<h1>This is the 59th article in the headline "Lazy Dragon Says"</h1>
The reason for writing this article is very interesting to say. I have a little Zhengtai in my family, basically similar to this style of painting, cute and cute.
It is said that my little Zhengtai has recently reached the legendary "language sensitive period", and I and his mother, that is, the leader of my family, have collectively let him learn English. When I arrived at the English school, the teacher asked us to give an English name, and I began to search for the names of foreigners I knew, and what ideas I had to report to the leaders of my family in time.
Leaders like John Tom are too many people to highlight the uniqueness, leaders such as Jordan Kobe Iverson are suspected of rubbing traffic, and leaders such as Roosevelt Clinton and Obama feel that the political meaning is too strong. Eventually, my brother thought of my title of "Creator of the Field of Quality History" and decided to look for a good name from history that was loud and meaningful.
But where to start? At this time, I saw a stack of playing cards on the couch that we taught our children to count, and I suddenly thought that there were several famous emperors in history in the playing cards, and their names were also very loud, and they were usually hidden in a low-key card without showing the mountains, and many of us did not know who they were.
Today's topic, we will talk about the four emperors in the playing card, that is, four K's.
<h1>K of Spades – King David</h1>
In fact, the K in the playing card is the abbreviation of the English King, representing the king. The four kings who were able to be selected for the poker were all remarkable figures. First of all, let's talk about K of spades, and the card face of K of spades is probably like this.
The man on the K of Spades has curly hair, a beard on his mouth, a sword in his left hand, and a gorgeous costume. This king is the second king of the unified kingdom of Israel, King David, as recorded in the Bible.
According to the Bible Samuel, King David lived around the tenth century B.C., that is, during the Western Zhou Dynasty in China. Originally, David appeared as an attendant to King Saul, the first king of the unified kingdom of Israel. According to the Bible Samuel, "When the demons from God came upon Saul, David played the violin to get rid of the demons, and Saul was immediately refreshed." In this way, David originally existed as a character who played the piano for Saul.
But the gold would not be buried, and David soon ushered in his shining moment.
The enemy of the State of Israel, the Philistine State, sent troops to attack Israel, and there was a giant in the Philistine Army named Goliath. The Israelite army was afraid of Goliath's tall body, and no one dared to fight. Forcing the king of Saul to be helpless, he issued an order that as long as someone could kill Goliath, he would be rich and glorious, and he could marry a princess.
David learned of this and volunteered to go to battle. David was still a minor, and the difference in size between him and Goliath was too great. King Saul felt a little unreliable, but gave David his armor and sword. As a result, David did not want it, but wore his own sheep herding clothes and took his own machine string (this is similar to a small bag used by sheep herders now, which contains small stones, and when used, he can throw the stones and fly to hit the disobedient sheep), and the pocket contains a few stones and goes to the battlefield. David suddenly threw a stone at Goliath on the battlefield with a string, hitting Goliath directly in the head, and Goliath was killed by a single blow. The Israeli army took advantage of the situation and beat the Philistines to the head.
Later, Michelangelo, one of the "Three Masters of the Renaissance", based on this story, created the famous statue "David".
David killed Goliath and overnight became the hero of Israel. When David returned home, the women greeted him with songs and dances in the streets. Such a grand scene also aroused the vigilance of King Saul. The Bible, Samuel, records: "The women danced and sang, saying, 'Saul killed thousands, and David killed all.' Saul was so angry that he did not like this, and said, 'Give all things to David, and all to me, and only the throne has not been given to him.' From this day on, Saul glared at David. ”
Being targeted by the King of Saul, David had to flee, and on the way to escape, David continued to accumulate his own resources and contacts, and finally established a foothold in his own southern region of Judah. He then led his tribe to fight against the king of Saul, and eventually won the victory, becoming the king of all Israel. According to the Bible, Samuel, "So the elders of Israel came to Hebron to see King David, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord of Hebron, and they anointed David as king of Israel." David was Chinese New Year's Eve years old when he ascended the throne and reigned for forty years. He was king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and king of Israel and Judah for thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ”
As the second king of the unified kingdom of Israel, David also became the greatest and wisest monarch in the memory of the nation of Israel, not only shining in the historical record of the nation, but he is still the most glorious symbol of the Jewish nation to this day. As a monarch, David was a statesman and military man who judged the situation and was a strong monarch who really made a difference. So it's one of the four K's in playing cards.
