Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was his elder brother, and was initially crowned king of Bohai, and later renamed King Chen Liu. After Dong Zhuo deposed Emperor Shao of Han, he put Liu Xie on the throne as Emperor Of Han, when he was only 9 years old. At this time, Dong Zhuo created himself the Grand Chancellor, and later added the title of Taishi, seized the power of the imperial government, and elevated the Han Emperor.
After Dong Zhuo's death, he was controlled by Cao Cao and blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes. After Cao Cao's death, he was controlled by his son Cao Pi, and later, Cao Pi directly replaced him and directly claimed the title of emperor.
(Cao Pi stills)
Throughout the first half of his life, Emperor Xian of Han has been reduced to a tool for others to fight for power and profit, and has always been controlled by people as a puppet. However, in his later years, as other last emperors, there was also a good ending, Cao Pi called the empress dowager, named Liu Xie the Duke of Shanyang, allowed him to serve Han Zhengshuo and dress in his fiefdom, and built a Hanzong temple to enshrine Han.
However, the following year, after learning that Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor in Sichuan and Shu, he laughed three times in the direction of Shu Han, what was the meaning of these three laughs?
(Stills of Emperor Xiandi of Han)
The senior scholar believes that these three laughs of Emperor Han Xian have three main meanings, one is self-deprecation, one is happiness, and the other is relief!
The first laugh is "self-deprecating"
It was because the "Uncle Liu Huang" uncle who he had longed for in his heart and longed for had called himself emperor, and he no longer needed my "nephew", and the slightest dawn of Xinghan was completely shattered. Mistakenly think that Liu Bei is a loyal subject! Liu Bei was able to win people's hearts in addition to his own ability, but also because of the canonization of Emperor Xian of Han. Emperor Xian of Han wanted to win Liu Bei over and relied on Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao and regain power.
After Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor, Emperor Xian of Han found himself thinking wrong, and Liu Bei wanted to be emperor more than Cao Cao. He no longer had to cover his ears and deceive himself. Now that this little dawn has been shattered, there is no longer any need to live this puppet life, and every day is worrying, perhaps his heart is calm, thinking" In the next life, I would rather be a grain of sand in the long river of history than a pearl that attracts people to compete."
(Liu Bei stills)
Second laugh "Glad"
Liu Bei successively surrendered to a master, and there was another master, and the master was Liu Qi! At that time, Liu Beiguang commander defected to Liu Qi, and from the perspective of generations, Liu Bei and Liu Biao were brothers, and Liu Qi had to be called Uncle Liu Bei, so Liu Qi immediately appointed him as the main general and gave him the military power of 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers. However, the following year Liu Qi died, the cause of death is unknown; the master was Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang had invited Liu Bei into Sichuan to jointly defend Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, but Liu Bei robbed Liu Zhang's territory and exiled Liu Zhang. Emperor Xian of Han was glad that he did not stay with Liu Bei, otherwise he would die.
The third laugh is "incompetent"
Laughing at himself as a generation of emperors, he would actually become a puppet of Cao Cao, with the intention of killing thieves and unable to return to heaven. His own incompetence brought about the demise of the Han Dynasty, sorry for the ancestors, let the cause of the ancestors painstakingly run in vain.
Finally, there is relief! Emperor Xian of Han was originally the last emperor and was ashamed of his ancestors, and now Liu Bei was called emperor, so the defeat of the Han family's foundation had nothing to do with himself, but he was light without officials. Emperor Xian's mood is definitely very complicated.
To sum up: Liu Xie's laughter: there is ridicule, mocking Liu Bei, whose origin is unknown, and shoe weavers can also become emperors. There is self-deprecation, self-deprecation, and a marionette all his life. There is a bad laugh, the Cao family is so bullying Tianzi, after all, someone has added a blockage to the Cao family. There is also relief, the sky is endless, and there is always hope for the Liu family in the world. There are feelings, at least I should not be a king of the country.
If so, it should be Liu Xie's idea.