Looking at the development of ancient Chinese history, we can find that many heroic figures played their own unique role in the progress of history. As an important part of China's history, the relationship with ethnic minorities has also been sprinkled with many heroes who have spilled their blood on the frontier areas.
As a famous dynasty in Chinese history, the Han Dynasty must also be inextricably linked with ethnic minorities, and su Wu, as a member of it, played a unique role in history, and what kind of enlightenment did it bring us?
Chinese has always paid attention to loyalty and integrity, especially at a time when the country is in decline, and a person's integrity is even more linked to the future and destiny of the motherland, and Su Wu of the Han Dynasty must be associated with this patriotic integrity.
The legendary story of his body has also become a good story in Chinese history, and what is contained in the nineteen years of shepherding sheep is loyalty to the monarch and expectations of the country.
Su Wu was an official of the Han Empire, he was born in the family of officials and eunuchs from an early age, because of his father's shadow, he entered the imperial court as an official, and accompanied Han Wudi as a Lang official, Emperor Wudi of Han loved horses very much, and Su Wu was valued by Emperor Wu of Han because he was valued by Emperor Wu of Han.
Becoming the supervisor of the stables, Su Wu was also grateful for the cultivation of Emperor Wu of Han, who could have been an ordinary official.
After walking this life, he left his name in the annals of history, but Su Wu had to spend nineteen years to take this unusual road and dedicate his life in one land.
Emperor Wu of Han wanted to train Su Wu, so he sent Su Wu as an envoy, became the representative of the Han Dynasty, and sent envoys to the Xiongnu when the relations between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu eased. It is reasonable to say that this mission should become an opportunity for the two countries to further develop relations.
However, the Xiongnu leader Shan Yu actually thought that the Han Dynasty was jealous of himself because the Han Dynasty envoys sent a large number of jewelry and jade, so he became arrogant and stayed in the Han Dynasty envoys for more than a month.
In this case, it is often not a lone disaster, as a deputy envoy, Zhang Sheng, in private with Shan Yu's subordinate Yu Chang met, plotting rebellion, Zhang Sheng lacked a little political acumen, so he was deceived by Yu Chang and was blinded by the little wealth in front of him.
When Yu Chang kidnapped Shan Yu's mother, Shan Yu was furious, the matter was revealed, and the rebellion failed. After the incident, Zhang Sheng and Su Wu confessed that they wanted to pull Su Wu into the water, and no matter how Su Wu identified it, he could not get rid of the evidence of the crime, so he was detained by the Xiongnu Shan Yu.
Shan Yu knew that Su Wu was a capable person, so he wanted to use fame and fortune as bait to persuade Su Wu to surrender, and after several times and three times, Su Wu disagreed and cut off Su Wu's food and water.
He was imprisoned in a cellar, and later, Su Wu was thrown into the North Sea and claimed that when the ram gave birth to a sheep, Su Wu could be released.
The natural environment of the North Sea is very harsh, cold and harsh, but this did not make Su Wu succumb, he was hungry to eat sheepskin blankets, thirsty to eat snow, and spent many years like this.
Later, Li Ling came to persuade Su Wu, who understood Li Ling's difficulties, but still preferred to be punished by Tang Wok rather than surrender and become a subject of the Xiongnu.
Nineteen years passed, su Wu maintained his noble sentiments in a harsh environment, until eighty-five BC, when there was war within the Xiongnu.
Shan Yu wanted to reconcile with the Han Dynasty through emissaries, and Emperor Zhao of Han sent emissaries hoping to release Su Wu and others, but was deceived that Su Wu was dead, and when he went on the second mission, he was told by Shan Yu that Su Wu was shepherding sheep, and Su Wu was released and was able to return to the Han Dynasty, and was later posthumously sealed.
From Su Wu's nineteen years of shepherd life, we see not only the gray hair, not only the blanket that is about to disappear, but also Su Wu's loyal and patriotic spirit, and his integrity is enough to move the heavens and the earth.
It has become an important part of the spiritual wealth in China's history and nourished future generations. The historical connotation behind Su Wu is patriotism, integrity, and nineteen years of perseverance, which is worthy of our continued exploration.