Huan Xuan in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in history, had a very poor evaluation and was labeled a traitor, but there was one person who was very grateful to him, this person was Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, as for the relationship between the two? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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If we talk about the most chaotic and darkest dynasty in ancient times, the Jin Dynasty is definitely on the list, whether it is the Western Jin Dynasty or the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it has dealt a heavy blow to Chinese culture. At the same time, due to the chaos of the politics of the imperial court, it led to the partial disintegration of the imperial court, and various dramas of power and profit were constantly staged, creating a scene of tragedy. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a famous courtier, who was called a delusional person by historians, and his life was brilliant, but he could not escape the fate of the clown, and this person was Huan Xuan, the official of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Huan Xuan was a second-generation official, and his father Huan Wen was a general in charge of military and political power in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and because of this, relying on his father's prestige and power, Huan Xuan soon became a clumsy disciple, and his personality almost included the inferior roots of all the children of rich families, and even looked down on anyone with empty eyes, always thinking that his talent and prestige were beyond ordinary people. Sure enough, after Huan Xuan gradually seized power in the imperial court through his father's power, he had a different heart for the Jin Dynasty, and when his territory expanded to twice the area controlled by the Jin State, he began to openly confront the imperial court and try to compete for power.
Huan Xuan's power was huge, and he successfully took the capital of the Jin state, and forced the Jin Emperor to give way, and he took over the yuxi himself as emperor, and the state was established as Chu. But no one could have imagined that just when Huan Xuan was enjoying the dream of emperor, the great general Liu Yu openly raised an army to attack Huan Xuan, and the rebel army broke through all the way, and finally completely defeated Huan Xuan and cut off his head in public. At this point, a generation of delusional people has completely fallen silent, and since then it has left an ancient infamy in history.
Speaking of this, we should also rationally use dialectics to look at history, historical figures are flesh and blood living people, their world is not black and white, on the contrary, every historical figure may have two sides. For example, Kuang Heng, who studied assiduously to chisel the wall to steal the light, later became a generation of traitors, and Li Sheng, who wrote "Mercy Nong", turned out to be a Zhumen wine smelly flesh, the road has frozen bones, the same reason, the infamous Huan Xuan is the same. Huan Xuan's greatest achievement is to greatly promote the development of papermaking, so that the trend of paper hair replacing bamboo jane has accelerated the pace.
As we all know, before the Han Dynasty, whether it was the imperial court office or the folk engaged in literary activities, they often used the method of bamboo records. Bamboo bamboo is a simple bamboo made of bamboo, green bamboo needs to be split and cut into equal parts, and then roasted over fire until browned, before it can be officially made as bamboo jane. Of course, although bamboo jane is easy to write but obvious shortcomings, bamboo jane itself is difficult to produce and very heavy, often a thousand-word article needs two volumes of jane, whether it is carried or watched, will give people a tired feeling.
During the Western Han Dynasty, paper began to be gradually manufactured, but the paper production process at that time was very rough, and the finished products produced were not conducive to writing, and the ink would also dye the paper into a piece, so paper was almost not popularized. More importantly, since the date of invention, bamboo has been generally accepted by the public, and the society has gradually formed a complete industrial chain of bamboo production, transportation, trafficking and use, and a large number of people rely on the bamboo industry to make a living.
However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with Cai Lun's improvement of papermaking, the quality of paper began to jump sharply, and even began to replace bamboo on a large scale. Faced with strong competitors, the simplification industry began to take various means to deliberately suppress the implementation of paper, trying to maintain the original state of writing, and the implementation of paper encountered unprecedented difficulties, and such an embarrassing situation continued until the Eastern Jin Dynasty, until Huan Xuan ascended the throne.
According to the history book "Beginner's Record", Huan Xuan's "False Things" said: Ancient paperless, so it is used simply, not the main Lord Yu Jingye. Nowadays, all those who use simplicity are replaced by yellow paper. Huan Xuan himself never played cards according to common sense, nor did he take into account industry and people's livelihood, he relied on the one-size-fits-all implementation of paper with one-size-fits-all likes and dislikes, and suddenly made the Jian Mu documents basically extinct from then on. Paper not only circulated in the private sector, but also became a carrier of official documents.
It is precisely by relying on the promotion of Huan Xuan that paper has also become an important writing carrier for modern office and learning, and has also promoted the rapid development of the papermaking industry, and has spawned a large number of famous papers, such as Chengxintang paper made in Shezhou, Baqiao paper made in baqiao, Xi'an eastern suburbs, Zuobo paper and rattan paper. Obviously, the rapid development of paper technology and the widespread use of paper, neither Cai Lun nor Huan Xuan would have thought, Huan Xuan would not have guessed that he would inadvertently create Cai Lun's reputation, it seems that Cai Lun really wants to thank Huan Xuan.
From bamboo to paper, from paper to paperless office, society is always developing, the trend is unstoppable, it always warns us to keep up with the pace of the trend, never try to block the wheel of history with the mantis arm.
References: "Historical Celebrities" by Li Weitong published by Xi'an Publishing House
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm