Shen Sheng, the Crown Prince of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, was increasingly marginalized by his father's beloved concubine Li Ji (骊姬). In order to replace Shen Sheng with her son, Li Ji deliberately poisoned Shen Sheng. Shen Sheng heard the news and fled, and his confidants advised him to defend his grievances or flee to other countries, but Shen Sheng refused on the grounds of sympathy for his father and the evil name of not wanting to be saddled with killing his father, "committing suicide in the new city." ”
Qu Yuan, a high-ranking aristocratic official of the Chu state during the Warring States period, was hated by his colleagues for his high character and talent, and was repeatedly deposed and exiled, and after the Chu state was attacked by the Qin army, he sank himself into the Miluo River and martyred himself.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhao Guocheng, Gongsun Jiuusu, Marquis Of Wei, The Three Warriors of the State of Qi, and Tian Guang of Yan Guo resolutely chose to die generously at critical moments. Life is precious, why did they commit suicide?
(1) Three dead peaches
Gongsun Jie, Tian Kaijiang, and Gu Yezi were the three warriors who "fought the tiger with courage" around Qi Jinggong in the Spring and Autumn Period. Qi Xiangyanzi was worried that they would become the people who would bring calamity to the country and the people because of their arrogance and arrogance, and urged Qi Jinggong to get rid of them, and offered the strategy of "killing three soldiers with two peaches": ask Qi Jinggong to send two peaches to the three warriors, so that they could claim their merits, and the two people with the greatest merit were eligible to eat peaches.
Gongsun then took the lead in expressing his merits: "I have defeated the ferocious wild boar and the tigress with my bare hands, and I am qualified enough to eat peaches!" After saying that, unceremoniously picked up a peach.
Tian Kaijiang was not willing to show weakness: "I have weapons in my hands, Twice led my troops to repel the enemy army, hard work, more qualified to eat peaches!" After finishing his words, he grabbed the peach in one hand.
Gu Yezi was indignant: "When I accompanied the monarch across the Yellow River, the big turtle in the water bit the horse on the left side of the car and dragged it to the pillar rapids. I dived underwater and went down the river to kill the turtle, holding a ponytail in my left hand and jumping out of the river with a turtle head in my right hand, and I was regarded as a river god. My credit, is it not worth eating a peach? You two don't hand over the peaches, Lao Tzu and you two are not finished! The more he spoke, the more annoyed he became," drew his sword and rose. ”
Gongsun Jie and Tian Kaijiang looked at each other: "Our two gods are not as brave as you, and the merit is not as great as yours, but we take the peach first and do not humble it, it is indeed greedy!" We are not worthy of being called warriors, and we have no face to live! The two men handed over the peaches, "and they died." ”
Gu Yezi said to himself in pain, "You are both dead, and I am living alone, it is not kind!" If I humiliate others and praise myself, I am unjust; if I regret my words and deeds but do not dare to die, I am not courageous! "He" also turned against his peach and died by taking the collar. ”
Yan Zi's trick of "killing three soldiers with two peaches" is certainly cold, but the integrity of the three warriors is admirable.
(2) Orphans of the Zhao clan
Zhao Shuo, the third suzerainty of the Zhao clan of the Jin dynasty, was hated by his political enemy Tu'an Jia, and was secretly ordered by Tu'an Jia to exterminate the generals without authorization. Among the Zhao clan, only Zhao Shuo's wife hid in the Jinjun Palace with Liujia in her arms, and was temporarily spared. After Zhao's guests Cheng Bao and Gongsun Pestle learned that Lady Zhao had given birth to a male, they risked money to rescue orphans from the palace. In order to preserve the only bloodline of the Zhao family, they secretly agreed to sacrifice their sons and lives respectively.
Gongsun Pestle, wrapped in a luxurious swaddling baby, first hid in the mountains. Cheng Baby demanded thousands of gold as planned to give zhao's orphan hideout. After Gongsun Pestle was captured, he deliberately scolded Cheng Bao in anger and shame, hugged the child and shouted: "Heaven is heaven! What is the crime of the Zhao orphans? Please live, kill the pestle and mortar alone. The play was too realistic, and the generals were sure to make a plan, "No, so kill the pestle and the orphan." The generals thought that the Zhao orphan Liang was (indeed) dead, and they were all happy. ”
Cheng Bao's heavy betrayer Qiu Rong and the seller Qiu Rong had two black pots, and exchanged the killing of his own son for the peace of the Zhao orphans, and hid in the mountains with hard work to raise the orphans.
