the Lu army.

Uncle Fa, a veteran official of the State of Wei, was over eighty years old at the time. He was carried to see Duke Ling of Wei and said, "It's wrong to imitate him because of his rudeness. Duke Zhao of Lu was in exile. Courtesy is a plus, but now it is too uneconomical to cover up past kindness because of a little resentment. Lu and Wei are brotherly countries, and they should live in harmony, and we cannot fight each other just because Yang Hu, a villain, is obstructing them." Wei Linggong said: "Should we just swallow this breath?" Uncle Gong said: "This is God's purpose to punish Yang Hu and let him accumulate more crimes. You can wait and see."

Wei Linggong followed the advice of his uncle. In the summer of the same year, Yang Hu sent Ji Sunsi to the state of Jin to show victory.According to the rules at that time, when a small country sends an envoy to a prince of a big country, he should also greet the prince's wife as a show of respect.In order to please the state of Jin, Yang Hu forced Zhongsun Heji to go with Ji Sunsi, and specially sent his greetings to Mrs. Jin Dinggong.Zhongsun Heji is one of the Mengsun family, one of the three Huans, how can he swallow this breath?He came to Jin State and said to Shi Yang: "If Yang Hu can't stay in Lu State and come to Jin State, I hope Jin State can give him a certain position. For example, the position of Sima in the Chinese Army is very good. I I swear in the name of the late king, please agree to my request!"

Zhongsun Heji's words seem to be reserved, but they are actually very direct.Shi Yang pretended not to understand, and said: "This... the appointment of officials in the Jin Kingdom is determined by the monarch, how can I dare to express my opinion?" Turning around, he said to Zhao Yang: "The people of Lu already hate Yang Hu very much. Meng Sun swears to the sky that he will drive him out of the country, and that he will flee to the Jin country, and he is giving us a blow!" A strange light flashed in Zhao Yang's eyes, and he didn't say anything. In August of the same year, Yang Hu held an oath with Lu Dinggong, Ji Sunsi, Zhongsun Heji, and Shusun Zhouchou (son of Shusun Dare) at Zhoushe in Qufu, and with the residents of Qufu in Boshe—Lu The country is the descendant of the Duke of Zhou, and the Zhou Society is the god of the Zhou Dynasty; the area where the State of Lu is located has a large number of survivors of the Shang Dynasty, so the Bo Society was established to show respect.Yang Hu held an oath of alliance in the two societies, tantamount to forcing the government and the public to agree to his status, but his public identity is still Ji's retainer, which is also unprecedented.

After this oath, Yang Hu simply stopped being secretive.In the spring of 503 BC, Qi State returned Yuncheng and Yangguan (now south of Tai'an County, Shandong Province) to Lu State.Yang Hu put the two capitals under his own name, and took Yuncheng as his residence, where he opened an official office to give orders to the whole country.The State of Lu officially entered the period of Yang Hu's reign. In April 503 BC, Duke Shan Wugong and Duke Huan Liu of the Zhou Dynasty, with the help of Jin people, defeated the rebels in Qionggu (now Luoyang, Henan Province), and the situation in Luoyi tended to be stable.Zheng Xiangong realized that the next step of the state of Jin must be to attack the state of Zheng and hold him accountable for attacking Wang Ji.

