The story of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin has been circulated for more than two thousand years, Jing Ke is a great hero, he is good at fencing, excellent in martial arts, entrusted by Prince Dan to assassinate the King of Qin, but the assassination failed, and he died of human hands, so why did Jing Ke not kill the King of Qin?
Historical background
The matter should start from the Qin general Wang Qi, who led the Qin army to take the capital of the Zhao state, and then went north with the trend, hoping to take the Yan state in one fell swoop. At this time, Dan, the prince of the State of Yan, was terrified and feared that his territory would be annexed by the State of Qin, so he asked Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin. At that time, the King of Qin ordered the arrest of Fan Yuqi, and whoever could kill Fan Yuqi would definitely receive a heavy reward. So Jing Ke said to Fan Yuqi, "Your family was destroyed by the King of Qin, do you want to take revenge?" Fan Yu said: "In my dreams, I hate the King of Qin to the bone", Jing Ke said: "I now have a way to shame you, but I need your human head, only with your human head can I see the King of Qin, I can assassinate the King of Qin", Fan Yu died after listening to it.
Prince Dan then brought a dagger, which was said to be the sharpest dagger in the world, and it was also attached with poison, as long as he scratched the King of Qin, the King of Qin would undoubtedly die. The dagger and the human head were all there, so Prince Dan assigned another person to Jing Ke, this person was called Qin Wuyang, who had killed people when he was 13 years old, and had the courage to know people, so Jing Ke took Fan Yu's head, and there was a dagger hidden in the map, so Qin Wuyang went on the road together, Prince Dan was on the way to send off, Jing Ke stood on the boat and waved goodbye, and sang: "The wind is Xiao Xiao is easy to be cold, and the hero will not return once he goes."
Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin
The King of Qin was very happy to hear that the State of Yan had sent emissaries, so he summoned Jing Ke, Jing Ke held Fan Yu's head, Qin Wuyang held the map box, they walked to the Qin Palace one after the other, walking along, Qin Wuyang trembled with fear, Jing Ke found out, turned back and smiled, and then apologized to the King of Qin: "We are all rough people, we have never seen the Son of Heaven, so we are terrified, I hope the king can forgive", the King of Qin said: "Hand over the map of Qin Wuyang", Jing Ke took the map and presented it, the King of Qin opened the map, and the map rolled to the end, The dagger leaked out, Jing Ke quickly grabbed the King of Qin with his left hand, and stabbed the King of Qin with his right hand, the result was no stab, the King of Qin was horrified, the sleeves were broken, desperately dodging, wanted to draw the sword but the sword could not be pulled out, so the King of Qin could only run around the pillar, Jing Ke was chasing after him, the ministers had no weapons, they were dumbfounded, and the guards outside did not know, the ministers had no way, they could only duel with Jing Ke with their bare hands, but they were not Jing Ke's opponents.
At the critical moment, the medical officer Xia Wu and the medicine bag threw Jing Ke, while the King of Qin continued to run around the pillar, at this time someone shouted: "Great King, push the sword to the back", the King of Qin did so, so he pulled out the sword, cut Jing Ke, cut off one of Jing Ke's legs, Jing Ke fell to the ground, flew out with a dagger and stabbed at the King of Qin, but did not hit, only hit the copper pillar. The King of Qin rushed up with his sword, slashed jing ke completely, and Jing Ke fell to the ground and said to the king of Qin: "The reason why the big thing did not succeed is because I want to capture you alive and force you to sign a contract to return the land of the princes", at this time the guards rushed in and killed Jing Ke on the spot.
So why did Jing Ke not kill the King of Qin?
First of all, Jing Ke may indeed want to capture the King of Qin alive, so he missed the best moment, with Jing Ke's skill, killing the King of Qin is very simple, but the result is lost, and people have to be suspicious, so it can only be said that Jing Ke may not have wanted to kill the King of Qin, but just wanted to force the King of Qin to sign a contract, and his own survival Jing Ke has long ceased to consider.
Secondly, the king of Qin is the son of heaven, the ancients often said that "the king does not die", this may be true, people who can achieve great things, have the supervision of heaven, often will not die of death, they all have tasks in the body, the task is not completed will not die, because they are the emperor's destiny, so the hour will not die. The King of Qin is also created by the emperor, so it is impossible to die easily, he still has the task in his body, that is, to unify the world, so the task will not die if it is not completed. Of course, the King of Qin was lucky, there was no doubt about it.
References to the Chronicle of History