Ancient people have a short life span, 40 years old is not confused, 50 years old will know the destiny, 60 years old flower armor, 70 years old people to the ancient rarity. Many emperors lived to be less than 50 years old, and Emperor Wen of Han only lived to be in his 40s.
There is a prince in Cambodia who only ascended to the throne at the age of 60 because he resisted foreign enemies, defended his family, and cleaned up the broken country. This prince was Jayavarman VII.
Jayavarman VII is one of the Three God Kings of Cambodia and the most revered of the Three Gods. The other two god kings were Suyervarma I and Suyervarma II.
At that time Cambodia was known as the Angkor Dynasty, and Jayavarman VII was a brother of Suliyavarma II and the son of Prince Dravidian Indravarma. Suriyavarman II was much older than Jayavarman VII, who became king of Cambodia in 1112 and Jayavarman VII, who was born in 1125. When Suriyavarma II died, Jayavarma VII was a young prince in his 20s.
Suliyahvarman II was originally the nephew of the original king, and because he usurped the throne and became king, he conquered the east and the west, exhausted his troops, and built Angkor Wat, which cost the national strength and laid hidden dangers for foreign invasion.
Jayavarman VII, who was the younger brother, was too far from the throne, so there is no historical record of his early deeds. His brilliant life began around the age of 60.
When Jayavarman VII was a young man, he held some sort of position in the court, and most of the time he lived outside the capital city of Angkor, immersed himself in learning Mahayana Buddhist teachings. Originally this peaceful life would last a lifetime, Jayavarman VII would only become a mediocre prince, unknown, and obscure in history, but the war changed all this.
Nearly sixty years old at the seventh year of Jayavarman, the Champa invaded and occupied the Cambodian capital. Faced with the fall of the land and the destruction of life, Jayavarman VII, an elderly prince, organized the people to resist, and finally in 1181, he broke the Champa invaders at sea, restored Angkor, and became king.
Seeing this, everyone will have questions, where is the Champa kingdom? The Champa State was later destroyed by Vietnam, and the territory of the Champa State was incorporated into Vietnam.
Generally speaking, it is for our current people, 40 years old no career, feel that this life is like this, hopeless, impossible to start, after that is a chaotic day, like Liu Bang 48 years old to start a military is already a miracle, like Jiang Taigong 80 years old Xing Zhou Fa Lu seems to be just a myth and legend, and JayaVarman VII 60 years old also rose to rejuvenate the country, become a king, really have perseverance, let people deeply admire. Sometimes the opportunity really waits.
When Jayavarman VII became king, he reorganized the rivers and mountains and developed the kingdom from a ruined state into a powerful empire with 54 provinces. Originally, Cambodia was Hindu, and the carvings in Angkor Wat were all Hindu mythology, but Jayavarman VII changed the state religion from Hinduism to Buddhism.
King Sihanouk said that the Hindu mythological carvings of Angkor Wat were full of killing. Indeed it is. In Hinduism, there is an endless struggle and contest between the two forces, while in Buddhism, there is indifference, tranquility, tolerance and perseverance.
Jevam VII built the Temple of Ta prohm; , the Temple of the Holy Sword, the Temple of Nirvana, and the reorganization of bayon temple.
Jayavarman VII was born in 1125 and died in 1215 at the age of 90. Beginning as king at the age of 60, he ruled Cambodia for 30 years. Although Jayavarman VII's brother was Suyervarma II, he became king 31 years after his brother's death, Suyervarma II died in 1150, and Jayavarman VII became king in 1181. There were also three kings among them, namely Dravidian Indravara II, Jerome II, and Tribhuvardhadhavic.
In fact, Jayavarman VII and his brother Suyervarma II were both royal cousins, and their becoming kings was only an accident.
Jayavarman VII is inspirational, right? So at the age of 40, people who say that they are old, and people who can't have a career in their lives should not be disappointed so early, and you may still have a chance to make a career at 60.