When it comes to history books, any friend can say several books, but the most authoritative is the twenty-four histories that were unified during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Among the twenty-four histories, the "History of History" is the first, recording the three thousand years of history from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Han Wu Emperor, and is praised by Lu Xun, the godfather of modern literature: "The great singing of historians, the rhymeless "Departure from Sorrow".
Figure 1| Genuine History
I believe that careful friends will find that there is still a certain difference between the history and other history books, in addition to the early writing of the book, the latecomers imitate its style, and the most important point is that we can see the shadow of the "peddler pawn" from the pen of Tai Shi Gong, and the information that records them is called "Assassin Biography".
There are five characters, five different backgrounds, the same courage, the same flesh and blood. From the Warring States Policy. A passage of historical material recorded in Wei Ce IV can also be seen in one or two:
The Thorn of the Emperor of the FuZhuan, the Comet Strikes the Moon; Nie Zheng's Thorn Han Golem, the White Rainbow Runs through the Sun; the Thorn of the Thorn of departure, the Cang Eagle strikes the temple. These three sons, all of whom were clothed men, were still angry, and Hugh fell to heaven.
The three Assassins mentioned in the above literature, except for the Departure, are all protagonists in the Assassin Chronicles, and when they are on the assassination mission, they all have visions in the sky. And Liu Bangmu was born of dragon adultery, Yuan Shikai said that the emperor before taking a bath and dropping dragon scales a truth, ancient pay attention to the name of the right, the great man was born, when extraordinary things happen, these phenomena will inevitably occur to prove this matter or the difference of this person.
Figure 2| a vision born during an assassination mission
The difference between these assassins, in tai shi gong's pen, is the righteousness of the soldier who dies for the confidant. Don't believe you see: Cao Mo nairu, because he was grateful for the kindness of Duke Lu Zhuang's knowledge, coerced Duke Huan of Qi huan to return the territory occupied by the State of Qi at the Qilu Alliance. The Wu people were dedicated, because they befriended Wu Zixu and received preferential treatment from Gongzi Guang, and then helped Wu Zixu and Gongzi Guang assassinate Wu Wangfu, which is not the righteousness of friends? Yu Rang was a Jin dynasty man in the late Spring and Autumn Period, because he was appreciated by Zhi Bo, after Zhi Bo's death, he had been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, even the assassinated Zhao Xiangzi was moved by it, and cut off his clothes to let him avenge, this is not a real soldier dying for his confidant? Later Nie Zheng helped Yan Zhongzi assassinate the Korean prime minister and live up to the righteousness of his friends; after his mother died, he helped his friends avenge, which was filial piety to his mother; in the end, he sacrificed himself to become a ren in order not to disfigure his sister, which can be seen in any way; and the last person in the assassin list is Jing Ke, who is more familiar to everyone. The wind is cold and the water is cold, and the hero will not return once he is gone. This is a sad story, Tu Qian Dagger saw that in the end, he was only present, or did not insert into the body of the King of Qin, and finally Jing Ke and his deputy Gao Wanli both died in the Palace of the King of Qin, fulfilling the righteousness of his friend and Prince Dan. All these kinds of righteousness in the world are very clearly expressed in the pen of Tai Shi Gong.
Figure 3| Assassin Column, Five Knights, Five Heavy Righteousness
It can be said that they are the only special figures who are not princes and generals and are listed in the history books alone, helping the weak and saving danger, not fearing rape, and putting their lives and deaths on the line for the purpose of assassination! The great heroes serve the country and the people, and they are friends for the king, as long as they can live up to the righteousness in their hearts, they will die without regret. Their courage is like a monument, inspiring future generations for thousands of years; they are like swords, telling the world that in addition to the wrath of the Son of Heaven, there is also the wrath of the soldiers: ambush the corpses, bleed five steps, and the world is musu. Above the king's power, there is still a sword, but what about the Son of Heaven? Still need to be in awe!
This spirit of theirs, whether it is the Spring and Autumn Warring States era in which these assassins lived, or the middle of the Western Han Dynasty where Tai Shigong lived, or today two thousand years later, is very worthy of affirmation.
