Everyone knows the two idioms of winning the world and winning the Central Plains. During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui and Gardan both wanted to conquer the world and the Central Plains, but they were later suppressed by the Kangxi Emperor one by one. So how did the two idioms of asking the world and the central plains come from? What exactly is this "Ding", and what does it do? Why did the ancients ask it?
According to records, after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, Dayu cast the copper supplied in Kyushu into Jiuding, symbolizing the land of Kyushu. Later, the famous rivers and rivers of Kyushu were engraved on jiuding, symbolizing that all the nine states under the world were xia dynasty, and jiuding was placed in the capital of the xia dynasty, becoming the treasure of the town and country of the xia dynasty.
In 1600 BC, the Shang Dynasty destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, and Shang Tang moved Jiuding to the capital of the Shang Dynasty, Bo. Later, Pan Geng moved the capital to Yin, and Jiuding was stored in Yin for 273 years, becoming a national treasure of the Shang Dynasty.
In 1046 BC, King Wu cut down the silk. After that, King Wu of Zhou put Jiuding on a public display to show that the Zhou Dynasty Shang was in accordance with the will of Heaven, and his name was justified, and at the same time, he was in good spirits. After King Cheng of Zhou ascended the throne, Zhou Gongdan built the capital Luoyi, and later moved Jiuding to Luoyi.
By the Time of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the rule of the Zhou royal family gradually declined, and the major princes began to compete for royal power. During the reign of King Ding of Zhou, King Zhuang of Chu wanted to compete for the power of the Zhou royal family, so he took the opportunity to meet Zhou Tianzi and went to the Zhou royal family to ask about the size and weight of jiuding.
At that time, Wang Sunman, a minister of the Zhou royal family, replied: "If you want to rule the world, virtue is the most important, and it has little to do with Jiuding." ”
Of course, King Zhuang of Chu was not convinced, so he said, "Don't think that having Jiuding is very powerful, and we in the Chu Kingdom also have enough copper to cast Jiuding." "
Wang Sunman said: "King Chuzhuang, don't forget the lesson of history, when Dayu established the Xia Dynasty, it was because of good virtues, all the princes of the world supported him, and all parts of Kyushu contributed copper, and finally they could cast Jiuding." Later, Xia Jie fainted and was immoral, and Jiuding moved to the Shang Dynasty. Then Shang Yi was tyrannical and immoral, and Jiuding moved to my big week. ”
Wang Sunman continued, "Whether or not you can rule the world has nothing to do with the size and weight of Jiuding. If the Son of Heaven has good virtue, jiuding will be too heavy to be transferred even if it is small in weight; if the son of heaven does not have good virtue, jiuding will be light and easy to move even if it is heavy. King Zhuang of Chu was so intimidated that he had nothing to say.
Since then, the ancients have called the attempt to seize power "Winning the Ding", and later there were idioms such as "Winning the Central Plains and Winning the World". Ding is the Jiuding, which is the treasure of the Xia, Shang, and Wednesday dynasties that symbolize their ruling regime.
Through the above period of history, do friends have a new understanding of these two idioms?
However, it is regrettable that Jiuding was lost during the Qin Dynasty. Although the later emperors (Wu Zetian and Emperor Huizong of Song) have reforged jiuding, their significance is not the same.