Mr Si Mahui recommended Wolong Feng Chu to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei repeatedly invited Si Mahui. Why doesn't Si Mahui come out of the mountain?

In the official history, his deeds are few.

When we read The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, the name "Si Mahui" always comes into our eyes inadvertently.

Jing Xiang has many celebrities. In the early decades of the Three Kingdoms, the sages of the Three Kingdoms ranked third, and nine out of ten Jingxiang celebrities had deep or shallow relations with Si Mahui. From Pang Tong to Xu Shu to Zhuge Brothers, they were all outstanding among Jingxiang celebrities. One of their origins is that "Mr. Zeng studied under a water mirror." A fatuous master may occasionally educate an extraordinary apprentice, but it is impossible to teach a group. From these students, we can get a glimpse of Sima Caode's demeanor.

However, the water mirror itself is a mystery. There is no description of his origin in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Even in history, we can only find fragments about him. What we can know is: Si Mahui, a native of Yingchuan, is elegant and knowledgeable.

Liu Xiao's Biography of Si Mahui said, "Living in Jingzhou, knowing that Liu's dark appearance will harm good people, is not negotiable. At that time, someone asked the emblem by word. At first, they didn't distinguish, but they said' good' every time. His wife advised:' If the hostage is suspicious, you should argue with it, and everyone will say' good'. So what does this man want to ask you? Hui said, "As you said, this is also' good'." Very graceful.

Another version of this statement is:

Xu Ziguang's Notes: "(Si Mahui, later Han Dynasty) never talks about people's shortcomings. Talking with people, Mo Wen likes and dislikes everything very well. A fellow villager asked whether Huian was safe and said yes. Some people have said "excellent" since Chen Zi died. "The Duty of a Wife" says: People and gentlemen are wise, so tell each other. When you heard that a man's son died, why didn't you say yes? Hui said: Your handwriting is excellent, too. "

Si Mahui is obviously a hermit here, and what we see seems to be an old man who has seen through the danger of life. However, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong said, "Pang Tong is a scholar, and my master is five years younger. One day, my master picked mulberry on a tree and invited Pang Tong to visit him. He sat under the tree and talked with him all day. My teacher likes Pang Tong very much and calls him a brother. " ...

Luo Guanzhong is not a novelist in a simple sense. He is actually an integrated figure who weaves what happened in the Three Kingdoms in his own way, following the line in his heart. Some people say that the three countries are "casual". When we study The Three Kingdoms not as a novel, but as a historical document for reference, we are often surprised by Luo Guanzhong's nuance. The above paragraph actually comes from the Three Kingdoms.

"Pang Tong word scholar yuan, xiangyang people also. I was stupid and ignorant when I was young. Si Mahui in Yingchuan is elegant and knowledgeable, and his badge is seen from the weak crown. The emblem is planted on a tree and sits under it. The common language is from day to night. The emblem is very different, and it is called Zhou Nanshi's crown, so it is getting popular. "

From the above records, we clearly know that Si Mahui is by no means the bad old man in our memory. He is only five years older than Pang Tong. Pang Tong was only twenty-five when he was weak, and Zhuge Liang was twenty-eight when he came out of the mountain. It's hard for us to find records about Si Mahui's talent, but when he was twenty-five, he was already a famous minister of Jingxiang, knowing that it was the age of "Eight Tables in Jingzhou". What kind of talents stand out in Jing Xiang, a famous scholar?

Historical records, like the word "good" in Si Mahui's mouth, are always vague. I believe Luo Guanzhong had the same trouble when he was writing The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He didn't understand why such a talented saint didn't leave any record in history. So he decided to shape Si Mahui himself. He turned Si Mahui's myth into great wisdom to see through everything in the world, and became the embodiment of the author and fate.

The water mirror said, "This is the genius of today. You should take the initiative to ask. " Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "Where are the wizards? Who is the fruit? " Shui Jing said, "Long Fu and Feng Chu, if they get one, they can ensure the world." Liu Bei said, "Who are the dragon symbol and the phoenix chick?" The water mirror clapped its hands and laughed and said, "Good! Good! "

In fact, this passage has no influence on the plot of The Romance of Three Kingdoms-even after listening to it, Liu Bei was satisfied when he got Xu Shu. If Xu Shu hadn't told him the importance of a wise man and Xu Shu had left later, Liu Bei wouldn't have been so nervous to visit Kongming. Si Mahui will not go into details here. This sentence is not so much for Liu Bei as for readers.

Mao Zonggang said of Si Mahui: Like a wild crane floating in the clouds, it suddenly came and flew away, which was embarrassing.

In fact, he was deeply hurt rather than embarrassed. His voice is always so secretive, vague and ambiguous that it will never have any impact on the times. It seems to be in the office, but it is actually detached. He has Luo Guanzhong's eyes and voice.

Zhuge came out and became a foregone conclusion. Si Mahui spoke again. This time, he said: although Wolong won the master, it was not timely. What a pity!

I don't know how others feel when they see this passage, but my heart can't help shaking.

Zhuge, the god of the Three Kingdoms, appeared. There seems to be a dawn in troubled times. "Old court officials and hermits in the mountains are all waiting to see: they think the clouds blowing from the sky will lift them up."

The brilliance of the sun and the moon saved people from the mire and put the world above the banquet. "

However, Si Mahui, a hermit, smiled on his back: "It's a pity that Wolong is better than its master!"

If we are careful enough, maybe we can remember what Zhuge Liang himself said earlier.

When Xu Shu told Kongming that he recommended him to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang made fun of him.

"You treat me as a sacrifice!"

Kongming's sacrifice is a foregone conclusion, which is a fact that both Si Mahui and Zhuge Liang know.

In a dark age, to create light with the power of mortals, we only need to offer ourselves to the altar.

Zhuge Liang knew, but he didn't believe it. He chose his own hand, and he tried everything.

From one's own people to the enemy, the general will use the shock to break the enemy's office, and everything will be easy, and the stars will fall to five places.

I believe he must have been "dissatisfied" when he died.

Si Mahui also knew that he sighed at the sky and chose to sting people. His wisdom made him know very early that "Liu's dark appearance will harm good people."

But he didn't say anything. Even when his "friend" Xu Shu voted for Liu Jingsheng, he didn't say anything until Xu Shu discovered it himself and came over and said to him, "I've heard about Liu Jingsheng's good and evil. I'm going to join in. When we meet, there is only a false name, and there are those that can't be used and those that hate can't go. So the suicide note is different, come here. " At that time, he said two words of "be wise" advice.

Knowing that Xu Shu recommended Kongming, he could not help sighing again: "Yuan Zhi wanted to go, so he went by himself. Why make him feel sick? "

He undoubtedly lamented and sympathized with Kong Ming's fate. In his opinion, why did a person with such wisdom do such stupid behavior?

He is always one step ahead of others. He doesn't let himself get involved in the wheel of history, but he can observe the operation of history at close range.

He has done everything a hermit can do. He always sees others clearly, and others always see him vaguely.