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In China, the princes of Beacon Theatre are a historical allusion known to women and children, telling the story of the Western Zhou Dynasty, when King You of Zhou lit the beacon tower and teased the princes in order to win the beauty of the people[bāo sì] to laugh.
In the TV series "Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, Spring and Autumn Chapter"
It is said that the queen of King Zhou You was as cold as frost, although she became the queen and her son Bofu was also made crown prince, but she rarely smiled. In order to please The King of Zhou You, he issued a heavy reward, and whoever could make the Concubine smile would be rewarded with a thousand gold. King Youwang of Zhou finally listened to the advice of the courtier Yu Shi's father and personally lit the beacon tower. When the princes saw the beacon fire, they thought that the Son of Heaven was in trouble, so they led their troops to rescue them. In the end, he found that it was not the enemy who attacked, but he only saw King Zhou You and Qiu Ji drinking and having fun on the stage. Seeing that the princes were dazed and did not know where the enemy was, they panicked and finally laughed happily. Later, in order to make Bomei people laugh more, King Zhou Youwang lit the beacon several times later. Later, when Inuyasha attacked, King Zhou You once again raised a beacon to warn him, but the princes thought that King Zhou You was teasing people again, and did not rush to the rescue. In the end, King You of Zhou was killed, Western Zhou perished, and Qiu Ji was taken into captivity, and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since. From now on, this is a typical "wolf is coming" story.
The story of the princes of beacon theatre was first found in the Spring and Autumn of the Lü Dynasty, and was later adopted by Sima Qian's "Records of History", and the Ming Dynasty novelist Feng Menglong polished it in the "Chronicle of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", making it more widely circulated. For thousands of years, The Emperor became a typical representative of the red face and the calamity of ancient China, and countless literati rioters blamed the overthrow of the Western Zhou Dynasty on the Praise. "Dusk King + Red Face Disaster Water" has become the standard of the subjugation of the country. But to be fair, is it really a red face?
Because of the historical status of Sima Qian's "Records of History", most people still choose to believe in Sima Qian, but many scholars have also questioned it, believing that the matter of the princes of beacon theater cannot happen, and it is simply a figment.
Mr. Qian Mu, a master of traditional Chinese studies, raised doubts about this in the book "Outline of National History": "This is the talk of a villain in this committee. What is ridiculous about the princes who cannot see the same thing, and who have nothing to hear, and who will cease to stay and stay? Raising the beacon to pass on the police, it is the Han people who prepare the Ears of the Xiongnu. In the Battle of Lishan, the King of You raised an army to seek revenge, and there was no need to raise a beacon." This means that the princes are far away from the Hokyo Road, and there are far and near, and it is impossible to arrive at the same time after seeing the beacon. Moreover, in ancient times, there were sentries on the marching and fighting, and if the scouts who explored the road in the front found that there was no enemy, they would naturally report to the large army in the rear, and the large group of people and horses would not rush in a panic without an enemy. Moreover, the warning was set up during the Qin and Han dynasties to guard against the Xiongnu, and there may not have been such an early warning system in the Western Zhou Dynasty; in addition, the most important point is that the Battle of Lishan was the king of Zhou You's initiative to send troops to attack Shen Hou, the father of Shen Hou (the deposed queen), and the final defeat and killing of the army was not caused by Inuyasha taking the initiative to attack Haojing.
Mr. Qian Mu, a master of traditional Chinese studies
Mr. Li Feng also believes in the book "The Demise of the Western Zhou" that there is no evidence to prove that there were beacon tower facilities before the pre-Qin Dynasty, because the remains of the beacon tower found so far are all left by the Han Dynasty.
Tsinghua Jane
At the beginning of 2012, when Tsinghua University was sorting out the warring states bamboo jane ("Tsinghua Jane"),it found that the account on the bamboo jane was completely different from the story of the "Princes of Beacon Theatre". There is no story of the "Princes of Beacon Theatre" on the bamboo jane, and in addition, the records on the bamboo jane also confirm that it is indeed the King of Zhou You who took the initiative to send an army to attack Shen Hou, which is completely consistent with Mr. Qian Mu's doubts.
Now most historians believe that the Princes of Beacon Theatre were not the cause of the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and can even conclude that this story was made up at all.
The fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty was nothing more than a natural change of dynasties. It's just that the appearance of the praise has promoted the speed of its demise, and if I have to say that she is wrong, I am afraid that she was born more beautiful than others. She only coincidentally won the favor of King Zhou You. But in history, the literati have more than once attributed the cause of the country's demise to women, and it has to be said that this practice is wrong.