<h1>2. Red Peach K - Charlemagne</h1>
After saying K of Spades, it is the next turn of K of Spades.
The king in the card face of the red peach K has his hair curled inward and his sword in his left hand behind his head. He is the only king of the four K's with no beard on his upper lip, and it is said that this was because he accidentally carved off his beard when he was first stereotyped, and later people made a mistake by false rumors.
King David of the K of Spades in front of him is a hero, and this K of Peach is even more unique, he is Charlemagne of the Frankish Empire known as the "Father of Europe" (also known as Charlemagne).
Charlemagne was born in 742 AD (the year in China is the first year of Emperor Xuanzong's Tianbao) to a prominent family in the Frankish kingdom of Merovingian. To put it a few more words, the Frankish Kingdom was a kingdom established by frankish tribes among the Germans after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Charles's father, Pepin the Dwarf, deposed the last emperor of the Merovin dynasty and established himself as king, starting the Caroline dynasty.
Charlemagne succeeded to the throne in 768 (in China it was the third year of the Tang Dynasty calendar), and he and his brother were supposed to divide the land equally according to their father's will, but within two years his brother died, and Charles became the only king of the Franks. Since then, he has embarked on a journey of conquest to continuously expand his territory.
During Charlie's 47-year imperial career, he experienced more than 40 wars. Counting up, Charlemagne should also have "four major battle achievements", namely:
Conquered the Kingdom of Lombardy in 774 and incorporated northern Italy into the Frankish Empire;
In 778 he began to use troops against the Iberian Peninsula several times, occupying land south of the Pyrenees and north of the Ebro River, and driving the Arab forces out of Corsica, Sardinia and the Balarique Islands in the western Mediterranean;
In 772-804, it took nearly 33 years to conquer the Saxons in the north, and through this war, the imperial borders were extended to the Elbe area;
In 795-796, the Avar Khanate in the middle reaches of the Danube Was conquered.
After years of conquest, Charlemagne succeeded in bringing most of Western Europe under his unified leadership, and his empire actually stretched southwest to the Ebro River, north to the North Sea, east to the Elbe and Danube Rivers, to the south to a large part of Italy, to include most of today's France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands, as well as parts of Italy and many border areas, the whole territory was almost the same as the Western Roman Empire of that year. Since the fall of the Roman Empire, a new and vast empire has re-emerged in Western Europe.
The territory had reached such a point that Charles might need a title more prominent than king to prove himself. The sympathetic Holy See immediately presented its sincerity, and the Pope himself held a coronation ceremony for Charles. However, according to historical records, this coronation ceremony has a bit of a "yellow robe plus body" taste.
On Christmas Day 800 AD, Charles went to the tomb of St. Peter on the western outskirts of Rome to worship, and when he stood up after prayer, Pope Leo III placed a crown directly on Charles's head, and the Romans present cheered in unison: "Long live the great and peaceful Roman Emperor crowned by God, long live my Emperor Charles, invincible!" (Chronicles of the Kingdom of the Franks)
Charles himself did not seem to like the title, and in his biography of Charlemagne by his favorite Einhard, he made it clear: "He initially disliked this title very much, and he affirmed that if he had foreseen the pope's intentions, he would not have entered the church that day, even though it was an important feast for the church." However, Charles eventually recognized himself as emperor.
As a heroic and ambitious emperor in European history, like our China, in addition to martial arts, Wenzhi is also an important focus. Charlemagne also made great contributions to Western culture, achieving the academic and artistic "Caroline Renaissance". After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, classical culture was declining day by day, and when Charles conquered all sides, he found that the land he had conquered was rare. So Charlemagne began to build a monastery school, with logic, rhetoric, grammar, algebra, geometry, etc. as the main teaching materials, and also built a library. Thanks to the efforts of Charlemagne, ancient Greek and Roman cultures were excavated and sorted out, which promoted the further integration of Christian and Germanic cultures.
These efforts of Charlemagne promoted the spread of Christian culture and laid the cornerstone of Christian culture throughout Western Europe.
