The Northern and Southern Dynasties were the first period of great division in history, from the end of the Western Jin Dynasty to the destruction of Chen by Emperor Wen of Sui, which continued for nearly 300 years.
In that era of smoke and constant wars, heroes from all walks of life fought hard to achieve a hegemony in the south and the north.
The ancients said: "The times make heroes!"
Chen Baxian, the founder of the Chen Dynasty, is such a generation of overlords who was born in the troubled times. However, what is puzzling is that he actually directly used his surname as the country name.
So, is Chen Baxian's approach too narcissistic or ulterior motives?
In the ancient history of thousands of years, a total of 24 dynasties were born, but throughout the dynasties, only the Chen Dynasty established by Chen Baxian is unique!
The reason is that he actually took the unusual path and used his surname as the country name, and this is also an initiative of no one before or after in the ancient history of the mainland.
Chen Ba was first a native of Ruoli under the Great Wall of Wuxing County, and he was born at the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which was also the most chaotic and dark era. When he was a child, Chen Baxian's family was extremely poor, but he was a man with great ambitions.
According to folk rumors, Chen Baxian claimed to be a descendant of Chen Yu, a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was born in the Yingchuan Chen family, which was a famous family at that time. Chen Yu was born in Yingchuan and worked in Taiqiu, and the history books do not record that his descendants moved to the south.
Historically, Yingchuan is located in Xuchang, Henan Province, but Chen Baxian is a native of Zhejiang. Therefore, later generations did not accept Chen Baxian's statement.
However, it is certain that Chen Baxian's ancestors may have been a wealthy family in Changxing County, but later because of the decline of his family, Chen Baxian's generation has long been weak.
In fact, Chen Baxian's behavior of pretending to be an ancestor is completely understandable. Back then, Liu Bei also regarded himself as the descendant of Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, which was actually a way to raise his own value.
Chen Baxian has been a good learner since he was a child, and he especially likes to study books such as the art of war. During this period, he read a lot of historical books, and was good at weft, magic, and Dunjia.
At the same time, Chen Baxian also developed a strong interest in martial arts while dabbling in many books. After some hard training, he became a strong martial artist.
According to historical records, Chen Baxian was a tall man with a strange appearance. According to legend, his most prominent feature is that his forehead is high and bulging, and like Liu Bei, his hands are longer than his knees.
But in Chen Baxian's upbringing, he doesn't seem to see anything outstanding. As an adult, he successively served as a lisi, that is, the well-known lichang, similar to the current village leader.
In order to seek greater development, Chen Ba was introduced to the capital of Southern Qi to build Ye. During this period, he worked as a small official who managed an oil depot, which made Chen Baxian very distressed.
Later, Xiao Yao of the Southern Liang clan served as Wu Xingtai's punctuality, and he was very optimistic about Chen Baxian, who was majestic and strange-looking. He once said, "This man will become a great man!"
With Xiao Hui's support all the way, Chen Baxian became a direct soldier under Xiao Yang at the age of 37 and joined the army. During this period, he was mainly responsible for recruiting troops and horses, and later obeyed Xiao Yao's orders to garrison Songlong County.
In the following period, Chen Baxian gradually showed outstanding military command skills in the process of quelling the rebellion, and achieved the position of Xijiang Governor and Gaoyao County Guard all the way.
Because it was in the turbulent times at that time, the generals with heavy troops hoped to create a great cause, so the generals under the Southern Liang army supported the troops and stood on their own.
This includes the local tyrant Li Ben, as well as Du Tianhe, Du Shengming and others. Chen Baxian finally waited for the highlight moment of his life, he only led 3,000 people, and destroyed the rebel soldiers with a devastating force, and then was praised by Emperor Wu of Liang.
After that, Chen Baxian had a prosperous official fortune all the way, and Emperor Wu of Liang awarded him the title of General of Zhige, and gave him the title of Viscount of Xin'an, and ate 300 households. Earlier, only the Southern Liang clan had the qualifications to be knighted and eaten.
After Xiao Hui died of illness, Emperor Wu of Liang directly appointed Chen Baxian as the Sima of Jiaozhou and concurrently as the Taishou of Wuping. After that, Chen Baxian teamed up with Yang Qian and went to Jiaozhou to crusade against Emperor Li Ben of Yue.
During this period, Chen Ba was first appointed as a striker, and Li Ben was not his opponent at all, so he had no choice but to flee in all directions, and finally Li Ben was killed in the process of escaping. Emperor Wu of Liang Longyan Dayue ordered Chen Ba to supervise the military of the seven counties.
And Chen Baxian is about to usher in the peak moment of his life, in the four years of chasing Hou Jing, Chen Baxian gradually accumulated his strength, after killing Hou Jing, he has become a military force that cannot be ignored at that time.
After holding power, Chen Baxian united with Xu Du, Hou Andu and others after "King Chen's struggle for power", and completely sent Wang Sengbi to the guillotine. After that, he deposed Xiao Yuanming and put Xiao Fangzhi on the throne.
It can be seen that Chen Baxian at that time had become a generation of powerful ministers, and it can even be said that the fate of the entire Southern Liang was in his hands. And this also laid a very important foundation for Chen Ba to establish the Chen Dynasty successively.
In 557 AD, 55-year-old Chen Baxian took his surname "Chen" as his country name and established the last feudal dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, known as the "Chen Dynasty" in history.
Regarding the reason why Chen Baxian used his surname as the country name, in fact, there are many theories in history. For example, Chen Baxian was given the title of "Duke Chen" during the Southern Liang period, and was among the three princes and nine kings, so it seems understandable that he should be the name of the title as the name of the country.
In fact, there are many dynasties in history that use the title of the founder as the name of the country. For example, Yang Jian, the second Duke of Sui in the former Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang during the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty they founded were all named after their titles.
And the Chen Dynasty founded by Chen Baxian should be based on the title of Duke Chen when choosing the name of the country, but he also happens to be surnamed Chen, which may be the origin of the name of the Chen Dynasty!
After Chen Ba first established the Chen Dynasty, he set the capital city as Jiankang, which is now the city of Nanjing. In the 33 years that followed, the Chen Dynasty went through five emperors, the last of which must be known to everyone, he was the Empress Chen who hid in the rouge well.
However, it is a pity that Chen Baxian obviously has his own biological son, but in the end he gave up the throne to his nephew Chen Qian, and the reason behind it must be clear only to him.
Presumably everyone admires Chen Baxian's legendary experience, as a poor boy from a bitter background, he finally changed his life through his own efforts, which can be called a classic example of salted fish turning over.
Although the existence of Nan Chen is very short, but after more than a thousand years after its demise, the descendants of the surname Chen in various parts of the south can be said to be blooming everywhere, I am afraid that Chen Ba has a spirit in the ground first, and after learning this news, he will be very pleased!
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