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The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

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The Book of Han, also known as the Book of the Former Han Dynasty, compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China, is one of the first chronicles of Chinese history, one of the "Twenty-Four Histories". The Book of Han is another important historical book in ancient China after the "Records of History", and is called the "First Four Histories" together with the "Records of History", "Book of Later Han" and "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms". The book of Han mainly records the first year of Han Gaozu (206 BC) from the Western Han Dynasty to the fourth year of Wang Mangdi emperor of the new dynasty, a total of 230 years of history. The Book of Han includes twelve chapters of the Ji, eight chapters of the Table, ten chapters of the Zhi, and seventy chapters of the Transmission, a total of 100 articles, which are divided into 120 volumes and a total of 800,000 words.

The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

In the autumn of Qi, Empress Mang had a descendant Rui, through the Meridian Road. The Meridian Road runs from Duling to the South Mountain, and the path is Hanzhong. The eight messengers of customs also said that the customs of the world were the same, and they deceived the county and the country into creating songs and praises of merit, and all thirty thousand words. Mang song set the order. It is also played as the city has no two Jia, the officials have no prison lawsuits, there are no thieves, there are no hungry people in the wild, the tao does not pick up the leftovers, the system of men and women in different ways, and the offenders are punished. Liu Xin, Chen Chong, and twelve others were all given the title of Marquis of The Ming Dynasty. Mang caused Taiping, northernized Xiongnu, east to overseas, southern Huai Huangzhi, but the west did not add. Nai Shu Zhonglang lured Pingxian and other gold coins to lure the outer Qiang, so that the land would be sacrificed, and the inner genus would be willing. Xian et al. said: "Qianghao Liangzhi and other species, the population can be 12,000 people, willing to be a minister, offering fresh water sea, Yungu salt pond, flat land and beautiful grass are all given to the Han people, and they are hidden in dangerous places." Asking for a good wish, he said: "Empress Dowager Shengming, An Han Gong Zhiren, the world is too peaceful, the grain is ripe, or the grass is long and long, or one millet and three meters, or not planted by itself, or the cocoon is not self-formed, the nectar comes from the world, the liquan comes out of the ground, the phoenix emperor comes to Yi, and the god lord descends." Since the age of four, the Qiang people have suffered nothing, so Si Le belongs to the genus. 'It is advisable to deal with the work in time and to be protected by the country. Mang, Mang Fu said: "The empress dowager has been in the united for several years, full of grace, harmonious and chaotic, absolutely special, and not admiring righteousness." Yue Pei's retranslation of the white pheasant, Huang Zhi from the thirty thousand ligong sheng rhinoceros, Dongyi Wang Du Dahai Fengguo Zhen, Xiongnu Shan Yushun production, go to the second name, now the Western Regions Liangyuan and other repeatedly raised as concubines, former Tang Yao Heng was four tables, also died to add. There are already Tokai, Nankai, and Hokkai-gun in the case, and there is no Saikai-gun, so please accept the good wishes and other lands for Seohae-gun. The subject also heard the order of the Holy King astronomy, determined the geography, because the mountains and rivers folklore to make the state boundary. The second emperor and three kings of the Han Dynasty, the thirteen states, the names and boundaries of the states should not be passed. There are two states in the Yaodian ( Yaodian ) , which were later designated as Kyushu. The Han family is far away, the state pastoral department, far away is more than 30,000 miles, not nine. I would like to divide the boundaries in the name of the twelve states of Jingyizheng, so as to begin with the beginning. "Okay. Fifty articles of the law were added, and the offenders migrated to the West Sea. Tens of millions of people have migrated, and the people have begun to complain.

In the autumn of that year, Wang Mang chiseled the Meridian Road because his daughter Empress Wang had the auspicious sign of childbirth. The Meridian Road starts from Duling and crosses the Zhongnan Mountain to Hanzhong. Eight messengers of customs returned, saying that the customs of the world were uniform, and they forged all the counties, each national song, folk song, and sang praises and praises, with a total of 30,000 words. Wang Mang played it and clearly recorded it in the literature. He also said that there was no two-priced goods in the city, that there were no lawsuits in the government, that there were no thieves in the city, that there were no hungry people in the suburbs, that people did not pick up roads, that men and women did not walk together, and that violators were only punished symbolically. Twelve people, including Liu Xin and Chen Chong, were given the title of Marquis of Lei for building the Ming Hall and preaching indoctrination. Wang Mang had already achieved Taiping, the north had reformed the Xiongnu, the east had attracted overseas countries, the south had tendered the Yellow Branch, and the West had not yet been affected. He sent Zhonglang to bring more gold and silver treasures to Hu Xian and others to attract the Qiang people outside Sai and ask them to sacrifice their land and express their willingness to belong to the Han Dynasty. Pingxian and other newspapers said: "The Qiang people's leader Liangzhi and other tribes, with a population of about 12,000 people, are willing to be our subjects, offering fresh water and salt ponds, and the flat land and beautiful grasslands are handed over to the people of the Han Dynasty, and they live in dangerous and blocked places as a barrier for our country." Inquiring about the intention of the surrender of the good wishes, he replied: "The Empress Dowager Shengming, the Duke of Anhan, the Great Benevolence, the World Taiping, the Grain is Abundant, some of the seedlings grow to more than one inch long, some of them bear three ears of grain on a grain stalk, some do not even sow seeds, but they grow crops themselves, some cocoons will spit silk and weave themselves, nectar falls from the sky, sweet springs gush out from the ground, phoenixes fly in yearning, and gods and finches land and roost. Since four years, the Qiang people have not suffered, so they hope and are willing to belong to the Han Dynasty. , their production should be arranged in a timely manner, and subordinate commanders should be set up to protect them. The matter was handed over to Wang Mang, who replied: "In the past few years since the empress dowager presided over state affairs, favors have been widely spread, and the atmosphere of peace has filled the four directions, and peoples in far places and different customs have all yearn for morality and righteousness. The Yue clan was translated and translated into the offering of white pheasants, the Yellow Branch paid tribute from 30,000 miles away to live rhinoceros, the King of Shuyi crossed the sea to give national treasures, the Xiongnu obeyed our country's system and removed their double names, and now the Western Regions Good Wishes and so on have offered Shangdi Gan as our subjects, and in the past Tang Yao's prestige spread far and wide, but this is not the case. Now after careful investigation, china already has Ding Donghai, Nanhai and Beihai County, and there is no Xihai County, please accept the land donated by the Good Wish as Xihai County. The subject also heard of the kings of the Holy Ming Dynasty sequence astronomical, planning geography, according to the mountains'. I situation and folk customs to demarcate state boundaries. The territory of the Han Dynasty was even more extensive than that of Tang Yao, The Second Emperor of Yu Shun, xia, Shang, and Wednesday, and there were twelve states, and the names and boundaries of the states did not conform to the records of the scriptures. The Yaodian says there were twelve states, which were later designated as Kyushu. The Han Dynasty opened up territory to a very far place, and the state pastor regularly inspected the jurisdiction, and the farthest was more than 30,000 miles, which could not be divided into nine states. I would like to request that the names and boundaries of the twelve states be revised in accordance with the principles laid down in the Scriptures in order to conform to the law of etiquette. "The sonata was recognized. Fifty more articles of the law were added, and those who violated the law were exiled to Xihai County. Tens of millions of people were exiled, and the people began to resent.  