The famous Northern Song Dynasty poet Su Shi also mentioned in the "Treatise on Staying Behind":
The so-called heroes of the ancients will have a festival of superiority, and those who cannot endure human feelings will see humiliation, draw their swords, and stand up and fight, which is not enough to be brave. The brave men of the world are not alarmed. There is no reason to add without anger; the one who is threatened by it is very big, and the ambition is far-reaching.
Compared with these five, they can fully be called the heroic people in Su Shi's pen. And these five chivalrous guests began with Cao Mo in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and finally from Jing Ke at the end of the Warring States Period. In the past five hundred years, five brave warriors have almost covered the entire Spring and Autumn Warring States. At the same time, it also almost encompasses the north and south of the great rivers of that era: from Qilu (Cao Mo), where Zhou Li was prevalent, to the Three Jins (Nie Zheng, Yu Rang) of the Mountains and Rivers, to Wu Yue (Zhuanzhu), the land of fish and rice, and finally to the generous and pathetic Yan Zhao (Jing Ke), from south to north, from east to west.
Figure 4| Su Shi praises Hao Jie's "Theory of Staying behind"
At the same time, the taishi gong, the first person to write history in ancient times, records the deeds of these five "peddlers and pawns" In addition to praising their spirit, there is a deeper meaning, that is, advocating revenge and rebellion, breaking the autocracy, and not succumbing to obscenity, which is also in line with the spirit of the "soldiers" in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. And he himself was imprisoned for Li Ling's intercession during the time of Emperor Wu of han, so it also has this meaning in the history he wrote, which is a kind of cultural revenge. In this chapter, Duke Huan of Qi is the overlord of the princes, but Cao Mo dares to threaten him to return the land; it is dedicated to breaking the tyranny of the king's staff, realizing Wu Zixu's ambitions, and hiding daggers in the belly of the fish, etc., all of which have this intention.
Although they are recorded in the column biography, and the five people are passed on as one, the whole biography "is removed paragraph by paragraph, like the scales, like the pressure of the feather, so one person is better than one person, and the treatise is deeper" (Wu Jiansi's "Treatise on the History of History"), which also shows Tai Shi Gong's love for his spirit!
And to record their biography, Sima Zhen of Tang's "Suo Yin" Yun: "The lineage is said to be the deeds of the people of the Recounting, so that they can be passed on to future generations, so it is known as the column biography." Zhang Shoujie's "Justice" Yun: "Its human deeds can be sequenced, so the clouds are listed." ”
But here, except for Cao Mo as a Lu general, the other four are all "peddler pawns". Therefore, Tai Shi Gong's inclusion of the deeds of these five assassins in the column of biographies that record the deeds of his subjects can also indicate Tai Shi Gong's affirmation of their spirit!
Figure 5| The Chronicle of History. Suo Yin》
It is precisely because of the spirit of their soldiers who died as confidants that their deeds were recorded by Taishi Gong, making them the only few people in Chinese history who were not princes and generals and were listed separately, which was a very special existence in the vast thousands of years of China. It is of great significance for the study of the pre-Qin and early Han dynasties of the protégés, the Hao clan, the rangers, the grass-roots rule, the cultural customs, and the concept of life and death. Whether they succeed or fail, they will have a huge impact on future generations! "From Cao Mo to the five people of Jingke, this righteousness may or may not succeed, but its intention is more obvious, ming also." Do not deceive his ambitions, and his name will be passed down to the future generations, and he will not be vain! ”
Today, we often hear about the hidden dagger in the belly of the fish, the poor dagger, and often hear people say that "the soldier dies for the confidant", but we don't know that this is only from the mouth of Yu Rang, the assassin, but we don't know that there are five stories behind it that are so moving.
History is not exclusive to emperors and generals, "peddlers and pawns" can also write history, Taishi Gong wrote down the names of the five of them, as a sword, hanging on the heads of those in power in later generations.
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References to Warring States Policy. Wei Ce IV" (魏策四), "History. Assassin Chronicles" Suo Yin", "History. Justice", "Treatise on History".