In the nineteenth year of the tang dynasty (731), Tang Xuanzong Li Longji specially built a temple to honor and sacrifice the famous generals of the past, with Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty as the main sacrifice, Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty as the deserved, and ten famous generals from the past.
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang (760), the temple was renamed Wucheng WangMiao, referred to as Wumiao Temple, and was still dedicated to Jiang Ziya and Zhang Liang as the deputy, with five people on each side. The left column is Qin Wu'an Jun Baiqi, Han Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin, Shu Han Xiang Zhuge Liang, Tang Shangshu's right servant Li Jing of Weiguo, and Sikong Gong Li Ji, and the right column is Han Prince Fu Zhangliang, Qi Da Sima Tian Yong Tho, Wu General Sun Wu, Wei Xihe County Shou Wu Qi, Yanchang Guojun Junle Yi. This article takes a chronological look at the achievements of these 10.
1. Qi Da Sima Tian Rang Tho
Ráng jū (田穰苴), also known as Sima Hoang Tho (司馬穰苴), was a military figure who succeeded Jiang Ziya. During the reign of Duke Jing of Qi, Tian Yong Tho was ordered to lead the army to repel the attacks of the Jin and Yan states, and was given the title of Grand Sima for his merits, so his descendants were also called Sima Shi.
Tian Hoang Tho
Tian Hoang Tho was also very strict in governing the army, so he also ensured the combat effectiveness of the Qi army, and his own and the status of the Tian family in the State of Qi was also thriving, so it caused the dissatisfaction of the Qi state doctor Bao, Guo, and Gao, so they jointly submitted rumors to Qi Jinggong, and Tian Hoang Tho was deposed and eventually died of depression.
Because of its long age, there are not many deeds handed down, but his military thinking has a great influence, and his work "Sima Fa" has been selected as the Seven Books of the Martial Classics, and many military generals in later generations have also been deeply influenced by him.
2. Wu general Sun Wu
Sun Wu, a native of the State of Qi in the late Spring and Autumn Period, was honored as Bing Sheng or Sun Zi (Sun Wuzi), also known as the "Most Holy soldier of the Bing family", known as "the master of the Hundred Generations of Soldiers" and "the originator of Oriental Military Science".
In 512 BC, under the seven recommendations of Wu Zixu, the King of Wu received Sun Wu, who had finished writing the Art of War of Sun Tzu when he was living in seclusion, so he came to see the King of Wu with his own writings, and the King of Wu praised him and appointed him as a General of Wu. At the Battle of Baiju, Sun Wu led the Wu army to defeat the Chu army, occupied the capital of the Chu state, Yingcheng, and nearly destroyed the Chu state.
Sun Wu
Sun Wu's greatest influence on later generations is his book "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which is known as the "Sacred Code of Military Studies", which occupies an extremely important position in the history of military history, military scholarship and philosophical thought in China and even the world, and is widely used in the fields of politics, economy, military, culture and philosophy. Translated into Japanese, French, German, and English, the book has become the most famous example of military science in the world.
3. Weixihe County Shou Wuqi
Wu Qi, a Defender of the State of Wei during the Warring States period, was ordered to command the Lu army to defeat the Qi army in the early years of the State of Lu, and later to the State of Wei, which was reused by Wei Wenhou, commanding the Wei army to repeatedly defeat the Qin state, occupy the land of Hexi, and be the first defender of Xihe County, and at the same time reform the military system, creating Wei Wupao, "fighting with the princes seventy-six, winning sixty-four.".
Wu Qi
Later, Wu Qi, jealous of Marquis Wen of Wei, went to the State of Chu and was appointed by the King of Chu as Ling Yin (令尹) to change the law. After drastic reforms, the national strength of the State of Chu was successfully strengthened in a short period of time, so that the State of Chu appeared in a strong situation of "Ping Baiyue in the south, Chen Cai in the north, but three Jin, and Qin in the west", and once defeated the State of Wei and "drank from the great river".