The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

Liu Qing, the Marquis of Quanling, wrote in a letter: "King Cheng of Zhou was young and young, called a widow, and the Duke of Zhou lived in the city. Now that the emperor is rich in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is advisable to order An Han to perform tianzi affairs, such as the Duke of Zhou. The county's courtiers all knew: "It is advisable to celebrate as the words." "Winter, the shadow into the middle of the moon." Emperor Ping, Mang Made a Strategy, please order Tai Qi, Dai Bi Binggui, willing to take the place of example. Hidden TseJinteng, placed in the front hall, told the princes not to speak. In December, Emperor Ping collapsed and pardoned the world. Zong Bofeng, the Ming Dynasty, and others who had served more than 600 stones as officials in the world served for three years. Playing the honor of filial piety into the temple known as Tongzong, Xiaoping Temple known as Yuanzong. Emperor Shiyuan was extinct, and Emperor Xuan's great-grandson had seen five people, Marquis Guangqi Marquis Xian, and forty-eight others, and he grew up recklessly, saying: "Brothers must not be queens." He was the youngest of xuanxuan's grandsons, hou zi, who was two years old, and thought that Bu Xiang was the most auspicious. It was the month, and the former Glow Xie Huan played the martial arts chief Meng Tongjun Jing to get the white stone, and below the upper circle, there was a Danshu writing stone, which read: "Tell An Han Gong Mang to be the emperor." "From the beginning of the destiny, it began. Empress Dowager Bai said, "This slander against the world must not be carried out!" TaiBao Shun said to the empress: "This is already the case, there is no choice, the power of depression cannot be stopped." He dared not dare to have it, but he wanted to weigh his power and fill the ears of the world. "The Empress dowager listened. Shun and others ordered the empress dowager to issue an edict: "Gaiwen was born of the people, and could not rule each other, and established a king for them to rule." When the monarch is young, he will have sustenance and dwell in the wilderness, and then he will be able to be transformed into a heavenly and earthly being, and the masses will be born and bred. Isn't the Book cloudy? 'Heavenly work, man takes his place.' 'Emperor Xiaoping was a child, and he ruled the country, and a few Canadian yuan obeyed, and the government belonged to him. Now short life and collapse, whining and mourning! Twenty-three of Emperor Xiaoxuan's grandsons have been made, and those who are in a bad position are after Emperor Xiaoping. Xuan Sun nian is in infancy, and he is not allowed to be a virtuous gentleman, who can be safe? An Han Gong Mang Auxiliary Zheng III, Bi Yu Jie, An Guang Han Room, Sui Tong Special Wind, as for the production, it is the same as the Zhou Gong Different World. Nowadays, the glow of the past, the martial arts of the long tong, the rune of the Danshi, the deep thought, the cloud 'for the emperor', is the regent of the emperor also. The husband has the law to become easy, and the non-saint dies. It made the An Han Gong residence regent, such as the Story of the Duke of Zhou, with Wugong County as the an An Han Gong Mining Land, known as Han Guangyi. With liturgical music. ”

Liu Qing, the Marquis of Quanling, wrote in a letter: "When King Cheng of Zhou was a teenager, he was called a widow, and the Duke of Zhou acted as an agent for the government. Today's emperor is still young, and he should let The Duke of An Han do the things of the Son of Heaven on his behalf, just like the Duke of Zhou did in those days. All the ministers said, "We should do what Liu Qing said." "In winter, Mars passes by the far side of the moon. Emperor Ping fell ill, Wang Mang wrote a letter of strategy, and when he arrived in Tai, he prayed for Emperor Ping's peace and saved his life, he wore jade bi, held Yu Gui, and was willing to replace Emperor Ping with his own life. He wrapped the book in a safe and placed it in the front hall, and warned the ministers not to say it. In December, Emperor Ping died and announced a general amnesty for the world. Wang Mang recruited Zong Bofeng, who was well versed in etiquette, and others to participate in the decision to make all officials of more than 600 stones in the country serve for three years. Empress Dowager Song reported that the Temple of Emperor Xiaocheng was called Tongzong, and the Temple of Emperor Ping was called Emperor Yuanzong. At this time, all the descendants of Emperor Yuan had died, and Emperor Xuan's great-grandsons, including five people who were now kings, Liu Xian, the Marquis of Guangqi, who was the Marquis of Guangqi, and forty-eight others, wang Mang felt that they had all grown up and were not easy to control, so he said: "Between brothers and peers, they cannot inherit the throne." So he chose Liu Bao, the son of Guangqi Hou, the youngest of his grandsons, who was only two years old, and said that he was the most auspicious in divination and appearance. This month, former Glow Xie Huan reported that Meng Tong, the governor of Wugong County, dredged a well and dug out a white stone, the upper part was round, the lower part was square, and there were scarlet characters on it, which read, "Announce the Prince of An Han as Emperor." The mysterious Omen of Fortune thus began. Wang Mang asked the princes to inform the empress dowager about this matter, and the empress dowager said, "This is deceiving the people of the world, and it cannot be done." Taibao Wang Shun said to the empress, "Things have reached this point, there is no other way, if we want to stop him we can no longer do anything." Moreover, Wang Mang did not dare to have any ambitions, but only wanted a name to act as an emperor, strengthen his power, and subdue the world. The empress dowager listened and agreed. Wang Shun and the others asked the empress dowager to issue an edict saying, "I heard that the heavens and the earth are born with all the people and sentient beings, and it is impossible for them to govern each other, so they are set up as monarchs to rule and administer them." If the monarch is young, someone must be entrusted to the regency, and then he can bear the generosity of heaven to complete the enlightenment of the world and let all sentient beings grow up healthily. Doesn't it say in the Book of Books? 'The function of Heaven, people should go to the agency. When Emperor Xiaoping was young, he temporarily unified the regency of the dynasty, hoped that he would grow up and hand over the power to him. Now he is short-lived, whining and mourning! Twenty-three of Emperor Xiaoxuan's grandsons had been summoned by the officials in charge of the order to select suitable people to succeed Emperor Xiaoping. The grandson was still in his infancy, and if there was no gentleman of the highest moral character, who could protect him? An Mogong has assisted the government for three generations, and has been appreciated by the emperor many times, stabilizing the dynasty and the state, expanding the foundation of the Han Dynasty, unifying the whole country, and developing into a good situation of making ceremonies and making music, although it is different from the era in which the Zhou Gong lived, but the acceptance of the spell is the same. Now, meng Tong, the former huiguang xie and the governor of Wugong County, reported the edict of Danshu Baishi, and pondered its meaning carefully, saying, "To be an emperor means to perform the duties and powers of the emperor." It is easy to succeed with the rule of law, and it is impossible to establish and improve the rule of law without being a saint. The Duke of An Han should be allowed to ascend to the throne, exercise imperial power on his behalf, imitate the precedent of the Duke of Zhou, and make Wugong County the caiyi of the Duke of An Han, and name it Han Guangyi. As for what ceremonies are needed, the officials concerned must report them. ”  

The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

So the courtiers played the words: "The empress dowager's holy virtue is clear, and she sees the providence of Heaven, and decrees that an An Han gongju is taken." The subjects heard that King Cheng of Zhou was young, and the Zhou Dao was not completed, and King Cheng could not work together in heaven and earth, and cultivated literature and martial spirits. If Zhou Gongquan is in charge, then Zhou Daocheng is in the royal family; if he does not live in the regent, he is afraid that the Zhou team will lose his destiny. The Book says: "My heirs and grandchildren, who are greatly disobedient, who have lost the light of their predecessors, do not know how to die at home." Heaven should be damned, it is the fate of the outlaws. 'Say: The Duke of Zhou obeys the crown of the Son of Heaven, faces the south and faces the courtiers, gives orders, and is often called the king's order. Summoning the wise men, they do not know the will of the saints, so they do not say it. The Book of Li Mingtang says that "the princes of the Zhou Dynasty are in the Ming Hall, and the Heavenly Son bears the axe to stand on the south side." It is said that 'Zhou Gong practiced the throne of the Heavenly Son, six years of dynastic princes, made ceremonies and made music, and the world served greatly' also. Summoning the public does not say. Shi Wu Wang collapsed, ■ coarse is not removed. From this point of view, Zhou Gongshi was in the position of heaven, not for six years. The Book of Yi "Jiahe Chapter" says: "Zhou Gongfeng stood on the rank of Yu, Yandeng, Zanyue: False King Yingzheng, Diligent and The World." 'This week the Duke of Regency, as the praisers call it. King Cheng added yuan to the service, and the Duke of Zhou served the government. The "Book" said: "ShuoFu Zi Ming Pu", the Duke of Zhou often called the king's order, and did not report it, so it was said that I fu zi Ming Junye. The subject asked the An Han gongju to take care of Zuo, serve the crown of the Heavenly Son, carry the axe between the households, and face the courtiers to the south to listen to political affairs. Cars and uniforms enter and exit the police, and the people are called concubines, just like the system of the Son of Heaven. Suburban Heaven and Earth, Ancestral Ancestral Ming Hall, Gongqi Ancestral Temple, Enjoy the Worship of the Gods, Praise 'False Emperor', People's Subjects Call 'Regent Emperor', Self-proclaimed 'Yu'. Ping decided on the affairs of the dynasty, often called the emperor's edict 'system', to serve the emperor's heart of heaven, to support the Han room, to protect the young heir of the Xiaoping Emperor, to sustenance of righteousness, and to make longzhiping. He met with the empress dowager and the empress dowager, and all of them were restored to the festival. Self-governing religion in its palace and country, such as the princely etiquette story. The courtiers died please. The empress dowager said, "Yes." "Next year, change the yuan to "Juzhao". In the first month of the first year of the reign, mang worshiped the god in the southern suburbs, welcomed the spring in the eastern suburbs, performed a great shooting ceremony in the Ming Hall, raised three old and five more, and left as a ceremony. The five histories under the pillar are ranked as imperial history, listening to political affairs, and keeping aside notes on words and deeds. In March, Emperor Xuan's grandson was made crown prince and nicknamed a widow. With Wang Shun as Taifu Zuofu, Zhen Feng as Tai'a Right Fu, and Zhen Handan as Taibao Houcheng. And put four less, and the rank is two thousand stones. In April, Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, and Xiang Zhang Shaomou said: "The an Han Gong mang's autocratic government will endanger the Liu clan." Those who are not in the world will not dare to take the lead, and this sect is also ashamed. The Wushuai clan is the first, and the sea will be harmonious. "Shao and more than a hundred other followers attacked Wan, and were not allowed to enter and lose. Shao, Zhang Zhenzhi's brother also. Liu Jiayi, the father of the Chong clan, returned to himself and forgave Fu's sins. Yuki because of the kasaku song:

