Zhong Yu

Zhong Yu

Zhong Yu? -263), the word Zhishu, Yingchuan changshe (now Changge City, Henan Province) people. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Minister of the state of Wei was the son of Taifu Zhongyao and the elder brother of situ Zhonghui.

Born in the Zhong family of Yingchuan, he is agile and has the legacy of his father. When he was 14 years old, he started to ride on his own. In the early years of Taihe, he moved to Huangmen and became Marquis of Dingling county. During the Zhengshi period, he paid homage to the official of Sanqi, moved to the prefecture of Wei, and became the official of Shizhong, Zhongcheng and weiweiqing. Following the Huainan rebellion of Zhuge's birthday, he paid homage to the governor and general of Qingzhou, and supervised the military affairs of Xuzhou and Jingzhou.

Jingyuan four years (263 years), died, posthumous title for general Che Qi, five volumes of collected works (see "Sui Shu · Jing Ji Zhi" and "two Tang Shu · Jing Ji Zhi"), handed down to the world.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Zhong Yu, the son of Zhong Yao, a state magistrate of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, started his career as a bodyguard of Sanqi at the age of 14. Talking and laughing are smart and agile, which has the legacy of his father. In the second year of Taihe (228), Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu Han Dynasty, surrounded Qishan. Cao Rui, the emperor of the Wei and Ming Dynasties, wanted to lead his troops to attack in person. Zhong Yu Shangshu said: "Your Majesty should pay attention to defeating the enemy in the imperial court, and should pay attention to building the military camp. Although the monarch does not leave the palace, he can win thousands of miles away. Your majesty should guard the capital as a source of momentum in all directions. If you personally lead the army to the west, it will certainly play a great role in strengthening the front-line military power, but the resources and money consumed are also much larger than the original. Moreover, it has always been considered carefully to use troops in the hot summer. Now is not the time for your Majesty's ten thousand men to go out. " Later, he was promoted to be the servant of Huangmen.

Advice from the top

During the reign of Taihe (227-232), because the palace in Luoyang was under construction, Cao Rui, emperor of Wei and Ming, and his officials lived in Xuchang for the time being. Xuchang was small and narrow. In the south of the city, Emperor Wei Ming set up a banquet with felt as the hall, and set up a fish and dragon Manyan play to satisfy his daily life and play. Zhong Yu remonstrated: "in recent years, with frequent floods and droughts, the National Treasury is empty. It's not too late to wait until the harvest year for such leisure activities. Now it's time to go to kuannei to reclaim wasteland and let the people cultivate it. " These suggestions were adopted and implemented. During the Zhengshi period (240-249), he was promoted to be a regular servant.

the vicissitudes of official life

In 244, the fifth year of Zhengshi, Cao Shuang, a general, launched an army to attack Shu in the hot summer. The soldiers of Shu defended in danger, but the army could not advance. Cao Shuang wanted to continue to increase the number of troops. At this time, Zhong Yu sent an envoy to write: "I think the wise way to win is not to use the sword. Although all the invincible armies in the world carry out the expedition, they don't have to fight to win. If you can make the Miao surrender or retreat to defuse the enemy's edge just by holding the Ganqi dance, then you don't have to fight in Jiangguan or let Han Xin gallop in Jingjing. We should march when we find the right time and retreat when we encounter difficulties. This is the truth of war since ancient times. I hope you can think it over. " Later, Cao Shuang returned without success. Later Zhong Yu was demoted as a servant because he made Cao Shuang unhappy. He left the capital and paid homage to the governor of Wei county. In the first year of Jiaping (249), after the gaopingling incident, caoshuang group was killed. When Zhong Yu entered the capital, he became Zhongcheng, Shizhong and Tingwei. In 255, after Wu Qiujian and Wen Qin rebelled, Zhong Yu went to Yangzhou and Yuzhou to comfort the people. When he came back, he was promoted to minister.

Governor military

In the second year of Ganlu (257), after Zhuge's birthday, general Sima Zhao discussed whether he needed to fight for Zhuge's birthday himself. At that time, Wu general Sun Yi led the people to surrender. All the officials believed that the state of Wu was in civil strife and would not send troops to help Zhuge birthday. Zhong Yu thought: "we should consider this problem from the enemy's point of view. Now Zhuge surrendered to the state of Wu in Huainan on his birthday. Although Sun Yi came down, he brought less than 1000 people and only 300 soldiers, which is not a big loss to the state of Wu. If Shouchun can't be pacified quickly and the chaos in Wu has stopped, how can it be that no troops will be sent to the rescue? " Sima Zhao thought he was right, so he personally led the army to Huainan, and Zhong Yu went with the army. After the pacification of Huainan, Zhong Yu was appointed governor of Qingzhou, later general, commander in chief of Xuzhou military, during the holiday. Later, he transferred to Jingzhou military.

The first to protect the family

As Zhong Hui's elder brother, Zhong Yu knew his younger brother's roots and told Sima Zhao in private: "my younger brother is very intelligent, but he plays tricks of power. I'm afraid he's ambitious, so I have to be on guard." After hearing this, Sima Zhao burst out laughing: "if this happens in the future, I will only treat the sin of the bell Association, not the Zhong clan." He died in the winter of the fourth year of Jingyuan (263) and was awarded the title of Huihou to general Che Qi. In the fifth year of Jingyuan (264), Zhong Hui rebelled and was killed in a mutiny. According to the law, Zhong's family should be killed, and Sima Zhao and Yinuo, who had died of illness, should be punished. Zhong Jun and Zhong Fu, the sons of Zhong Yu, were pardoned as before.

