A successful person is not someone who has never been knocked down, but someone who can keep moving forward on the road to success after being knocked down. I have carefully collected and sorted out the success stories of historical celebrities for you. Let's have a look. Story of the success of historical celebrities 1: What happened when Yan Zi made Chu
According to historical records, Yan Zi was not five feet tall and was named Prime Minister of Qi. Yan Zi, who was less than five feet tall, should be only about one meter tall according to the height at that time. Yan Zi, who was one meter tall, was really short and pithy, but no one thought that this short dwarf had so much wisdom in his mind, and all of them were concentrated. With his efforts, Qi still made steady progress along the pace of Guan Zhong.
As we all know, Yan Zi is a prime minister of Qi. As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, he assisted Qi Linggong, Qi Zhuanggong and Qi Jinggong. He is also an excellent governance talent of Qi after Guan Zhong, who reformed everyone. Sima Qian, the Taishi Duke, felt it an honor to lead a horse for Yan Zi, and Confucius did not hesitate to praise him. Confucius said: Yan Ping is good at making friends with others and respects them for a long time; Confucius said: Save the people without boasting, and make up for the three kings without it. Yan Ziguo is also a gentleman! So many sages admire him, no wonder Yan Zi is called the first sage of Qi.
When the monarch of the State of Qi was Qi Jinggong, Yan Zi once sent an envoy to the State of Jin. Maybe Yan Zi lived in admiration all the time, so he seemed a little arrogant. Therefore, when he sent an envoy to the State of Jin, he was very proud of the monarch and ministers of the State of Jin. Therefore, the State of Jin was very dissatisfied. In order to teach the State of Qi a lesson, the State of Jin was prepared to send troops to the State of Qi. At first, Qi Zhuanggong didn't take this matter seriously. He thought that the State of Jin must be talking, and it wouldn't really call. As a result, when the army of the State of Jin besieged Qi, the Duke of Qi Zhuang began to pay attention to it and realized the seriousness of the matter, Enemy at the Gates. Qi was unprepared and had no choice but to turn to the State of Chu, so the task of going to the State of Chu was naturally taken up by Yan Zi.
Yan Zi was sent to the State of Chu. People in the State of Chu wanted to humiliate Yan Zi, so they opened a small hole in the gate of the State of Chu, which was called Dog Cave. When they saw Yan Zi's short stature, they asked him to get into the dog hole. Instead of getting in, Yan Zi said calmly: It's only when I go to the dog country that I drill the dog hole. Now I'm going to Chu. Is Chu a dog country? Hearing this, the Chu people let Yan Zi enter through the gate.
The process of meeting the King of Chu is the time when Yan Zi showed his excellent ability of argument. In the palace of the State of Chu, he was the first to argue with the King of Chu, and the King of Chu asked Yan Zi:? Is there no one in Qi? I can't believe I invited a man like you to go to Chu. ? Yan zi:? Qi is rich in wealth and people live well, and people's sleeves can cover the sun, which is enough to see how prosperous our Qi is. Qi chose me as an envoy to Chu because wise people sent him to wise countries and incompetent people sent him to incompetent countries. I was incompetent, so I could only send him to Chu. ? The king of Chu was speechless, and at that time the atmosphere of the court was very embarrassing.
soon, the king of Chu invited Yanzi to drink again. After three rounds of drinking, a bodyguard came up with a man. When he came to the king of Chu, the king of Chu deliberately asked loudly: Who is this? Why are you tied up? ? Answer:? He is a native of Qi State and committed theft in Chu State. ? The king of Chu turned to Yan Zi and said, Are Qi people all good at stealing chickens and dogs? Yan Zi smiled:? Orange in Huainan is orange, while in Huaibei is bitter orange, which shows that different geomantic omen have brought up different people. People in the State of Qi do not steal or rob, but steal chickens and dogs in Chu. Is it the soil and water in Chu that make people good at stealing? The king of Chu smiled awkwardly and didn't embarrass Yan Zi again, because he admired the short sage in his heart.
Yan Zi lived a poor life even in a high position, and maintained an optimistic and positive attitude, so he could live a long and happy life. Story of the Success of Historical Celebrities Part 2: What's the Story between Lian Po and Lin Xiangru
Lian Po is an outstanding general in history, and there are many white-haired veterans in history who have been stained with blood. Lian Po is a patriotic star. Although he is rude, reckless and even narrow-minded, he? Release grievances for the country, apologize and dare to accept defeat? I am frank and frank, I am jealous of my achievements, and I still care about my motherland when I am living in a foreign country. This spirit is worthy of respect and love.
Lian Po, together with Bai Qi, Wang Jian and Li Mu, is known as the four great generals of the Warring States Period, and his date of birth is unknown. Won the surname, Lian, famous, as a general of Zhao, he is famous in various vassal states because of his loyalty and courage. When he was born, the situation of Zhao was not optimistic. The rise of Qin in the west threatened Zhao's survival, and the powerful Qi in the east also developed rapidly. Facing the threat of two great powers in the east and west, Zhao's situation was really difficult. The appearance of Lian Po somewhat saved the meaning of Zhao.
