Later, however, Ji Kang wrote a famous article "Breaking Up with Shanjuyuan" and publicly declared breaking up with Dan Tao. So, did Ji Kang really break up with Dan Tao? The answer is of course no. Ji Kang didn't really break up with Dan Tao.
This can be proved by Ji Kang's trust in his son before his execution. Ji Kang was imprisoned because of the Luan Incident and was killed by Zhong Hui. According to the biography of Dan Tao in the Book of Jin, Ji Kang said to his son Ji Shao before he died, "You are not alone with the mountain master." Ji Kang still regarded Dan Tao as his most reliable friend before he died. After Dan Tao was re-elected at the beginning of Xianning, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, he chose Ji Shao, which also reflected that Dan Tao never forgot Ji Kang's entrustment. After the recommendation, Ji Shao also asked Dan Tao how he should stand in the world. Dan Tao said to him, "I have missed you for a long time! There is still news at four o'clock in heaven and earth. Where are people? " (Article 8 of the History of Zheng Xinyu), it can also be seen that Dan Tao does not mean to "break up", regards Ji Kang as a friend, and never forgets his entrustment.
In addition, Ji Kang's book "Breaking Up with the Mountain Gathering Source" is actually not aimed at Dan Tao, but refers to something else. Ji Kang aimed at Sima Group, but he only aimed at Dan Tao and pointed his finger at others.
Ji Kang lived in an era when Sima cultivated his wings, wiped out dissidents, attacked Cao Wei's forces and stood on his own feet. Ji Kang's wife is a daughter (or a granddaughter of Yun), so she must be a doctor. She can be regarded as the imperial clan of Cao Wei. Ji Kang, as the royal family of Cao Wei, of course wanted the Sima family to quit. In addition, Ji Kang's personality is Geng Jie and upright, and he despises and resents a series of activities carried out by Sima Group by despicable means.
Ji Kang admired Zhuangzi, and his brother Ji Xi said in his biography that he was "good at Zhuangzi's career, quiet without desire, and good at eating ..." He once traveled to Sumen Mountain, and from the hermit Sun Deng, Sun Deng was a famous scholar at that time, and Ruan Ji also visited him, but failed. Ji Kang told Sun Deng "How to be a disciple." (The Book of Jin is quoted in the second article of Shi Shuo Xin Yu Qi Yu Yi) He has lived for a long time, traveled in bamboo forests with Ruan Ji and others, and entertained himself by forging iron from time to time. Wang Rong once said: "I have lived with Ji Kangkang for twenty years, but I have never seen his joy." It can be described as quiet and tolerant. It should be said that I know the way of Laozi and Zhuangzi.
However, in front of Sima Group, Ji Kang seems to be another person. When Zhong Hui, the middleman of Sima Group, visited, he was "forging on his back" and didn't talk to him. He didn't even have the minimum meeting etiquette. Zhong Hui was about to leave when he sarcastically said, "Why did you come and go?" And the clock will say with ulterior motives: "If you smell it, you will see what you see!" (The third article of Shi Shuo Xin Yu Jian Ao) In some of his self-cultivation articles, he can't help being impassioned. For example, in The Theory of Health Preservation, he even talked about popular customs, so much so that Jiang Bochao said, "What Uncle Ye said is inevitable." Another example is in the Oracle Inscriptions, where he said, "I would rather be angry with Chen Cheng and slander the imperial court than surrender the princes? Will the humble and cowardly Committee follow, and will the purpose depend on it? ..... Would you rather be fierce than fierce? Can Ernie be funny and use wisdom as a think tank? ..... It is better to be as passionate as you, equal as you, be my spouse, and reject * * * guns. What will I lose? Will you, like Ji Shan's husband and Shui Ying's father, scoff at Tang Yu and Dayu? ……"
So, once faced with Sima Group, the anger accumulated in Ji Kang's heart would burn, and Dan Tao's recommendation gave him an excellent opportunity, so he recklessly wrote this article "Breaking Up with Shanjuyuan". In this letter, Ji Kang listed seven things, such as catering to officialdom and vulgar communication, and clearly put forward the attitude towards life, such as "being thin and boring without Tang Wu" and "being ill in the intestine and ignoring the truth". This remark is obviously aimed at Sima Group, which claims to be a famous religion. No wonder when Si Mazhao saw this letter, he would "smell evil". (Biography of the Three Kingdoms and Wang Shen, Pei Yinwei's Spring and Autumn Annals)
In the face of Ji Kang's high-profile and never leaving any room, Dan Tao seems to say nothing. In literary works, we can't see a word about Dan Tao's breaking up. Dan Tao seems to understand Ji Kang's real intention.
Dan Tao's commitment to Ji Kang's death should always be remembered in his heart. And Ji Shao's adult, although talent and looks like his father, but because his father Ji Kang was ordered to death by Si Mazhao, he dared not use Ji Shao as an official. When Ji Shao was twenty-eight, Dan Tao won the election again, so he went to see Emperor Wu of Jin with Ji Shao. He said to Emperor Wu of Jin: "There is a saying in Kang Gu that the sin of father and son is incompatible. Ji is short of money, killing him as a secretary. " Emperor Wu of Liu has great respect for Dan Tao. After listening to Dan Tao, he said, "If you speak clearly, you can be honest, but why not be a lang?" So I wrote a letter to Ji Shao as a secretary. (Biography of Jin Shu Jishao) Ji Shao was a famous minister in the Jin Dynasty and was listed as a loyal man.
I hope it helps you.