So the ministers sang and said: "The holy virtues of the empress dowager were revealed to the whole country, and she profoundly understood the will of heaven, and ordered The Duke of Anhan to take the throne as regent and exercise imperial power on his behalf." The ministers and others heard that King Zhou Cheng was young and that the zhou dynasty's way of governing the country was not practiced, and that King Zhou Cheng could not respectfully serve heaven and earth and inherit and develop the cause of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou. The Duke of Zhou weighed the situation at that time and took the position of regent, so the zhou dynasty's way of governing the country was established, and the royal family was secured; if it did not take the position of regent, I was afraid that the Zhou dynasty would go against the will of heaven. The Book of Books says, "It is very difficult for our descendants to serve the cause of inheritance respectfully, to cut off the glorious way of losing the kings of the past, and the courtiers of Qing Dafu do not know that it is not easy to bear the destiny of heaven." Heaven should assist those who are honest so that they will not lose their destiny. The article explaining the meaning of the scriptures says: The Duke of Zhou, wearing the dragon crown of the Son of Heaven, sat north to south to receive the courtiers' sight, gave orders, and often called his intentions the orders of the King of Zhou. The summoner was a sage who did not understand the intentions of the saints, so he was not happy. Etiquette. The Book of Mingtang says: "The Duke of Zhou received the princes in the Mingtang and, like the Son of Heaven, stood facing south with his back against the screen painted with an axe. It is said that "the Duke of Zhou stood in the position of the Son of Heaven, and after six years, he received the princes, formulated the etiquette system, and created music and teachings, so that the people of the world would be satisfied and convinced." Summoning the Duke was not pleased. At that time, King Wu had just died, and the continuation of the mourning garment was not lifted. From a simple point of view, the Duke of Zhou began to take the position of the Son of Heaven when he was the regent, and it was not six years before he ascended the throne and acted. The Fragmented Jiahe Chapter of the Book of Books says: "Zhou Gong stood on the front steps of the hall holding fragrant wine, greeted the ministers with promotions to the palace, and praised them: "Acting as the king and prime minister of the dynasty, trying our best to make the relations between all aspects of the country harmonious," which was praised by the emcee when Zhou Gong was acting as the head of the government. After King Cheng of Zhou became an adult, the Duke of Zhou returned power. The Book of Books says, "The Emperor returned the power of the Ming Emperor to you, and the Duke of Zhou often referred to his intention as the Divine Decree of the King of Zhou, handling government affairs independently and autonomously, without asking for instructions to report, so I said that I returned the power of the Ming Emperor to you." We asked Duke An Han to sit on the throne, act on behalf of the emperor, dressed in the emperor's clothing, wear a dragon crown, and turn his back against the axe-shaped screen arranged between the doors and windows, and face south to accept the worship of the courtiers and handle government affairs. The parties he passed through were to be guarded and forbidden to pass, and the commoners and ministers who called him slaves were all in accordance with the etiquette of the Son of Heaven. In the outskirts of Beijing, the ancestors are sacrificed in the royal hall, the ancestors are sacrificed in the Zongmiao Temple, and various gods are sacrificed, and the praises are called the An Han Gong 'false emperor', and the commoners and courtiers call him 'emperor', and he calls himself 'Yu'. The fair handling of the affairs of the imperial court, often in the form of the emperor's edict, called 'book making', in order to uphold and conform to the painstaking intentions of the heavens, assist the Han Dynasty imperial family, maintain the safety of Emperor Xiaoping's young heirs, and achieve the great righteousness of being entrusted with the position of regent, so that the indoctrination of governing the country and the state has flourished. However, when he went to see the empress dowager and empress dowager, he had to restore the etiquette of his courtiers. He could independently and autonomously carry out political indoctrination in his own official offices, residences, feudal states, and land acquisitions, in accordance with the formal rules of the princely etiquette system. We risk the death penalty to plead. The empress dowager issued an edict and said, "Yes." "The next year, the name of the year was changed to Ju Zhi. In the first month of the first year of the reign, Wang Mang went to the southern suburbs of Chang'an to worship the gods, went to the eastern suburbs to greet the arrival of spring, and held a large shooting ceremony in the Ming Hall to entertain the three elders and the fifth change, and then returned after the ceremony. Five people were set up under the pillar, and Feng Lu, like Yu Shi, let them observe Gong Mang's handling of the government, and record his words and deeds on both sides. In March, Emperor Xuan's grandson Liu Bao became the crown prince and was known as a widow. Wang Shun was appointed as Taifu Zuofu, Zhen Feng as Tai'a Right Fu, and Zhen Handan as Taibao Houcheng. Four young officials were also set up, and all of them were two thousand stones. In April, Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, consulted with his chancellor Zhang Shao and said: "The affairs of the dictatorial court of the Duke of An Han will definitely endanger the imperial family surnamed Liu. No one in the world who opposed him dared to act first, which was a disgrace to the imperial family. I lead the people of the same clan to do it first, and the whole country will certainly respond. Zhang Shao and the others followed him by more than a hundred people, so they attacked Wancheng, and failed without attacking it. Zhang Shao is Zhang Chen's cousin. Zhang Chun and Liu Chong's distant uncle Liu Jia went to the palace to turn themselves in, and Wang Ling pardoned them without adding guilt. Qiang Su wrote a sonata for Wang, saying:

The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

Between Jianping and Yuanshou, the great unification was almost extinct, and the clan room was abandoned. His Majesty Lai Meng's holy virtue, supporting the zhen salvation, covering the Kuang Wei, the national life is postponed, and the clan room is clear. Linming ruled the government, issued orders, and started with the clan room, and the nine tribes were the first. And the number of relatives, the establishment of princes, the south of the orphans, counting hundreds. To recover the absolute genus, to survive and continue to be abolished, to be shoulder to shoulder, to be restored to the human being, to be concubine, so the Han Kingdom, the Auxiliary Han Sect also. Jian puyong, Limingtang, Ban Tianfa, Liu Shenghua, Chaoqun hou, Zhao Wende, clan princes, Xianyi land. The world chirps, leads and sighs, and praises are full of ears. Therefore, the country obeys this beauty, bears this name, feasts on this blessing, and receives this honor, is it not the thought of the empress dowager and the empress dowager, and the thought of His Majesty's sunset! What? Chaos is the rule of the law, danger is its safety, misfortune is its blessing, absolute succession, young is its responsibility, morning and night crumbs, cold and summer diligent, no time to rest, breeding endlessly, all think of heaven, thick Liu shi also. There is no foolishness in the subjects, and there are no men or women in the people. And Marquis Chongnai of An Zhong is a single-minded rebel, a counter-minded person, a soldier who mobilizes the masses, a desire to endanger the Temple, an evil that cannot be heard, a crime that cannot be condemned, a vendetta against a sincere courtier, a thief of the clan, a thief of the country, and a harm to the world. It was the relatives who were shocked and accused of their sins, and the people abandoned their soldiers, did not hesitate to advance, and retreated to their deaths. The mother of a hundred years old, the son of a child, at the same time, cut off, hanging the head of the pole, the pearl in the ear, the jewelry is still there, for the sake of this, is not a contradiction! The kingdom of rebellion of the ancients, if it is condemned, then the pig and its palace are considered to be dirty ponds, dirty and muddy, and the name is fierce, although the lettuce is ru, and the people do not eat. The four walls of its society, covered with stacks, cannot be shown. Discern the princes of the society, go out to see them, and take them as a warning. Fang today heard the opposite of Chongzhi, and Xian wanted to wear a sword in his hand and make it. He who comes first will whisk his neck, punch him, slash his body, and cut his muscles; and those who come later will pull out his door, serve his walls, destroy his house, burn his vessels, and clean the ground in response, then he will become wounded. And the clan is even more so, and the words must be cut through the teeth. Why? With its back to righteousness, without knowing where the weight of virtue lies. The clan house is far away, Jia Xing must hear first, not to be indignant, willing to initiate for the clan room, father and son brothers bear the cage lotus, Chi nanyang, pig Chonggong room, lingru ancient system. and the Reverence Society should be like the Milli Society, so as to give the princes and use eternal supervision. May the next four auxiliary secretaries of state discuss, in order to clarify the likes and dislikes, and see the four sides. So Mang da said. The Secretary of State said, "It is advisable to be as good as the words." Empress Dowager Mangbai issued an edict: "But the father and son of Jia, although they belong to Chongyou, do not dare to be selfish, or see the teeth, tell each other, and their misfortunes, and share the same chickens, should be in line with the ancient system, loyal and filial piety." He made Du Yanhu Qianfeng Jia the Marquis of Shili, and all seven of them were given the title of Marquis of Guannei. Later, he was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Shude. Chang'an said: "If you want to be sealed, go through Zhang Bosong; it is better to fight with force than to play skillfully." "Mang also sealed more than a hundred meritorious people in Nanyang, and polluted the house of Liu Chong's room. Those who rebel after the rebellion are all polluted.