Lian Po, as an excellent general, was able to calmly think out a plan to deal with Qin Jun in the face of Qin's attack. According to Qin Jun's expedition, the soldiers' fighting capacity declined, so he took a quick decision and dealt a heavy blow to Qin Jun. In the subsequent battles, he repeatedly repelled Qin Jun's attack, which made Qin, who was originally going to attack Zhao, change his mind and even joined forces with Zhao to attack Qi. And worship Lian Po as Shangqing, Lian Po can be described as fame and fortune.
Just when Lian Po was in power, another man appeared, and that man was Lin Xiangru. At the beginning, Lin Xiangru went to Qin to make peace with Choi, and successfully fooled the king of Qin, successfully sent Choi back to Zhao, and returned safely himself. Choi incident, Lin Xiangru trick or two, lied to the king of Qin, who got an excuse, and then sent his troops to attack Zhao, who suffered heavy losses. At the meeting of Mianchi, Lin Xiangru, with the benefit of his breath, succeeded in regaining face for Zhao. After returning to Zhao, he was appreciated by the prince of Zhao and was named Shangqing, ranking above Lian Po.
after Lian Po learned about Lin Xiangru and his story, Lian Po really didn't appreciate him. He was able to rank among the three ministers with only one mouth, and he spent so many years on the battlefield to get the position of Shangqing. Lian Po was not convinced. He once threatened: As long as I see Lin Xiangru once, I will humiliate him once. ? And Lin Xiangru also knew that Lian Po didn't like himself, so he deliberately avoided Lian Po, and everything was humble to him. When he met Lian Po on the way out, he would take the initiative to avoid him. After a long time, everyone wondered why Lin Xiangru was so afraid of Lian Po. Lin Xiangru replied: I'm not afraid of the general. I'm only doing this to prevent Zhao from disunity, and I don't want to give Qin and other countries an opportunity. ?
This remark reached the ears of Lian Po, and Lian Po realized how reckless and narrow-minded he had been before. Lian Po felt guilty and ashamed, and realized Lian Po after his mistake. After returning home, he took off his coat and took the initiative to come to Lin Xiangru with Vitex negundo. Lin Xiangru sincerely apologized to himself when he saw Lian Po, and didn't mean to blame Lian Po. After this incident, Lian Po Lin Xiangru became a friend of life and death. This is famous all over the world? Xiang Xianghe? Story. Story 3: Why did Zhao Gao call a deer a horse?
As the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Gao was as powerful as the emperor's father, and it was up to him to decide whether anything was big or small, even Qin Ershi and Hu Hai were ignored. One day, Zhao Gao took advantage of his ministers to court and ordered someone to bring a deer to Hu Hai. He deliberately said loudly: I present a horse for your majesty's enjoyment. ? Although Hu Hai is notoriously confused, the deer and Ma Zong can't tell the difference, and he can't help laughing. The Prime Minister is wrong. This is obviously a deer. How can we say it is a horse?
Zhao Gao looked around with a straight face and asked the ministers: Do you think this is a deer or a horse? Some ministers are afraid of Zhao Gao's arrogance and bow their heads without saying a word; Some people are already fond of flattery, so where will this good opportunity be missed? They repeatedly say that it is a horse, and they also list one or two reasons. Some people don't understand the situation for a while, tell the truth: Where is this horse? Is the deer. ?
Hu Hai, who was in a daze, saw that everyone disagreed, and even thought that he had collided with the gods, so he regarded the horse as a deer, so he called Tai Bu to make a divination, and Tai Bu fooled him and said: Your majesty did not fast and bathe during the sacrifice, which is why this happened. ? Hu Hai, under the arrangement of the Zhao Gao, an excuse to fast, is actually hiding in the grove hunting and playing. As soon as Hu Hai left, Zhao Gao ordered that those who said they were deer be arrested and killed.
Zhao Gao's reign in Xianyang city was a blessing, but he couldn't stop the anti-Qin storm. After the failure of the uprisings in Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the anti-Qin army led by Xiang Yu and Liu Bang continued to fight with even more rapid momentum. In the Battle of Julu, Qin Jun's main force was defeated by Xiang Yu, and he was greatly weakened. The old nobles of the six countries decided to stand on their own feet as kings one after another and made great efforts to move westward. Liu Bang entered Wuguan with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. In order to conquer Xianyang at an early date, he sent someone to secretly contact Zhao Gao, hoping that Zhao Gao could be the inside man. Zhao Gao didn't promise, but from then on, he refused to go to court, and secretly negotiated with his younger brother Zhao Cheng and his son-in-law Yan Le to take advantage of the chaos to seize the position.
