Yingyang Town, Xiangcheng County, straddles both banks of the Yinghe River, with a long history and many historical sites. More than 4,000 years ago, Dayu was active on both sides of the Yinghe River, which is the source of Chinese civilization and is called the land of Xia Yuan.
The first historical story of the Eastern Zhou kingdoms recorded at the beginning of the famous ancient chronicle "Zuo Zhuan", Zheng Zhuanggong's "digging the ground to see the mother", took place here.
More than 2,700 years ago, the Spring and Autumn Emperor Zhengzhuang extended the territory of the Zheng kingdom to both sides of the Yinghe River, and built a city on the bank of the Yinghe River, called "Chengying" or "Yingyi", also known as Zhengzhuang Gongcheng. The "Left Biography" says: "(Zheng Zhuanggong) then placed the Jiang clan in Chengying. This is the earliest record of "Chengying" found in ancient books so far.
The "Cihai" says: "Chengying, the name of the ancient Yi, the Spring and Autumn Zhengdi, northeast of present-day Xiangcheng, Henan." ”
The picture below shows the ruins of the Spring and Autumn "Chengying", located in the northwest of Xiaohe Village in today's Yingyang Town and the west bank of the Yinghe River in the south of Xingmiao Village.
During the Qin Dynasty, Yingyang County was set up here, which belonged to Yingchuan County. Yingyang County passed through the Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms Wei periods, more than 500 years before and after. The Western Jin Dynasty abolished Yingyang County.
The picture below shows the ruins of the ancient city of Yingyang County, located in dahe village and ancient city of Zhou village in today's Yingyang Town.
Throughout history, there are five idiomatic allusions originating from Yingyang Town, the local history and culture, and cattle also! Below, I'll tell you the origin of each of the five idioms.
【Many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves】
This idiom means that bad things are done too much, and the result is to find their own death, and the words are from the Spring and Autumn Period Zuo Qiuming's "Zuo Chuan Yin A.D. Year".
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Wugong, the king of the State of Zheng, had two sons, one called "Duke Zhuang" and the other called "Gongshu Duan". After Zheng Wugong's death, he was succeeded by his eldest son Zheng Zhuanggong. However, Duke Zhuang's younger brother Duan, favored and supported by his mother, Jiang Shi, tried his best to expand his fiefdom and prepare for the throne.
When Zheng Zhuanggong's chancellor Ji Zhong found out, he urged Zheng Zhuanggong to make arrangements as soon as possible, because Gongshu Duan's power is already very strong, and if he continues like this, your throne will be usurped by him!" ”
Zheng Zhuanggong listened, but said: "Many acts of unrighteousness will kill themselves, and the son will treat it." Meaning: If a person does too many unkind things, he will surely kill himself, so you should wait and see!
Zheng Zhuanggong was very angry at his brother's behavior, and simply left the capital, evaded the sharp edge of Gongshu Duan, and went to the city to garrison and train troops, waiting for Gongshu Duan's movements.
Sure enough, Gongshu Duan's power was constantly expanding, and the western and northern borders of the Zheng State were divided into their own sphere of influence. At the same time, he was still building a city, accumulating troops in Tuntian, and asking his mother Jiang Shili to join forces with the outside world to capture the capital of the Zheng kingdom.
Zheng Zhuanggong had already taken precautions, and when Gongshu Duan marched into Zhengdu, he surprised his troops to attack his nest. The people who had long been oppressed by Gongshu Duan also participated in the battle, causing Gongshu Duan to lose his army and flee elsewhere. Zheng Zhuanggong sent soldiers to pursue and kill him, and Gongshu Duan committed suicide in desperation. As a result, in response to Zheng Zhuanggong's words, GongShu Duan himself sought death.
【Happy Harmony】
This idiom describes it as very joyful and harmonious, and it is said in the Spring and Autumn Lu Zuo Qiuming's "Zuo Chuan Yin A.D.": "Public entry and endowment: 'In the great tunnel, the joy is also harmonious.'" ’”
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Zhuanggong, the ruler of the State of Zheng, was very angry at his mother's favoritism and support for his younger brother Duan's usurpation of the throne, and expelled his mother to the city, and made a vow: We will never meet in the future, we will meet, unless we meet in "Huangquan" after death!
Zheng Zhuanggong said this desperate word, and later regretted it.
After Uncle Yingkao, the minister stationed in Chengying, found out, he thought of a way to have the best of both worlds, and sent people to dig a tunnel with spring water outside chengying as a "yellow spring", which is the Yinsigou in the south of today's Xiaohe Village.
The Great Northern Song Dynasty scholar Su Shi once came to hang himself and left a poem, one of which reads: "There are remnants of the ancient tunnel." ”
Uncle Yingkao arranged for Zheng Zhuanggong and his mother to meet in the tunnel, and the mother and son were reconciled as before, and Zheng Zhuanggong said happily, What a joyful and harmonious thing!