During the Jianping and Yuan Shou years, the imperial rule was almost interrupted, and the imperial family was almost abandoned. Thanks to His Majesty's holy virtues, hard help and maintenance support, the fate of the country was renewed, and the royal family saw new hope. To the imperial court prime minister administrative affairs, issuing orders, starting from the royal family, employing people first consider the nine ethnic groups. It is also necessary to recruit relatives of the feudal branch, set up kingdoms and princely states, and face those who claim the title of prince and marquis in the south, and they must be counted in hundreds. The extinct feudal states were saved, so that the extinct ones could exist and the abandoned ones could continue, so that they could obtain the same status, and they could become high-ranking officials and nobles again, and many of them had to be arranged in rows, all in order to maintain the Han Dynasty and assist the Han royal family. The construction of Taixue, the establishment of the Ming Hall for the holding of meetings, the promulgation of the laws of heaven, the transmission of the indoctrination of the saints, the pilgrimage of the princes of the whole country, the display of the holy virtue of Wenzhi, and the increase of fiefdoms for the princes of the imperial family. The world admires, stretches out its neck and looks at the admiration, and the praisers are full of praise. The reason why the country can obtain such a good reputation, get such a good name, enjoy such a blessing, and win such a glorious honor is not the thoughts of the Empress Dowager H Night, and the thoughts of Her Majesty day and night! Why? When it encounters chaos, it will straighten out the imperial program to make it too peaceful, when it encounters danger, it will make it peaceful, when it encounters disasters, it will bring happiness, when it encounters the interruption of the imperial unification, it will support the establishment of a new emperor to inherit, when it encounters the young lord, it will take responsibility for him, from morning to night, from morning to night, from winter to summer, diligent and earnest, no time to rest, tireless, all for the sake of the people of the world, for the sake of valuing Liu's Jiangshan. Our subordinates, whether wise or stupid, men or women, know your good intentions. However, Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, alone with a delusional mind, engaged in rebellious plotting, and mobilized the masses, intending to endanger the imperial family and the country, and his evil deeds were unbearable to hear, so great that he could not compensate for his sins by killing him, and indeed he was the enemy of his courtiers, the enemy of the imperial family, the thief of the country, and the scourge of the world. Therefore his relatives were shocked and accused him of his crimes, and the people were defeated and betrayed and abandoned his weapons, and he advanced less than half a step, and then he was defeated and suffered. A hundred-year-old mother, a baby who just laughed, at the same time beheaded and severed, the head was hung at the end of the bamboo pole, the pearl and jade earrings were still hanging on the ears, gold, silver, jewelry was still on the body, is not it absurd to play such an idea? I have heard that in ancient times, after the rebellion and severe punishment, the rebellious feudal state dug up its palace and became a pond swamp, so that it could accumulate sewage, called the ruins, and even if it grew vegetables, people would not eat it. Around its shrine, L walls were built, covering the top with bamboo mats and covering the bottom so that the yin and yang qi could not be blocked. Inform the princes of the manner of the treatment of the Anzhonghou Fengguo Shrine, and let them imitate one in their respective feudal countries, and go out to see it for reference. When the subjects heard the news of Liu Chong's rebellion today, they all planned to pick up their clothes and swords to rebuke him. Those who arrive first will cut off his neck, pierce his chest, split his body, cut his muscles; those who come later will want to smash the door of his house, tear down his walls, bulldoze his house, burn his apparatus, and respond to the ground, instantly becoming traumatic. And the royal family especially hated him, saying that he must grit his teeth. What's the point? It is to think that he betrayed the morality of grace and morality, and did not understand how the deep Deze came from. Some of the places where the royal family lived were far apart, and Liu Jia was fortunate to be the first to hear it, and he was full of anger and willing to be a model for the royal family, and the father and son brothers carried bamboo baskets and shovels on their backs and rushed to Nanyang to dig up Liu Chong's palace and make it a sewage pond to meet the punishment of rebels in ancient times. He also demolished the shrine where Liu Chong sacrificed the land, so that it was like the bo shrine of the fallen country, and rewarded the sacrificial artifacts in his shrine to the kings and princes for eternal reference. I hope to give my opinion to the four assistants and the secretaries of state for discussion, so as to show my likes and dislikes and show the world. Therefore, Wang Mang was very happy. The Third Gong Jiuqing said, "We should all do as Liu Jia said." Empress Dowager Wang Mang issued an edict saying: "Although Liu Jia's father and son brothers are related to Liu Chong, they do not dare to be selfish, and some see that a rebellion is about to occur, they will report him one after another, and when the rebellion is formed, they all unanimously treat him as an enemy, which is in line with the ancient system, and the idea of loyalty and filial piety is very clearly expressed." The thousand households in Duyan County should be given the title of Marquis of Shuaili, and Liu Jia's seven sons should be rewarded with the title of Marquis of Guannei. Later, he also gave Zhang Zhen the title of Marquis of Shude. The People of Chang'an made up this matter into a colloquial saying: "If you want to get sealed, find Zhang Bosong; it is better to fight desperately than to play it skillfully." Wang Mang also rewarded more than a hundred meritorious officials and ordinary people in Nanyang County, and dug up Liu Chong's palace house to make it a sewage pond. Later, all those who plotted to build a **** dug up his palace and turned it into a sewage tank.  

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Qunchen replied: "Liu Chong, and other conspirators, with reckless power and lightness." It is advisable to respect the reclamation within the sea. In May, Empress Dowager Zhao Mang confronted the Empress Dowager and called her "False Emperor." "In the winter of October, there is an eclipse of the sun." In December, the group of courtiers played the invitation: "Yi'an Han Gonggong palace and household officials, set the rate more order, the temple, stable, the kitchen chief, the middle Shuzi, the tiger ben below the hundred people, and the guards three hundred." An Han Gonglu is the regent province, the house is the regent hall, and the first is the regent palace. "Okay. Empress Mangbai issued an edict: "Therefore, although the Taishi Guang is in front of him, the effect is already listed." Taibao Shun, Dasi Kongfeng, the light vehicle general Handan, and the infantry general Jian all planned to lure shan Yu, and also used the Lingtai, Mingtang, Peiyong, and the four suburbs to set the system, open the meridian road, and speak with Zaiheng in one heart and one mind, and work together in agreement, and merit and merit. Feng Shun made Kuang the Marquis of Tongxin, Lin the Marquis of Shude, Guangsun Shou the Marquis of Heyi, and Fengsun Kuang the Marquis of Heli. Yi handan and jian 3,000 households each. "Yes, Xi Qiang Pang Tian and Fu Wan, who resented and plundered their land as Xihai County, counterattacked Xihai Taishou Cheng Yong, and ran away forever. Mang Xueyong sent The Qiang Colonel Dou to attack him. In the spring of the following year, Dou Quan and others broke the Western Qiang. In May, more goods were made: the wrong knife, all the time five thousand; the deed knife, always five hundred; the big money, always fifty, parallel to the five baht money. Many thieves. The forbidden marquis shall not carry gold below, and the imperial palace shall be directed, but the pawn shall not be straight. In September, DongJun Taishou Zhai Yidu tried, le chariot riding, because of his fate, Liu Xin, the Marquis of Yanxiang, was made the Son of Heaven, and moved the county state, saying that "Mang poisoned emperor Ping, took the throne of Tianzi, wanted to exterminate the Han room, and now punishes mang." The county was confused, and there were more than 100,000 people. Fearful and unable to eat, he held his widow day and night and prayed to the suburban temple, put the "Great Commandment" as a strategy, and sent the doctor Huan Tan and other classes to the world, and decreed that the regent should be the anti-government widow. Eight generals, including Wang Yi and Sun Jian, were sent to attack the righteousness, divide the passes, and guard the Ersai. The men zhao ming and Huo Hong raised troops to fight with Zhai Yi: "The generals are elite soldiers in the east, and the capital is empty, and they can attack Chang'an." "There were a little more people, up to 100,000 people, and they were reckless, and sent generals Wang Qi and Wang rank generals to refuse." With Taibao Zhen Handan as the great general, he was subjected to the High Temple, leading the world's soldiers, the left staff festival, the right hand, and the outside of TunCheng. Wang Shun and Zhen Feng walked through the hall day and night.