Fifteen years later, when Jin Jinggong was seriously ill, he learned from an upright courtier that "Zhao Shang had descendants", and was overjoyed, and summoned the orphan of the Zhao clan (that is, Zhao Wu) to the palace, announcing that he would be reappointed as the fourth generation suzerainty of the Zhao clan. Zhao Wu, with the assistance of Cheng Bao and the generals who had been held hostage by Tu'an Jia, "attacked Tu'an Jia and exterminated his clan." ”
After Zhao Wu held a crown ceremony as an adult, Cheng Bao said goodbye to him in tears: "Twenty years ago, I should have died with my master. Only in order to preserve the Zhao family's lineage, I was able to sneak a life. You have become an adult and have become the King of the Sect, and I should also report to your grandfather Zhao Dun and Gongsun Pestle! He politely refused "Zhao Wu's crying and weeping first gugu invitation", in order to let Gongsun Pestle and Mortar blind under the Yellow Spring as soon as possible, "so he committed suicide." ”
(3) Hou Wei's death righteousness
Hou Wei (侯嬴), a hermit of the State of Wei during the Warring States period, was "seventy years old and poor", and served as a Yimen official in the capital Daliang. Xin Lingjun respected his character and deliberately "placed the guests of the wine conference." After the guests arrived, Xin Lingjun took a special car, vacated the seat to express his honor, and personally went to Yimen to invite Hou Wei to the banquet.
Hou Wei grinned and wore a torn hat, and after boarding the car, he did not hesitate to let the big horn sit on the throne, and let Xin Lingjun personally drive to the downtown to visit the butcher's friend Zhu Hai. Hou Wei and Zhu Haidong Laxi chewed on the root of their tongues. Xin Lingjun's face was respectful and modest, and he had no impatience. The market was bustling with people, and the citizens of the past saw the Xinling Junbi Gongbi respectfully holding the reins and waiting for Hou Wei. Xin Lingjun's entourage "all scolded Hou Sheng", and Hou Wei "regarded the color of the prince as unchanged in the end, but thanked the guests for the car." ”
In the Xinling Junfu, "Wei will fill the hall with guests in the Xiangzong Room, waiting for the prince to raise wine." When they saw that Xin Lingjun's special guest was actually a small old man who resembled the leader of the gang, they were shocked, "Everyone was shocked!" After Xin Lingjun solemnly recommended Hou Wei to the guests, he specially raised a glass to wish Hou Wei good health.
Hou Wei then solved the mystery: "The minister deeply feels the grace of the prince's knowledge, and deliberately embarrassed you along the way, just to achieve your good name of corporal Li Xian!" He strongly recommended Zhu Hai, and Xin Lingjun made several special visits, but Zhu Hai deliberately avoided seeing him, which made Xin Lingjun very depressed.
After the Qin army completely annihilated the Zhao army in Changping, it "marched into the army to besiege Handan." Xin Lingjun's sister Yuan married Pingyuan Jun, the brother of King Zhao, and she "sent several letters to the king and his son, please save Wei." The King of Wei immediately sent the general Jin Wei to lead 100,000 Wei troops to rescue Zhao, and after being warned by the State of Qin, he was so frightened that he urgently ordered Jin To camp on the spot and watch the fire from the other side.
