Duke Xiang of Qi was the fourteenth monarch of the State of Qi. Before the Duke of Qi Xiang, during the period of the Duke of Qi Zhuang and the Duke of Qi, the national strength of the State of Qi rose, and there was already a small hegemon; after the Duke of Qi Xiang, it was the first overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Jiuhe Princes, the Duke of Qi Huan. In comparison, the image of Qi Xianggong is somewhat unbearable, and judging from the records in the "Records of History", it seems that this jun has moved to Qiyi except for "eight years, cutting the ji, and moving to Qiyi." "In addition to this matter, other events are busy with the unrequited love affair with his sister, dealing with the love enemy Lu Huangong, assassinating Zheng Guojun, who fought when he was young, revenge on his cousin Gongsun Ignorance, who has a personal grudge, and because of this last incident, he was killed by a coup d'état.
Qi Xianggong
But apart from these absurd things, did Qi Xianggong not contribute at all to the hegemony of the State of Qi? According to the records of other historical materials such as "Zuo Biao", it is obviously not so, and it can only be said that our country has always been accustomed to moral evaluation first, and Qi Xianggong's virtue is like this, I am afraid that it has long left the mark of fainting in the minds of the literati, and even if a fainting person has any wise deeds, it will inevitably be habitually ignored.
In fact, in addition to these things, Qi Xianggong still has some positive deeds worth writing.
First of all, it is to fight against the Ji Kingdom and avenge the ancestors.
Before The Duke of Qi Xiang, there was already a chaotic situation in the history of the State of Qi, in which none of the Dukes hu, Xiangong, and Ligong had a good ending, and the state moved its capital several times, and the offices attacked each other until the Duke of Wen settled down.
The source of this split can always be traced back to the fact that the Duke of Qi was killed by Zhou Tianzi, and the reason why this happened was because of the frame-up of the monarch of the State of Ji.
During the reign of The Duke of Lai, Ji Houzhi Zhou, Zhou Cooked the Duke of Lai and established his brother Jing as the Duke of Hu.
When Xianggong ascended the throne, the strength of the State of Qi had been accumulated by the Duke zhuang and the duke of Qi, and it already had the strength to expand. Qi Xianggong estimated that he had long had the idea of avenging his ancestors, and as soon as he first seized power, he began to look for opportunities to deal with Ji Guo.
In the fifth year of The Duke of Qi Xiang (693 BC), all preparations were ready, and the Duke of Qi Xiang began to work, and three years later finally destroyed the State of Ji.
The only serious thing recorded about Qi Xianggong in the previous "Records of History" is this matter, but there is no preface and afterword, which is easy to be ignored.
In this matter, in the "Spring and Autumn Ram Biography", the author gave a positive evaluation, and Emperor Wu of Han also believed that he repaid the "ninth vengeance" of the State of Qi. ”
In addition, the matter of Wei Huigong is also one of the credits of Xianggong.
According to the historical records, Wei Huigong was not a good person, and his position was not correct. Another sister of Duke Xiang of Qi, Xuan Jiang, killed the original Prince Xianming of Weiguo by despicable means and supported Duke Hui of Wei to become the monarch, which was indeed excessive, but from the perspective of Xianggong, as The uncle of Duke Hui, his nephew was exiled due to a coup d'état in Weiguo, and he should have stepped forward from both a national and a private point of view.
The Five Kingdoms of Zheng
After Wei Huigong was restored to the throne, Wei Guo repeatedly joined forces with other countries to launch attacks against the overlord Zheng Guo, which seriously weakened Zheng Guo's national strength, and in fact cleared the way for Qi Huan's later hegemony, as to whether all this was in Xiang Gong's plot, it is not known.
In short, although Xianggong has regarded ethics and morality as nothing all his life, has no reverence for it, acts arbitrarily and selfishly, but is still ambitious for the future of the country, and is also earnestly planning and working hard for the future of the country, it is just that his personal morality is too poor, and he is angry and resentful, and it is impossible to realize the grand wish in his heart.