To make a comeback is to regain power after losing power. Why Dongshan instead of Xishan or Nanshan?

To make a comeback is to regain power after losing power. Many people wonder why Dongshan is not Xishan or Nanshan. In fact, this is an allusion. "Dongshan" really refers to a specific mountain, which is closely related to Xie An, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty. ?

Modern people think "Dongshan" mainly refers to two places. One is Shangpu Town, Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, and the other is Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. No matter where Dongshan refers to, whether it's a real Dongshan or a fake Dongshan, let's leave today's things alone for the time being.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was popular to talk nonsense and live in seclusion, and Xie An was no exception. He enjoyed this free life very much, and simply lived in seclusion in Dongshan, Huiji with Wang Xizhi, Xu Xun, Zhi Daolin and others, and lived a happy life of going fishing and reciting poems behind closed doors. Under the background of "the wind of Wei and Jin Dynasties", they stayed away from the power field and vanity fair and indulged in the mountains and rivers. Xie An seems to be a fairy in people's eyes.

But before long, Xie Wan, Xie An's younger brother, led the army to the northern expedition in Yan Qian. During the war, due to improper command, Xie Wanbing broke up and 8 Jin Army suffered heavy losses. Before long, he was removed from office. Xie Wan's frustration in her official career seriously weakened Gu Jie's power. The decline of family power is a test for Xie An, who was born in a famous family. He thought about it for a long time and finally decided to go out.

At this time, General Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty invited Xie An as Sima. Xie An, who is in his forties, finally chose to come back after refusing many invitations. From Sima to Zhongshu to Stuart, his position climbed step by step, which also brought Xie Jia's power back to the peak. In the later Qin Jin War, Xie An, who was well supervised and well dispatched, won higher prestige. Xie An "made a comeback" and saved the nation from extinction, leaving an eternal story.

Later, it is said that after he left Dongshan in Huiji County, he built a villa on a dirt mountain and named the mountain "Dongshan". This is the origin of the allusion of "making a comeback". Now we often use it to describe a person who falls into a trough and then climbs to the top.