The road to the imperial throne is extremely difficult and terrifying, even if Yao Shun Yu Zen makes the era, it is no exception.
Emperor Shun's experience from commoner to being given the throne of the Son of Heaven was quite bumpy. Sima Qian's record in the "History" can be seen that Yu Shun is definitely a hype master, and now he is definitely a traffic "net red".
Sima Qian's writing is intriguing.
"Yu Shun," his name is Chonghua. Chonghua Father Yue Qiao Shuo, Qiao So Father Yue Qiao Niu, Qiao Niu Father Yue Shu Wang, Sentence Wang Father Yue Jing Kang, Jing Kang Father Yue Poor Cicada, Poor Cicada Father Yue Emperor Huan, Father Yue Changyi, and even Shun VII. Since the poor cicada to the emperor Shun, they have all been humble people. ”
Sima Qian's records of Yu Shun's family lineage show that Shun's father, "Shu Shu", was a blind old man, and six generations back to Changyi, who was the son of the Yellow Emperor, and Changyi's son, Emperor Gaoyang (Emperor Gaoyang), who succeeded him to the throne. From this point of view, Yu Shun was noble in blood.
However, from The Poor Cicada, the son of Yu Huan, to Yu Shun, everyone has disappeared. Sima Qian used a "micro" character here, indicating that Yu Shun's situation was very bleak.
The heavy pupils are depicted as four eyes.
"Emperor Zhao married chen feng's daughter and gave birth to Fangxun." Fang Xun is Yao's name, and Di Zhao is Yao's father, Yao's second generation official. "Emperor Huan gave birth to a poor cicada. Emperor Xuan's grandson Gao Xinli (高辛立), the grandson of Xuan Huan, was the emperor. "Emperor Zhao took over the throne as the Son of Heaven, and Shun was a descendant of Emperor Huan.
From this point of view, Yao and Shun not only belong to the clan relatives in blood, but should be taken extra care of. However, when the successor was "tested", Yao did not relax on Shun, but was extremely strict, almost harsh.
This harshness is not so much a test of heirs as a temptation to power. The various tests that Emperor Yao set for Yu Shun were not difficult, and Yao wanted to pass the throne to his son Danzhu.
As a commoner, Yu Shun was neither like the Yellow Emperor who had outstanding military achievements, Ping Xuan you and Zhan Yan Emperor; nor like Dayu Zhishui, who had meritorious efforts to win the hearts of the people; nor was he like Emperor Yao's family, whose father was Emperor Zhao. When the elder brother Emperor Zhi was not in good government, he directly replaced him.
Yu Shun's filial piety touched heaven and earth.
"Shun's twenty years are filial piety. Thirty and Emperor Yao asked those available, and the four Yue Xian recommended Yu Shun, Yue Ke. Shun was known for his filial piety to his parents, and when Yao was old and sought available talents, the ministers strongly recommended Yu Shun.
For Yu Shun's reputation for filial piety, there are three reasons for the analysis: first, he may have really done this; second, he is good at packaging himself and hyping up, so that he is well known; third, in order to seek a career, the ability of officials to start a business lacks.
Yu Shun finally got the opportunity to get ahead, got the recommendation of Si Yue, and Di Yao's permission, and entered the career. And Di Yao's test of Yu Shun had just begun.
Yu Shun married two beautiful women, also Yao's eyes.
"So Yao Nai looked at the inside with his second daughter's wife Shun, and made the nine men look at the outside with him." Di Yao's marriage to Yu Shun's two daughters was not to serve Yu Shun, but more to monitor Yu Shun's every move. The two women, inside and nine men, were monitoring for twenty-four hours a day, and even if they dreamed and talked, they could reach Di Yao.
Di Yao's surveillance of Yu Shun had advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that Yu Shun cannot do what he wants; the advantage is that Yu Shun's excellent performance can be transmitted to Di Yao's ears. Therefore, "Shunju concubine, introverted and careful." "Mi" means more, and Yu Shun behaves more respectfully than before.
"The second daughter of Yao did not dare to be proud of her relatives with nobility, and even had a woman's morality." Yao's two daughters and nine sons were originally monitoring Yu Shun, but they were deeply influenced by Yu Shun, who abided by women's morality and were upright and loyal.
Sima Qian's record of this not only reflects Yu Shun's personality charm, and Yao's children are deeply influenced by it; it also reflects Yu Shun's cunning and cleverness, and is good at taking advantage of the situation and turning danger into safety. The performance of Yao's children became Yu Shun's image propaganda again.
In terms of speculation, transforming the unfavorable situation into a favorable situation, Yu Shun is the first person in history to speculate like this.
Yu Shun's hype continued to expand the scope of influence, "cultivating The Mountain", "Fishing Leize", "Tao Hebin", and everywhere praised Yu Shun's virtue of humility, "let the bank", "let the house", "not bitter". Therefore, places with Yu Shun can often gather crowds, becoming villages in one year, towns in two years, and Chengdu in three years.
Emperor Yao went along with the flow, "Give Shun's silk clothes, and the qin, for the sake of Chikukura, to the cattle and sheep." "When I married my daughter, I didn't marry her, but now I give away a gift, so why is this?"
Read on, "Shu Shu shang wants to kill him." ”
Reading this can raise at least three questions:
First, he had killed Yu Shun before, so why did he want to kill his own son?
Second, why did he want to kill his son again? Yu Shun had already gained the favor of Emperor Yao, marrying a daughter and giving gifts.