Wu Qi offended the conservative nobles within the Chu state for changing the law, and in 381 BC, after the death of King Chu Mo, Wu Qi was also killed. Wu qili shilu, Wei, Chu three kingdoms, familiar with the three schools of thought, military, french, Confucian three schools of thought, in domestic politics and military achievements, together with Sun Wu called "Sun Wu". His book "Wu Zi" occupies an important place in ancient Chinese military texts.
4. Yanchang Guojun Leyi
Le Yi, an outstanding military and strategist in the late Warring States period, and a descendant of the Wei general Le Yang, lived in zhongshan, Zhao, and Wei successively. At that time, the State of Yan was remote and the national strength was weak, and the King of Yan Zhao, Corporal Li Xian, recruited talents, and it was at this time that Le Yi came to the State of Yan and was worshiped by King Yan Zhao as YaQing.
Le Yi
After Le Yi arrived in the Yan Kingdom, he also began to wholeheartedly assist King Yan Zhao, in 284 BC, he commanded the Yan State and other five-nation alliance forces to attack the State of Qi, and more than seventy cities were successively laid down, creating a famous battle example in the history of ancient Chinese warfare in which the weak defeated the strong, and repaid the revenge of the strong Qi and Yan.
In 279 BC, after the death of King Zhao of Yan, Le Yi was jealous of the newly enthroned King Hui of Yan, and in desperation, he left the State of Yan and defected to the State of Zhao, and finally died in the State of Zhao.
5. Wu Anjun is white
Bai Qi, a native of the Qin state during the Warring States period, was familiar with the art of war, good at using soldiers, assisted King Zhao of Qin, and made many military achievements. The Battle of Yique broke the 240,000 allied troops of Wei and Han and completely swept the way for the Qin army to advance eastward. The Battle of Vachu captured the Chu capital Yingcheng. The Battle of Changping severely damaged the main force of the Zhao State and killed more than 400,000 Zhao troops.
White
Bai Qi served as the main general of the Qin army for more than 30 years, besieged more than 70 cities, and made great contributions to the unification of the six kingdoms of the Qin state, and was awarded the title of Wu Anjun. However, he was highly successful and offended Ying Hou Fan Ju, and successively degraded officials. In the fiftieth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin (257 BC), Bai Qi was given the right to die in Duyou.
6. Zhang Liang, the Young Fu of the Prince of Han
Zhang Liang, a Korean in the late Warring States period, an outstanding strategist in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, was one of Liu Bang's three masters. Zhang Liang had urged Liu Bang to make a humble remark at the Hongmen banquet, preserve his strength, and dredge Xiang Yuji's father Xiang Bo, so that Liu Bang could escape smoothly. With his outstanding wisdom, he assisted Liu Bang, the King of Han, in winning the Chu-Han War and establishing the Han Dynasty, and later helped Lü Hou's son Liu Ying become the crown prince and was crowned as the Marquis of Liu.
Zhang Liang was one of the most important strategists around Liu Bang, and once commented that "in the midst of the husband's planning, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, and I am not as good as the sub-room."
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7. Han Xin, Marquis of Hanhuaiyin
Han Xin, one of the three masters of the early Han Dynasty, one of the most important generals around Liu Bang. He is the representative figure of "military power strategist", and posterity is regarded as "soldier immortal" and "divine marshal". Han Xin first served under Xiang Yu, but was not reused by Xiang Yu, and later switched to Liu Bang, and under Xiao He's sponsorship, Han Xin was made a general by Liu Bang and began to make meritorious achievements.
Han Xin
Han Xin led his troops to pacify the states of Chu, Wei, Dai, Zhao, Yan, and Qi, and in the fifth year of Han (202 BC), Han Xin led a large army to besiege Xiang Yu in the Battle of Xiaxia, and Xiang Yu's soldiers were defeated and killed. Han Xin, on the other hand, was made the King of Chu for his merits, and later demoted to the Marquis of Huaiyin because of false accusations. In 197 BC, Han Xin rebelled against Chen Feng, and was booby-trapped and killed by Lü Hou and Xiao He in the bell room of Changle Palace and destroyed the three tribes.
