Seeing stories of historians or courtiers falsifying history, or stories of the latter dynasty devaluing the previous dynasty, sometimes makes people doubt the authenticity of the history books, or look at some historical truths that are confusing. People don't just ask, "Is the history we see all true?" "From the stories of several historians in the Chronicle of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, we have reason to believe that most of the history is true.
First, Dong Hu, who refuses to rewrite history.
During the Spring and Autumn Period of the Jin Dynasty, during the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Linggong and the Jin Linggong were going to design the killing, Zhao Dun's cousin was then the deputy general of the Jin New Army, and he went to the military camp to select more than two hundred soldiers to assassinate the Jin Linggong. Zhao Pu picked up Zhao Dun's father and son, who were preparing to flee. Later, Zhao Dun, as the marshal of the Chinese army and xiangguo, led the youngest son of the group of courtiers to be the king. Jin Chenggong did not hold Zhao Pu responsible for assassinating Jin Linggong, and Zhao Dun did not punish Zhao Pu for assassinating Jin Linggong. Therefore, The historian recorded the guilt of assassinating jin Linggong on Zhao Dun's body.
One day, Zhao Dun passed by the front door of the Shi Museum and had the heart to see how the historian Dong Hu had recorded the murder of Jin Linggong. Dong Hu recorded in the history of Jane: "In the autumn and July, Zhao Dun killed his king in Taoyuan. "Yigao is the name of the Duke of Jinling. When Zhao Dun saw this, he was shocked and couldn't help but defend himself: "Taishi is wrong! When Jin Linggong was killed, I had already left Benhedong and left The City for more than two hundred miles, how did I know about the killing of Jin Linggong? But you blame me, don't you slander me? ”。 Dong Hu said, "Although you ran for xiangguo, you did not leave the Jin kingdom, and after you returned to China, you did not have a criminal courtier who rebelled against the king, saying that this matter is not your mastermind, who will believe it?" Zhao Dun said, "Can I still change it?" Dong Hu said: "Right and wrong, the number is the history of faith." My head can be broken, this Jane can't be changed! Zhao Dun sighed and said, "Oops! Shi Chen's power is even greater than that of Qing Xiang! Hate me for not leaving the country, not being spared the notoriety of the world, regretting it is too late. ”
Since then, Zhao Dun has treated Jin Chenggong more respectfully and cautiously. Zhao Pu thought that he had merit and wanted to be Zhengqing, but Zhao Dun was hindered by public opinion and did not agree. Zhao Pu was very angry and died of gangrene on his back. Zhao Pu's son asked to inherit his father Zhao Pu's position, and Zhao Dun did not agree, but said: "When you have merit in the future, even if you are an official to the position of secretary, it is not difficult." "The history books say that Zhao Dun did not give Zhao Dun too much favor to his father and son because of his private feelings, all because Dong Hu wrote history directly, so Zhao Dun had to act cautiously.
Second, even if several brothers were killed, they would not rewrite the history of the Qi state.
Often go to the doctor's house to eat and drink, see Cui Zhu's wife is beautiful, he likes her, and has an affair with her. After Cui Zhu knew about it, he couldn't bear it anymore and designed to kill Qi Zhuanggong. Cui Zhu was one of the powerful ministers of the State of Qi at that time, and the other was that the two controlled the government of the State of Qi.
Cui Zhu
Cui Zhu killed the Duke of QiZhuang, fearing that the historian would truthfully record it, and he wanted to write the cause of Qi Zhuanggong's death as malaria. Tai Shi Bo disagreed, and he recorded in the history: "Xia May Yi Hai, Cui Zhu killed his Junguang. "Light is the name of Duke Zhuang of Qi." Cui Zhu saw this, became furious, and killed Tai Shi Bo. Tai Shi Bo had three younger brothers, named 、、。 After Tai Shi Bo's death, Zhong then became a shi official, and he still recorded truthfully, Cui Zhu then killed Zhong; uncle then shi guan, also truthfully recorded, Cui Zhu killed his uncle again; Ji then became a shi official, he still recorded truthfully, Cui Zhu took Shi Jian and asked Ji: "Your three brothers are dead, don't you all cherish your own lives?" Ji replied, "According to the facts, this is the duty of the historian." Shi Guan's dereliction of duty is better to live than to die! In the past, Zhao Pu killed the Duke of Jin Ling, and Taishi Donghu was too shi Donghu because Zhao Dun was Zhengqing, but he could not crusade against Zhao Pu of The Emperor, so it was recorded in the history: Zhao Dun killed his Jun Yigao. Zhao Dun did not blame Dong Hu for this, because Zhao Dun knew that the duties of the historian could not be abolished. Even if I don't write, there will be people in the world who write. If it is not recorded truthfully, the ugly deeds of Xiangguo cannot be covered up, and can only be ridiculed by people of insight in vain. Therefore, I am not afraid of death, please judge the country! ”
Cui Zhu sighed and said, "I am afraid that sheji will decline from now on, so I must not kill the Duke of Qi Zhuang." Even if the historians were to record it truthfully, people would surely understand me. ”
Cui Zhu threw Shi Jian back to Ji, Ji held Shi Jian and left Cui Zhu, and when he was about to arrive at the History Museum, he met another historian who happened to come to the History Museum, ji asked Nan Shi why he came, and Nan Shi said, "I heard that several of your brothers died, I am afraid that they died because of the incident of Xia May Yihai, so I came to get Shi Jian." Ji showed nan shi the history he had recorded, and Nan Shi shi shi left.
Tai Shi Ji's three older brothers were all killed by the powerful minister Cui Zhu for truthfully recording the cause of death of Duke Zhuang of Qi, and Tai Shi Ji almost died because of this, but the history remained unchanged and truthfully recorded.
Conclusion: Zhao Dun was a powerful minister of the Jin State at that time, but Dong Hu, as a historical official, was not afraid and told Zhao Dun that even if he killed him, he could not change the record in the history. This is the duty and backbone of a historian. It is precisely because there were historians like Dong Hu in ancient times that we have the opportunity to understand the historical truth of ancient times.
The history books not only record the sorrows, joys, and great achievements of historical figures, but also record their stories of blood and tears, but also contain the blood and tears of historical officials of past generations. We can't help but deeply feel the heaviness and hard-won nature of the history books.
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