"Jingke's Assassination of the King of Qin" is from Liu Xiang's "Warring States Policy Yan Ce III", which records the tragic historical story of the Jingke's Assassination of the King of Qin during the Warring States Period, reflects the social and political situation of the annexation of princes during the Warring States period, and shows the spirit of Jingke's heavy righteousness and sacrifice for the Yan kingdom.
Through a series of plots, character dialogues, etc., the article shaped the heroic image of Jing Ke.
Leopard Eye remembers the first time he came into contact with this story, and the name seemed to be "Tu Poor Dagger See", because it was a special era. Qin Shi Huang was a figure of the Fa and a revolutionary faction, and those who opposed Qin Shi Huang were royalists. Jing Ke was entrusted by Prince Dan of Yan to assassinate the King of Qin, that is, the clown of history, to stop the wheel of history from rolling forward. Therefore, Jing Ke is not a hero, but a villain.
Today, leopard eyes and friends together to review this historical story, what will it feel like?
In the last year of the Warring States, the Qin king Yingzheng reused Wei Ji, bent on unifying the Central Plains, and constantly launched attacks on various countries. He broke up the alliance between the Yan and Zhao states, causing the Yan state to lose several cities.
Dan, the crown prince of the State of Yan, originally remained in the State of Qin as a hostage, but when he saw that the King of Qin had seized the land of the State of Yan and was determined to annex the other countries, he hated the State of Qin and secretly fled back to the State of Yan, bent on avenging the State of Yan.
After fleeing back to the Yan Kingdom, Prince Dan recruited heroes and found a very skilled warrior named Jing Ke. He took Jing Ke under the door as a guest, gave his chariot and horse to Jing Ke to sit on, and let Jing Ke enjoy his own food and clothes.
In 230 BC, the State of Qin destroyed Korea. Two years later, the Qin general Wang Qi (pronounced iǎn) occupied the capital of the Zhao state, Handan, and destroyed the Zhao state. Then it marched all the way north, approaching the Yan kingdom.
The story of "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King" happened in this context...
The Qin army suppressed the territory, and Prince Dan of Yan was very anxious, so he went to find Jing Ke.
Prince Dan of Yan said, "Sooner or later, qin soldiers will have to cross the easy waters, and the country of Yan is in danger, although I want to serve you for a long time, how can I do it?"
Jing Ke said, "Even if you don't say it, I will ask for action." But if there was no thing to believe, then there would be no way to get close to the King of Qin. Now the King of Qin offers a reward for the capture of General Fan, and if I can get general Fan's first-rank offering, and then present the map of the area around the Governor of Yan to the King of Qin, the King of Qin will be happy to summon me, and I will have a way to repay you the prince. ”
The crown prince said, "The map of The Governor is easy to handle, but General Fan came to me because he was cornered, and I can't bear to hurt him because of my personal vendetta, I hope you think of another way!"
Jing Ke knew that Prince Dan couldn't bear it in his heart, so he went to Fan Yuqi privately and told him: "Qin can be said to be extremely poisonous to you Fan Yuqi. Your father, mother, and fellow citizens were killed or enslaved. Now I have heard that the reward for the head of the general is a thousand pounds of gold, and the fiefdom of ten thousand households. What are you going to do? ”
General Fan looked up at the sky with a long sigh and said with tears: "When I think about this, I often hate it to the bone marrow, but I can't think of any way." Jing Ke said, "I do have an idea, I can help the Yan kingdom to relieve the disaster, and I can also avenge the general, but I can't say it." "
Fan Yu stepped forward and said eagerly, "What the hell?" Tell me about it!"
Jing Ke said, "I decided to assassinate the King of Qin, because I was afraid that I would not be able to see the King of Qin's face, and I hoped to borrow your General Fan's head and use it." As long as I can see the King of Qin, I have a way to kill him. In this way, the general's revenge was repaid, and the shame of yanguo being bullied was also removed. What about the general's intentions? ”
Anything can be borrowed, but can a person's head also be borrowed?
But unexpectedly, Fan Yuqi agreed very happily, saying, "Okay, you can take it!"
Saying that, he drew his sword and wiped his neck to commit suicide.
The prince sought the sharpest dagger in the world, obtained the dagger of Lady Xu of Zhao Guoxu, and asked the craftsmen to dip the poison into the dagger during quenching. This dagger is so sharp that it kills you when you see blood.
There was a warrior Qin Wuyang in the Yan kingdom, who began to kill people when he was twelve years old, and people did not dare to face him squarely, it was a fierce character, and Prince Dan ordered Qin Wuyang to be Jing Ke's assistant.
Everything was ready, but Jing Ke did not act immediately, he was waiting for someone. But the man lived far away and did not arrive.
Seeing that Jing Ke had not moved, the prince suspected that he had regrets, so he went to ask him to leave, saying: "The time is not short, is it time for you to leave?" Or should I send Qin Wuyang to fight the front station for you first?!"
