Human beings are animals of ideas, and once they have stubborn ideas and prejudices, it is very difficult to change them. Especially between husband and wife, once there is a rift, it is not easy to "reconcile words"!
The idiom "Words return to good" comes from "Zuo Chuan: The Ninth Year of the Emperor", and it is also written as "Words return to harmony", which means that they are reconciled with each other as before. Synonyms include: reunion after breaking the mirror, shaking hands, rebuilding the alliance, etc.
Jin Xian's public name is Tong Zhu, the son of Jin Wugong, named after his father who captured the leader of Rong Di alive, and was the monarch of the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period.
During the reign of Jin Xiangong, he was politically clear and meritocracy. A group of talents with different surnames, such as Shi Ping, Xun Xi, Rick, Hao Rui, and Guo Yan, were hired as doctors, and the "children of the rich family and the clan of Huanzhuang" were killed, which completely solved the problem of "son-in-law rebellion" and abolished the system of public doctors.
However, during the reign of Jin Xiangong, he was too fond of the son born to Li Ji, and swayed left and right for the heir to the throne, so that the crown prince lived in Quwo, Chong'er lived in Pudi, Yiwu lived in Qudi, and the other princes also lived on the border, only Li Ji and her sister's son were in Jiangcheng. laid the groundwork for the civil strife of the Jin Kingdom.
In the autumn of 651 BC (the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Jin Xiangong), the Duke of Qi Huan held a grand alliance with the princes of various countries in Kwai Hill. Qi Huan Gong said at the meeting of the alliance: "All those of us who have formed an alliance together, after they have sworn an oath, they will return to the same friendship as before. "It's a nice thing to say, and the people who participated are desperately flattering, but a few of them are sincere.
Let's take the Jin Kingdom as an example, because Jin Xiangong was sick and went late, and before he arrived at Kwai Hill, he met Zai Kong, the ceremonial official of the Zhou Dynasty.
Zai Kong said to Jin Xiangong: "You can not go to the alliance. Duke Huan of Qi was not committed to virtue, but was busy with expeditions, so he attacked Shanrong to the north and Chu to the south, and held this alliance in the west. I'm afraid that there will be chaos in the Jin Kingdom! The king should be engaged in calming the troubles in the country, and should not be in a hurry. When Jin Xiangong heard this, he returned to China.
Jin Xiangong's illness worsened, so he said to Xun Xi: "I take Xi Qi as the heir, he is young, the ministers are not convinced, I am afraid that there will be trouble, can you support him?" Xun Xi said yes. Jin Xiangong said that what to use as a certificate? Xun Xi replied: "Even if you come back from the dead, I will not feel ashamed to be alive, this is the proof." So Jin Xiangong entrusted Xi Qi to Xun Xi. Xun Xi served as the minister of state and presided over state affairs.
After the death of Jin Xiangong, before he had time to be buried, the princes competed for the throne, and the Jin Kingdom was in chaos. Xi Qi was killed by Rick, and Xun Xi reinstated Zhuozi, the son of Li Ji's sister. Rick killed Zhuozi again, and set up Gongzi Yiwu for the sake of Jin Huigong, and Jin Huigong forced Rick to kill after succeeding to the throne.
Therefore, when things like oaths and covenants were first made, everyone made promises and swore to them. Once the right to defend the oath is lost, once time passes, the oath and the covenant are a piece of waste paper, and everyone immediately turns their faces and denies them. This has been the case throughout the ages.
Therefore, we should still live the present and live each day seriously, as for the future, it is useless to worry about it.
References: "Dictionary of Chinese Idioms", "Zuo Chuan: The Ninth Year of Xianggong", "Looking Up the Dictionary Poetry Network", "The Whole History: Jin Xiangong".