Unfortunately, after the death of Charlemagne, his son was weak and incompetent, and the empire soon collapsed in a brotherly melee. In 843, Charles's three grandsons signed the Treaty of Verdun, dividing up the empire and forming the three major states of modern Western Europe, namely France, Germany, and Italy. Because of Charlemagne's magnificent achievements, posterity honored him as the "father of Europe".
<h1>3. Plum Blossom K - Alexander the Great</h1>
After talking about K of peaches and K of spades, let's talk about plum K.
Plum Blossom K's hair is rolled out, his left hand holds a sword, and his right hand holds the earth, as if he is always ready to conquer the world. This plum blossom K, he is Alexander the Great, who built a great empire spanning three continents in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC and died in 323 BC, and he lived probably during the Warring States period in China, probably at the same time as the Shang martingale transformation method. He was born in Macedonia and was the son of King Philip II. His life was very short, only 33 years, but the Alexander Empire he established spanning three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa shook the entire ancient Western world. During the 13 years that he ascended the throne at the age of 20 and died at the age of 33, he spent most of his time fighting on the battlefield, and his outstanding military and political skills are often praised, and he has never lost a single defeat in his life.
He conquered the Persian Empire and swept through the heart of the Iranian plateau, the Zagros Mountains and the entire Semitic region of the Mediterranean, as well as Asia Minor, where the Greeks, Lishas, Carians, and many other peoples lived. Because Alexander greatly admired Greek culture, everywhere he went, he sowed the seeds of Greek civilization, which had a great impact on the culture and art of Europe, Asia and Africa in later generations. Therefore, the period of his reign was also the heyday of the outward expansion of ancient Greek civilization. With his short life, he drew a brilliant trace in the sky of history, and thus continued to be admired by future generations.
Militarily, Alexander was undoubtedly a genius. The greatest military victory of his life was undoubtedly the capture of the Persian Empire. In The Book of Alexander the Great: Man and God, Alexander's military performance in the conquest of Persia was described as follows: "In the wars of granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, and Hildaspis, Alexander's use of terrain, strategy, execution, and boldness was astonishing. "The pinnacle of these battles was undoubtedly the great battle between Gaugamela and the Persian king Darius III.
King Darius III of the Persian Empire
Gaugamela was located north of Babylon (present-day Baghdad, Iraq), where both the Macedonian and Persian armies were almost fully committed. The Macedonian side had forty thousand troops, and Persia had one hundred thousand troops. The Macedonian army was under the ground of the outnumbered masses. After the battle began, the Macedonian army was even almost broken through the camp by the Persian army, and at the critical moment Alexander calmly dispatched and defended his camp with tenacious defense. At the same time, there was an empty space when the Persian army was moving its strength, and Alexander immediately led the cavalry force straight in and went straight to darius's Chinese army.
This is a simple and effective "decapitation operation", the cavalry directly charged at the Chinese army, which is the way that many famous ancient generals loved to use, Guan Yu used it against Yan Liang, Li Shimin used it on Dou Jiande, and Yelü Hugo also used it on Song Taizong. When the rapidly advancing Macedonian cavalry broke into the Persian army of infantry and chariots, the unresponsive chariots were completely helpless against Alexander's cavalry. Darius was so frightened that he had to flee, and the Persian camp collapsed, and the 100,000-strong army was leaderless and chaotic, and collapsed into an army. In this way, Alexander annihilated the main Persian army.
Alexander's greatness, perhaps later, always pales in comparison, and he was described in the Expedition of Alexander by Arian of ancient Greece: "By any criterion Alexander is and can be regarded as the most heroic warrior of the warriors, the greatest of the kings, the wisest of the commanders." ”
<h1>Cube K – Julius Caesar</h1>
When the other three Ks are finished, the remaining block K can make up a bomb. Block K looks like this.
Block K is the only character out of the four K's with a sideways face, his hair rolled inwards, and his hand holding a tomahawk that symbolizes power. This emperor was Caesar, the first lifelong dictator of the Roman Republic.
It should be noted here that Rome's formal entry into the imperial system was basically achieved in the hands of Caesar's heir Octavian, so strictly speaking Caesar can not be regarded as the emperor, but because his status is already the most exalted, in fact, it is also the emperor, so we are sometimes called Julius Caesar.