In history, the State of Zheng was notoriously a fool on the fence—if he offended the State of Jin, he would take refuge in the State of Chu; if he offended the State of Chu, he would seek refuge in the State of Jin.But this time, Zheng Xiangong obviously didn't set his sights on Chu. Firstly, Chu was bullied by Wu not long ago, and almost destroyed the country. It belongs to the mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect itself; secondly, another big country is rising in the east, which attracted Zheng Zheng. Xian Gong's eyeballs. "Zuo Zhuan" records that in the autumn of 503 BC, Qi Jinggong and Zheng Xiangong held a meeting in Xiandi, and sent envoys to Diqiu to invite Wei Linggong to participate.Wei Linggong wanted to go very much - the rude behavior of the Lu people at the foot of Diqiu City last year made him very unhappy. Considering that the military operation of the Lu State was ordered by the Jin State, it is not difficult to understand why he would Qi Jing The winking eyes thrown by the public made my heart skip a beat.But all the ministers of the Wei state opposed it.Wei Linggong had no choice but to send his doctor Bei Gongjie to the state of Qi, and privately sent a letter to Qi Jinggong, saying: "Please pretend to be angry, arrest Bei Gongjie, and send troops to attack the state of Wei." Of course Qi Jinggong would not will refuse.Facts have proved that this trick is very effective. As soon as the news of Qi's army dispatched from Linzi reached Emperor Qiu, the officials of Wei State immediately changed their attitude and agreed to form an alliance with Qi State.Thus, Qi, Zheng, and Wei formed an alliance in Suodi. Qi Jinggong dared to act.After the Suodi alliance, he immediately sent Shangqing Guoxia to lead an army to invade Lu.Yang Hu also used all the soldiers of Lu State to resist.What's interesting is that Yang Hu is now the most powerful person in the Lu state, but he still regards himself as a retainer of the Ji family, and personally drives for Ji Sunsi, preparing to attack the Qi army at night.Guoxia got the information, so he used all the tricks, let his subordinates pretend to be defenseless, and set up an ambush secretly, just waiting for the Lu army to come and take the bait. The father of Gong Lian (resurname) was Zhongsun Heji's driver. Aware of the conspiracy of the people of Qi, he said to Yang Hu at the military meeting: "If you don't consider the consequences of doing this, you will die." The doctor Tom Yi also said: "You If the two of them (Ji Sunsi and Zhongsun Heji) are put in danger without a military judge, I will kill you with my own hands!" Yang Hu became frightened and led his troops back. It is not difficult to see from this incident that although Yang Hu is in power, there are still many people who oppose him, and this kind of rule of "the lower overcomes the upper" is not stable. In the spring of the next year, Yang Hu, who was eager to gain prestige, encouraged Lu Dinggong to personally lead an army to crusade against Qi to avenge last year.The Lu army surrounded Yangzhou (now in Dongping, Shandong Province), but their fighting spirit was not high.Yang Hu mobilized everyone to attack the city. They all sat on the ground and said, "What do you want us to do? Yan Gao's bow weighs 180 catties!" Yan Gao was a famous warrior in Lu State.It is said that his bow weighs one hundred and eighty catties, not the weight, but the strength of one hundred and eighty catties required to draw the bow fully.At that time, everyone held it and passed it around to see if they could pull it apart, but no one could pull it halfway.The people of Lu were making noise, when the gate of Yangzhou city was suddenly opened, and Qi troops rushed out. Everyone looked at Yan Gao, expecting him to meet the enemy.Yan Gao looked left and right, but couldn't find his own bow, so he had to grab a bow from someone else's cart, and just put the arrow on it and pulled it away, the bow was broken.Qi Jiang Ji Qiu Zikai had sharp eyesight and quick hands, he shot two arrows over, knocking Yan Gao and the man beside him to the ground.Zijiao rushed up to cut off Yan Gao's head, but Yan Gao rolled suddenly, picked up another bow from the ground, and shot Zijiao with an arrow, which pierced his cheek and killed him. Yan Gao's younger brother, Yan Xi, was not to be trifled with, he bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot a Qi general between the eyebrows.Lu Jun cheered loudly, but he said ashamedly, "I'm sorry, I wanted to shoot him in the eye, but I missed it." The bravery of one or two people failed to save the Lu army from defeat.Less than an hour after the battle started, the Lu army collapsed.Doctor Ran Meng ran ahead.His older brother Ran met him and scolded loudly: "Ran Meng, give me your queen!" A month later, the Lu army made a comeback and attacked Lin (lin) Qiu (now in Shandong Province) in Qi State.This time the Lu army came in a fierce manner, and the Qi people