【Dark Arrow Hurts People】
This idiom metaphor secretly hurts people by some means.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Zhuanggong of the State of Zheng was supported by the State of Lu and the State of Qi and prepared to attack the State of Xu. Xu Guo was a small state in the eastern part of present-day Xuchang City.
This incident is recorded in the "Eleventh Year of Zuo Chuan And Hidden Duke". Before the troops were dispatched, Zheng Zhuang inspected the troops and dispatched chariots. The veteran general Ying Shukao and a young general's grandson both fought each other for a high-spec chariot. Uncle Ying took the chariot and turned around and ran, and the grandsons always looked down on people, pulled up their long halberds and ran to catch up without catching up, so they held a grudge.
When attacking the capital of Xu Guo, Uncle Ying took the lead, killed Xu Guo's general Xu Wei, and took the lead in climbing the city wall.
Gongsun Zi saw that Uncle Ying was going to win the head, and his heart was even more jealous, so he shot an arrow at Uncle Ying's back, right in the heart of Uncle Ying, and Uncle Ying's exam fell to the city and died.
After the capital of Xu Guo was captured, Zheng Zhuanggong examined the body of Uncle Yingkao and suspected that the cold arrow was his own doing. After Banshi returned to China, Zheng Zhuang ordered the soldiers to curse and shoot Uncle Yingkao. Gongsun Zi was uneasy in his heart, and after kneeling down to complain about the secret shooting, he committed suicide.
Zheng Zhuanggong buried Uncle Yingkao hou in the Yingdi that he had been stationed for a long time before his death, and set up a temple altar for perennial sacrifices.
"Dark arrow hurts people" as an idiom is not limited to the use of dark arrows as a weapon, anyone who takes any unobtrusive means to secretly wait for an opportunity to hurt others can be called "dark arrows hurt people".
The picture below shows the tomb of Uncle Yingkao on the bank of the Yinghe River.
【Self-denial and public service】
Historically, during Wang Mang's New Deal, there was a scholar in Yingyang County, Yingchuan County (present-day Dahe Village, Yingyang Town), named Zhai Zun (姬) Zun (陳), who was a disciple and grandson. As a teenager, Matsumori loved to read, and although his family was very wealthy, he was very frugal and simple and sensible from an early age. After the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu went north to pass through Yingyang, and sacrificed to Liu Xiu. Later, he accompanied Liu Xiu in his conquests of the north and south, and served as a military city commander (an enforcer in the army). There is a young man around Liu Xiu who is deeply favored by Liu Xiu, but because he broke the law, he was executed by the sacrifice, and the soldiers respected the sacrifice and did not dare to act arbitrarily.
He became one of the twenty-eight founding fathers of the Eastern Han Dynasty (known in history as the "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai"), worshiped as a general of zhengyu, and was given the title of Marquis of Yingyang.
The sacrifice was frugal throughout his life, he did not collect private wealth, and the rewards obtained for meritorious service were distributed among his subordinates. He had no descendants in his lifetime, and was buried in Luoyang after his death. Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu personally came to the scene of the funeral and sighed: "The ministers of the ande worried country are like the sacrifices of the conscripts!" The term "self-denial and public service" is derived from this, referring to the importance of serving the state, honesty and self-discipline, and not seeking selfish interests.
【Swift Wind Zhijin Grass】
One of the Twenty-Eight Meritorious Generals of the Founding State of the Eastern Han Dynasty (known in history as the "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai"), the Marquis of Huailing, was a native of Yingyang (present-day Yingyang Town), Yingchuan. Liu Xiu rebelled against Mang and passed through Yingyang, and Wang Ba admired Liu Xiuweide and led his guests and servants to follow Liu Xiu to conquer the world. Later, after the rebels entered Luoyang, Liu Xiu was ostracized by the new regime and sent to Hebei, where the battle was sinister, and his future was bleak. It turned out that more than a dozen Yingchuan guests who had defected to Liu Xiu with Wang Ba, left one after another and joined the new lord, but Wang Ba, who had been following Liu Xiu.
At this time, Liu Xiu said to Wang Ba with emotion: "It turned out that the Yingchuan soldiers who followed me all left me, and only you stayed. The phrase "swift wind knows the grass" is derived from this, indicating that in the fierce wind, only the tough grass will not be blown down. The analogy is that in the special situation of hardship and hardship, only those who have a firm stance and a firm will can withstand the test.
How, bull gas, Yingyang Town once had five idioms!
【About the author】Deng Jun, male, born in 1969, from Chen Liuhou Village, Yingyang Town, Xiangcheng County. He loves literature and history, is obsessed with writing, is obsessed with photography, is a member of the Xuchang City Writers Association, and has published a book called "Yinghe Sanji".
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