The ancients were rich for no more than three generations. Although Liu Beigui was the Queen of Zhongshan Jing, when it was his turn, the family had already declined, and it was normal to fall into the street selling straw boots for a living. Especially in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to natural and man-made disasters, various social contradictions were quite acute, and after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court was still unable to suppress it, where can it still take care of these declining royal families.
In the Book of Han, the "Biography of the Thirteen Kings of Jing" records: "Sheng is a good person and a good wine, and there are more than one hundred and twenty sons." That is to say, although King Jing of Zhongshan was a member of the royal family, he was also a drunkard and gave birth to one hundred and twenty sons, how much property was there for them to divide? Especially the children and grandchildren continue. In other words, long before Liu Bei, Liu Bei's ancestors themselves were gradually marginalized.
Therefore, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Liu Bei was born, the family became an ordinary person. One is because his ancestors did not have much savings and could not be passed on from generation to generation to Liu Bei's generation; the other is that when Liu Bei was young, his father died, and mother and son depended on each other to make a living.
Why would Liu Bei weave mats and sell shoes
So, where did Liu Bei's ability to weave straw boots and weave straw mats come from? This should be the mother's specialty. Because of this, the two weave, so there are so many goods listed for sale. Digging a little deeper, why did Liu Bei's mother have such a craft? On the one hand, it may be that she is a commoner and also has a family craft; on the other hand, it may be due to Liu Bei's father's lack of ability to support the family.
When it comes to Liu Bei's identity and occupation, it should be classified as a ranger. Because his sword skills are good. It must be further pointed out here that when Liu Bei first grew into an adult, that is, when he was about fifteen or sixteen years old, his mother told him to go out to study and no longer made a living by weaving straw mats and straw boots. It is said that he and Liu Deran and others studied art together with teachers, and in the process of learning art, of course, they also met many characters, which laid some foundation for him to start a business and carry out the necessary nootropic strain.
For example, when he was a teenager, he became acquainted with Gongsun Zhan and other people, some of whom were celebrities at that time. This shows that the reason why Liu Bei became an emperor was not because he was after The King of Zhongshan Jing, but because he had a very good mother who could boldly let him learn on his own. In this way, we can understand society and change our destiny, so that we will not always sell straw boots like ourselves.
The question is why did Liu Bei return to his hometown to sell straw mats for a living after studying with his teachers? There should be the following two reasons: one is that his mother is old, based on filial piety, and has to go back; second, the days when he is out of the house are not mixed, because it was a big chaos in the world at that time, and it is necessary to wait and watch the changes, so it is better to go home and wait for the change, wait for the opportunity, and then start a business, so as to complete the ambition in the world.
The influence of mat weaving on Liu Bei.
On the other hand, Liu Bei's two experiences of selling straw mats for a living have further strengthened his ambitions and laid the foundation for the magnificent life that unfolded later. This shows that the completion of the foundation industry is not after king Jing of Zhongshan, and even if it is revealed at that time, no one will buy his account. He relies on a pair of eyes that discern heroes, and an unusual ability to recognize people. From the king of grass boots to the real emperor, these stormy life and the life of hundred battles, he relies on the ability to summarize the heroes, relying on the real ability to fight the world, rather than the ability to hit the grass mat.
It is precisely because Liu Bei, in order to weave his dreams, will learn to know the heroes and actively control them, so after knowing Yun Chang Guan Yu and Meng Zhang Fei, the bright color of this life is also big capital. Why is it said that he has a lot of capital? Because Guan Zhang and zhang were also the bottom figures of society at that time. After Liu Guanchang married in Taoyuan, he was completely one heart, basically sharing suffering and suffering. However, in feudal society, after King Jing of Zhongshan, it should also be a big golden signboard.
When the Eighteenth Route princes rebelled against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao looked down on Guan Yu's identity as a horse archer. After Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei was emperor, he let him sit down, otherwise, he would still stand behind Gongsun Zhan. On the other hand, Liu Bei has this great identity contrast of weaving straw mats in the streets after the emperor, which further strengthens his great ambition that he must be stoic, actively struggle, and not afraid of any difficult risks.
In today's terms, Liu Bei, the King of Grass Seats, is a bit insulting to the good reputation of his ancestors, although King Jing of Zhongshan is also a womanizer or a loser, always a king. Liu Bei not only took this as his ambition, but also struggled to restore his orthodox identity to the Han Dynasty, which can be described as an honor. Why liu Bei was able to stand up from the grassroots level, because he had a good mother, a group of good brothers, and the assistance of wise men and sages, and how many lives and deaths he went through before he founded the imperial industry.
Heroes do not ask for provenance, identity can not be eaten as a meal. When Zhuge went to Jiangdong to fight the Confucians, some people questioned Liu Bei's identity, but how good could Sun Jian's identity be? Liu Bei started from scratch and finally became a generation of emperors, and was listed as a hero alongside the adulterous male Cao Cao, which was not comparable to ordinary people. For example, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were officials in the same dynasty and could grow vegetables for a long time, and no one said that he was a vegetable farmer. This shows that the time, the fate, is also variable, and cannot look at the "dead" person. Don't you see Qin Qiong selling Horses?
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