Emperor Wen of Han in the Tombs

Recently, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced major news that Bailuyuan Jiangcun, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, is the tomb of emperor Wen of Han, which has aroused concern from all walks of life.

"Baling" does not mean that Emperor Wen of Han was domineering, but because the mausoleum was close to the Bahe River. In fact, Emperor Wen of Han was a benevolent, low-key, thrifty and promising Ming Emperor. He pioneered the "Rule of Wenjing", which enabled the rapid development of production in the Han Empire and the prosperity and stability of the people's lives.

Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, was a son of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and his path to the throne was rather tortuous.

After the death of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, the throne was passed to emperor Hui, the only concubine of the eight sons. Emperor Hui was loyal by nature, but rather cowardly, so his mother Lü Hou presided over state affairs. After Emperor Hui's death, Empress Lü successively made Emperor Hui's two younger sons Gong and Hong emperor, who reigned for four years each, still under the title of Emperor Lü. It is said that these two puppet emperors were actually the sons of outsiders.

Lü Hou added to the children of the Lü clan of his mother's family and entrusted him with heavy responsibilities. Not only did she make her father Lü Gong and brother Lü Ze the king, but also Lü Ze's son Lü Tai as the king of Lü, and the Lü clan's power grew day by day, and its political power even overwhelmed the founding heroes of Zhou Bo and Chen Ping.

After Lü Hou's death, Lü Lu commanded the "Northern Army" of gongwei capital, Lü Chan commanded the "Southern Army" of the Janissary court, and Lü Chan was the Xiangguo. Zhou Bo and Chen Ping secretly guarded against Zhu Lü, and eventually joined forces with Liu Clan to attack Zhu Lü and wipe out the Lü clan.

After the success of the coup, the heroes believed that the puppet emperor and the sons of Several other crowned princes of Emperor Hui were actually established by Lü Hou to take the sons of outsiders, and they were afraid that they would avenge the Lü clan in the future, so they decided to establish another emperor. In the end, it was decided to make Emperor Gaozu's son Liu Heng the Emperor, the later Emperor Wen of Han.

Emperor Wen of Han lived frugally, was diligent in government and loved the people, attached importance to agriculture, and adopted policies such as "lightly dispensing with small endowments" and "resting with the people", and the country's strength was constantly enriched.

Emperor Wen of Han also humbly accepted advice and reused talents, and he actively adopted the reform proposals put forward by the famous scholar Jia Yi, and finally solved the problems of the empire's internal affairs, diplomacy, society, law, education and other aspects. For example, he adopted Jia Yi's proposition of "building princes of the people" and gradually divided the large princely states into several small ones, so that their strength was insufficient to compete with the central government, and finally alleviated the threat of the princes to the central government and eliminated the potential crisis.

Emperor Wen of Han's descendants were full of talents, and his sons Emperor Jingdi of Han and his grandson Emperor Wudi of Han were all figures who had been famous for thousands of years. From this point of view, Emperor Wendi of Han was quite successful in educating his descendants.

Emperor Wen of Han was also one of the least affectionate emperors in history, and he fell in love with Empress Dou all his life, and the two spent their lives together, and eventually buried together in Baling.

The present life of Baling will surely trigger more people to mourn and remember Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen of Han is like a shining pearl, which is still shining after nearly two thousand years.