Chapter 71 Section 7 Two Scholars Talk Together

Du Fu's famous poem "Gift to the Eight Guards" says: Life does not meet each other, it is like participating in business.Tonight and any other night, let's share this candlelight.How long will you be young and strong, and your temples will be gray.Visiting the old half is a ghost, exclaiming hotly.How can I know that after 20 years, I will return to the Gentleman's Hall... It can be said that I have written all the sorrows and sorrows of the world and the vicissitudes of reunion.Han Fei and Li Si met again after thirteen years, and their sighs and sighs were probably the same.

The banquet was laid out, and the delicious delicacies were passed on. Li Si's sons and daughters knelt down to drink in turn. Although Han Fei was not good at drinking, he never refused to come, and he soon became drunk. The banquet was gone, and the room was empty, only Li Si and Han Fei were sitting opposite each other, just like when they were classmates.The two looked at each other with a feeling of being separated from each other. Li Sidao, "After the Lanling farewell, I miss you every day. My brother came to Qin today, and with his peerless talent, he will definitely be favored by the King of Qin. In the future, you and I will be ministers in the same palace, and it will be a joy to be together day and night!"

Han Fei smiled, noncommittal.His current situation is very embarrassing. On the one hand, if he wants to secretly seek benefits for South Korea, he must gain the trust of Ying Zheng, use it in Qin, and grasp the necessary power.However, if he is really allowed to serve in Qin State like Li Si, it would be against his nature. Besides, the reason why Yingzheng values ​​him is actually to value his theory, and once his theory is used by Qin State, Qin State will inevitably It will become stronger and stronger, and the demise of South Korea will become more and more inevitable. Seeing that Han Fei was silent, Li Si said again, "How can the king of Qin see your brother's book? Do you know about it?"

Han Fei came to his senses and said, "Could it be you..." Li Si smiled and nodded.Two years ago, when Li Si was on a mission to South Korea, he entrusted Zhang Rang, Minister of Han, to fetch Han Fei's book for him. Zhang Rang couldn't stand Li Si's repeated urging, so he had to submit two books.Li Si put it in Yingzheng's study, and that's how Yingzheng fell in love with Han Fei when he first read it, and he sent troops to win Han Fei. Han Fei poured the wine into the air, his drunken eyes dimmed.He couldn't help but think that Li Si might be Ying Zheng's lobbyist, trying to test his attitude.So even though he felt unhappy, blaming Li Si for being troublesome and causing him to fall into the current situation, he didn't show it in color, he just said lightly, "Why bother, it's not worth it."

Seeing Han Fei's displeasure, Li Si shouted, "Where is Han Fei?" Han Fei said in astonishment, "Han Fei is here." Li Sidao, "The king's heart is dead, and I don't know Han Fei. Back then, Han Fei embraced great talents, bravely used the world, and long-term wished to show his achievements in the world and be famous in future generations." Han Fei was silent.Li Si said again, "How many people are there in the world who are as talented as brothers? Have the heart to abandon themselves and bury them? You and I both know that the only one who can use brothers is Qin. My brother is Mr. Han, and he misses his homeland. Do you not see the general trend of the world? The death of Han is inevitable, and the death of the six countries is inevitable. The Englishman Shakespeare wrote the play "The Tempest", in which there is a saying: "The boat is leaking, and the rat will not stay (Note 1). The rat still has a spirit and does not live in it." Among the broken boats, how about people?"

Han Fei suddenly laughed.Li Si didn't understand what he meant, and said, "Why are you laughing, brother?" Han Fei said, "Speaking of mice, I can't help but think of you back then. Shangcai sighed at the mouse and said: "The virtuous people are like mice, and they are in their ears!" Li Sihu?" Li Si couldn't help laughing when he mentioned the past.Han Fei said again, "People in the world regard you as king and think that you still follow what you said back then, don't you?" Li Si sneered, and said disdainfully, "How would the world know (Note 2)!"

Han Fei yelled, "How can the world know such a sentence! Just this one sentence is enough to be drunk for three thousand years." The two drank and laughed.At this moment, it seemed to return to the time when they were classmates again.Today's Li Si, with his status and power, apart from Han Fei, probably no one would dare to talk to him so frankly, let alone tease him. Seeing Han Fei repeatedly changing the subject, Li Si knew that Han Fei had no intention of doing anything to Qin, so he stopped trying to persuade him.Anyway, Han Fei will stay in Xianyang for a long time, so he can take a long-term plan.

Naturally, the topic of the two of them changed from pragmatic to practical, discussing the various schools of thought, the principles of nature and human nature.Li Si's mentality is that Han Fei is like a treasure of thoughts, how can he enter the treasure mountain and return empty.And Han Fei is proud of his talents, and only a strong opponent like Li Si can stimulate him, let him express his chest and give full play.Ever since, the wine was flying, the mind was open, and the night was full of long conversations, and the east was white. When the two scholars talk together, they must talk about the magic method.Han Fei and Li Si, standing on the pinnacle of the times, looked at the past and the present equally, and overlooked the Era in the same way. What an exciting sight it would be to have a conversation between these two incomparable characters!After a thousand years, we can't help but imagine that the two of them sat opposite each other leisurely, talking eloquently, but it was already raining heavily outside them, flying sand and rocks.Woohoo, if you can meet it at the right time, look up at its light, be stained with its luster, even if you get soaked all over your body and your head is covered in sacks, we will recognize it, and we will be worth it.

〖Note 1: See The Tempest, Act I, Scene II. Prospero: . . . they have prepared a rotten wreck, with sails, hawsers, masts—nothing at all, from which even a mouse would shrink back naturally. ... Note 2: See. Xie Gong (Xie An) asked Zijing (Wang Xianzhi): "How is the emperor's book like the emperor's family respect?" The answer: "It must be different." The Duke said: "The world's opinions are different." Wang said: "The world knows .” Edgar Allan Poe also held a similar point of view: not all people in the world have the ability to judge, and more are just hearsay, so-called ear learning.For example, an idiot can think that Shakespeare is great, and he only makes this judgment because his neighbor who is more intelligent than himself tells him so.And that neighbor's insight came from someone else of higher intelligence.It can be traced back to a few geniuses, who knelt in a circle facing each other on the top of the mountain, looking up at the great man on the top of the mountain who pioneered this view. 〗