How is Dong Fangshuo's wisdom embodied?

Dong Fangshuo, an admonition officer in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was famous for his humor and wit.

Once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw a strange old tree in the garden and asked Dong Fangshuo, "What's the name of this tree?"

Dong Fangshuo casually replied, "This tree is called kindness."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty secretly asked people to carve the word "good" on the tree.

A few years later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dong Fangshuo came to the "Kindness" tree and asked Dong Fangshuo, "What's the name of this tree?"

Dong Fangshuo casually replied: "This is called unlocking."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said, "Last time you said this tree was called Ci, and I had it carved on it. Now you say it is called Qu Suo. What should I do if I bully the monarch? "

Dong Fangshuo said tactfully, "Your Majesty, please calm down and listen to the villain. This horse was called a pony when it was a child and a horse when it grew up. Chickens are called chicks when they are young and chicks when they grow up. Cattle are called calves when they are young and cows when they grow up; I called them children when I was young, but now I call them old people. This tree was called' Ci' when it was small, but now it is called' Qusuo' when it is big. "

Dong Fangshuo extrapolated and explained why the name of "Shan Zai" became "Qu Suo". Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also knew that Dong Fangshuo's causal inference hypothesis was absurd. However, because this metaphor is humorous and reflects Dong Fangshuo's keenness and wit, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty liked him very much.

One year during the Lantern Festival, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty watched the lanterns and saw a group of beautiful girls. He exclaimed, "Why isn't there such a beautiful girl in the palace?" He decided to recruit beautiful women in the crowd, so he stopped a little girl and asked, "How old are you this year?" The little girl replied, "Sixteen." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the recruitment of 1000 sixteen-year-old beauties into the palace. This frightened Dong Fangshuo, because his daughter was a beautiful woman of 16 years old, and he was worried that her daughter would be recruited into the palace. What should I do? He was unwise because of his haste.

Dong Fangshuo closed the door to save his daughter. What a Dong Fangshuo! For this matter, I studied the relationship between heavenly stems and earthly branches and the zodiac, and came up with a set of theory of "Zodiac Mutual Reliance". He wrote this theory in the Gregorian calendar and publicized that he had a gobbledygook.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked, "I heard that you have a sealed book. Why is it called a gobbledygook? " Dong Fangshuo said: "The heavenly book is a book that only the son of heaven can understand." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the gobbledygook, which turned out to be the consistent law of heavenly stems and earthly branches. There is a little poem at the beginning, which was explained by Dong Fangshuo by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Dong Fangshuo said: "heavenly stems and earthly branches crosses to match the chronology, and the zodiac signs are repeatedly arranged in a year, thus producing a series of years and zodiac signs that match the years. For example, rabbits are like dragons. "

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said, "I want to recruit sixteen-year-old girls into the palace. Can both sides accept it? "

"The emperor is a dragon, 16-year-old girls are rabbits, just like each other."

Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cancelled the decision to recruit 16-year-old girls into the palace.

One day, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty lost his temper and wanted to execute his wet nurse. The wet nurse turned to Dong Fangshuo for help. Dong Fangshuo said, "The emperor is angry. If others persuade him, he will be more angry. You can rest assured that he will take care of it. When you come back to see me often, I will try my best to save you. "

The wet nurse followed the plan. Before the execution, she turned around step by step and said that she wanted to see the emperor before she died. Dong Fangshuo said loudly, "You should go. Now that the emperor has grown up, do you still need to breastfeed? "

Hearing this, Emperor Wu pardoned the wet nurse.

Dong Fangshuo did not "plead" directly, but touched the heart of Emperor Wu with beautiful words, and finally saved the life of the wet nurse.

This is the power of beautiful words. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty does not pardon the wet nurse, he will bear the name of ingratitude. As the saying goes: "The sheep kneels down to feed, and the crow feeds back." If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed a wet nurse, he would be branded as "worse than an animal".