Because the Song Kingdom experienced nearly 50 years of "Ten Dynasties Rebellion", it ushered in a strong monarch, which made history enter a period of relative stability and strength. Is it Song Xianggong? No, it was Song Xianggong's father, Song Huangong.
Regarding the Huan Gong Yu (yue), the Song Weizi Shijia is too sketchy, he was the younger brother of Nangong Wan, who was killed by Nangong Wan, and with the help of the princes, he put down the rebellion of Nangong Wan and was proclaimed as the monarch. Three other articles are recorded:
Article 1:
In the second year of the Duke of Huan, the princes cut down the Song Dynasty and went to the suburbs.
The princely states have gained a lot of benefits from the previous Song Jun, and how the song Xinjun is in shape, we must try it to know. As a result, he went back to the outskirts of the city, and from then on, Song never heard of a war for 30 years.
Article 2:
(Huan Gong) Twenty-three years later, The Prince of Yingwei was destroyed by Qi, and established it as the Duke of Wei wen. Duke Wen's younger brother was Lady Huan.
Welcoming a fled prince back to China as the monarch is a risk, and this incident shows: First, Huan Gong is righteous and not afraid of things; second, Song has strength and is not afraid of interference from other countries; third, it is the eldest brother-in-law who attaches great importance to family affection.
Article 3:
Thirty years later, Duke Huan fell ill, and Crown Prince Zifu made his brother-in-law Muyi an heir. Prince Huan's righteousness did not listen.
After thirty years of running the Song kingdom, Duke Huan of Song did one last thing, allowing the crown prince to succeed to the throne. Huan Gongming knew that Muyi was more suitable to be the monarch, but when he saw that the crown prince took the initiative to let Xian, he appreciated the "righteousness" of the prince and insisted that the prince succeed to the throne.
For this article, Sima Qian used the word "Jing" to express his regret for Huan Gong, if he accepted the prince's concession, Huan Gong would be "perfect", and the history of the Song Kingdom might be rewritten.
Song Huangong's acceptance of the title was an affirmation of his exploits.
The meaning of the "Huan Gong" nickname:
The land is served by the yuan huan; the ke jing qin min is known as the huan; the land is also known as the state; the wuding sifang is known as the huan; the ke is successfully known as the huan; the enemy is served by the distant huan; the enemy is served by the distant huan;
Can become a martial zhi Yue Huan; strong with a powerful Huan.
Although the Duke of Song Huan did not claim hegemony, it was still convincing to "respect the qinmin," "defeat the enemy and serve the distant," "be able to become a martial artist," and "be strong and powerful."
Let's talk about the protagonist of this article, Song Xianggong, the son of Song Huangong, Song Xianggong is more famous than Song Huangong, and later generations also named him "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons", and Sima Qian also wrote him with heavy brushstrokes, which is in stark contrast to Huan Gong's "stick figures".
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As mentioned earlier, as soon as Prince Zifu appeared on the scene, he "made his brother-in-law his heir." It was eye-catching and really touching, so Huan Gong, who was seriously ill, felt that the prince was very "benevolent" and was very relieved to pass the throne to him, making him the Duke of Song Xiang.
On the surface, Song Xianggong also admired his brother-in-law Muyi, and made him the prime minister, in charge of the country's military and political power, and assisted him in governing the country.
Ziyu (Muyi) was also very pleased, there was no contradiction between them, and the brothers would definitely govern the country well. However, contrary to his wishes, in the following ten years, at a major historical juncture, Song Xianggong never accepted the correct suggestions and advice of Ziyu, and always screwed it up, so that it became a big mistake.
It can be seen from this that Song Xianggong's benevolence and righteousness and let the ziyu be the face are all superficial kung fu for the world to see.
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When Song Xianggong was crown prince, he greatly admired the Duke of Qi Huan who was "the Prince of Jiuhe, one kuang the world", so when his father wang had just died, the funeral was not completed, he followed the Duke of Qi Huan:
Not buried, while the princes of the Qi Huan Guild were in Kuiqiu, xianggong went to the guild.
Sima Qian is not a pure narrative, but a profound satire of Song Xianggong's forgetting the old rule of keeping filial piety for three years.
According to the Shang Dynasty, after the death of a king, the successor needs to keep filial piety for three years before he can officially succeed to the throne as the new monarch. During this period, the government was run by Dazai. The Zhou Feng Song was to "worship his ancestors" and let him inherit the customs and habits of the merchants. Qi Huangong summoned the alliance, and Song Xianggong could completely "ask for leave", or he could let the sub-fish acting as the state affairs participate. But Song Xianggong went impatiently, and if this matter does not explain his ambition, please see below:
In the eighth year of Song Xianggong, the Duke of Qi Huan died, and the State of Song actually wanted to emulate the Duke of Qi Huan as the overlord and make an alliance with the princes. In the spring of the twelfth year, Song Xianggong wanted to form an alliance on the deer and made a request to the Chu state, and the Chu people agreed to him. The sub-fish said:
"Small countries compete for alliances, and misfortune is also." Don't listen.
"It is a disaster for small countries to compete for the head of the alliance." Xianggong could not listen to the advice of the sub-fish. Sure enough, Song Xianggong met the princely states for the first time in Ludi and presented himself as an ally, which caused dissatisfaction among the monarchs of qi and Chu.