set fire to the siege chariots, and the Lu people soaked the fire with numb shorts, and quickly broke through the outer city of Linqiu.Since the outer city was destroyed, the inner city would not be safe either. Linqiu defenders simply opened the city gate and rushed out, trying to fight the Lu army to the death. Strange things happened.When the Lu people saw the Qi people rushing out, they immediately gave up the attack and retreated one after another.Ran Meng naturally ran in front again.Yang Hu saw it clearly from the command car, and deliberately loudly said to the left and right: "If Ran Meng is here, how can the people of Qi be so arrogant?" When Ran Meng heard it, he suddenly stood up and turned the car around He rushed to the Qi army.Seeing that he was about to rush to the front of the Qi army, Ran Meng looked back, oops!It turned out that he was the only one charging, and the rest of the people were watching!As for Ran Meng's acting skills, it's really not covered, he yelled on the spot, pretended to fall on the car, unconscious, and secretly yanked the driver's sleeve with one hand.The coachman understood, shook the reins in his hand, and the chariot drew a beautiful arc in front of the Qi army, and ran back again.Yang Hu shook his head angrily, and cursed: "They are all hypocrites!" The original text of this sentence is: "Be polite." This is also the most original meaning of the word polite.When we say "You are too polite", we may not have thought that in ancient times, it meant "You are too hypocritical!". Yang Hu invaded Qi State twice in one season, naturally to curry favor with Jin State, but the most fundamental purpose was to hope that Jin State could become his backstage and stabilize his position in Lu State.His hard work paid off.In the summer of the same year, Duke Jing of Qi sent Guo Xia and Gao Zhang to attack the State of Lu, while the State of Jin rescued the State of Lu with Shi Yang, Zhao Yang, and Xun Yin as commanders.Duke Ding of Lu personally went to Wadi to reward the Jin army.At this meeting, an interesting thing happened: According to the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty, when princes and officials met, they held a lamb in their hands, which was called "Zhi Lamb".However, in order to highlight the dignity of the marshal of the Chinese army, the Jin people only let Shi Yang hold the lamb, Zhao Yang and Xun Yinze hold the geese (house geese), and the rank of high and low is clear at a glance.The people of Lu thought this practice was very good, and they also learned it.Since then, only the Jisun family has held the lamb, and the Unclesun and Mengsun families (the patriarch of the Sanhuan of Lu State is called the certain Sun family) have held the geese. Jin Guo Xingshi mobilized the crowd, not only to rescue the Lu State, but also to disintegrate the alliance of Qi, Zheng, and Wei that Qi Jinggong had just established.Shi Yang sent someone to send a letter to Wei Linggong, ordering Wei Linggong to come to the alliance. Jin's army has already arrived at the door, how dare Wei Linggong refuse to follow?So he braved the scorching sun and came to the camp of the Jin army to meet with Shi Yang.Although the state of Wei is small, it is also a feudal vassal of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is also a descendant of the surname of Ji with the state of Jin. Wei Linggong paid a visit to the minister of the state of Jin as a vassal. Satisfied, he just sent doctors She Tuo and Cheng He to make an alliance with Wei Ling Gong. According to the rules at that time, the two countries formed an alliance. If the bull's ear was used, the lower status would hold the pot (hold the cow's ear), and the higher status would use the knife.Wei Linggong thought to himself, I am a marquis after all, and you are just doctors, so you should be responsible for this matter of leadership!But the Jin people obviously didn't think so, Cheng He said to She Tuo privately: "Wei State is like the prefectures and counties of Jin State, it cannot be regarded as a prince." She Tuo said without thinking: "Yes, We can't lose the face of Jin." On that day, when the alliance was about to be made with blood, She Tuo suddenly grabbed Wei Linggong's hands and forced the old man to serve the basin.How could Duke Ling of Wei agree to submit? During the dispute between the two sides, the basin was overturned, and Duke Ling of Wei's wrist was soaked in cow's blood. No matter how good-tempered Wei Linggong was, he couldn't help getting angry.Seeing this, Wangsun Jia, the doctor of the Wei State, hurried up to protect the lord, and said to She Tuo: "The oath is to uphold propriety and righteousness, just like what our monarch does. Although the Wei State is small, how dare it violate the spirit of propriety and accept such humiliation?" oath?" The two parties broke up unhappy.The news spread to Wei State, and even those doctors who had always been afraid of Jin State and did not advocate