Historical evaluation

Chen Shou's annals of the Three Kingdoms says, "when you talk and laugh, you have father's style." Cao Huan: "in and out of the post, there are achievements."

Anecdotes and allusions

Wine with ceremony

When Zhong Yu and his father took a nap, they took the opportunity to steal medicine and wine together. Zhong Yao just woke up, deliberately pretending to sleep to observe how his sons behave. Zhong Yu drinks only after he salutes, but Zhong Hui only drinks but not politely. Then his father asked Zhong Yu why he would salute. Zhong Yu replied, "wine is used to complete etiquette. I dare not do it." The father asked Zhong Hui why he didn't do the ceremony. Zhong Hui said, "stealing is not a ceremony, so there's no need to do it."

Sweat like a slurry

Zhong Yu and Zhong Hui had a good reputation in their youth. When he was 13 years old, Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty, heard about the two children's wisdom and fame, and said to their father Zhong Yao, "you can ask these two children to come to see me." So I was ordered to come forward. There was sweat on Zhong Yu's face. Emperor Wen of Wei asked, "Why are you sweating?" "Zhong Yu replied:" because of fear, panic, trembling, so sweat out like pulp Emperor Wei Wen asked Zhong Hui, "why don't you sweat on your face?" The clock will answer: "because of fear, trembling, so sweat also dare not come out."

Quick answer

Zhong Yu was the servant of Huangmen, smart and sharp. Once, I had a banquet with Mr. Sima, the king of Shijing. At that time, xuanbo, Chen Qun's son, and yuanxia, Wu Zhou's son, were present. They mocked Zhong Yu together. King Jing asked, "Gao

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What kind of person is he? " Zhong Yu replied, "it's ancient

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A man of virtue. " Then he turned to xuanbo and yuanxia and said, "gentleman

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It's not like,

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Not the party. (gentlemen unite but do not connect with each other; they are gregarious but do not protect each other.)

Begging for a ride

Sima Yi made zhoutai the governor of Xincheng, so he held a banquet to celebrate him. He also asked Zhong Yu, the Secretary of state, to joke with Zhou Tai: "you have been promoted from baishen company to several levels to command the whole government. Within 36 days, you have a guard of honor to manage so many officers and soldiers. Just as the saying goes:" how can a beggar take a car? "How can an officer rise so fast Zhou Tai replied, "it's exactly what you said. But you are a famous scholar and noble son. When you were young, you were brilliant and famous all over the world, and you are still an official now. Just as the saying goes: "macaques ride local oxen", why is the promotion so slow? " After listening, the guests found their answers very interesting. * press: according to the original three kingdoms annals, this is Zhong Yao, wrong. Yu Lan and Shi Yu were Zhong Yu, but Zhong Yu was already a senior official in Taidian county. Maybe it's Shang Shu Lang Zhong Hui. It is also said that: Zhou Tai from Dian county may be in the Qinglong years, at this time Yu has not yet practiced eight. Both "Yu" and "Hui" can be used.

Two heads

Yu has never been witty with a brother. Once, Zhong Yu said to Zhong Hui, "I heard that there is a woman who is good at teasing. Let's meet her." So the two brothers dressed in gorgeous clothes went to see the woman by car. They went to the west gate, met a woman, pointed at them and said with a smile, "why is the middle of the car so high?" The two brothers didn't realize it at first. The disciple sitting in the back of the car said, "you've just been ridiculed by others!" The brothers were stunned. The disciple said, "the central part is high and the two ends are low." it means "two rams." The two brothers are bearded, so they are called "two rams" by the woman.

Relative members

Grandfather: Zhong Di, master of Yingchuan father: Zhong Yao, statesman, militarist, calligrapher of Wei state, Bai Taifu, Hou of Dingling County mother: sun's brother: Zhong Hui, militarist and calligrapher of Wei state. Sima Zhao, a confidant of Sima Zhao's, took part in the war against Shu in Wei Dynasty. He planned to rebel and died in the rebellion. son: Zhong Jun, after Zhong Yu's death, he inherited the Marquis of Dingling, Zhong Yong, took the place of Zhong Hui, made trouble with Zhong Hui, and was killed. His whole family was killed Zhong Yi, took the place of Zhong Hui, and went to prison to kill him because of the trouble

Artistic image

In the romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhong Yu is Zhong Yao's eldest son and Zhong Hui's elder brother. He once visited Cao Pi with Zhong Hui. Zhong Yu was sweating and Zhong Hui looked like a man. Cao Pi asked Zhong Yu, "Why are you sweating?" Zhong Yu replied, "I see you are very scared, so I sweat a lot." Cao Pi asked Zhong Hui, "why don't you sweat?" The clock will answer, "I see you so scared that I dare not sweat." Cao Pi was very surprised. this story originated from Shi Shuo Xin Yu · Yu Yu, and it is also the only description about Zhong Yu in the romance of the Three Kingdoms. On the contrary, it has become a foil for his brother Zhong Hui.

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