"If you only care about the country's life and death, why should you avoid it because of good fortune and misfortune?" The Eastern Han Party members were not hypocritical. They ignored life and death and used their lives instead of words to interpret morality! In the face of the disaster of death, the Party members showed a calm attitude toward death.
His integrity and demeanor are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Representative figures of the Eastern Han Dynasty Party members, Li Ying and Du Mi, are both famous in history for sacrificing their lives for righteousness.
Du Mi, whose courtesy name was Zhou Fu, was from Yangcheng, Yingchuan. He was a kind-hearted man with few strict and vulgar ambitions.
Du Mi showed his unique talent when he was young and had great ambitions to reform the current ills. As an adult, due to his outstanding talent, Du Mi was reused by the court and was sent to northern Hebei to serve as the prefect of Dai County. Later, Du Mi was promoted several times.
He successively held the official positions of Taishou of Shandong Taishan, Prime Minister of Beihai, Shangshu Ling, Yin of Henan, Taipu and other official positions, and finally became a minister, which is equivalent to the current provincial and ministerial level officials, and became a high-ranking feudal official.
As an official, Du Mi has always been upright and honest, enforcing the law strictly, and knowing people well. In the feudal society where "the official cannot be punished", the trend of "officials protecting each other" prevails in the officialdom. After the officials' children break the law and commit crimes, they are often punished because no one wants to offend them.
He went unpunished. However, Du Mi never showed favoritism. He "increased the arrest" of officials' children who committed adultery and evil deeds. He treated them as the same people as the common people and investigated and dealt with them severely. When he served as the governor of Taishan and the prime minister of Beihai, Du Mi
Mi was famous throughout the country for arresting and punishing officials' children who committed many evil deeds.
Regarding talents, Du Mi was also a "Bo Le" who had a sharp eye and could recognize a thousand-mile horse. Zheng Xuan, a native of Gaomi, Beihai (now Gaomi, Shandong), although his family was very poor, he was diligent and studious, and soon achieved certain attainments in Confucian classics. However, as an adult
Later, Zheng Xuan had to work hard to make a living. At the age of 18, he gave up school and became an official, serving as a minor official in the village in charge of tax collection, corvee and other affairs. During this period, he always studied hard.
When Zheng Xuan was 21 years old, Du Mi was appointed as the Prime Minister of Beihai and passed by Gaomi. He found that Zheng Xuan had been tirelessly chanting scriptures and studying. His pious and serious spirit made Du Mi highly admired. Du Mi believed that Zheng Xuan was a rare talent and "immediately called for an appointment."
"He was appointed to the county position and sent to school", which provided Zheng Xuan with the opportunity to study further, allowing him to concentrate on his studies.
With Du Mi's strong support, Zheng Xuan ended his career as a local official and embarked on the road of study tours with great ambition. He traveled to Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places, and also studied with the famous Confucian Ma Rong for many years. When Zheng Xuan returned to his hometown after completing his studies,
Ma Rong said to his disciples: "All my knowledge went eastward with Zheng Xuan." By the age of 40, Zheng Xuan was famous for his "extensive collection of books, accurate calculation of figures and latitudes, and actuarial skills." "Shandong (
"Zheng Xuan's research on Confucian classics is eclectic, broad and profound, and he has written many works, including "more than a million words", and all scholars are impressed by Zheng Xuan's research on Confucian classics."
, called it the "Shen of Classics", and his theory was called "Zheng Xue", and Zheng Xuan became a famous master of Classics.
"There is a steelyard between heaven and earth, and the weights are the common people." The people's eyes were sharp, Du Mi was upright, and he cared about the people of the world. Du Mi was praised by word of mouth, and people at the time praised him as "Du Zhoufu, the best assistant in the world."