the alliance between Wei State and Qi State, now all asked Wei Linggong to break off diplomatic relations with Jin State. As soon as the Wei people became hardened, the Jin people became frightened instead.Shi Yang immediately sent someone to Diqiu to ask for a new alliance with Weiguo.But it was already too late, Wei Guo was now united as one, and he simply rejected Jin Guo's request. In the autumn of the same year, the state of Jin sent troops to invade the states of Zheng and Wei.Yang Hu once again obeyed the call of Jin State and sent troops to invade Wei State. This was the third time he launched a war in more than a year since he was in power, and everyone in Lu State felt extremely disgusted with him.Under such circumstances, Yang Hu decided not to hide his secrets anymore, and directly took San Huan as a knife to establish his absolute dominance in Lu State. At that time, Yang Hu had five buddies under him, namely Ji Wei, Gong Ji, Gong Shan Buxuan, Shu Sun Zhe and Shu Zhongzhi.Among them, Ji Wei is the concubine son of Ji Sun Yiru, and Shu Sun Zhe is the concubine son of Uncle Sun Ruo.Yang Hu's wishful thinking is to replace Ji Sun Si with Ji Wei, Shu Sun Zhe to replace Shu Sun Zhou Qiu, and himself to replace Zhong Sun He Ji, and put San Huan under his control. In October of the same year, Yang Hu invited Jisunsi to a banquet in Pupu outside the east gate of Qufu, intending to assassinate Jisunsi at the banquet.At the same time, he ordered his chariot troops to enter the first-level alert, intending to attack Shusun and Meng's family after assassinating Ji Sunsi. Yang Hu's strange behavior aroused the vigilance of Chufu Gonglian.He said to Zhongsun Heji: "I found that Ji's chariot troops are gathering (actually Ji's troops controlled by Yang Hu), and I don't know why." Zhongsun Heji was still in the dark, and said, "I didn't find out There is such a thing! Don't talk nonsense." Gonglian Chufu said: "If there is chaos in the Ji family, you will also be affected, please prepare early." So he secretly ordered the soldiers of the Meng clan to be on guard. On October 2, Yang Hu arrived in Pupu ahead of schedule.Jisunsi set off from home, and the driver of Yanghu's confidant Lin Chu was driving for him. There were hundreds of heavily armed warriors around, and Yanghu's younger brother, Yangyue, the Queen of the Palace—this was not to escort Jisunsi to the banquet, but Escort Ji Sunsi to the execution ground. No matter how dull Ji Sunsi was, he knew something was wrong.He looked ahead, the east gate was already in sight; looked behind, Yang Yue was keeping a straight face, guarding the surroundings vigilantly.Ji Sunsi took a deep breath, and suddenly said to Lin Chu: "Your ancestors have been good ministers of our Ji family for generations, and I hope you can be like them." Lin Chu shook his shoulders, and replied: "It's too late for you to say this to me. Yang Hu controls the state affairs, and the people of Lu State obey him. Those who follow him will prosper, and those who go against them will perish. Even if I can die for you , I'm afraid I can't save you." Ji Sunsi said: "Where is it late? Can you drive me to Meng's house?" Lin Chu said: "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that even if you go to Meng's house, you will inevitably die." "Go!" said Jisuns. Lin Chu nodded slightly and said, "You have stabilized yourself." At that time, Zhongsun Heji "coincidentally" selected 300 strong slaves to build a house outside his house.Lin Chu drove past the intersection of Meng's house, suddenly raised his whip, and rode his horse towards Meng's house.This change happened so suddenly, when Yang Yue reacted and Zhang Gong went to shoot, the carriage had already rushed into the gate of Meng's house. The slaves of the Meng family had already prepared.As soon as Ji Sunsi's carriage passed the gate of Meng's house, they rushed up and closed the gate firmly.Yang Yue rushed to the door and shouted to open it.An arrow shot from the gatehouse hit him in the throat. When Yang Hu got the news, he hurried to the palace, kidnapped Lu Dinggong and Shusun Zhouchou who was in court, and then attacked Zhongsun Heji.At a critical moment, Chufu Gonglian led his troops to enter through the north gate of Qufu, broke into the Yanghu formation, and defeated his troops. A coup d'état that had been planned for a long time fell apart because of Ji Sunsi's quick wit and Meng's early preparation.Yang Hu took off his armor, ran to the palace to take out the precious jade and his ancestral bow, and fled Qufu with a few cronies.After dark, Yang Hu stopped and ordered his followers to bury the pot and cook.Everyone said: "You better run away, don't let anyone catch up." Yang Hu laughed and said: "The Lu people heard that I was gone, and they were too happy, so why would they come after me?" Everyone said: "Ha , You have a good idea, that father-in-law is not a vegetarian." Yang Hu said: "It's nothing, we will go on our