After Xin Lingjun used all his connections and means to persuade the King of Wei to save Zhao, he was filled with grief and indignation, and led the disciples to form a death squad of "riding more than a hundred rides" in order to "die with Zhao." When passing through Yimen, Xin Lingjun informed Hou Wei of the causes and consequences. Hou Wei replied lightly, "Just go ahead and do it!" Forgive the old man can't do it! "Xin Lingjun was disappointed, and the more he thought about it after going out, the more wrong it became," fu led the car back, asking Hou Sheng. ”
Hou Wei was sure that the Lingjun would return, and he had the magic plan of "ru Ji stealing the charm". Ru Ji was to repay the lingjun's kindness, "Fruit thief soldier and prince." ”
After the soldier's charm arrived, Hou Wei reminded Xin Lingjun: "'Will be outside, the main order is not subject to it, so that the country!'" If the prince agreed with the Jin soldiers, if he refused to surrender his military power and asked the King of Wei for instructions, "the matter will be in danger!" Therefore, the minister suggests that you sincerely invite Hercules Zhu Hai to accompany you. Jin despised the power, and everyone rejoiced; he wanted to jump out of his teeth without a word, and immediately made Zhu Hai destroy him! Zhu Hai gladly accepted Xin Lingjun's invitation, "So he and Gongzi Ju." ”
Hou Wei said goodbye to Xin Lingjun and Zhu Hai: "The subject should accompany him, but he is old!" The subject accurately calculates the Gongzi's itinerary, and on the day you enter the Jin's military camp, the subject will definitely face the north to defend himself to congratulate the Gongzi Banner on its victory! ”
Xin Lingjun arrived at the Jin army camp and falsely passed on the will of the King of Wei to order Jin to surrender his military power. Jin Contempt refused to carry it out, and Zhu Hai took out from his sleeve "Forty pounds of iron vertebrae to kill Jin Contempt." After Xin Lingjun seized the military power, he led 80,000 elite soldiers to attack the Qin army. The Qin army was relieved, so they rescued Handan and saved Zhao. ”
On the day that Emperor Xinling seized the military power, Hou Wei "killed himself in Guobei Township (Xiang). ”
Hou Wei's move was only to repay the grace of the Xin Lingjun.
(4) Tian Guang Death Festival
Prince Dan secretly raised Qin Wuyang and more than twenty other dead soldiers in an attempt to behead Qin Wang Yingzheng. Helplessly, these more than twenty assassins could not put dog meat on the table, and Prince Dan heard that Tian Guang, who was "deeply intelligent and courageous", had created countless assassination miracles, and specially invited Tian Guang to enter the palace for discussion.
Tian Guang was honored by Crown Prince Dan as a guest of honor and entrusted with the heavy responsibility of assassinating Qin, and vigorously resigned: "Those heroic things that the prince heard were all done when the chancellor was prosperous. Nowadays, the subject is more than an ancient rarity, even if he has the heart to repay the country with death, he has no power to kill the enemy with a sword! ...... The prince has more than twenty guests, can he please ask the envoys to meet him? After meeting the assassination team leaders Xia Fu, Song Yi, and Qin Wuyang, he said bluntly: "There are no ones available to the courtiers who steal the princely guests!" The courtier dared to recommend Jing Ke, who was 'a man of divine courage, moody and angry', and could bear a heavy responsibility! ”
When Tian Guang was sent outside the palace gate by Prince Dan, Prince Dan solemnly instructed him: "The things that I said to my husband and me are related to the survival of the country, 'May Mr. Dan not leak it!'" Tian Guang suddenly felt like an ice and snow empowerment, and barely squeezed out a smile to agree.
He found Jing Ke on crutches: "Everyone in yan knows that I am a good friend of you. Only then was I invited by the crown prince to the palace to discuss important state affairs. I was overwhelmed, so I had to recommend you to the prince on my own initiative without your consent. Please enter the palace immediately to pay homage to the Prince! ”
After Jing Ke agreed, Tian Guangcai resigned with relief: "A true gentleman will not make people suspicious!" Just now the prince told me: 'What I am discussing with you is a state secret, and I hope that you will not leak it!' 'In this life, I have been called a warrior (a warrior with discipline), but now I am suspected by the prince that I cannot keep it a secret, which is the greatest humiliation for me! Only suicide can wash away the shame! You immediately went to see and told the prince that Tian Guang had kept the secret with his life! As soon as the words fell, Tian Guang "died of suicide." ”
Tian Guang killed himself, apparently because he wanted to commit suicide to provoke Jingqing, and let him complete the great cause of stabbing Qin. The deeper factor is: to keep the name of self-destruction!
Life is precious and is a universal truth. However, while respecting life, the ancient Chinese put "righteousness" before life: they were willing to "sacrifice their lives for righteousness" for justice and fame, and won the comfort of the soul and the eternity of eternity with a short life. In their eyes, "Life is precious, family is more expensive, if it is for justice, both can be thrown away!" ”
This group of terrible, lovely, honorable, and iron men who defend justice with their lives (although it may not seem to be justice now) are the blood of the Chinese nation that has sworn to defend truth and justice without fear of violence!
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