After all the arrangements were made, Zhao Cheng spread rumors in the palace, falsely claiming that there were thieves, and ordered Yan Le to send troops to pursue them, which made the defense in the palace empty. At the same time, Yan Le instructed some Qinbing to disguise themselves as peasant troops, hijacked their mothers and secretly sent them to Zhao Gao's home. At the same time, he led more than a thousand people to rush into Wangyi Palace in the name of chasing thieves, chopping at everyone and shooting arrows at everyone.
Hu Hai was dumbfounded, and didn't understand what was going on until Zhao Cheng and Yan Le came in. Hu Hai wanted to see Zhao Gao to plead for himself, but Yan Le rebuffed him. No way! ? Hu Hai still won't give up, crying and pleading: Then, can you give me a county king as a pawn? Ten thousand households will do. ? Yan Le shook his head. Hu Hai cried in despair. As long as I save my life, I'd rather be a civilian! ? Yan Le relentlessly urged:? I have been ordered by the Prime Minister to root out tyrants for the world. No matter how much you say, it's no use. Kill yourself quickly! ? Hu Hai was so helpless that he had to draw a long sword and end his poor and hateful life.
Hearing that Hu Hai was dead, Zhao Gao hurried over, took off Hu Hai's jade seal and strode up to the temple, relying on his own ancestry of winning the surname Zhao, ready to announce his accession to the throne. However, all civil and military officials bowed their heads and refused to obey, crushing his dream of emperor with silent resistance. Zhao Gao felt very dizzy and had to temporarily change his mind and pass the decree to Zi Ying.
five days later, Zi Ying killed Zhao Gao. In October of the same year, Liu Bang led his troops into the customs, and Zi Ying, who had been in power for only 46 days, surrendered to Liu Bang, and the Qin Dynasty perished.
Zhao Gao was regarded as an eternal sinner by eunuchs who manipulated power to the death of Qin. When Liu Xiang wrote The Warring States Policy, he said bluntly:? The Qin Dynasty went into decline because it trusted Zhao Gao, the eunuch with the same surname. ?
Gu Jiegang, a famous historian, thinks that the ancient history we have seen is not original after being constantly reformed and rewritten in past dynasties. It is necessary to clean up the additions of past dynasties in order to restore the truth. Such as Zhao Gao eunuch insurrection? It's not conclusive. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country died because of the eunuch's disaster. The definition given by Liu Xiang to Zhao Gao just catered to people's hatred of eunuchs at that time, and everyone was willing to spread the rumor that the capital of the country was a eunuch. In the Tang dynasty, eunuchs were authoritarian and chaotic; In the Ming dynasty, the eunuch's disaster became more and more serious; By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Lianying, the great eunuch, was arbitrarily arrogating power in the Cixi Palace, and people's hatred of eunuchs was hard to see. In this way, the distorted history has been regarded as the official history and has been passed down to today.
what kind of person is Zhao Gao? Why does he refer to a deer as a horse?
Wang Qing of the Northern Wei Dynasty listed 59 calligraphers in Qin, Han and Wu Dynasties in Records of Ancient and Modern Characters, including Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao is not only good at calligraphy and proficient in law, but also tall and strong, with excellent riding skills and extraordinary martial arts. Professor Li Kaiyuan, who teaches in the Department of Humanities, Jiushi University, said that Zhao Gao is a rare talent with both civil and military skills.
There is a saying in the history circle to explain Zhao Gao's act of subjugating Qin.
Zhao Gao is a native of Zhao, and the six brothers lived happily with their parents. Qin Shihuang wanted to unify the six countries and sent troops to attack Zhao. The people of Zhao spontaneously defended the country, and Zhao Gao's father took Zhao Gao's four brothers to the battlefield. Zhao was defeated in the battle of Changping, and all 4, troops of Zhao were buried alive in Leitian, including Zhao Gao's father and four brothers.
The news came that Zhao Gao's mother fainted on the spot, and Zhao Gao vowed to avenge her father and brothers. Soon after the fall of Zhao, Zhao Gao, Zhao Cheng and his mother were all captured as slaves in Qin. Zhao Gao's mother was severely punished because she was ill and worked slowly. She was disabled and soon died of illness. Zhao Gao was holding her young brother Zhao Cheng, and couldn't cry aloud.
Zhao Gao buried his hatred in his heart, bent on subverting the State of Qin and revenging his relatives. He was silent and worked hard every day. After a long time, everyone relaxed their vigilance against him, and he was knowledgeable and reliable, and slowly made many friends. After being arranged by his boss, he married his wife, and soon his daughter was born. The happy life of a family of three seemed to dilute his pain. At this moment, because he knew the law like the back of his hand, Qin Shihuang took a fancy to him. Thinking that he was from Zhao, Qin Shihuang was not at ease and brutally killed his wife?
Qu Dajun, a famous scholar and poet in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, once wrote poems praising Zhao Gao's humiliation and revenge. Poor millions of Qin orphans, only Zhao Gao can avenge them. Zhao Gao grew up in the Wangs of Zhao, and shed tears and died of blood. ?