way after we are full." Sure enough, upon hearing the news of Yang Hu's escape, the city of Qufu cheered, and every household put up lanterns and festoons to celebrate. Only Chufu Gonglian asked Zhongsun Heji to pursue him.Zhongsun Heji said softly: "It's good for this person to leave, why bother chasing him?" He rejected Chufu Gonglian's request. Yanghu fled to Yangguan, his territory. In the summer of 501 BC, Yang Hu sent someone to return the precious jade and the big bow that he had stolen from the palace to the public office. "Spring and Autumn" records: "(Lu) get precious jade and big bows." Zuo Qiuming explained: Anything that can be used as a device is called "get"; captives and living things are called "get".Fortunately, we did not live in the Spring and Autumn Period, and this language is too difficult to learn. In June of the same year, the Lu army attacked Yangguan.The army surrounded Yangguan tightly and attacked day and night.Seeing that the city was about to collapse, Yang Hu suddenly burned down the city gate and led his troops straight to the Lu army camp.Before the Lu army recovered, Yang Hu broke through the siege and fled to Qi. When he saw Duke Jing of Qi, he said, "Please give me an army, and give me three more chances to attack, and I will help you take Lu State." When others say such things, Qi Jinggong will think it is bragging.But Yang Hu said so, he thought it was entirely possible.After thinking about it, he decided to agree to Yang Hu's request.At that time, the veteran Bao Guo was over ninety years old, and he said to Qi Jinggong: "Yanghu was favored by the Ji family, but wanted to kill Ji Sunsi, and now he is trying to please you with a plan that is not good for the Lu country. Do you dare to believe it? To him, morality is nothing more than empty words, and interests are everything. Since he dared to overthrow the Lu State, he also dared to overthrow the Qi State. He, aren't you afraid that he will harm you?" Qi Jinggong listened to Bao Guo's words, ordered Yang Hu to be imprisoned, and arranged for him to live in the east of Qi State.Yang Hu thought to himself, the eastern part of Qi State is the place where Dongyi live together, and it is close to the sea, so they can't escape even if they want to!So he pretended to be happy, and said to the guard: "That's great, I can't ask for it, and I want to go to the east to retire!" What conspiracy?So he changed his mind and let him live somewhere in the west. Yang Hu lived there for two months, saw an opportunity, hid himself in a car full of clothes, and fled to Song State.He fled from the state of Song to the state of Jin, and defected to Zhao Yang.According to "Han Feizi" records, Zhao Yang attached great importance to this rebellious minister, and personally welcomed him into the mansion, making him his chief retainer.Left and right didn't understand this, and asked, "This man is really a thief. Why do you treat him so well?" "That's right!" Zhao Yang said, "This man is best at stealing power, but I am best at consolidating power. What can he do to me?" Sure enough, under the leadership of Zhao Yang, Yang Hu did not dare to do anything wrong, and served the Zhao family honestly.Later, the Zhao family became more and more powerful and became one of the "three divisions into Jin", thanks to Yang Hu's contribution. From this point of view, Yang Hu is Sun Wukong, and Zhao Yang is Tang Monk who can recite mantras. Is it appropriate to say this? Regarding Yang Hu, the book also records a past story between him and Confucius: When Yang Hu was in power, he heard that Confucius was very learned, so he wanted to meet him very much.Kong Qiu put on the stinky airs of an intellectual, thinking that Yang Hu's subordinates are bullying his superiors, and he is not a good person, so he refused to see him.Yang Hu was not angry either, and sent someone to deliver a piece of pork to Kong Qiu.Confucius happened to be away, so the family took the pork.When Confucius came back, he was very happy to see the piece of pork, drooling from his mouth, and felt ashamed when he learned that it was given by Yang Hu. Yang Hu put on a very friendly look: "Oh, you are Kong Qiu, come here quickly, I want to ask you a few questions." Intellectuals couldn't stand this kind of attack anymore, Kong Qiu ran over and stood in front of Yang Hu.Yang Hu said: "Can Kong be called 'benevolence' if he is capable but does not serve the country?" Kong Qiu shook his head.Yang Hu asked again: "Have great ambitions and want to make a career, but don't know how to seize the opportunity. Is it called 'wisdom'?" Confucius shook his head again.Yang Hu patted Kong Qiu on the shoulder and said, "Brother, the sun and the moon pass by like a boat, and age waits for no one!" Kong Qiu said respectfully, "You are right, I will come to work tomorrow. " It is said that Confucius later said a famous saying: "The dead are like this! Never give up day and night." It may be inspired by Yang Hu.