As the last part of the "Great Qin Empire" series, in 2020, "Great Qin Fu" appeared on the screen. At the end of "Great Qin Fu", The King of Qin finally swept away the Six Kingdoms and unified the world.
However, what Qin Shi Huang never dreamed of was that his dynasty did not have thousands of generations at all. Not long after his death, Chen Sheng, Wu Guangzhen's arm, and the land of China surged with wind. Although Chen Sheng and Wu Guang sacrificed, the revolutionary fire became more and more vigorous, and people from the Six Kingdoms revived the rivers and mountains. In the end, the restored countries honored Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, as an ally and completed the great cause of destroying Qin in 206 BC. At this time, only 15 years had passed since Qin Shi Huang unified the world.
Who is the King of Chu Xiongxin? According to Sima Qian's "Records of History", Xiong Xin was the grandson of King Huai of Chu who was lured under house arrest by King Zhaoxiang of Qin and died in a foreign country. After Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew initially raised an army, Xiang Liang heard that Chen Shengbing was defeated and sacrificed, so he considered establishing himself as the King of Chu.
At this time, Fan Zeng met Xiang Liang. He told Xiang Liang that Chen Sheng had failed because he had established himself as king of Chu, and that he was believed to have raised an army for his own selfish interests. Now people support General Xiang because you Are a member of the Xiang clan, who have been generals of the Chu State for generations, and have made great contributions, and the people of the world hope that you will revitalize Dachu. Xiang Liang suddenly realized, so he sent someone to find Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, who was in a depressed situation and was herding sheep for others. Xiang Liang li xiongxin was the king of Chu, still known as the king of Chu Huai.
Seeing this, I was once confused. According to historical records, King Huai of Chu was born in 355 BC and died in 296 BC. In this way, the time of activity of the two grandchildren is nearly a hundred years. This time span is too long.
Let's compare it again, another grandson of King Huai of Chu, King Xiong of Chu Kao Lie (if Xiong Xin is indeed the grandson of King Chu Huai, then King Chu Kao Lie is Xiong Xin's brother or cousin, that is, a peer. He was a hostage in the Qin Kingdom for ten years. (272 BC to 263 BC.) ）
In the "Great Qin Fu", when Yan Yi launched a rebellion, Xiangguo Changpingjun made a great contribution to quelling the rebellion. This Changping Jun, the son of King Chu Kaolie, who married the daughter of King Zhaoxiang of Qin when he was a hostage in the Qin State, was also the cousin of King Yingzheng of Qin.
Since King Chu Kaolie and Xiong Xin were of equal generation, then Chang Pingjun was considered to be Xiong Xin's nephew. But when the group was anti-Qin, Xiong Xin was just a shepherd baby, at most twenty years old, so he should have been born around 230 BC. The question then arises, if Xiong Xin is really the grandson of King Huai of Chu, then he is nearly 40 years younger than his nephew, Changping Jun, who was born in 271 BC. How exactly is this question explained?
From this point of view, the possibility that Xiong Xin is the grandson of King Huai of Chu is really not very large. So could it be that Sima Qian's account is wrong?
Now my opinion is that Xiong Xin is unlikely to be the grandson of King Huai of Chu, and Sima Qian is not wrong. What do you mean by that?
Let's take a look at how Sima Qian described the relationship between King Huai of Chu and Xiong Xin: King Of Chu Huai (Zhi) Sun (Xiong) Xin.
Sometimes we have a kind of assumption judgment, and when we see this sentence, our first reaction is that Xiong Xin is the grandson of King Huai of Chu. But is there any other interpretation of this sentence?
Let's look at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. According to The Elder Luo Guanzhong's account, Liu Bei was the nineteenth grandson of emperor Jing of Han. When Cao Pi, the King of Wei, established himself as emperor and established Cao Wei, Zhuge Liang and others persuaded Liu Bei to claim the title of emperor and continue Han unification, but Liu Bei refused.
He said that although he was the grandson of Emperor Jing of Han, he had no favor for the people and was not qualified to be called emperor. Obviously, the "grandson of Emperor Jing" here cannot mean that Liu Bei is the grandson of Emperor Jing of Han.
To be on the safe side, I deliberately looked up the meaning of "sun". "Grandson" usually does refer to grandchildren, but it can also refer to the descendants of grandchildren.
So it all gets clear. Sima Qian's description of "The Heart of the Grandson (Xiong) of the King of Chu Huai" means the heart of the descendant of the King of Chu Huai, rather than the grandson. In this way, the above questions can be explained.
So why did Xiang Liang emphasize that Xiong Xin was a descendant of King Huai of Chu, not a descendant of any of King Huai's sons? I'll say a little more. The idiom "sending charcoal in the snow" comes from the story of King Huai of Chu.
One winter morning, King Huai of Chu woke up and felt that the weather was quite cold. Soon he thought that the widows felt cold, let alone the people? So he immediately ordered relief to the people. From this point of view, although King Huai of Chu has been tricked by the Qin State so many times, he can also be called a generation of sages who care about the people. After the death of King Huai of Chu in the State of Qin, the State of Qin sent his coffin back to the State of Chu, and the people of the State of Chu spontaneously went to greet him, thanking him for his kindness and lamenting his tragic death, and everyone was deeply saddened. Obviously, using the name of the queen of Chu Huai is more convenient to ignite the anti-Qin anger of the people of the Chu state.