The ministers also admonished: "The reason why Liu Chong and others plotted rebellion was because Wang Mang's power was still too light. His position of power should be increased so that he can subdue the world. In May, the empress dowager ordered Wang Mang to call herself a "false emperor" when he saw her. In winter, on the first day of October, an eclipse occurred. In December, the group of ministers asked: "Increase the number of officials and household officials of the Duke of AnHan, set up more orders, temple chiefs, stable chiefs, stables, cooks, cooks, middle sons, and tiger warriors below more than a hundred people, and set up three hundred guards." The official office of the Duke of An Han was called the regent province, the official court was the regent hall, and the mansion was the regent palace. "The sonata was recognized. Empress Dowager Wang Mang issued an edict saying: "Although the former Taishi Kong Guang has passed away, his merits have been ranked. Taibao Wang Shun, Grand Sikong Zhen Feng, light vehicle general Zhen Handan, and infantry general Sun Jiandu all gave advice to Recruit Shan Yu, and also presided over the construction of the Spiritual Platform for Celestial Observation, the Ming Hall for Performing Ceremonies, the Central Taixue and the Four Suburbs Altar, established a system, opened the Meridian Road, and worked with ZaiHeng with one heart, the same morality, and concerted efforts, and outstanding merit. Wang Shun's son Wang Kuang (王匡) was made the Marquis of Tongxin, Wang Lin (王林) was made the Marquis of Shude, Feng Kongguang's grandson Xiao L Shou (孑寿) was made the Marquis of Heyi, and Zhen Feng's grandson Zhen Kuang (甄匡) was made the Marquis of Lili. He gave Zhen Handan and Sun Jianfengyi three thousand households each. In this year, Xiqiang PangTian, Fu Wan, and others resented Wang Mang for taking their land as Xihai County, so they counterattacked Xihai County, and Cheng Yong fled. Wang Mang killed Cheng Yong and sent a lieutenant to attack the Western Qiang. In the spring of the following year, Dou Quan and others defeated Xi Qiang. In May, new coins were minted: the wrong knife, one worth five thousand dollars; the deed knife, one worth five hundred dollars; the large money, one worth fifty dollars, circulated at the same time as the five baht coins. There are many people in the private sector who mint money. Therefore, it was forbidden for those below the marquis to carry gold privately, and those who sent it to the imperial palace could get the same price, but those who handed over the gold never received the same price of coins. In September, On the day of the general test of knights, Dongjun Taishou Zhai Yi gathered chariots and cavalry, mobilized emergency troops, supported Liu Xin, the Marquis of Yanxiang, as emperor, and sent a letter to all counties and feudal states, accusing Wang Mang of "poisoning Emperor Ping, acting as emperor, and wanting to cut off the Han Dynasty, and now I am following the mandate of heaven to attack Wang Mang." "The counties and feudal states were shaken, and Zhai Yi's army numbered more than 100,000 people. Wang Mang was so frightened and frightened that he could not eat, and day and night he carried his widow to the suburban altar and the temple to pray, imitating the Book of Zhou. The Great Edict wrote a policy letter, sending huan tan and others to promulgate the world, telling him that his proxy for the throne would return power to his widow in the future. Eight generals, including Wang Yi and Sun Jian, were sent to attack Zhai Yi, and were stationed at various places in Vl to guard dangerous places. The men of Huaili County, Such as Tuan Ming and Huo Hong, raised an army in response to Zhai Yi and conspired with each other: "The generals and elite troops are all bound, the capital is empty, and we can attack Chang'an." The army gradually grew to nearly 100,000 people, and Wang Mang was frightened and sent the generals Wang Qi and Wang Jie to lead an army to resist them. He appointed Taibao Zhen Handan as a great general, awarded him an axe at the Temple of Emperor Gao, and led the whole country's army, holding an axe and cymbal in his left hand, and stationed outside Chang'an City. Wang Shun and Zhen Feng patrolled the palace day and night.  

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In December, Wang Yi and others broke Zhai Yi's righteousness. Si Wei Chen Chong's envoy to the supervision army wrote: "Your Majesty Fengtian Hongfan, the heart of the treasure turtle, the yuan order, yu know the success or failure, Xian Ying Zhaozhan, is said to match the heavens." With the Lord of Heaven, the worries are transferred, the words are animals, and the giving is transformed. The next day when the minister Chongfu read the edict, when he stole the time, the holy thoughts began, and the anti-yu was still broken; the edict began to be written, and the anti-yu was defeated; when the book was made, the anti-yu was cut down, and the crowd did not reach its sharp edge, and the subject Chong's foolishness was not exhausted, and the matter was decided. Mang da said. Three years of spring, earthquake. Amnesty for the world. Wang Yi and others returned to the Capital Division, and Xi and Wang Rank joined forces to attack Ming and Hong, all of which were destroyed, and the language is in the "Biography of Zhai Yi". Mang Da placed wine weiyang palace white tiger hall, Lao Zhi general, Chen Chongzhi school military merit, the first high. Mang Nai shang said: "In the world of the Ming Dynasty, there are many wise people in the country, so when Tang and Yu are present, they can be sealed like houses, and when they are accomplished, they are rewarded." As for the Meeting of Tu Shan after the Summer, those who hold the jade are all nations, the princes are in charge of the jade, and the vassals are in charge of the sword. Above Mengjin, king of Zhou Wu, there were still eight hundred princes. Zhou Gongju took care of it, the suburbs of Hou Ji to match the heavens, the Zongqi Wen King Yu MingTang to match the gods, it was to sacrifice each of the four seas with his office, and covered the princes with eight hundred. The Book of Rites and The Royal System of More Than 1,700 Kingdoms is based on Confucius's "Book of Filial Piety": "Do not dare to leave behind the subjects of small countries, but in the case of gong, hou, uncle, son, and man?" Therefore he was pleased by all nations to be the king before him. 'The filial piety of this Son of Heaven.' Qin was the way of death, and the princes who destroyed the princes thought that they were counties and counties, and wanted to benefit the world, so the second died. Emperor Gao was ordered to remove the disabled, reward the meritorious service, and establish hundreds of countries, which later declined slightly, and only the rest remained. The empress dowager bowed to the outline, widely sealed merit to persuade goodness, and prospered and destroyed to inherit the eternal life, and it was passed on by dahua, and it was achieved in the twilight. Killed by Qiangkou in Xihai County, against rumors in Dong County, against thieves to confuse the western soil, loyal servants and filial pieties are not angry, the conquest is destroyed, and they are prepared for the world' Xianning. The present system of ritual music, the fifth class of the Zhou Jue, the fourth grade of the earth, there is a clear text; the third class of the Yin Jue, there is its saying, there is no text. Confucius said: 'Zhou Jian is in the second generation, depressed and wenya! I'm from Week. 'The courtiers ask the generals to be knighted in the fifth rank and the fourth rank in the earth. "Okay. Therefore, the titles were high as hou and bo, and the second was the son and male, and when the marquis of Guannei was given the title of Marquis of Guannei, he was renamed As the Annexed City, and hundreds of people were there. Those who attacked the West Sea were called "Qiang", Huaili was called "Wu", and Zhai Yi was called "Yu". The Qunchen fu said: "The empress dowager cultivates merit and virtue, the distant one is a thousand years, the near one is in the world, or the literary seal, or the martial lord, the depth and size, the size is not complete." The present Emperor Regent turned his back on Zuo, and it was advisable to be different from the time of the zaiguo, although the production was not completed, it was advisable to enter the two viscounts as dukes. "Spring and Autumn" "Goodness and goodness and descendants", "After the sages, it is advisable to have land". King Cheng guangfeng six sons of the Duke of Zhou, all of whom had thatched soil. and the Han dynasty generals Xiao and Huo, Xian and Zhishu. Brother Guang, can first be crowned as a marquis; the grandsons, the system has been completed, the great situ, the great sikong on the name, such as the previous edict. The Empress Dowager edict said: "Emperor Jin's son Hou An was made the Duke of Xinju, Hou Lin was the Duke of Reward, and Feng Guang was made the Marquis of Yangong." At that time, Mang returned to the new capital, and the group of ministers restored the white to make Mang Sunzong the marquis of the new capital. Mang destroyed Zhai Yi, claimed that wei de was growing stronger, and with the help of heaven and man, he plotted to do the real thing.

