Chu Zhuangwang's "Winning the Central Plains"-100 Beautiful Stories in the Spring and Autumn Period (52)

After a period of hard governance, the former Wu/Wen (606 BC) became stronger. After several consecutive victories, I got carried away and didn't know which foot to take first. Dominating the Central Plains is not a problem. Now he is ambitious and wants to see how lucky the Zhou Dynasty is. In 606 BC, Chu Zhuangwang took advantage of the crusade against Lu Hun (now the northeast of Songxian County, Henan Province) to drive the Chu army to the southern suburbs of Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and held a grand military parade. What's the parade doing here? Obviously, it's for Zhou Wang. King Ding of Zhou, who had just acceded to the throne, was really uneasy and sent a king who was good at coping to comfort him. According to the truth, King Zhuang should visit Zhou Wang first, but now it's reversed. When he saw the king, he really asked, "How big is the tripod of the Zhou Emperor? How heavy is it? " Why did Chu Zhuangwang win? Because Jiuding in the Zhou Dynasty was a symbol of state power. Chu Zhuangwang became a little interested in the authority of the Zhou Dynasty. Wang euphemistically said, "The rise and fall of a country depends on the existence of morality and justice, regardless of the size of the tripod. Chu Zhuangwang said haughtily, "Don't control Jiuding by yourself. The State of Chu broke the halberd and hooked the blade, which was enough to cast Jiuding. At this time, Wang also retorted rudely: "Don't forget the virtue, all the princes in the world support it, so that all localities contribute bronze and Kai can cast Jiuding." The purpose of casting Jiuding is to cast all kinds of things on it. People can tell everything from the tripod and know what is sacred and what is evil. When they go hunting, they will not be afraid because of ignorance, and they can also avoid ghosts. Later, confused, Ding was transferred to Shang. The Shang and Zhou dynasties were autocratic, and Ding turned to Zhou. If the emperor has virtue, the tripod is small and heavy and cannot be moved; The son of heaven has no virtue, and the tripod is big, light and easy to move. Although the Zhou family declined, its fate did not change, and the fate of the Zhou dynasty did not run out. We can't ask the weight of the tripod. " Wang's words completely destroyed his self-esteem. Chu Zhuangwang left Luoyang bitterly. The source of allusions in Meng Yunfei's calligraphy "Rule of Virtue" is ① the glory of cutting Lu Hun. As for Lu's observation of soldiers in Zhoujiang, it doesn't matter how much he bid. Speaking of it, virtue is not in the tripod, but there is virtue in the past summer, painting things in the distance, Mu Zhi in Jin Jiu, casting tripod elephants, and hundreds of crops. Ding moved to the business, offering 600 yuan. Shang and Zhou dynasties were tyrannical, Ding moved to Zhou, and his virtue was obvious. Although it is small and heavy, its treachery has returned to chaos. Although it is big and light, it is only a matter of a few days, and it has a bottom. As a king, Ding decided to settle in Mang (r incarnation), 30 years old and 700 years old. (Selected from Zuo Zhuan Gong Xuan's Three Years) In 28 years, he cut land in the surrounding suburbs to watch soldiers. King Ding of Zhou made his grandson work for the King of Chu. The king of Chu got a pawn and said to him, "Virtue is not in the tripod." King Zhuang said, "I am invincible! The beak of the broken hook of Chu State is enough for Jiuding. " Said to the king, "alas! Has the king forgotten? In the past, when summer was in full swing, all people came from afar. Gong Jin Nine grazes animals, casts tripod statues, and prepares everything for it, so that people can know God's betrayal. Jie has disorderly virtue, Ding moved to Yin, and sacrificed 600. Yin and Zhou dynasties were tyrannical, and Ding moved to Zhou. Ming Xiu's virtue, though small, must be heavy; Its rape and confusion, though big, will be light. In the past, the king was destined to be the king, and it was God's will that the world was 30 and the year was 700. Although Zhou De declined, his fate remained unchanged. The weight of the tripod can't be asked. " The king of Chu is back. (Excerpted from Historical Records Chu Family) Attachment: The author was originally named Wu Zhimin. My ancestor was born in Yuzhou in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the poor monarch gave up his country to Jin because he was greedy for small wealth. Since then, he has become a Shanxi native in Shanxi. It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, ancestors moved from under the big pagoda tree to Shangcai, Henan Province, and became Cai Min from then on. 1995 After graduating from master's degree, he left his hoof in a city in the Central Plains and poured into the media, becoming a plowed "* * * horse". After more than 20 years, he was going to die in a ditch. He even wrote a book "Spring and Autumn Annals" in the name of Wu Gongping.