Examples of ancient celebrities who ultimately failed due to excessive pressure include:
1. Zhuge Liang (181-October 8, 234), courtesy name Kongming, nickname Wolong, Xuzhou Langya A native of Yangdu (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province), he was the prime minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. He was an outstanding politician, strategist, diplomat, writer, calligrapher, and inventor.
Reason for failure: The six Northern Expeditions to the Central Plains were mostly spent on food but in vain. He eventually became ill due to overwork and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji, Shaanxi) in the 12th year of Jianxing Shu (234) at the age of 54. Liu Chan posthumously named him the Marquis of Zhongwu, and later generations often addressed him as Marquis of Wu. The Eastern Jin regime named him King Wuxing because of his military prowess.
2. Xiang Yu (232 BC - 202 BC), named Yu, was born in Si River (now Suqian City, Jiangsu Province). The leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty, an outstanding military strategist, and the grandson of Xiang Yan, the famous general of Chu State.
Reason for failure: Liu Bang, the king of Han, sent troops from Hanzhong, setting off a four-year conflict between Chu and Han. Xiang Yu repeatedly defeated Liu Bang on the frontal battlefield. Peng Yue continued to destroy the Chu army's supplies from the rear.
Xiang Yu fled all the way to Wujiang and met the chief of the Wujiang Pavilion. The chief advised Xiang Yu to return to Jiangdong in order to make a comeback, but Xiang Yu unified the north of the Yellow River with the shameless Han Xin and sent his troops south.
Xiang Yu was headstrong and suspicious of his father, Fan Zeng, and was eventually defeated by Liu Bang. In 202 BC, Xiang Yu retreated to Gaixia (now Lingbi County, Anhui) and broke through Wujiang (now Wujiang Town, He County, Anhui). In the end, the overlord bid farewell to his concubine and committed suicide by the Wujiang River.
3. Li Yu (937-978), the sixth son of Li Jing, the central lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was originally named Congjia, with the courtesy name Chongguang, nicknames Zhongyin and Lianfeng Jushi, Han nationality, and his ancestral home is Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). Tongshan District), the last king of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ?
Reason for failure: In the year before Li Yu succeeded to the throne, his father Li Jing had already surrendered to the Song Dynasty due to the decline of the country's power, and reduced the tribute. The situation of the Song Dynasty's destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty was determined. When Li Yu succeeded to the throne, he could only adopt a passive policy of maintaining his career.
However, despite the difficulties faced by Li Yushi in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he maintained power for 15 years, and during the days of his captivity, he never forgot his homeland and cared about his homeland. He never wanted to return to the Song Dynasty, and eventually died in a foreign country.
4. Yue Fei (1103-1142), courtesy name Pengju, was born in Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, Song Dynasty (now Tangyin County, Anyang, Henan Province). He was a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty and a famous military strategist and strategist in Chinese history. A national hero, one of the Four Generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Reason for failure: In 1140, Wanyan Wushu destroyed the alliance and attacked the Song Dynasty. Yue Fei sent his troops to the Northern Expedition and recovered Zhengzhou, Luoyang and other places. He also defeated the Jin army in Yancheng and Yingchang and marched to Zhuxian Town. . However, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty and Qin Hui insisted on seeking peace and ordered their troops to retreat with twelve "gold-character plaques". Yue Fei was forced to retreat in isolation and without support.
During the peace negotiations between the Song and Jin Dynasties, Yue Fei was framed by Qin Hui, Zhang Jun and others and was arrested and imprisoned. In January 1142, Yue Fei was killed along with his eldest son Yue Yun and his general Zhang Xian on the "unfounded" charge of "treason".
5. Qing Dezong Aixinjueluo Zaitan (August 14, 1871 - November 14, 1908), the eleventh emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the ninth after the capital was Beijing The emperor, whose reign title was Guangxu, was known as Emperor Guangxu in history.
Reason for failure: He was hijacked by the Empress Dowager Cixi, who strongly supported the reformist reforms in order to become stronger. Emperor Guangxu implemented the "Wuxu Reform", but was opposed by the conservatives headed by the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Emperor Guangxu planned to rely on Yuan Shikai to contain this force headed by Empress Dowager Cixi, but he was betrayed by Yuan Shikai and was imprisoned in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai by Empress Dowager Cixi ever since.
The entire reform lasted only 103 days, so it was called the "Hundred Days Reform". After the coup, power once again fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi. It was announced that Emperor Guangxu was ill and unable to govern, but he was actually imprisoned in Yingtai, Xiyuan, and became a prisoner without shackles.
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