In ancient times, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a situation of a hundred schools of thought, and the emergence of a hundred schools of thought made the first cultural peak appear in ancient history. It is precisely because of the emergence of a hundred schools of thought that many philosophical schools have emerged, and in this case, Confucianism is undoubtedly one of them. Thus Confucianism began to appear in history.
Beginning with Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han began to depose hundreds of families and respect Confucianism alone, so Confucianism became the mainstream. Since then, all the dynasties have been centered on Confucianism. After Confucianism became the mainstream, people began to implement "loyalty and filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness", whether it was the people or officials, it was based on "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and faith".
In history, many dynasties have emerged, and each dynasty attaches great importance to "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness". Whether it is the people or officials, "loyalty and filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness" are the basics of being a human being, so the emperor is more obedient to "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and faith". However, there is one dynasty in history that is an exception, and that is the Jin Dynasty.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the Sima Yi family began to rise, and at this time, Sima Yi was only reclusive and had no intention of usurping the throne. By the time Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi's ambitions had already been revealed. After the gaopingling rebellion, Sima Yi became the true ruler of Cao Wei. After Sima Yi's death, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao began to take power, and at this time the Sima family had become the real masters of Cao Weizhen.
By the time Sima Yan came to power, he could not wait, and at this time Sima Yan usurped the throne and established the Jin Dynasty. After the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms have basically come to an end. The Jin Dynasty was divided into the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Even in the history books, there are not many records of the Jin Dynasty, and it can even be said that the history books are reluctant to record the Jin Dynasty.
In 266 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty was established, and the Sima family at this time was officially called emperor. The Western Jin Dynasty existed for 50 years and passed on four emperors. But these four emperors occupied fornication, idiocy, extravagance, and absurdity. At the same time, the empress was not idle, and Sima Zheng's empress Jia Nanfeng was a prominent figure, extremely ugly but fornicated, often "open breasts and exposed breasts".
At that time, the social atmosphere of the Western Jin Dynasty was corrupt, which was definitely related to the actions of the Western Jin Emperor. At that time, there was even the use of human milk to feed pigs, cook meat, compare the magnates with each other, and use candles as firewood, and brush pots with sugar water. In short, during the Western Jin Dynasty, there were many phenomena of extravagance and erosion, which was different from what Confucianism said.
What is even more terrifying is that the appearance of Empress Jia Nanfeng directly led to the emergence of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings. This caused the Han regime to decline and led to the invasion of the surrounding Hu people, so the historical Wuhu Chaohua broke out. It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of Sima Yan's establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, he was frugal and self-denying, and diligent. After Sima Yan's death, the Western Jin Dynasty slowly changed.
It is reasonable to say that Sima Yan was able to establish the Western Jin Dynasty, and he should have been conscientious, but in his later years, Sima Yan's style changed. The "Biography of the Later Concubines of the Book of Jin" records that "Emperor Shi was favored by Emperor Duo, and after Ping Wu was restored, the number of sun palaces was thousands, and since then the court has been destroyed by tens of thousands", which occurred after Sima Yan destroyed Eastern Wu. After the eastern Wu was destroyed, the beauties of the harem were directly charged into the harem.
There were so many concubines in the harem, "the emperor did not know what to do, often rode in the sheep cart, and did what he wanted", the emperor was so extravagant and promiscuous, "there is something good on the top, and there will be something good in the bottom". The officials below are even more arrogant. At that time, He Zeng, one of the "Three Dukes", recorded in the history books that he was "luxurious in nature and luxury, and he was in Luxury", and more importantly, He Zeng's meal cost ten thousand dollars.
The emergence of the Wuhu Chaohua almost led to the destruction of the Han people, and when the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" was taken advantage of, the Hu people sent troops north, but the Jin Dynasty was almost unscrupulous. All this had a lot to do with the extravagance and erosion of the Western Jin Dynasty, and at the same time the officials of the Western Jin Dynasty were corrupt. In the melee of the "Five Hu Chaohua", the Northern Han people were almost slaughtered.
After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established, and Sima Rui at this time took the imperial family south and established the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the development of the Jin Dynasty still did not have a peak, and at this time, the north was full of ethnic minority regimes, so the situation of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty appeared. Compared with the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is even worse. At the same time, the emperors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty even Sima Rui were puppet emperors.