Gong's apology took place in the fifth year (655 BC). At that time, the state of Jin attacked the state of Guo by taking advantage of the state of Yu, with the aim of killing two birds with one stone: eating the state of Guo first, and then destroying it by the way. Gong Qizhi advised not to borrow Taoist scriptures, but he wouldn't listen. As a result, his country died unexpectedly, and he left two idioms in history: a fake method of killing people, and a cold lips and teeth.
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The article "Gongjian Pseudo-Taoism" is selected from Zuo Zhuan's Xi Gongwu Year, that is, 22 years (655 BC). In those days, when Jin Zhuangbo and Jin Wugong crusaded against the civil strife in the State of Jin, the State of Guo often helped the State of Jin to attack Quwo and hid the exiled son of the State of Jin, which caused disasters, and discussed sending troops to punish the State of Guo.
At that time, the State of Guo and the State of Yu depended on each other and formed a military alliance against the State of Jin. If Kim is in danger, Guo will send troops to rescue him; If Jin attacks Guo, Yu will send troops to help.
In order to break this alliance, Xun, the minister of the state of Jin, took advantage of the insatiable weakness of the monarch of the state of Yu to please him. He suggested that Jin Xiangong take out two of his favorite treasures and give them to Qi Huangong. One is to attack Guo Guo through Yu, and the other is to alienate the relationship between Guo Guo and Yu, so that they do not support each other.
In this context, the public's remonstrance against false morality is the remonstrance of the Minister of Yu State on the readiness of the monarch of Yu State to accept bribes from Jin State.