In December, Wang Yi and other generals defeated Zhai Yi at Yuanxian County. Si Wei Chen Chong was sent to supervise the army, and the Book of Shang song said: "Your Majesty accepts the Heavenly Dafa, the heart is in harmony with the treasure turtle, accepts the Mandate of Heaven, predicts success or failure, and the mysterious strategies are successful, so that Gao Mingkan can match the Heavenly Gong." A monarch who is wise enough to match the heavenly gods can change people's mental state, speak can make all things move, and do things can change the social atmosphere. Chen Chong, the minister, bowed down and read the date of Shaoshu's dispatch, and secretly calculated the process of development, and as soon as His Majesty's thoughts germinated, the anti-thieves were constantly frustrated; when he first began to write Shaoshu, the anti-thieves completely failed; as soon as the book was made, the anti-thieves were all killed. The generals did not have time to show their sharpness in unison, and the minister Chen Chong, too late to give up all his foolishness, and the outcome of the incident was already known. Wang Mang was very happy. In the spring of three years, an earthquake occurred. Wang Mang announced a general amnesty for the world. Wang Yi and the others returned to Chang'an, the capital division, and joined forces with Wang Zhi and others to attack Tu Ming and Huo Hong, defeating and destroying them all, which are recorded in the Biography of Zhai Yi. Wang Mang held a banquet in the White Tiger Hall of Weiyang Palace to reward the generals. Shao ordered Chen Chong to review military merit and distinguish between their high and low ranks. Wang Mang then went to the chapter and said: "In the era of Shengming, there were many sages in the country, so when Tang Yao and Yu Shun were in power, they could go door to door to seal rewards, and when the deeds and major events were completed, they would be rewarded according to merit. As for the legend that Xia Yu was in Tushan to assemble the princes, those who carried gifts such as jade were all nations, the princes held the jade, and the vassal countries held the jade. King Wu of Zhou assembled the princes above Mengjin, and eight hundred princes participated. The regent of the Duke of Zhou held a suburban ceremony to let Hou Ji enjoy the heavens, and held a ceremony in the Ming Hall to make King Wen worthy of God, so the local officials each came to participate in the ceremony with their tributes, and there were about 1,800 princes. Etiquette. The "Royal System" records more than 1,700 countries, so Confucius said in the Book of Filial Piety: "Do not dare to leave out the courtiers of a small country, let alone for the princes and uncles?" Therefore, he was able to win the favor of all nations to sacrifice his ancestors. This is the filial piety of the Son of Heaven. The Qin Dynasty was tyrannical and ruthless, destroying the princes and establishing counties and counties, and wanted to enjoy the interests of the world exclusively, so it was only two generations before the country was destroyed. Emperor Gaozu inherited the Mandate of Heaven, eliminated the remnants of thieves, evaluated meritorious deeds, implemented rewards, and established hundreds of princely states, which gradually declined, leaving very few. The empress dowager personally presided over the general policies, widely rewarded those who had meritorious deeds and virtues, encouraged people to accumulate virtue and good deeds, revived the fallen princely states, and enabled the clans that had been cut off from their descendants to continue and be maintained forever, so that extensive and in-depth indoctrination spread everywhere and would be completed sooner or later. In the face of Qiangkou endangering Xihai County, the traitors in Shu County, the anti-thieves in the western land to confuse the people, the loyal ministers and filial pieties did not not be angry, and everywhere the army went, all of them were exterminated, they all completely obeyed their sins, and the world was at peace. Now the establishment of the ceremonial system, the creation of music and religion, objectively examine the Zhou Dynasty's titles divided into five grades, fiefs divided into four grades, there are clear written records; the Yin Dynasty's titles have a third class, with their interpretations, and there is no text of the scriptures. Confucius said: 'The system of the Zhou Dynasty was established by drawing on the system of the Xia and Shang dynasties, and how rich and beautiful it is!' I'm in favor of the weekly system. I ask the generals to be given titles and titles, with titles of fifth class and fiefs of four classes. "The sonata was recognized. Therefore, the highest people to be knighted were marquises and counts, followed by viscounts and barons, and the title of Marquis of Guannei should be given the title of Annexed Castle, a total of several hundred. Those who attack Xihai County use the word "Qiang" as a title, those who attack Huaili County use the word "Wu" as a title, and those who attack Zhai Yi use the word "虏" as a title. The ministers went on to play again: "The empress dowager praises those who have meritorious service, those who record virtue, go back a thousand years, and those who are close to the current dynasty, some people are rewarded because they have wende, some people are knighted because they have martial arts, no matter the depth of seniority and merit, there is no one who is not awarded." Now that the Acting Emperor of An Han has ascended to the throne as regent with his back to the axe-shaped screen, it should be different from when he served as the prime minister of Zaiheng, and although the ceremonial music has not yet been fully completed, he should be promoted to the title of duke of his two sons. The Spring and Autumn Period says that 'the good man is loved by his descendants, and 'the descendants of the wise should enjoy the land'. King Cheng of Zhou granted the six sons of the Duke of Zhou a fief. There are also Xiao He, a famous minister of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang, a well-known general, and others, du en and his relatives. For his nephew Wang Guang, he could first be made a marquis; his grandsons, until all the ceremonies and music were completed, the Great Situ and the Great Sikong were listed and handled according to the previous edicts. Empress Dowager Xiashao said: "The son of emperor Jinsheng was wrapped in the new marquis Wang An Dangxin, and the marquis of The Capital was wrapped in the new duke, and Wang Guang was given the title of Marquis of Yangong." At this time, Wang Mang returned the new capital, and the ministers again prayed and demanded that Wang Mang's grandson Wang Zong be made the marquis of xindu. Wang Mang had already eliminated Zhai Yi, believing that his prestige and virtue were growing day by day, and had received the help of the will of the people, so he plotted to ascend to the throne of the true throne. 

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In September, Mang's mother Gong Xianjun died, and she did not want to mourn, so that the empress dowager would obey her. Shao'a, Xi, and Liu Xin, together with the seventy-eight doctors of Zhu Confucianism, all knew: "The righteousness of jujutsu, so unify the heavenly merits, rejuvenate the emperor's way, achieve the Fadu, and an Ji Hai Neiye." Xi Yin Chengtang did not have it, and the crown prince flea, whose son TaiJia was young and unknown, Yi Yin let Zhu Tong Palace live in order to xing Yin Dao. King Wu of Zhou was neither king, nor did the Zhou Dao succeed, and the king of Zhou became a young man, and the Zhou Gongping became a king and lived in order to become a Zhou Dao. It is the transformation of Yin with wings and wings, and the merit of punishment and mistakes in Zhou. The present empress dowager was more than the family, and appointed the Duke of An Han to zai Yin Qun and balance the world. The widows were young and could not go up and down together, and the Emperor Descended rui and sent out the rune of Danshi, which was the emperor and empress dowager, and the emperor and empress dowager were ordered to live in the Han Dynasty, and to become a saint of Han, and the three generations of Tang and Yu were also in charge. The regent emperor then opened the secret palace, met the confucians, made ceremonies and music, and died as a shu official, Mao Cheng Tiangong. The Sacred Heart knows, Zhuo Er sees alone, sends out zhou li, and ming is imprisoned, then the heavens are ancient, and the profit and loss are yan, yu Zhongni's hearing of "Shao", the sun and the moon are not advanced, the non-holy philosophers are supreme, and they can be Ruozi! Gang Xian Xian Zhang, cheng in a kui, so it bless the holy Han, an Jing Yuan yuan effect also. Present Meritorious Service, "Li": "Shuzi is the queen, for his mother." "As a body with His Holiness, I dare not submit to his private relatives." The Regent Emperor took the emperor's orders with holy virtue, was commanded by the empress dowager to live in the regent, and after serving the Han Emperor, he had the weight of the heaven and earth society, and the worries of the yuan yuan and ten thousand opportunities, and could not take care of his private relatives. Therefore, empress dowager Jianyue Yuansun, the new capital of the Marquis, was the Empress Dowager. Emperor Ming and His Holiness were the body, and the sacrifice of the Zongzong Temple was enshrined in the joint cultivation of the empress dowager, and his private relatives were not allowed to obey. The Zhou Li (周礼) says that 'the king is the prince of 緦縗', 'Ben and add the ring', the same surname is Ma, and the different surname is Ge. The regent emperor should be a meritorious prince, and add a hemp ring, such as the son of heaven hanging the clothes of the princes, in response to the holy system. 'Mang's deeds were carried out, and where he was hanged, he met again, and ordered the new capital Houzong to be the lord and serve for three years in mourning. Si Wei Chen Chongsheng, Yan Gong Hou Guang privately reported the situation of Jin Wu Dou, ordered the killing, the situation is to be collected, and the law is brought to him. Reckless and angry, cut the light. Mother Guang: "What do female self-esteem and eldest grandson and middle grandchild?" "The mother and son committed suicide, and both died. In the beginning, Mang took the name of his mother, adoptive sister-in-law, and brother-in-law, and then rebelled and reverted to show justice. He made Guangzi Jiasi a marquis. Mangxia's book says: "The righteousness of containing secrets is in the winter of the season, the suburbs of the first moon, and the eight tones are played." Prince Qingshi, Le Fan and so on? Five sounds and eight tones, what about each cloud? He and the Confucians understood their own righteousness. "Yes, Marquis Liu Jing of Guangrao, the che riding general Qianren Huyun, and the Taibao subordinate Zang Hongsheng played the spell. Jingyan Qi County Shinjing, Yunyan Ba County Stone Cow, Hongyan Fufeng Yongshi, Mang are all welcome. November Jiazi, Mang Shang played the Empress Dowager:

