Liu Hao 428 An allusion about Ran Geng suffering from leprosy and a wise man suffering from a vicious disease 2021-09-20

Original text

When Bo Niu was sick, Zi asked him about it. He held his hand in his own bed and said, "It is your fate to perish! This man has such a disease!" This person has this disease!"

Detailed explanation of Hua Shan

Boniu, Ran Geng, a disciple of Confucius, one of the ten philosophers of Confucius, famous for his virtue, second only to Yan Hui , Min Ziqian.

"Bo Niu is sick" and Ran Geng became seriously ill. "Zi asked" Confucius came to visit him. "Zi Xie holds his hand", "Xiu", the pronunciation is yǒu, window. Confucius held Ran Geng's hand from outside the window and said: "It is your fate to perish! This person has this disease! This person also has this disease! This man is going to die! This is Damn it! How could such a person get this disease?

There are two questions here. One is why Confucius stood outside the window. What kind of disease Ran Geng got has nothing to do with who he is. "Fu" refers to the south window. In ancient houses, the skylight on the roof is called a window, and the window on the south wall is also called a small window for lighting. The window is called "facing". This pattern can still be seen in old houses in rural areas.

Why did Confucius stand outside the south window? Zhu Xi explained that in ancient times, people who were sick had their beds under the north window. In this way, if the master wants to visit the patient, the patient will face the south, and the patient will face the south. It is not polite to the master, because the master faces the south. The hospital bed was moved under the south window, so that when the master came in and sat beside the bed, he was facing south.

Ran Geng's family used this etiquette to respect Confucius. Confucius did not dare to do it, so he would not enter. house, standing outside the window, or visiting Ran Geng from the south to the north. This explanation is a bit too complicated. According to Qing Confucianism, patients should bask in the sun by the south window. If the north window is too dark, it will aggravate the condition. When Confucius went to visit a dying student, how could he avoid entering the house because of this rule? Most people believed that Ran Geng's disease was a "bad disease", leprosy, and an infectious disease, so Confucius could not enter the house and could only stand. Farewell to him outside the window.

Leprosy has been prevalent in the world for nearly 3000 years. India, Egypt and China are considered to be the three major sources of leprosy in the world. The leprosy epidemic in China began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In ancient times, people with leprosy were regarded as unclean diseases, and they were also called unclean people.

How could he get such a disease? So Confucius lamented it repeatedly and sighed twice: "This man has this disease!" This person also has this disease! "It's my fate, husband!" "This is fate!

Ran Geng's leprosy has also become an allusion to a wise man suffering from a nasty disease. "Ran Geng's disease" has become a metaphorical idiom for leprosy. To say that someone is unfortunate enough to have Ran Geng's disease is to imply that he has it. Leprosy.

Liu Haojue

Protecting the body is the capital of revolution.