Who are the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest?
The seven sages of bamboo forest are Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Dan Tao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong and Ruan Xian.
The activity area was in Shanyang County at that time, and now it is in the northwest of huixian city.
Seven people were representatives of metaphysics at that time, although they had different ideological tendencies. Ji Kang, Ruan Ji, Liu Ling and Ruan Xian have always advocated the study of Laozi and Zhuangzi, saying that "the more famous people are, the more natural they are", while Dan Tao and Wang Rong are good at Laozi and Zhuangzi and are mixed with Confucianism, while Xiang embroidery advocates the integration of Confucianism and nature. They live an informal life, quietism, and gather in the bamboo forest to drink and sing. The work exposes and satirizes the hypocrisy of Sima court. There are obvious differences in political attitudes. Ji Kang, Ruan Ji and Liu Ling. They are officials of Wei, but they don't cooperate with Sima Group, which is in power and has become a substitute. After Ji Kang was killed, Xiang Xiu was forced to become an official. Ruan Xian worked as an assistant minister in the Jin Dynasty, but he was not valued by Sima Yan. At first, Dan Tao was invisible, but after the age of 40, he became an official and took refuge in Sima Shi. He served as minister, assistant, Si Tuleideng and other official positions. And became a senior official of Sima Shi's regime. Wang Rong is stingy, but his reputation is the highest. After he entered Jin, he served as assistant minister, official department minister and Si Tuleideng for a long time. He was an official during the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin and Emperor Hui of Jin, and he still enjoyed leisure without losing his position in the Eight Kings Rebellion. The uncooperative attitude of the seven sages in the bamboo forest was not tolerated by Sima's court, and finally fell apart: Ruan Ji, Liu Ling and Ji Kang did not cooperate with Sima's court, Ji Kang was killed, and Ruan Ji pretended to be crazy to avoid the world. Wang Rong and Dan Tao took refuge in Sima Chaoting, and the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest finally scattered things.
The origin of the name of the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest, Wei Chunqiu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty said: "(Ji) lived in Shanyang County, Hanoi (now the east of Jiaozuo City, Henan Province) and traveled with him without pleasure. I am friendly with Ruan, Yu Hanoi, Xiang Xiu in Hanoi, Brother Xian, Evil, Pei Lingxiang, and swim in the bamboo forest, with the number of seven sages. " It is generally believed that the name of "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest" is related to the bamboo forest tour under the bamboo forest.