Kai was born in 100 BC and died in 44 BC at the age of 56. He lived in the era of china in the Han Dynasty, and Caesar's life probably spanned the late Han Wudi period, the Han Zhao Emperor, the Han Xuan Emperor, and the early Han Yuan Emperor from the perspective of Chinese history. Caesar was also born into the family of Julius, a prominent family in Rome. Caesar's uncle Malleus served seven times as Roman consul before being politically persecuted and exiled. After the death of his uncle's political enemy, Caesar quickly won popular support with his uncle's influence.
Soon, he was made chief executive by the finance officer and municipal magistrate of the Macedonian provinces. And in 60 BC, Caesar ran for consulship, and for this reason he allied himself with two other political strongmen in Rome. The two strongmen were Pompey, who held military power, and Crassus, who was rich and invincible. The three of them formed the "Big Three" and together they fought against the Roman Senate. With the support of Pompey and Crassus, Caesar succeeded in ascending to the throne as consul in 59 BC.
In 58 BC, Caesar was appointed governor of Gaul after his term of office expired. As soon as Caesar arrived, he began his attack on the Gauls north of the Alps. In the war against Gaul, Caesar adopted the policy of "dividing and disintegrating, breaking through each other". From 58 BC until 50 BC, the Great Revolt of the Gaulish People was suppressed, and Caesar won a decisive victory in the Gallic War. Caesar commanded eight conquests in Gaul, and the History of Rome says that he "fought 30 fierce battles and conquered 40 peoples." "It fully demonstrates his outstanding military talents.
Caesar's achievements in Gaul made his prestige almost to the point of rising. While the Romans were cheering for Caesar, the Roman Senate was like a man on his back. In 49 BC, the Senate ordered Caesar to surrender his military powers, and this childish order Caesar of course refused, and directly sent troops to Rome, forcing Pompey and the Senate, who were still in Rome, to flee from Rome. Caesar crushed Pompey and the Senate in succession with various attempts to oppose him militarily, and returned to Rome. The History of Rome says of Caesar at the time: "The respect and fear of him is unprecedented", "He was proclaimed 'Father of the Fatherland' and elected as a dictator for life." It became the sole master of the Roman "Republic".
Regrettably, however, Caesar's grandiose legacy did not last long, and in 44 B.C., Caesar was assassinated by the Senate under the steps of the Senate Chamber. After Caesar's death, his successor Octavian and the right-hand man Antony finally met, and Octavian won the victory and later became the head of the Roman Empire, known as Augustus I.
<h1>Epilogue: Do you think this is the end? </h1>
The four K's are all finished, and all the readers and friends remember what I was going to do? Yes, I'm going to give my son an English name.
When I told the leader of my family about this large paragraph above, I was very proud to wait for the decision of the leader, the names of these four emperors are all good names, and any one of them will solve the problem. Just when my mouth was dry, the leader of my family calmly asked me a sentence: "Which of these four emperors is an Englishman?" ”
The leader continued: "Of course, taking an English name is the most authentic British, which one here is the British?" ”
Inside me...
It seems... These four emperors... There really aren't any British. Is it true that all that has been said above is in vain?
However, the leaders of my family were still very convinced of my thinking direction, and finally after many discussions, we gave my family the name of an English king, and finally completed this glorious task. As for what exactly is his English name? I won't reveal it, let's guess.
bibliography:
1. The Bible samuel, Chronicles of the Kingdom of Franks, Alexander the Great: Man and God, Alexander's Expedition, History of Rome, etc
2. "Historical Narrative, Character Shaping and Discourse Power: The Image of Saul and King David under the Perspective of Cultural Poetics", Wang Lixin, Foreign Literature Studies, 2008.10.25
3. "Charlemagne and the Roman Empire", Wang Zhongwen, Journal of Suihua Teachers' College, September 2002
4. "Charlemagne's Claim to The Emperor and the Shaping of the Holy Roman Empire", Li Longguo, Historical Journal, May 2018, No. 3
5. "The Most Famous Commander of Ancient Rome, Caesar", Gong Xiuhua Military History, No. 6, 1993
6. "Commenting on Alexander the Great" She Xiaofen Master's Thesis of Inner Mongolia University
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