Handan, the capital of Zhao during the Warring States Period, has a long history and prosperous culture, and is known as the "capital of Chinese idioms and allusions". It was once the capital of Cao Wei, Ran Wei, Qianyan, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, and witnessed the vicissitudes of history.
In this city full of humanistic atmosphere, Shendao was born. Although he is not from Zhao, he spent his childhood here.
Shen Dao's ancestors were from Shenguo, who lived in the Zhengyang area of today's Henan Province for generations, but there is a paucity of historical records about Shenguo.
Although Shen Dao does not think that Zhao Guo is his hometown, he deeply loves this city, every street, every building, and every idiom here.
Because hometown is not only a specific place, but also an emotional belonging, a deep attachment.
Huang Lao's study is a philosophical thought that integrates self-cultivation, the world, and application. It is not passive, but advocates the harmony and unity of body and spirit through barbarizing the body and civilizing the spirit.
This kind of thinking has a very strong subjective initiative, and it seeks to link the governance of the body with the governance of the country. Shen Dao was a master of Huang Laozhi's learning, and he once lectured at the Jixia School Palace established by Qi Guotian and Qi Huan Gongtian.
Jixia Gakugu is the first special institution of higher learning in the history of the world to be run by an official and privately run institution, and it attracts many talented people to study and exchange here.
Here, teachers not only impart knowledge, but also often engage in ideological debates in order to spark new sparks. Shen Zhi's lecture experience at the Jixia Academy Palace enabled him to enrich his knowledge and experience.
Shen not only learned from Huang Lao, but also studied the way of Legalism, and he was one of the founders of the Legalist school. Legalism is one of the hundred schools of thought, with the rule of law as the core, and the pursuit of enriching the country and strengthening the army.
It was not created by one person, but groped out by a group of people. Li Kui, Wu Qi, Shang Ying, Le Yi, Ju Xin, Guan Zhong and others have all participated in the construction of Legalism to varying degrees.
The representative figure of Legalism is Han Feizi, who summarized and summarized the achievements of famous scholars of law in the past dynasties. Legalism can be divided into three categories: Shang Yang emphasizes the law, Shen does not harm the heavy technique, and is cautious to value the potential.
The discreet image story is the perfect interpretation of the potential. When Xiong Heng, the crown prince of the State of Chu, was taking hostage in the State of Qi, he reverently found Shen Dao, hoping to learn cultural knowledge from him.
However, when Xiong Heng's father died, the throne of Chu became vacant, and Xiong Heng wanted to return to the throne, the state of Qi made a request to cede five hundred li of land. Xiong Heng agreed, but when Qi Guolai asked for the fulfillment of his promise, he found Shen to ask for help.
Shen told Xiong Heng that he could only summon the ministers to solve the problem, and he could not give an answer.
Prudent behavior embodies the meaning of potential, that is, in some cases, the power of the individual cannot change the overall situation, and the collective power needs to be used to solve the problem.
The three Chu ministers had different opinions on the issue of important land for Qi, with Da Sima advocating holding on to the land, Shangzhu believing that integrity should be maintained, and Ling Yin believing that Qin needed to seek assistance.
King Chu Xiang was in a difficult choice, and he decided to consult Shen Zhi. The audience was shocked by the cautious reply: he believed that the views of the three ministers were reasonable and should be taken at the same time.
When King Chu Xiang heard this, he was a little confused, but he still hoped that he would be cautious enough to explain his thoughts in detail.
A prudent strategy is actually quite simple. He first asked the Great Sima Zhaochang to lead his troops to hold the land of Chu, and then sent Ziliang as an envoy to the State of Qi, expressing his willingness to cede the land, and at the same time sent Yin Jingli to the State of Qin to seek assistance.
In Shen Dao's view, Zhao Chang, Ziliang and Jing Li are all "potential". This kind of "potential" is not an abstract concept, but a real force that exists in everyone.
If he is cautious enough, he believes that everyone can become his "potential". After Ziliang arrived in Qi, the king of Qi was dissatisfied with Chu's actions and questioned why Chu was willing to cede land and sent Zhaochang to take a defensive posture.
Ziliang seized this opportunity and instigated the king of Qi to say, the people of Chu are not well-behaved, so why should you Qi people be afraid of them? After hearing this, the king of Qi felt that the state of Chu was indeed unreliable, so he decided to send troops to attack the state of Chu.
At the same time, Jing Li had successfully persuaded Qin to send troops to help Chu. When the Qi army arrived in Chu, it happened to run into the Qin army. Some people may ask, the Qin people are not firefighters, why are they willing to help the Chu State for free?
Actually, there are historical reasons for this. More than 300 years ago, when the state of Chu was destroyed by the state of Wu, Shen Baoxu, the doctor of the state of Chu, went to the state of Qin to ask for assistance, and the state of Qin successfully helped the state of Chu to restore the state.
Therefore, the willingness of the Qin State to help the Chu State can be said to be a traditional art. The Qin people outside Hangu Pass had a combat effectiveness that could not be underestimated, and they also released a word, saying that if the Qi people dared to move the Chu State, they would be ready to be cleaned up.
Zhao Chang was in front and the Qin army was behind, and the Qi army could not resist, so they had to look at Guan Xing and leave the Chu State. The cautious strategy, without using a single soldier, successfully preserved the state of Chu.
This is the power of "potential".
In this case, whether it was King Xiang of Chu, or Zhaochang, Ziliang, Jingli, or even the Qi and Qin people, they were all affected by Shendao.
February**Dynamic Incentive Plan Influences alone are not decisive, but when they are carefully combined, they become the strongest of this Legalist thinker**.
He combines one influence with another, uses one influence to restrain the other, and he makes all the influences influence each other, restricts each other, and changes each other, and the whole situation will be controlled by the "influencers".
Therefore, I believe that the "potential" in the "magic potential" is not the "potential" of power, but the "potential" of the situation. What is this situation? The answer is: the general trend of the world.
If you are relied on by the king, you must repay the king wholeheartedly, forget to sleep and eat, and do not hesitate to sacrifice to repay the king, even if you die and die without a place to be buried, this is the fate of the Legalist school since the Warring States period, such as Shang Yang and Wu Qi are the best examples.
However, there is no record of the cautious ending in the history books, and his life gently disappeared into the wheel of history with his "momentum", but it is clear that he did not disappear completely.
Turning over his book "Shenzi", the words and deeds of his life are still vivid, and between the lines, they still remain the same as they were thousands of years ago. Influence doesn't fade away, because we're all in it.