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In the autumn of the twelfth year of Song Xianggong, Song Xianggong again summoned various princes to gather and form an alliance at Lulu. Chu Qi and other countries superficially agreed, secretly holding back the bad, Ziyu already had a premonition, and before leaving, he resolutely opposed it and said something serious:
"What's the problem? The king's desire is already too much, why should he be embarrassed?"
"Is this the scourge? The desire of the monarch is too great, and the consequences are unimaginable!" But Song Xianggong still did not listen.
The Chu Shijia records that King Cheng of Chu was very angry when he received a notice from the Song Xiang Guild Alliance:
The King of Chu angrily said, "Summon me? I will be humiliated. "Then he went, and when he reached the end of the house, he insulted the Duke of Song and returned to him."
Song Xianggong really gave face to face, I first teased it. When the King of Chu met the alliance, in front of all the princes, he arrested the "allied lord" and used it to attack the Song kingdom. After letting Song Xianggong sit in prison for several months, in the winter of that year, Chu summoned the princes to meet at Noi and released Song Xianggong.
Chu caught Song Xianggong when he wanted, and let him go when he wanted, just like a cat catching a mouse. However, Song Xianggong did not have the intention of reviewing his own behavior, so Ziyu had a premonition and said, "The disaster is not over yet."
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Sure enough, in the summer of the new year, Song Xianggong wanted to attack Zheng Guo. Although Zheng was weak, but at this time", "Zheng Wengong southern Chu", Zheng has become Chu's younger brother, Zheng has the wind and grass, Chu is bound to take action. So ziyu said bitterly, "The calamity is here!" But it still failed to stop Song Xianggong's stupid military action.
In the autumn of that year, the State of Chu received a request for help from the State of Chu, and Chu rebelled against the State of Song in order to rescue the State of Zheng. Xianggong wants to go to war, if at this time to listen to the sub-fish into the advice, everything is still too late. The sub-fish said:
"Heaven forbids the business for a long time, not."
Now it is the world of Zhou, and the heavens have abandoned the Shang for a long time, and they cannot fight. But Song Xianggong was a stinky temper that could not be pulled back by nine cows, and he personally led the team to fight.
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Song Xianggong's pedantic and stupidity were evident in Song Chu's "Battle of Hong".
Chu is strong and Song is weak, and this is a battle with a huge disparity in strength. Song and Chu are separated by a river called Hongshui. King Xiang and Ziyu led the army to wait on the riverbank early.
The Chu army needed to cross the river, and when the Chu army partially crossed the river, Ziyu urged:
"He who is many and one who is widowed, and who has not been attacked." Don't listen.
The enemy was outnumbered and defeated, and the surprise could win, but Xianggong continued to wait for all the Chu troops to come ashore.
The Chu army all went ashore, but before they could take a stand, Ziyu asked for an attack, and Song Xianggong said, "No." It was not until the Chu army was fully positioned that Song Xianggong ordered an attack.
As a result, it can be imagined that the Song army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. Song Xianggong's thigh was also wounded by an arrow from the Chu army.
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The State of Chu returned victorious in battle, and the State of Song became a joke. It was the Song people who suffered the disaster. Therefore, "everyone in the country complains about justice." Before his death, Song Xianggong also defended his behavior:
"A gentleman is not trapped in a trap, and he is not a drum or a column."
è, crisis. Song Xianggong defended, "A gentleman cannot take advantage of the danger of others and cannot attack an army that has not been well positioned. "
Ziyu said angrily: "Winning a war is success, what is the use of saying some "common sayings"? If you really do what the monarch says, you should be a slave to serve others, so why fight?"
In the summer of the fourteenth year of Song Xianggong, Xianggong died of illness half a year after being wounded by an arrow, paying for his "benevolence" and stupidity.
Sima Qian recorded the ridiculousness and hatred of Song Xianggong, and the evaluation in "Taishi Gongyue" is also intriguing:
At the time of Xiang Gong, he practiced benevolence and righteousness, and wanted to be an ally. His doctor was examining his father's beauty, so he pursued Daoqi, Tang, Gaozong, Yin Soxing, and made a business ode. Xiang Gong was defeated by Hong, and the gentleman may think that it is too much, hurting the Chinese Que Li Yi, praising it, and Song Xiangzhi has courtesy.
First of all, Song Xianggong wants to do benevolence and righteousness, and he also wants to be a hegemon, which is itself a contradiction. He also said that the "gentlemen" were "numerous" and "praised", and Song Xianggong was "courteous". But they seem to have forgotten that the cause of the "Battle of Hong" was song Xianggong's initiative to invade the Zheng state.
Therefore, Sima Qian not only satirized Song Xianggong, but also criticized the false benevolence and false righteousness of the "gentlemen".
If Song Xianggong really practiced "benevolence and righteousness", he should focus on governing his own country like his father Huan Gong, "respecting the people", making the country rich and the people strong, and impressing the people with his own "benevolence". Instead, we should not "want to be the ally" to claim the throne.
Here we also correct the concept of "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons" in the history textbooks learned in middle school, Song Xianggong just wanted to be a hegemon, but did not do it.