8. Shu Han Xiang Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang's great name is already well known, and his "bowing down to exhaustion, after death" can be called a model for future generations of courtiers. Since Liu Beisan's Zhuge Liang came out of the mountains, he has always been a diligent and earnest assistant to Liu Bei's father and son.
Zhuge Liang proposed to Liu Bei the "Longzhong Confrontation" strategy of occupying Jingzhou and Yizhou and uniting with Sun Quan to jointly oppose Cao Cao, and Liu Bei successfully established the Shu Han regime according to Zhuge Liang's strategy, forming a three-legged position with Sun Quan and Cao Cao.
Zhuge Liang
After Liu Chan ascended the throne, Zhuge Liang was given the title of Marquis of Wuxiang (武乡侯), lingyi Prefecture Pastor, diligent and cautious, and had to do everything himself, and he went north to the Central Plains five times before and after, and finally became ill with overwork and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan.
In addition, Zhuge Liang was also an inventor, who invented wooden cattle and flowing horses, Kong Ming lanterns, etc., and transformed the crossbow, called Zhuge Lian crossbow, which can be fired with ten arrows in one crossbow.
9. Tang Shangshu's right servant shot Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo
Li Jing, the "God of War" of the Tang Dynasty, served in the Sui Dynasty in his early years, and later defected to Li Yuan, and in the Tang Dynasty's war to unify the world, Li Yuan assisted Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao County, in pacifying Xiao Milling and Auxiliary Gongruo, and recruited the Lingnan tribes.
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Li Jing began the war to destroy the country, and in the third year of Zhenguan (629), Li Jing commanded the generals in the Northern Expedition as the commander of the Dingxiang Road March, and attacked Dingxiang with three thousand nights, which caused the Jieli Khan's army to collapse, and then rushed to attack Yinshan, destroying the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop, and Li Jing was also promoted to the right servant of Shangshu for his merits, and was made the Duke of Guo. In the ninth year of Zhenguan (635), Li Jing again led an army to destroy Tuguhun and was later renamed the Duke of Weiguo.
Li Jing
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Li Jing was listed as one of the twenty-four meritorious servants of Lingyan Pavilion, and Zhenguan died of illness in the twenty-third year (649) at the age of 79. In addition to Li Jing's own military ability to enshrine the gods, his disciples were also very powerful, and Su Dingfang learned the essence of Li Jing's art of war, conquering the Western Turks, Pingliangling, Yi Baekje, and Va goryeo, "destroying the three kingdoms before and after, and capturing their masters."
In addition, Li Jing also wrote many excellent military works, and his "Li Wei GongBing Law" was once a classic studied by successive generations of military generals, but this work was later lost.
10. Tang Sikong British Gong Li Ji
Li Ji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing, the "God of War", were figures of the same period, but they were much younger than Li Jing. Saying that Li Ji may not be known by so many people, but when it comes to Xu Maogong in Wagang Village, many people must know that in fact, Li Ji is Xu Maogong.
Li Ji
Li Ji first threw himself into WagangZhai and later joined the Tang Dynasty, and the three dynasties of Tang Gaozu, Tang Taizong, and Tang Gaozong were deeply used by the imperial court. With Tang Taizong Li Shimin pacifying the four directions, two strikes Xue Yantuo, and pacifying the north of the moraine. Later, he broke the Eastern Turks and Goryeo and became one of the main generals of the Tang Dynasty to expand its territory.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Ji was listed among the twenty-four meritorious servants of Ling yan pavilion, and during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he served as Shangshu Zuo's servant and Sikong. He died of illness in the second year of the general chapter (669) at the age of 76.
Brief summary:
The Ten Philosophies of the WuMiao Temple were not fixed, and later some people were moved out of the WuMiao Temple, and some people were also newly added to the Wumiao Temple, such as Bai Qi, who was ordered by Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, to remove the Wumiao Temple, and Guo Ziyi was also selected for the Wumiao Temple.