Third, why did He shu have the idea of killing Yu Shun after Emperor Yao gave the gift? Could it be that It was dictated by Emperor Yao. The timing was chosen too cleverly.
We interpret these questions one by one from Sima Qian's records.
Questions about the Father killing the Son. After Shun's mother died, He gave Shun a younger brother, Xiang Xiang. Like arrogance and arrogance. "He loves his wife and often wants to kill Shun", except for "loving his wife", Sima Qian did not specify any other reason for "killing Shun" here. Not only was he blind, but he also looked a little blind in his heart. It is difficult to say that shun must be put to death.
Look at how Shun treated the blind father who killed himself? "Shun, who flees, and who has minor transgressions, suffers." Shunshi father and stepmother and brother, day by day with steadfastness, bandits have a solution (slack). ”
Shun was able to evade the killing of Shu Shu every time. If He really wanted to kill his son Yu Shun, he should be unable to escape the "black hand". However, Yu Shun actually escaped the "dangerous situation" again and again. This has to be doubted.
If you think of Yu Shun's killing of Yu Shun as a "Zhou Yu hitting Huang Gai" drama, this understanding is more acceptable. The father and son made a play only to hype, highlighting that Yu Shun was a full filial piety.
Look at Yu Shun's continued "performance", accept punishment for minor transgressions, treat his father, stepmother and brother with a submissive attitude, and be more and more careful day by day, never slacking off. Therefore, it gives a bad impression of "stubbornness (ignorance), motherhood (treachery), brotherhood (arrogance)." "The bad image of the stepmother should have been characterized at this time."
However, these are neither a contest for family property nor a disrespectful killing of parents, and there is no reason for us to believe that this is a gimmick for Yu Shun to hype the image of "filial piety". In the end, the hype won the high recognition of the society, "Four Yue Xian Recommended".
Question about the re-killing of the Son. There is no record of Sima Qian's previous killing of his son, but there is a detailed record of the subsequent killing of Yu Shun.
The first time Grandpa smeared the barn. Yu Shun climbed to the top to paint, removed the ladder, and set fire to the bottom. It is estimated that at that time, the warehouse was also surrounded by wooden poles. "Shunnai descended on his own with two buckets", Shun landed safely like a big bird with two buckets.
The second time the grandfather dug the well together. Yu Shun went down to dig the well, and then joined forces with the elephant to fill the well. "Shun is empty from hiding". The ancient Chinese dictionary of "hidden space" is interpreted as a dark hole, and Yu Shun actually escaped from the dark hole again.
Strange. Yu Shun climbed to a high place to smear the barn and even took two buckets with him, digging a well in his home and preparing the "hidden space" for escape in advance. Aren't these signs suspicious? Either it was Yu Shu who had informed his son in advance to prepare, or It was Yu Shun's wisdom that predicted the method of being assassinated. Dear reader, which one would you rather believe?
"Shu Shu, Xiang Xi, shun as dead." It was a little unreasonable that Yu Shun and the elephant had buried Yu Shun alive in a well where they were blatantly happy. At least I had to hide my joy a little, but the two of them completely disregarded the world's opinion.
From this, it can be guessed that there was someone behind this operation, and when we continue to look down, doubts gradually surface.
"Elephant: 'The Image of the Conspirator.'" Immediately after that, Xiang snatched the "credit" for killing his brother Yu Shun, which was tantamount to taking the initiative to bear the charge of murder, thus relieving his father of the guilt. The mastermind who originally planned to kill Yu Shun was Xuan Shuo, so why did the elephant turn to himself? This contradiction shows that the father and son of The Elephant did not really want to kill Yu Shun.
Yu Shun's family property was divided between Shu Shu and The Elephant, "Shun's wife, Yao's second daughter, and the Qin, the elephant took it." Cattle and sheep barns for parents. Sima Qian is here to remind everyone that yao's "spies" around Shun are still there. Therefore, Xiang lived in Yu Shun's house, depressed, playing the piano and missing his brother.
Shun rushed back and broke into the house, "Like E'e", what was this "E" surprised by? Is it Yu Shun's death, or Yu Shun's life? Who is this performance for? It is Yao's second daughter, that is Yao.
Regarding the third question, you should be able to understand it.
"I think Shun is yu tao." This is like what he said after being surprised, "Yu Tao" has accumulated worries, which should be difficult to pretend immediately. So, Shun then said, "Well, Erqi Shuyi! "Yeah, you're a brother!" Shun also treated his parents as before, loved his brothers, and was more respectful.
Since then, Yao Cai has tried Shun to straighten out the five ethics and morality and participate in the affairs of the Hundred Officials, and he has done a good job.
When Emperor Yao was alive, there were still many talents with Shun's colleagues, "Yu, Gao Tao, Qi, Hou Ji, Boyi, 夔, Long, 倕, Yi, and Peng Zu were all useful when they were in Yao, and there was no division of duties (names)." However, only Yu Shun was good at hype, and with the skillful cooperation of his family, the perfect "performance" finally made Di Yao believe that Shun could do a great job.
When Shun ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven, he did not forget the old father and brother Xiang who had paid for it on the way to the throne. "Shunzhi trampled on the throne, carried the banner of the Son of Heaven, and went to the father to look at the father, and the emperor was only prudent, like the son of the Tao." Feng di xiang as a prince. ”
It is precisely because the commoner Yu Shun is good at "hyping" that he can be known for his "filial piety" and stand out among the twenty-two colleagues who are "salty and (great) meritorious". If left in today's space, Yu Shun is definitely a top traffic "net red" who is good at hype. #洞见 #