The world is looking after He Yan, not only because of his appearance, but also because of his talent.
He is one of the founders of metaphysics and the originator of Qing Tan. Qing Tan, also known as Qing Yan, mainly revolves around "Zhuangzi", "Laozi" and "Zhou Yi", and these three books are called "Three Xuan". At that time, not everyone could participate in the Qing Talks, and the participants had to be nobles or high-ranking intellectuals.
Qing Tan is very similar to the current debate, there is a central issue, and the two sides are debating. However, unlike the current debate, both sides must speak beautifully, harmoniously and be able to speak what others cannot say. Such a debate requires profound linguistic skills and philosophical cultivation, and He Yan has shown superhuman talent in Qing Tan.
He was very good at talking, coupled with his stunning appearance and unattainable aristocratic status, many celebrities at that time respected him. Driven by He Yan, many people fell in love with Qingtan more and more. In the debate, the scholars practiced a philosophical life, and later gradually formed a metaphysical trend of thought.
After Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he didn't like He Yan, so he only arranged for him to have some idle jobs. After Cao Pi's death, Cao succeeded to the throne and still did not reuse He Yan. In the past 20 years, He Yan had nothing to do, and the bleak political future made him very depressed, so he had to seek comfort in Lao Zhuang's thoughts.
He Yan befriended Xiahou Xuan, Deng Yang and other politically unambitious people, and became an active figure in the friendship activities of upper-class young celebrities at that time, and also became a group of representative figures of Lao Zhuang Zhixue.
At that time, there were a lot of depressed young people, who had never met talents, hated the government, but could not change the status quo. So they spontaneously joined forces, communicated with each other, and tasted the characters, the social politics and the philosophy of life in the universe. And He Yan became the core figure of the Qing Dynasty during the period from the first year to the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Cao Fangzheng.
"Zhengshi" is an extremely important era in the development of Chinese intellectual history, because during this period, metaphysical ideas were born that influenced the development of Chinese thought and scholarship. This stage, which is also the first stage in the development of metaphysics, is known as "Zhengshi metaphysics".
After Cao Yan's death, Cao Fang, the king of Qi (Cao's adopted son), succeeded to the throne, and He Yan began to ascend to the long-awaited political stage. At that time, after Emperor Cao Ming of Wei was seriously ill, he entrusted Cao Fang to the Cao family and the Xiahou clan group, and named Cao Yu as the general, and Cao Shuang, Xiahou Xian and others jointly assisted.
Later, the eunuch group was afraid that they would lose power, so they slandered Cao Yu for supporting the army and respecting himself. When Cao was dying, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were renamed ministers of life, and the foreign surname group and the clan group were able to stand on both sides, which also laid the root of the fall of the Wei Dynasty. After Cao Shuang assisted the government, the leadership team was changed and He Yan was appointed to important positions, and He Yan could finally show his ambitions.
During this decade, He Yan worked with Zheng Chong and others to compile the Analects of the Analects, which is the best annotated version of the Analects of the Three Kingdoms period. He explained Confucian scholarship with Taoist thought, and entered Confucianism with Taoism, and metaphysics began to grow rapidly. The decade of "Zhengshi" is He Yan's most glorious decade.
Misfortune and blessing rely on, and blessing and misfortune lurk. He Yan's original intention was just to use the power in his hands to realize his dream. But the battle between the high-level officials of the court did not allow him to go on so chicly. Cao Shuang's power leaned towards the government and the opposition after the auxiliary government, while Sima Yi, who was also an auxiliary minister, was hollowed out. Sima Yi was unwilling, so in the first ten years, when Cao Shuang and Cao Fang went to Gaopingling to sweep the tomb, they launched a coup d'état to seize power, which is known as the "Gaopingling Change" in history.
After Sima Yi took power, he killed Cao's ** and deliberately let He Yan try the case. He Yan had no choice, in order to save his life, he treated Cao Shuang**. Later, Sima Yi asked: "It's not to Yi eight surnames, why only seven surnames are played?"He Yan counted with his fingers: "Cao, Deng, Ding, Bi, Li, Huan, and Zhang have a total of seven surnames, is the remaining one me?"”
Sima Yi smiled: "Exactly!."So He Yan and the other seven surnames were razed to the three clans, but in the end, because He Yan's wife was the princess of Jinxiang, Sima Yi spared He Yan's only blood.
The Wei and Jin dynasties were an era of turmoil, but also an era of active thinking. At that time, the celebrities and gentlemen, drunk and retreated to the mountains and forests, they used uninhibited and metaphysical talk to impact the shackles of etiquette and religion. The demeanor of the Wei and Jin dynasties was later deprecated in successive dynasties, and the reason for this was that the behavior of celebrities and scholars at that time was out of line, contrary to common sense, and there was a misunderstanding of the country.
Among that unique group, He Yan is a unique figure. When talking about him, most of them are compliments on his appearance, and there are no other compliments, sometimes more criticism. Throughout He Yan's life, it is more pitiful, he is worthy of God, worthy of others, and worthy of his own heart.