Later generations thought that Jing Ke was brave and entered Qin with a solitary sword. Therefore, there have been poems praising Jing Ke in past dynasties, such as Tao Yuanming's Ode to Jing Qing.
Yan Dan is a good teacher and aims to win prizes.
Gather one hundred husbands and get Jing Qing at the end of the year.
A gentleman dies as a bosom friend and goes out of Yanjing with a sword;
Suu Kyi's reputation is wide and strange, and she gave it to me generously.
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The poor thing came from the map, and the owner was shocked.
It's a pity that the swordsmanship is sparse and has not achieved remarkable results.
Although he is gone, he has lingering feelings for thousands of years.
However, with the passage of time, later generations gradually questioned Jing Ke, because Jing Ke was the only person in The Four Assassins who failed to assassinate him. Before Jing Ke, Zhuan Xu stabbed Wu Wangliao, Nie Zheng stabbed North Korea's Wang Xiang and tried to leave Qing Ji, all of which became household names. Tang Ju also mentioned these people when talking with the king of Qin. So what kind of virtue and ability can Jing Ke, who was not assassinated successfully, be praised by later generations?
First, the assassination of people is not a level.
At the beginning, Zhuan Xu assassinated Wu Wangliao, Nie Zheng assassinated Han Xiang, and Qing Ji left. Although these three men are also famous, compared with Ying Zheng, the first Qin Emperor, they are almost unfinished.
At that time, the strength of Qin was the strongest, and the climate of unifying the six countries had been formed, so Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, began his feat of sweeping Liuhe and unifying the whole country. After the invasion of South Korea, Qin Jun soldiers gradually approached Chu and Zhao. At this time, Taizi Dan of Yan was very afraid, because Zhao and Chu were obviously no match for Qin, and yan dan knew that his lips were missing and his teeth were cold. So Yan Dan called all the scholars in the world, hoping to get someone who can solve the crisis.
At that time, Tian Guang, a famous person, was in Yan State. yan dan asked his teacher to go to Tian Guang and ask him for advice. After seeing Taizi Dan, Tian Guang recommended his friend Jing Ke to Taizi Dan and committed suicide in front of Jing Ke to encourage Jing Ke.
Jing Ke then came to see Taizi Dan, and Taizi Dan told Jing Ke his plan in detail. Jing Ke thought for a long time and thought that he was incompetent and incompetent for this task. When Taizi Dan saw this, he kowtowed to Jing Ke. Jing Ke felt loyal to Taizi Dan and agreed.
In the days that followed, Prince Taizi Dan showed kindness to Jing Ke as a high official, not only providing good food and wine, but also meeting all unreasonable demands of Jing Ke, but Jing Ke did not act accordingly.
Later, 400,000 soldiers of Zhao were killed in a pit in Tian Lei, and the prince of Zhao was captured. So, Qin Jun broke through Zhao, and the soldiers marched northward, reaching the border of Yan. At this time, Taizi Dan finally worried. He ran to Jing Ke's side and politely asked when Jing Ke could act. Jing Ke said that he would act immediately, so he set off with General Fan's head and a map of Du Kang in Yan State. In Yishui, Gao Jianli sang to Jing Ke that "the wind blows and the water cools, and the strong men are gone forever" to bid farewell to Jing Ke.
After Jing Ke arrived in Xianyang, he offered a picture to get close to the king of Qin, but he was desperate. Jing Ke left hand cuff, right hand stab chest. As a result, the king of Qin walked around the pillar swinging his sleeves (the quality of clothes was really not good). Jing Ke couldn't catch up, was hit by Xia's medicine bag, and was stabbed in the thigh by his sword. When Jing Ke knew it was wrong, he cursed the king of Qin, who ordered the guards to get rid of Jing Ke. Jing Ke failed to stab Qin.
Jing Ke failed, but after all, he assassinated Qin Shihuang, who finally unified the six countries. In addition, Jing Ke dared to stand alone against Qiang Qin, and this spirit deserves respect from future generations.
2. Where are the black spots in Jing Ke?
Since Jing Ke dared to bring his solitary sword into Qin, his courage was commendable, so why did many people in later generations want to hack him? The following small series will help you take stock of these black spots in Jing Ke.
Black spot 1: timid, afraid of things
This is obviously not in line with the people in Jing Ke, but it is not groundless. On the way, Jing Ke passed Yuci to talk about fencing. As a result, he met Nie Gai, the great swordsman at that time. As a result, Jing Ke's fencing theory is contrary to Jing Ke's, and Nie Gai can't beat Jing Ke. So, Nie Gai glared at Jing Ke, and Jing Ke stood up and left when he saw the blade master do this to himself.
At that time, it was suggested that Nie Gai get Jing Ke back. Nie Gai told the person who suggested him that Jing Ke must be afraid to stay in Yuci at this time. Later, someone went to Jing Ke and found that he had fled Yuci by car.
In addition, when Jing Ke was in Handan, he argued with others about playing chess. The man was very angry and reprimanded Jing Ke, and Jing Ke left despondently. This shows that this black spot may be very real.
Black spot 2: arrogance and debauchery
At the beginning, in order to achieve the purpose of stabbing Qin, Taizi Dan took Jing Ke as Shangqing. It can be said that he dare not drop it in his hand or put it in his mouth. He also obeyed Jing Ke's demands. At that time, Jing Ke was very beautiful, and Taizi Dan gave many beautiful women to Jing Ke. One day, Prince Taizi Dan and Jing Ke were sitting drinking. Prince Taizi Dan's maid is playing a musical instrument. The maid's hand is very clever, and the pop-up music is natural.
Jing Ke then said to Taizi Dan, this woman is very beautiful and smart. Hearing this, Taizi Dan gave the maid to Jing Ke. But Jing Ke said, I just like this woman's skillful hands. Upon hearing this, Taizi Dan cut off the woman's hand and gave it to Jing Ke. Jing Ke was very happy.
Black spot 3: poor technology.
Compared with Jing Ke's character, his assassin skills are the most laughable. At that time, Jing Ke begged Prince Taizi Dan for the head of General Fan on the grounds that he could not get close to the king of Qin. General Fan committed suicide immediately without saying anything. Jing Ke said that Prince Taizi Dan presented a map of Du Kang area of Yan State to get close to the King of Qin.
Because he was afraid of not killing the king of Qin, Taizi Dan bought the sharpest dagger from Mrs. Xu at that time, and it is said that he died with blood. With these conditions, Taizi Dan thought that things were not good. In fact, Jing Ke did approach the King of Qin (only across a table), but the dagger did not stab the King of Qin. Not only that, Jing Ke was cut off by the king of Qin with a sword, and the dagger was thrown out without being thrown to the king of Qin.
Third, the significance of Jing Ke's stabbing Qin.
We often use "the country is unfortunate and the poet is lucky" to express our regret and admiration for the poet, but for Jing Ke, it should be that Jing Ke is unfortunate and the country is lucky. Because of Qin at that time, it was the general trend to unify the six countries. If Qin Shihuang dies, the process of unifying the six countries will be delayed for decades or even hundreds of years. In this way, creatures will be baptized by war again.
So what Jing Ke did, though for loyalty, was actually of no benefit to the historical process. As Qin Shihuang said in Hero, to kill is not to kill.