"If you can do it, pigs can go up the tree", this ambiguous sentence is not only used to satirize people, but also in ancient times it was inextricably linked to the Tang Dynasty and became a historical allusion. But why is this pejorative sentence an allusion? This matter should also start from Tang Taizong. As we all know, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was the monarch of the Tang Dynasty in China, a famous politician and strategist in China, and was known as the "Khan of the World" by posterity. The place in the history of our country is very deep. After Emperor Taizong of Tang ascended the throne, he was very diligent for the people, diligent in government affairs, committed to reform, and created a rare prosperity in history - the rule of Zhenguan. He became one of the most famous and respected emperors in the history of our country.
In ancient times, people attached great importance to the Zhou Yi Bagua theory, and believed that if they learned this knowledge, they could know astronomy and geography, and they could predict auspiciousness through the wind and wind direction. At that time, people who knew these doctrines were very respected, and Yuan Tiangang was a prime example. It is recorded in the history books that Yuan Tiangang was not only proficient in facing, understanding the six things and actions, but also predicting what would happen in the future, so it was highly used by Tang Taizong. And this person is indeed very powerful, why say it? This incident was learned according to the records in the history books.
It turned out that Yuan Tiangang had met Wu Zetian when she was still young, and predicted that Wu Zetian would become the female emperor of the Tang Dynasty. When he was passing by Wu Zetian's house at that time, he predicted that after the Wu family, it would not be simple, so he went in to visit and said that the Wu family would have nobles in the future, and Wu Zetian's mother Yang Shi was very happy to hear this, and immediately called Wu Zetian's two brothers, but Yuan Tiangang shook his head and said: "Non and not also", Yang Clan immediately took out Wu Zetian, who was still a child, Yuan Tiangang showed a meaningful smile after seeing the swaddled child, saying that she had the appearance of an emperor, and the future was immeasurable. Later, when Wu Zetian ascended the throne and became the first female emperor in China's history, this prophecy was also confirmed.
Not only that, Yuan Tiangang also predicted the life expectancy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It turned out that when Tang Taizong was summoning, Yuan Tiangang once asked Yuan Tiangang how long was the life span of the Tang Dynasty? As a prophet, of course, such a thing can not be perfunctory, not only to answer to make the emperor happy, but also not to be sorry for his own country, in order to cater to the emperor, Yuan Tiangang only answered 7 words "when Feng can climb the tree". That is to say, "when the pig can go up the tree, it is the time when the Tang Dynasty falls", Tang Taizong meditated for a long time after hearing this, and became happier, why is he said to be happy? Everyone thinks of pigs, can they really go up trees? Of course, the answer is no, and when Yuan Tiangang said that pigs can go up trees, that is, when the Tang Dynasty is destroyed, it is obviously not true, because pigs cannot go up trees at all, so the Tang Dynasty will not perish at all.
But it is a pity that 300 years later, the Tang Dynasty is still destroyed, in fact, in fact, Yuan Tiangang at that time had long predicted that during the period of the fall of the Tang Dynasty, when the pig was on the tree, this sentence was not perfunctory, but Tang Taizong himself did not really understand the meaning of this sentence, 300 years later, the Tang Dynasty was overthrown by a person surnamed Zhu, when he established himself as king in 882 BC, Zhu Wen established himself as king, slowly expanded his own strength, became the biggest separatist force in the Tang Dynasty, and later, after he controlled the central power of the Tang Dynasty, The Tang Dynasty was completely overthrown and the name of the country was changed to Ping.
Yuan Tiangang's prophecy came true again, when the pig went up the tree, the Tang Dynasty perished, and this sentence can be understood after a deep understanding: there is wood in the tree, and Li Zi also has wood. So we can see the deep meaning behind this sentence. Because of these things many years later, Yuan Tiangang was also called a famous prophet in the history of our country.