In September, Wang Mang's mother Gong Xianjun died, and his mind was not to express sorrow, so the empress dowager ordered the relevant departments to discuss the issue of his mourning clothes. Shao'a, Xi and Liu Xinhe, Dr. And seventy-eight Confucian students all said: "The regent of the throne should lead the people of the world to complete the mission of heaven, carry forward the royal way of the emperor, establish and improve the law and discipline and system, and stabilize the situation in the whole country." After the death of Former Yin Shang's Cheng Tang, and the crown prince had long since died, his son Tai Jia was young and naïve and did not understand the reason, Yi Yin exiled him to tong palace and took the position of regent to revitalize Yin Shang's national road. After the death of King Wu of Zhou, the Daoist system of the Zhou Dynasty had not yet been established, and King Cheng of Zhou was young, and the Duke of Zhou maintained the position of regent to complete the Daoist system of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, Yin Shang had a neat and solemn indoctrination, and the Zhou Dynasty had the merit of not using punishment and imprisoning emptiness. Now that the empress dowager has encountered the adversity of the royal family one after another, she has appointed Princess AnHan to supervise hundreds of officials and govern the world fairly. When the widow was young and could not serve the heavens and the earth respectfully, the heavens sent down auspicious omens, and there was the spell of Danshu Baishi, so the empress dowager obeyed the heavenly law and the will of tomorrow, and decreed that An Mogong would take the throne as regent and act as the emperor, and would rely on him to complete the great cause of the Han Dynasty, comparable to Tang Yao, Yu Shun, Xia, Shang, and Zhou. The Emperor then opened the secret palace, gathered all the Confucians, made ceremonies and music, and finally formulated the system of hundred officials and secretaries of state, and fulfilled the mission of heaven well. His brilliant and wise mind observed carefully, excellent and unique insights, and excavated the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, thus clarifying the foundation of inheritance and reference, and checking the ancient system by the Heavenly Law, deleting and supplementing it, just like Zhongni admiring "Shao Le", just like the sun and the moon are unattainable, if it were not for the people of Saint Damingzhe, who could be so? The General Outline has been established, and success is imminent, which is the effect of supporting the Han Dynasty and stabilizing the people. Now that Gong Xianjun has passed away, the Rites say, "Shuzi became the heir, and kept the general linen for his birth mother." The text said, "If you become a whole with your father and mother-in-law, you will not dare to guard your birth mother." Relying on the virtues of Shengming and adhering to the will of the emperor, the dai emperor accepted the empress dowager's order to take the throne as regent and act as an imperial power, inherited the inheritance of the Han Dynasty, and undertook the heavy responsibility of serving the heavens and the earth and governing the country, and worrying about the people of the whole country and taking care of every opportunity, and could not take care of his birth mother. Therefore, the empress dowager made his eldest grandson and made him the marquis of Xindu, as the heir of the Marquis of Sorrow. This indicates that the acting emperor and the honorable Han dynasty relatives have become one, and they must respectfully preside over the ceremonies of the temple and offer sacrifices to the empress dowager, and they cannot wear mourning clothes for his birth mother. The Zhou Li says: 'The king wears gill robes for the princes', 'the dragon crown is wrapped with filial piety belts', the princes with the same surname use the hemp belt, and the princes with different surnames use the ge belt. The Acting Emperor should wear a gill-embellished garment on behalf of the Meritorious Emperor, and the crown hat should be covered with a filial piety belt made of hemp, just like the mourning clothes of the Heavenly Son to mourn the princes, in order to conform to the system of the Holy King. So Wang Mang implemented the above method, a total of one hanging and two funeral processes, so that Wang Zong, the Marquis of Xindu, was the master of the funeral and served in the mourning clothes for three years. Siwei Chen Chongquan said that Wang Guang, the Marquis of Yangong, privately told Jinwu the truth, taught the real situation to kill people for him, and the real situation arrested the person and sentenced him to death and beheaded. Wang Mang was furious and severely rebuked Wang Guang. Wang Guang's mother said, "Do you see which one of your identities is close to Wang Yu or Wang Yu?" "Mother and son committed suicide, and even the actual situation died. At first, Wang Mang gained a good reputation for serving his mother, raising his widow, and raising his nephews, but later he was arrogant and tyrannical, and then used this to show justice and selflessness. Let Wang Guang's son Wang Jia succeed to the title as Marquis of Ding Yangong. Wang Mang wrote in the next letter: "The prohibition of playing music will end at the end of this year's waxing moon, and all musical instruments can be played in the first month of next year to sacrifice heaven and earth." Princes, princes, nine secretaries, and scholars, what kind of music is used? Five eight tones, what is each one? They should try their best to think about each of their respective Confucians and state their meaning in detail. In this year, Liu Jing, the Marquis of Guangrao, the Cheqi general Qianren Huyun, and the Taibao subordinate official Zang Hong played the honorific order. Liu Jing said that a new well suddenly appeared in Qi County, Hu Yun said that Ba County had found a stone cow, and Zang Hong said that Fufeng Yong County had found a stone stone, and Wang Mang gladly accepted. On the day of the First Son in November, Wang Mang sang a chapter to the empress dowager and said: 

