How did the hermit who lived in the mountains in ancient times know what was going on in the world?

In fact, for ancient hermits, they didn't really live in the mountains. The place they lived was just special and sparsely populated. Living in this person rarely lives in seclusion and will not affect the communication between excellent people. They also talk about state affairs with excellent people, then get together and sometimes have corresponding correspondence. This is a way to get information. Hermits must have high knowledge, so people who can make friends with them are not necessarily particularly bad.

People who can become hermits in that environment at that time must have seen through some things, but they can learn about the major events of the country from their relatives. If you are in a remote place, you must go to some markets to buy things. At this time, you can learn what happened in this country from the mouth of ordinary people in the market. After all, at that time, not many things were as entertaining as they are now. At that time, people just used gossip as a form of killing time. In this way, we can not only hear state affairs, but also know the views of ordinary people on this matter. These people will enrich themselves with books after retirement, so that they can have higher knowledge and study the contents, which also gives people more time to think. For hermits, they are no longer in the circle of power, so they will see everything thoroughly, so they can analyze the scene and situation at that time, so after hearing their words, these people in high positions will feel benefited a lot. And these hermits have understood the laws of things, and the rise and fall of the country are under control, not because they are so smart, but because they have time to think about these things. In fact, there are many similarities in history, which can be solved by studying the past and analyzing the present.