Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was the seventh emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and his life was full of legends and was the object of worship of many people in later generations.
A series of actions that influenced future generations, such as deposing hundreds of families and respecting Confucianism alone; attacking the Xiongnu in the north, conquering Minyue, Dong'ou, Nanyue, and Wei's Korea; sending Zhang Qian out of The Plug, opening up the Western Regions, and opening up the Silk Road, were all from the hands of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, in his later years, he believed in the art of immortality, which led to the scourge of witchcraft in the court, which led to the suicide of the crown prince Liu Zhao, and the tragic death of countless innocent people. These are also from the hands of Emperor Wu of Han.
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The life of Emperor Wudi of Han can be said to have meritorious deeds and deeds, so many people have criticized Emperor Wudi of Han. But overall, he is still a generation of heroes.
According to the "Story of Han Wu", Emperor Wu of Han was originally not called Liu Che, but Liu Yan.
To understand this, we must first understand what the word "彘" really means.
In ancient times, Chinese called pigs Yan, and Lü Hou once made Lady Qi into a human figure to vent his resentment, which was also a very terrible punishment in ancient times, a kind of torture that turned people into pigs.
Therefore, the meaning of the name Liu Yan can also be understood as Liu Xiaopig, which is similar to the Wang Er Dog and Li Dog Egg that we are familiar with.
Such a name, paired with the heroic Han Wudi Emperor, seems to be somewhat unusual. This story also needs to start from Wang Meiren, the mother of Emperor Wu of Han.
Emperor Wu of Han's father, Emperor Jing of Han, originally had an empress, but this empress has never been able to give birth to a son, which is an extremely taboo thing in the ancient imperial family.
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The empress was childless, and the other concubines also moved their minds, hoping to put their sons on the throne.
However, at that time, there were still many sons of the Han Jing Emperor, and in order to be able to smoothly become the heir to the throne, he would naturally begin to imitate the ancients and start to make up stories.
Just like Liu Bang, she once said that when her mother was working in the land, there was a divine dragon coiled on her body, and then she gave birth to Liu Bang.
Of course, we know that such stories are purely fabricated, and the purpose is only to fool the people and add some mystery to their own lives, and at the same time, they also describe themselves as destiny, so that other people who are eager to move should have less to think about.
Emperor Wu of Han's mother, Wang Meiren, also made up such a story at that time, which was of course different from Liu Bang's story.
When Wang Meiren was pregnant, she once said that she dreamed of the sun entering her arms, which was naturally an auspicious omen for the ancients, and because of this, the Han Jing Emperor was very fond of Liu Che.
In ancient times, the level of medical treatment was extremely limited, and the child's feeding rate was not as high as it is now, in order to enable children to grow up smoothly, The Han Jing Emperor married Emperor Wu of Han by a nickname, called Liu Yan, which is the meaning of Liu Xiao Pig.
Because, in the thinking of the ancients, the poorer the name given to the child, the higher the chance that the child will be able to support. This was a custom at that time, and it was also an expression of The Han Jing Emperor's love for this child.
Of course, the little name is a small name after all, when you are young, you are called Liu Xiao Pig, Wang Er Dog, and so on, but it is not okay to be a little older.
Therefore, the Han Jing Emperor planned to give him a new name, and the name he liked was the word "Che".
Che means to be full of wisdom and fulfill the requirements of holiness. This is equivalent to the Han Jing Emperor officially naming him, and it also means that the Han Jing Emperor has high hopes for this child.
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Sure enough, after Liu Che grew up, he not only successfully inherited the throne, but also became a generation of male lords, beating the original overlord xiongnu on the grassland back to his hometown, and snowing the humiliation of the Western Han Dynasty for decades.