Ji Kang is the son-in-law of Cao Wei's imperial clan and married Cao Cao's great-granddaughter Changle Pavilion [1]? . In the official scattered medicine, the world calls it "scattered medicine". After living in seclusion, he refused to be an official. Si Mazhao was executed at the age of forty because he offended Zhong Hui and was framed by Zhong Hui.
Ji Kang, Ruan Ji and other bamboo forest celebrities advocate a new style of metaphysics, advocating "making nature more famous" and "judging what is expensive and belittling what is clear" [3]? As the spiritual leader of "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", Justin called him one of the "Bamboo Forest Celebrities" [4]? . His deeds and experiences have a great influence on the ethos and value orientation of later generations. Ji Kanggong's poems are good and his works are distinctive in style. He pays attention to health care and once wrote On Health Care. From generation to generation. His works reflect the thoughts of the times and bring a lot of enlightenment to the later ideological and literary circles.
family background
Ji Kang was born in Huang Chu, Wei Wendi for five years (224 years) and worked in Huang Chu for four years (223 years). His ancestors were originally named Xi and lived in Shangyu, Huiji (now Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province). His great-grandfather later moved to Luo County (now Linhuan Town, Suixi County, Anhui Province) to avoid the enemy and changed his surname to Ji. [6]? Ji Kang's father, Zhao Ji, is an official scholar. Ji Kang's brother Ji joined the army as a scholar in his early years, and later served as a servant, Yangzhou secretariat and other posts. [7]? [8]?
Silence without desire and desire
Ji Kang (right)
Ji Kang lost his father when he was young and was raised by his mother and brother. Smart from an early age, well-read, learning all kinds of skills. As an adult, he likes reading Taoist works. He is seven feet eight inches long. Rong Zhi is outstanding, but he doesn't pay attention to dressing up. Later, he married the wife of Changle Pavilion, the daughter of Wang Pei Cao Lin, and was worshipped as a doctor. [ 10]? Ji Kang and Changle Pavilion have a son and a daughter (son's name is Ji Shao).
Ji Kang advocates Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi, stresses the way of health preservation and diet, and advocates the lifestyle of "teaching more and letting nature take its course". He often cultivates self-cultivation, eats Inner Dan, plays the piano and sings poems to satisfy himself. [ 1 1]? He praised the deeds of loyalty of ancient hermits, yearned for the life where he was born, and was unwilling to be an official.
Ji Kang used to travel to Yamazawa to collect herbs. When he was proud, he forgot to go home in a trance When the woodcutters saw him, they all thought he was a fairy. I met Sun Deng, a hermit, and Ji Kang walked with him. Sun Deng was silent and said nothing. When Ji left, Sun Deng said, "You are strong-willed and brilliant. How can we avoid disaster? " Ji Kang met Wang Lie, a hermit, and went into the mountains together. Wang Lie once got the essence of caramel, so he ate half of it himself and gave the rest to Ji Kang, all of which condensed into stones. I saw a book written in white silk in the stone room again, and immediately asked Ji Kang to get it, and the book was never seen again. Wang Lie sighed: "Ji Kang's interest is unusual, but he is always incompetent. This is life! " [ 12]?
Resolutely refuse to be an official.
Si Mazhao, the general in power, wanted to hire him as a shogun, so he ran to Hedong County to avoid conquest. A captain in Li Si, Zhong Hui, paid a visit with great ceremony and was given a cold shoulder by him. Dan Tao, who is also the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest, recommended Ji Kang to succeed him when he left office. Ji Kang wrote "Breaking Up with Shan Juyuan", listing his "seven can't" and "two can't" and resolutely refusing to be an official. [ 13- 14]? History says that "the general (referring to Si Mazhao) was furious after hearing this". [ 15]? Ji Kang's uncooperative attitude towards Sima Jia made Si Mazhao jealous.
Guangling is really great.
The bust of Ji Kang
In the fourth year of Jingyuan (in 263, I served as Jingyuan for three years), Xu, the wife of Ji Kang's good friend Lu An, was raped by Lu An's brother Lu Xun. Lu An was very angry and wanted to sue Lu Xun. Ji Kang had contacts with Lu Xun and Lu An brothers. He advised Lu An not to expose his family's shame in order to preserve his family's reputation. However, Lu Xun was afraid of revenge, so he took the initiative to attack, but falsely accused Lu An of being unfilial, so that Lu An was arrested by the government. Ji Kang was very angry. He came forward to testify for Lu An, which angered Si Mazhao. At this point, Zhong Hui, who had been enemies with Ji Kang, took the opportunity to suggest that Si Mazhao frame Ji Kang. In a rage, Si Mazhao ordered Ji Kang and Liu An to be executed. [ 17]?
On the day of Ji Kang's execution, 3,000 imperial college students collectively wrote to the court to pardon him and asked Ji Kang to teach in the imperial college, but their request was not accepted. Before the execution, Ji Kang looked as usual. He looked at the shadow of the sun and knew that there was still a period of time before the execution, so he recorded his favorite piano to his brother and played a song "Guangling San" on the execution ground. At the end of the song, Ji Kang put down his piano and sighed, "Yuan Xiaoni (Zhun Yuan) used to learn Guangling San from me, but I always hesitated when I taught him. Guangling San is now lost." [ 18]? It is said that Guangling San was not written by Ji Kang alone, but was given by an ancient man when Ji Kang visited Luoxi. ) and then killed it calmly at the age of forty. Scholars in this country do not regret it. Si Mazhao soon realized his mistake, but he regretted it. [ 19]?
Xie Wan, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, listed him as one of the "Eight Saints". [ 1]? Justin also referred to Ji Kang and other seven people as "bamboo forest celebrities" in the Biography of Celebrity. [