Let's look at the story of "bit ring". This story is recorded in Wu Jun's Qi He Xu. When Bao Yang of the Eastern Han Dynasty was 9 years old, he saw a yellowbird pecked by an eagle, fell to the ground and was besieged by a group of ants. Bao Yang felt sorry for the yellow bird, so he took it back and put it in a box to protect it. Meanwhile, feed the yellowbird with yellow flowers. A month later, the yellow bird recovered and Bao Yang released it. In the evening, Bao Yang had a dream that a boy in a yellow shirt gave him four white rings and told him that he was the messenger of the Queen Mother of the West and thanked him for his rescue. In order to repay Bao Yang, the descendants of Bao Yang will be upright and upright, and they will be promoted to three positions.
Later sons Yang Zhen, grandson, great-grandson Yang Ci and great-grandson proved to be Qiu IV, and their moral character was very noble.
Let's take a look at the story of "knot grass". This story is recorded in Zuo Zhuan's Fifteen Years of Gong Xuan. It is said that Wu Wei, a doctor in the state of Jin, has a concubine and no son, but Wei Wu likes him very much. On one occasion, Wei Wu was ill. He said to his son, Wei Ke, after I die, you will marry this concubine. But later, when Wei Wuzi was seriously ill, he said to Wei Ke, after I die, you should let this concubine die for me.
After the death of Wei Wuzi, Wei Ke did not give this concubine to his father for martyrdom. Wei Ke said that when his father was just sick, his mind was clear and he said what he really thought. Later, when he was seriously ill, he talked nonsense, so a son could only carry out what he said for the first time.
Later, Wei Ke fought against Du, the general of Qin State. Wei Ke lost several wars and was worried. In the evening, Wake had a dream in which an old man with a white beard said three words to him: "Qingcaopo."
Wake realized something and continued to fight after dawn. Wei Kezhen led Du back to a grassy slope. In the battle, Du Hui's army was bound by the annual rings on the grass slope and could not escape. Finally, Jin defeated Qin Jun, Du Hui was captured by Wei Ke, and Jin won the war.
In the evening, Wei Ke saw the old man with white beard in his dream again. He told Wei Ke that he was the dead father of Wei Wuzi's concubine, and thanked Wei Ke for not letting his daughter die, so he thanked him by "knotting grass".
Are these two stories true? Obviously, this can't be true. The story of "the title ring" must be the story of the attached meeting, because later generations regard Bao Yang as a hermit, and his four generations of descendants are all in the three places, and their moral character is noble. The story of "knot grass" is also because Wei Ke defeated Du Hui, the general of Qin State, with a grassy slope, so he exaggerated the story artistically. Later, the History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty added many plots, and the story was translated into a novel, which spread more widely.
The attachment and deduction of these two stories depend on "repaying kindness". It is said that people should do good deeds and practice "benevolence" towards others. As long as you do good deeds and spread your love, you will be rewarded in the future. In other words, this is still a story of karma.
What I want to say here is that these two stories are not only impossible to be true, but also badly written by the screenwriter. Unfortunately, the story with huge positive energy was injected with the dregs of "karma".
So, what is the positive energy of these two stories?
In fact, what we need to explore is the good family style in Yang Jialiang. Bao Yang is a hermit, not seeking fame and fortune. Bao Yang's son, Yang, is really an upright official, and the famous story of "Four Knowledge" happened to him. It is because of the good family style initiated by Yang Zhen that Yang Jiacai has created such a great miracle in the history of China. Isn't that positive enough? Why should we introduce the moral admonition of "karma"?
There is also the story of "the title ring", which is actually a very successful war strategy of Wei Ke. Wei Ke beat Qin, so he introduced them to Qingcaopo. On the grass slope, Wei Ke has made many straw ropes on it in advance. Wei Ke's Jin army knew this, so it was able to avoid the straw rope successfully. Qin didn't know, so he was trapped and finally defeated by the Jin army.
Moreover, Wei Ke's tactical play has also been fully utilized and used for reference by later generations. In ancient battlefields, tripwires were used many times. Tripping the opponent's war horse with a trip rope, thus defeating the enemy, shows its far-reaching influence.
To sum up here, Wei Ke is not only kind-hearted and opposed to martyrdom, but also good at thinking and making successful tactical arrangements. Weike, a man with both benevolence, wisdom and courage, has great positive energy. Why not publicize these, but use the story of karma to explain all this?
Obviously, these two stories deserve our re-combing and understanding today.