The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

His Majesty is the most holy, the family is not created, the misfortune of Han XII and the 37th, inheriting the command of heaven, the edict is reckless, entrusted by the widow, and sent by the world. The subject is reckless and conscientious, afraid of not being called. Liu Jing, the Marquis of Guangrao, wrote: "In the middle of July, Xin Dang, the chief of Changxing Pavilion in Linzi County, Qi County, had a twilight dream, saying: 'I, the Heavenly Minister also.' The Heavenly Prince told the chief of the pavilion: "The regent emperor should be true." That is, do not believe me, there should be a new well in this pavilion. 'The chief of the pavilion rises in the morning to see that there is a new well, into the ground and a hundred feet. "November Nongzi, Zhijian Winter Solstice, Bajun Shiniu, Peng Wu, Yong Shiwen, all to the front hall of Weiyang Palace. The subject and the Taibao Yang Hou Shun are equal to each other, the heavenly wind rises, the dust is dark, the wind stops, and the bronze rune is drawn in front of the right, and the text is written: Heavenly Emperor Rune, the devotee is crowned Marquis. Accept the Mandate of Heaven and use the Divine Decree. Riding Lieutenant Cui Fa and so on. and the former Xiaoyi Emperor Jianping in June of the second year of the jiazi edict, but also the first year of the first year of the First Yuan Dynasty, the case of his ability, Gan Zhongke, Xia He Liang shu Zang Lantai. Chen Mang thought that the Yuan General was in the first year, and the Great General Ju changed the Yuan ZhiWen ye. Believe it now. Shang Shu Kang Xuan "Wang Ruoyue: 'Meng Hou, Brother of The Younger Brother, Boy Feng. This Zhou Gongju was crowned Wang Zhiwenye. "Spring and Autumn" is unspoken and in place. These two were determined by Zhou Gong and Confucius, and the cover was the later law. Confucius said: "Fear the Mandate of Heaven, fear the lords, and fear the words of the saints." "The minister dares not to use it!" The courtiers asked them to work together at the temple of the gods, and the empress dowager and empress Xiaoping were all called false emperors. Its command to the world, the world to play words, no words to "shoot". Take the three years of residence as the initial first year, and the omission is one hundred and twenty degrees, and use it to fulfill the Mandate of Heaven. The courtiers raised Long's widows at night, and ordered king Bede of Zhou and Empress Dowager Xuanming to teach him in Wanfang. The widow adds yuanfu, and the fuzi is clear, such as the story of the Duke of Zhou. Yes. The people knew that they were obeying the orders of the people, and they instructed the courtiers to discuss the other song, so as to see the truth as the truth. Zhang Chong and six other people conspired to rob Mang and establish the King of Chu. Discover, die. Zi Tong people mourn the chapter, learn Chang'an, su wu, good for big words. See Mangju photography, that is, as a copper kui, for two inspections, one of which is called "Heavenly Emperor Xingxi Jin Kui Tu", and the other is "Red Emperor Xingxi Passed on to the Yellow Emperor Jin Ceshu". So-and-so, Emperor Gao's name also. The book says that Wang Mang is the true son of heaven, and the empress dowager is like the destiny of heaven. The books are all written by the minister Ofe Mang, Ba Xing, and the names wang xing, Wang Sheng, And Zhang Yin's name, all of whom are eleven people, are signed as officials and knights, as auxiliaries. Zhang Wen Qi Jing and Shi Niu were all dressed in yellow clothes and held the highest temple to pay for the servants. Servants to smell. Pengchen, Mang Zhigao Temple worships the golden goddess Huan. The imperial crown, the empress dowager, also sat in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, and the next book said: "Give it to the unethical, entrusted to the Emperor ChuZukao Yellow Emperor, the emperor's ancestor Kao Yu Emperor's Miao descendants, and the empress dowager's last genus." The Emperor Heavenly God Long Xian Great Blessing, the Order of Destiny, the Fu Qi Tuwen, the Golden Book of Strategies, and the Divine Commandments belong to the people of the world. The spirit of the Red Emperor Han Dynasty Emperor Gao, inheriting the Mandate of Heaven, passing on the book of the Golden Strategy of the Country, is very fearful, dare not to be admired! With the straight fixation of Pengchen, the crown of the royal king, that is, the true son of heaven, must have the name of the world 'new'. Its correction shuo, easy to serve color, change sacrifice, special emblem, different instrument system. Take the December Shuo as the first month of the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and take the rooster chirping as the time. The color of the dress is matched with yellow, the sacrifice should be white, and the banners of the envoys are pure yellow, and their signatures are 'New Envoy Wang Wei Festival', in order to inherit the emperor's heavenly God's command. ”

[Translation] "Your Majesty is the most holy and clear, when the royal family is in adversity, encountering the dangerous fate of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Han Dynasty and 210 years, bearing the orders of the majesty of heaven, ordering the courtier Wang Mang to take the regency, acting as an imperial power, accepting the entrustment of the auxiliary widow, and shouldering the great expectations of the world." The courtiers were conscientious and conscientious, but they were afraid of being incompetent. Liu Jing, the Marquis of Guangrao, wrote: "In mid-July, Xin Dang, the chief of changxing pavilion in Linzi County, Qi County, had several dreams one night, and dreamed that someone said to him: "I am an emissary of the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven sent me to tell the chief of the pavilion: 'The acting emperor should become a real emperor.' If you don't believe me, a new well will appear in this pavilion. "When the chief of the pavilion got up in the morning to look at the pavilion, there was indeed a new well, nearly a hundred feet deep underground. On the day of the November Nongzi, just as jianchen handed over the winter solstice, the stone cattle of Ba County, the day of pengwu, and the stone text of Yong were all sent to the front hall of Weiyang Palace. I went to watch with Wang Shun, the Marquis of Yang, and others, when suddenly the sky was blowing with strong winds, the dust was flying, and the sky was dark, and when the wind stopped, I saw the copper letter and the picture written in the silk before the two stones, which read: "The heavens inform the emperor of the spell order, and those who offer can be enfeoffed." Bear the Mandate of Heaven and carry out the Divine Commandments. Riding Lieutenant Cui Fa and others read the full text and explained its meaning. As well as the edict issued by the former Emperor Jianping in June of the second year of the year of The First Emperor, it was changed to the first year of the Taichu Yuan, and the mysterious prophecy and omen book of Gan Zhongke and Xia Heliang were hidden in Lantai. Wang Mang believed that the meaning of the first year of the Yuan General was the omen of the regency of the General's regent's change of the Yuan, and it has been fulfilled today. Shang Shu. The Kang Shu records that 'Wang Zhou Gong said: "The chief of the princes, the younger brother of Yuan, the younger son Ji Feng. "'This is a record of the Zhou Duke being called a king when he was regent. The Spring and Autumn Describes Lu Yin as the Monarch of the State, because he was acting as the Acting Lu Jun. These two sutras were compiled by Zhou Gong and Lu Zi, and were imitated by later generations. Confucius said, 'Fear the Mandate of Heaven, fear of those of exalted status, fear of the words of saints.' How dare the subject Wang Mang not uphold the execution! I request that all of them call themselves false emperors when they respectfully serve the gods and ancestral temples, and when they play the role of empress dowager and empress xiaoping. And when orders are given to the whole country, the subjects of the world are not said to be 'agents'. The three years of residence are taken as the initial first year, and the omission of the time is changed to one hundred and twenty degrees to comply with the Mandate of Heaven. The courtier Wang Mang must have cultivated and educated his sons day and night, so that he could compete with King Cheng of Zhou, and spread the prestige and virtues of the empress dowager to all directions, hoping that they would be rich and educated. When the widow became an adult and crowned, he returned the emperor's power to him, just like the Duke of Zhou did in those days. "The sonata was recognized. When the broad masses of commoners learned of his belief in the Writ of Commandments, they signaled the ministers to discuss it widely and report to the Empress Dowager separately, which showed the development trend of ascending to the throne of the true emperor. Zhang Chong and six others planned to kidnap Wang Mang and make King Chu emperor. Discovered, executed. Zitong County people mourn zhang studied in Chang'an, has always been misbehaving, like to brag and talk big. When he saw that Wang Mang had already assumed the power of the emperor, he made a copper cabinet and wrote two inscriptions, one of which read,"The Heavenly Emperor's Seal of The Golden Seal" and the other "The Red Emperor's Seal passed on to the Yellow Emperor Jin CeShu.". The so-called so-and-so is the name of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. The document says that Wang Mang is the true Son of Heaven, and that the Empress Dowager should act according to the will of Heaven. Both the figure and the book say that Wang Mang's eight ministers took the names Wang Xing and Wang Sheng, and The Sorrowful Chapter himself adapted and fabricated his names from the side, a total of eleven people, all of whom signed the official titles and titles as ministers to assist the state. When Ai Zhang heard about Qi County's Shinai and Ba County's stone cattle, at dusk that day, dressed in yellow and carrying a copper cabinet to the Gaodi Temple, he handed it over to the servants. The servant reported the incident. On the day of the fifth day, Wang Mang went to the Temple of the High Emperor to accept the copper cabinet of the Mandate of Heaven. He wore a crown on his head, met the empress dowager, came back and sat in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, and the lower Shaoshu said: "I am shallow in virtue, and I am fortunate to be a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the first ancestor of the emperor, the descendant of emperor Kao Yu, and the relatives of the empress dowager." The Emperor God blessed me with great grace, and the established Mandate of Heaven allowed me to inherit the throne, and the decrees, books and writings, as well as the edicts in the copper cabinet, were all instructions from the gods, entrusting me with the fate of millions of people under the heavens. The spirit of emperor Gao of the Tochi Emperor Han Dynasty, adhering to the divine order of heaven, is afraid of the Golden Book of Theory of the Throne, and I am very much in awe, and dare not accept it respectfully! On the day of the fifth birthday, when the birthday is fixed, I put on the crown and ascend to the throne of the True Dragon Heavenly Son, and the name of the country is called Xin. It is necessary to change the new day of the new month, change the color of carriages, horses, and costumes, change the color of the fur of the livestock used for sacrifice, replace the flags and other signs, and redefine the shape of the utensils. Take the first day of the first month of December this year as the first day of the first month of the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and take the time of the chicken as the beginning of the day. The colors of carriages, horses, and costumes are yellow, the livestock used for sacrifices and the ugly construction of the first moon should be white, and the yak tails used as decorations on the envoys are pure yellow, and it is written 'New Ambassador Wuwei Festival' to show the majesty of upholding the Emperor God. "On the first day of the first month of the founding of the people's republic, Wang Mang led the Duke Qingshi to hold the newly made Imperial Seal of the Empress Dowager, sent it to the Empress Dowager, obeyed the meaning of the Fu Order, and removed the name of the Han Dynasty.

The Book of Han, a classic of Traditional Chinese Studies, Lecture 200: Wang Mang's Biography Iii

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