Lulong Mountain is the key pass on the south bank of the Yangtze River in ancient times, and one of the ancient battlefields on the ground in Nanjing. It was here that there was a story of "King Wei burying gold": King Chu Wei thought that Nanjing "had a royal spirit", so he ordered a large amount of gold to be buried in Longwan.
In the seventh year of the reign of King Chu Wei, King Chu Wei defeated King Wu of Yue and captured the territory of the State of Wu. It is said that when King Chu Wei came to Jinling, he inadvertently looked up to the northwest and saw a Lulong Mountain, shrouded in a magical aura and emitting a strange light, which lit a large sky like a lit candle.
Therefore, the warlocks around them told king Chu Wei that this magical aura was the king's spirit, and there might be a sword hidden on the mountain, and there might be treasure buried underground. Later, someone told the king of Chu Wei that if the king buried all your gold here, the heavens would send a gift to your royal family. Therefore, he followed the advice of the warlock and buried the "disgust" in the eyes of the ancients, that is, the spiritual "golden man" in the eyes of the ancients.
But there are also rumors that this is false, and its real purpose is to deceive the people in this way, and then, with the help of the people's strength, chisel out the royal qi of Lulongshan. It was not easy to cut open a mountain, so the warlock came up with an idea for King Chu Wei. He pretended to lie and said that he was going to bury the Golden Man near Lulong Mountain, and if anyone found it, then the Golden Man would belong to him. After such rumors spread, many people who wanted to get rich rushed to the surrounding area of Lulong Mountain, and they began to dig indiscriminately like farmers digging potatoes in the autumn.
Even, in order to further stimulate the enthusiasm of the people, the King of Chu Wei ordered his subordinates to vigorously publicize this matter, so that the common people continued to participate in the digging of the mountain, so that lulong mountain was full of holes before long. King Chu Wei did not realize that his method of destroying feng shui had become a secret method of zhenqi for later emperors, and was imitated by many emperors. Later, there was another thing very related to it: when Qin Shi Huang went to Nanjing to tour the east, he sent people to dig Fangshan.
In fact, Lulong Mountain is named after Sima Rui, the Emperor of jin yuan. In that year, Sima Rui first crossed the jiangnan, saw that this mountain range stretched, controlled the river in the west, and connected to Shicheng in the south, and was described as Lulong Mountain in the north (in present-day Hebei), so he gave this name. The current name of this mountain is: Lion Mountain, which was given by Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "A peak is abrupt, the ling smoke and xia invades the Han table, and the myopic entity is in a foxy state from a distance." ”
So, is it Chu Wei Wang Qiang or Qi Wei Wang Qiang?
It is difficult to draw a concrete conclusion on this question, after all, these two people have differences in the management of the country, and here we will discuss them separately.
Xiong Shang, the King of Chu Wei, was a monarch of the State of Chu during the Warring States period, and he inherited the model of his father King Xuan of Chu who "saved Zhao and attacked Wei and developed Bashu". During the Warring States period, after the Chu King succeeded to the throne, one day was worse than one day. Therefore, throughout his life, he aimed to restore the hegemony of the Chu Zhuang Dynasty, and tried to make the Chu State ascend to the top of the world. As for his political achievements, they are also very many.
He was very successful in his lifetime, not only occupying the territory of the State of Wu, but also leading to the collapse of the State of Yue, and eventually destroying the State of Yue. Later, in the Battle of Xuzhou, the King of Chu Wei won the final victory. Since then, the development of the Chu state has reached its peak, and its territory has expanded a lot. From some relevant historical deeds, it can be seen that the King of Chu Wei had a clear understanding of the situation facing the Chu State at that time, and it was precisely because of this that the Chu State could make the correct strategic decision. However, in the later period, he exhausted his military force and ignored the government, which eventually led to the demise of the Chu state.
During the reign of King Qi Wei, he carried out some political reforms in response to the shortcomings of the autocracy of officials and the weakness of the country, including: actively accepting suggestions, rectifying the rule of officials, reusing talents, publicizing them, and reforming the army. These five reforms achieved great success, and the sign of success was that the State of Qi defeated the State of Wei and thus opened up the hegemony of the State of Qi, in short, the King of Qi Wei can be regarded as a Ming Emperor of ancient society.
From this point of view, from their lives to their political ideas, these two people are a generation of ming kings. However, because their achievements are in different fields, there is no such thing as a stronger one.
It is said that the "History of LaoZi Han Feilie" was written by Sima Qian, is a biography of Laozi, Zhuangzi, Shenzi and Han Feizi, because the entire book is limited, so some stories can only be selected as the most typical, the allusion to "King Wenzhuang Zhouxian of Chuwei" is also recorded in this book, the main characters of this part are Zhuangzi and Chuwei King.
Zhuangzi was a Mongolian, named Zhou, he had served as a petty official in the local lacquer garden, he was in the same era as King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, in history, he was omnipotent, his ideas came from lao tzu's teachings, he was knowledgeable, and he wrote works such as "The Fisher Father" and "Thief". However, most of his articles and ideas slandered the Confucius school, and he was good at using words to simulate the current situation of things, and used them to attack and refute Confucianism and Mo theory. It is precisely because of this that his language is arrogant and his posture is so arrogant that many powerful people cannot take advantage of him.
One day, the King of Chu Wei heard about Zhuangzi Xianneng from others and sent someone to ask him to be the prime minister of the Chu state, but Zhuangzi refused his request. Zhuangzi said: "Silverware is indeed very rich, and official positions are also very attractive, but have you not seen the sacrificial cattle?" After raising it for a few years, at some point it will be sent to the sacrifice, even if you just want to be a lonely calf now, can you still do it? So Zhuangzi succeeded in inviting the messenger away, preferring to play happily in the ditch rather than be bound by the king. Therefore, in order to make himself physically and mentally happy, he resolutely decided not to be an official for life.
Resources:
["King Wei Buried Gold", "History of Lao Tzu Han Fei Lie"]