King Huiwen of Qin had three sons, Yingdang, Yingji, and Yingzhuang, and as the son of Huiwen's concubine, he had been expected by his father since childhood. At that time, Great Qin had experienced Shang Martin Tuqiang and Zhang Yilian, and had proudly dominated the Western Province, entering the eve of sweeping the Six Kingdoms. The knowledgeable and capable Yingdang knew that the brave and heroic Yingdang was the best candidate for the next rise, so he did not hesitate to be crowned prince. In 311 BC, Yingsi died of a serious illness, and the 18-year-old Yindang became the King of Qinwu.
The "Chronicle of History" and the "Warring States Policy" record that although King Wu of Qin was young, he was extremely sharp and aimed to advance into the Central Plains. Therefore, at the beginning of his reign, he issued a summoning order, recruited warriors from all four sides, and vigorously rectified the generals of the three armies, and all those who could recruit good warriors and brave people were commended, such as hercules Wu Yue and Ren Yi, who could lift thousands of jun, became the confidants of King Qin Wu in one fell swoop. King Wu of Qin admired the warriors to gather the tiger and wolf divisions in preparation for the destruction of the Zhou royal family. Therefore, some scholars have pointed out that if the victory does not die, the six congresses will be destroyed earlier.
At that time, the win-win should be in line with the expectations of the eun Seol. However, as the old saying goes, "to the most rigid and easy to fold, to the softest and undamaged", the sharp edge of the swing is too strong, which brings fatal disasters. In 307 BC, Yingdang and Hercules competed to "lift the top", which seemed to be a competition strength, but it was not. "Ding" in that era refers to the world, "Zuo Chuan" King Zhuang of Chu once used the "weight of the crown" to imply the determination to take the world, so the King of Qin Wu raised the Ding, but also to convey his ambition to the Six Kingdoms, and the destiny of heaven.
However, the accident that happened next was embarrassing. "The King of Wu did his best to live the divine power, that Ding was half a foot off the ground, Fang wanted to turn his steps, Ding suddenly fell to the ground, pressed the feet of the King of Wu, the tibia was flattened, and the landing was suffocated", it can be seen that Yingdang did lift the Ding, but he did not directly put it down, but also turned to show off, the result was not good, was smashed, fainted on the spot in pain, and survived until the night, and he cried out for his life, which was called "Lifting the Ding Ding" by later generations.
Therefore, the death of Yingdang began with being smashed by a broken foot and a broken kneecap, and injuring the leg. However, the legs and feet are not the fatal place of the body, just as Sun Bin was tortured and then cut off his feet, although he was crippled, he would not die in an instant, so why did Yingdang, who was in his prime, die so eagerly? In the past thousand years, scholars have believed that lifting the ding is true, and being smashed is true, but what is fatal is by no means "absolute".
In order to explore the true cause of Yingdang's death, scholars went through a large number of historical materials, and finally got another clue in the "Collection of Historical Records" and "Zizhi Tongjian". Both books record that King Wu of Qin died in "the broken pulse, collapsing", "people lifting weights and unable to win, so the desperate pulse collapses and dies". What is "collapse", in ancient times, it referred to blood collapse, and the pulse was that the qi reached its peak and suddenly failed, and the internal organs collapsed and stopped the pulse.
Looking at the "suffocation when climbing" after Yingdang was smashed, it was the absolute pulse, and then the leg injury caused by the absolute pulse collapsed, which was exactly the "blood cloth bed mat" at the time of death. It can be seen from this that although King Qin Wu was brave and had divine power, he was not a professional Hercules after all, he overestimated his strength, and eventually died in vain.