Can Song Xianggong be called the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period?
In the "History of Suoyin", the five masters of spring and autumn are the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Jin Wen, the Duke of Qin Mu, the King of Chuzhuang, and the Duke of Song Xiang. The first four are not too controversial, but the last Song Xianggong is often criticized by posterity. Before the Song Xiang Guild allied princes, there were people who discouraged small countries from competing for hegemony and taking the way of disaster. However, Song Xianggong did not listen, and as a result, he himself was captured and humiliated by Wang Sheng of Chuzhuang.
Later, in order to retaliate for King Zhuang of Chu's attack on Zheng, he launched the Battle of Hongshui with the Chu soldiers who saved Zheng. The Chu soldiers were strong, and Song Xianggong paid attention to "benevolence and righteousness", and he had to wait for the Chu soldiers to cross the river and line up before fighting, and in vain he missed the great opportunity to cross the river and attack, and as a result, he was defeated and injured, and died of his wounds the following year, and was buried in Xiangling.
Song Xianggong's life did not have any major achievements, the king of Zun had no one to respond, and his ability to suppress Yi was not enough, and his influence was not as good as that of the original xiaoba, Zheng Zhuanggong, and it was controversial to say that Song Xianggong was the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period.