Jing Ke was very angry when he heard this, and angrily rebuked the prince: "If you go now and can't complete your mission, it is a villain!" Now that He had entered the raped Qin Kingdom with a dagger, the result was unimaginable. The reason why I was so slow to move was because I had to wait for my guest and go with him. Since the prince thinks I'm late, I'll say goodbye to you now!" ”
In 227 BC, Jing Ke set out from the Yan kingdom to Xianyang. Prince Dan and some of the guests put on white clothes and white hats and went to Yishui (in present-day Yi County, Hebei) to bid farewell to Jing Ke.
When you arrive at Yi Shui, sacrifice to the god of the road, and you are about to go on the road. Jing Ke's friend Gao gradually left and sent him off.
Jing Ke sang to the beat: "The wind is cold and the water is cold, and the strong man will not return once he is gone!"
The voice of indignation made the guests angry.
Jing Ke boarded the car and walked away without turning his head...
After arriving in the Qin kingdom, Jing Ke first gave a gift worth thousands of gold to Meng Jia, the favorite of the King of Qin.
Under the mediation of Meng Jia, the King of Qin was very happy to agree to receive the emissaries of the Yan Kingdom at the Xianyang Palace.
Jing Ke held the box containing Fan Yu's head, and Qin Wuyang came in one by one with a box containing the map.
When they reached the bottom of the steps, Qin Wuyang was frightened, his face changed, and the qin courtiers felt strange about this.
Jing Ke turned back and smiled at Qin Wuyang, then stepped forward and knelt down, apologizing to the King of Qin, saying, "The people in the remote areas in the north have never seen the Great King, so they are a little afraid, and I hope that the Great King can forgive him a little and let him complete his mission in front of the Great King." ”
Although the King of Qin was suspicious, he still said to Jing Ke, "Get up, take the map that WuYang is holding!"
Jing Ke took the map and held it, opened the map, and the map was all unfolded and the dagger was revealed.
Therefore, Jing Ke grabbed the sleeve of the Qin King with his left hand and stabbed the Qin King with a dagger in his right hand. But there was no stab, and the King of Qin was very surprised, and hurriedly stood up and broke his sleeve.
The King of Qin drew his sword, but the sword was too long and too tight to be pulled out for a while.
Jing Ke chased the King of Qin in the main hall, and the King of Qin fled around the pillar, and the courtiers of the Qin State were stunned.
According to the laws of the Qin State, the attendants in the palace could not bring a little weapon, and those palace guards held weapons, but they were all waiting at their highnesses, and they could not go to the palace without the orders of the king.
At this time, Xia Wu, the imperial physician of the King of Qin, threw it at Jing Ke with the medicine bag in his hand, distracting Jing Ke's attention. The ministers on both sides reminded: The king should quickly put his sword on his back!
The King of Qin understood the spirit, immediately put the sword on his back, drew the sword and stabbed at Jing Ke, cutting off Jing Ke's left thigh.
Jing Ke was wounded and fell to the ground, so he raised his dagger and threw it at the King of Qin, but did not hit it, only hitting the pillar. The King of Qin slashed at Jing Ke continuously, and Jing Ke suffered eight sword wounds.
Jing Ke knew that things could not succeed anymore, so he simply smiled against the pillar, sat on the ground with his legs open, and scolded: "The reason why things did not succeed was that I wanted to kidnap you and force you to return the contract of the land of the Yan Kingdom in return to Prince Yan!"
King Qin's bodyguards stepped forward and beheaded Jing Ke.
Judging from the process of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, Jing Ke still had the opportunity to kill the King of Qin.
The reason why Jingke ended in failure is due to two reasons:
First, insufficient preparation, spontaneous action.
Originally, Jing Ke was waiting for a helper, which showed that the assistant Qin Wuyang that Prince Dan of Yan had equipped him could not satisfy Jing Ke, and Jing Ke had already foreseen that Qin Wuyang could not accomplish anything.
However, due to the suspicion and supervision of Prince Dan of Yan, Jing Ke changed his mind and rushed with emotions.
This shows that Jing Ke is still sloppy and not mature and stable enough. Such a major matter as the assassination of the King of Qin must be fully prepared. It is better to let Prince Dan of Yan doubt for a moment than to take the risk of doing something that is not certain.
Second, there are too many ideas and inaccurate goals.
In the court of the Qin Kingdom, it was already very difficult to kill the King of Qin, and Jing Ke actually wanted to force the King of Qin to return the land of the Yan Kingdom, which was too much.
With the success story of Zhao Guolin's return to Zhao, it is not unrealistic to force the King of Qin to return the land of the Yan Kingdom, but this reduces the chance of killing the King of Qin in one move.
Just imagine, even if the King of Qin promised to return the land of the Yan Kingdom, if Jing Ke killed the King of Qin, would the Qin State still abide by the Promise of the King of Qin to return the land to the Yan Kingdom?
Jing Ke really thought too much, that is, he was too naïve. An assassin with such unrealistic ideas was doomed to be a tragedy.
Therefore, judging from the story of "Jing Ke Stabbing the King of Qin", it is not impossible to assassinate the King of Qin, but it is not unprepared, coupled with too many ideas, and it has not been realized.
This shows that "everything is possible", and with effort, many seemingly impossible things can be achieved.
The story of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin shows that things are man-made, but it is by no means "plotting things in people, and accomplishing things in heaven." ”
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