Dongfang Shuo in "The Emperor of Han" is fake!
Speaking of Dongfang Shuo, many people may ask, who is Dongfang Shuo? Dongfang Shuo is also called Dongfang Manqian. Maybe people don't know much about him, and maybe some people's impressions of him remain in the cynical, funny and alternative characters portrayed in various novels and folk tales.
In fact, he is also a relatively powerful counselor in history, but he is not as famous as Zhuge Liang. People are particularly familiar with Sima Yi's reputation.
In 2002, there was a TV series called "The Emperor of Han" starring Huang Xiaoming, which included Dongfang Shuo played by Chen Daoming.
In this TV series, Dongfang Shuo and Liu Che are sworn friends. They knew each other before Liu Che came to the throne. Even when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, they had a huge relationship with Dongfang Shuo.
Dongfang Shuo is very elegant and resourceful, but sometimes he is also very cute and makes people feel approachable. He can hide in the world and tell people's fortunes. He can also assist the emperor and make suggestions.
In this drama, there is a woman named Nian Nujiao. In fact, the historical prototype should be Chen Ajiao. As a result, the screenwriter made the two people into an IP. In the end, he took Nian Nujiao back to the mountains and forests to stay away from the disputes. Ask about world affairs.
The impact of this drama is still very strong. After all, in the early 2000s, television was people’s main entertainment tool, and similar TV series had good responses.
However, a TV series is a TV series. It cannot represent history, let alone solidify a historical figure with the image in the TV series.
Dongfang Shuo, the number one executioner of the Han Dynasty, are you here to make fun of me?
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, in order to recruit talented people from all over the world, he specially issued something similar to a talent seeking order. As long as he was admitted, he could become an official. In the era when there was no imperial examination in the Han Dynasty, the common people wanted to Being an official was difficult, and famous people all over the world wrote letters stating their political opinions.
Dongfang Shuo was naturally among them. Those who wrote letters, in order to allow the emperor to read their things, wrote very short words. Only Dongfang Shuo did the opposite and gave the Han Dynasty the first letter. Emperor Wu brought three thousand bamboo slips and pulled a carriage to the palace, and the eunuchs carried ten loads.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty read it, he thought it belonged to many people. However, the eunuch said that only a man named Dongfang Shuo submitted the letter. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was shocked at that time. Could this be a genius? Is he an unborn master?
Therefore, I took Dongfang Shuo's letter very seriously, but I found out that he was not a big deal, he was just a braggart.
It turns out that in the first letter, Dongfang Shuo did not directly describe the strategy of governing the country, but wrote a self-recommendation letter for himself in a humorous style, saying how good he was. When I was 22 years old, I had read 220,000 words. As I wrote, I kept saying that I was handsome, a heartthrob, and felt that I should be suitable to be a great minister.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty probably read it as a novel, and he read it with great interest. He read it for two months and thought that Dongfang Shuo's spirit was extraordinary.
Later, he was made a regular minister and often accompanied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
One of the most powerful things about Dongfang Shuo is guessing riddles. In the Han Dynasty, there was a game called Shefu, in which something was hidden in a jar and asked to guess. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once hid a gecko in a jar. Dongfang Shuo guessed that this thing was either a gecko or a lizard. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard about it, he thought it was really powerful.
People say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. In fact, this is also a misunderstanding. The emperors of the Han Dynasty who were not superstitious were not good emperors. He preferred people like Dongfang Shuo who could understand each other. The ability to count. Dongfang Shuo also gained the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Historically, Dongfang Shuo was also a very interesting person. For example, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rewarded him with something, ordinary ministers would ask their servants to move it back, or drag it back with a carriage. But he carried it back on his own without caring about his image.
In terms of love, Dongfang Shuo is not as single-minded as in the TV series. It is said that Dongfang Shuo likes those beautiful women in the capital very much.
In terms of personal behavior, he also had a cynical attitude. When Dongfang Shuo was eating in the palace, when he encountered delicious food, if he didn't eat enough, he would pack it into his sleeve and secretly take it home.
The most interesting thing is that once, Dongfang Shuo drank too much in the palace and urinated in the hall, so he was demoted to a commoner.
The tragedy of Dongfang Shuo is that he only has a strategy for governing the country, but he is considered funny
Dongfang Shuo is so funny that even Li Bai hundreds of years later regarded him as his idol , and therefore wrote the poem "The world does not know Dongfang Shuo, and the great hiding place in Jinmen is an immortal".
In fact, if you read it in detail, this poem has a profound meaning. Li Bai wanted to express that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty favored Dongfang Shuo, but he did not appreciate him very much. Dongfang Shuo was to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty what Li Bai was to Li Longji. Li Bai also used Dongfang Shuo to express his status at that time. It can be seen that Dongfang Shuo was not only a banished immortal, but also a man with great ambitions.
As a close minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo later became a Taizhong doctor. However, he did not leave any political achievements to advertise in history, which can be regarded as a kind of sadness.
Of course, this does not mean that Dongfang Shuo is useless. Since ancient times, accompanying an emperor has been like accompanying a tiger, especially when accompanying a wise emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Advise Cambodia.
It can be said that the reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to achieve such amazing results was related to having people like Dongfang Shuo around him in his early years.
After the death of Dongfang Shuo, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was surrounded by some sycophants like Jiang Chong. As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was ineffective in governing in his later years.
When Dongfang Shuo was dying, he also advised Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "The Book of Songs says that flies flying around will fall on the fence. Kind and kind-hearted gentlemen, do not listen to slander. Slander has no meaning." There will be no peace in the neighboring countries. ?I hope your majesty will stay away from the flatterers and reject their slanderous words."
Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was used to hearing Dongfang Shuo's unreasonable remarks, he actually said: "Now Dongfang Shuo is talking. So serious. ?
People say that when a person is about to die, his words are good. This is probably the case of Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo died not long after persuading Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
I hope that history like Dongfang Shuo will not happen again
Although Dongfang Shuo did not become a prince or prime minister in his life, and was not reused, his name still comes from the Western Han Dynasty. passed down. There are also five pieces of advice from him in "Zizhi Tongjian". It can be said that Dongfang Shuo is an eternal wizard.
Although Dongfang Shuo has an eccentric personality, behaves differently from ordinary people, and hides himself from the court, what he wants in his heart is to organize his family, rule the country, and bring peace to the world. As the saying goes, establishing life for the common people and creating peace for all generations, it is most appropriate to apply it to him.
Dongfang Shuo has been reading poetry and books since he was a child. Then he heard that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was recruiting wise men, so he came to the capital full of political ambitions, hoping to be appreciated by the emperor. Then he was idle in the bus station waiting for the imperial edict. Later, he tried every means to get close to the emperor, and was finally appointed as an official. Then he became a doctor.
In the end, Dongfang Shuo suddenly discovered that he was just an advocate for the emperor's pleasure. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only regarded Dongfang Shuo as a jester who could make him happy. He never reused him and never regarded him as a minister who could listen to suggestions.
The small hermit is hidden in the wild, the middle hermit is hidden in the city, and the great hermit is hidden in the court. This is the ancient philosophical thought, and Dongfang Shuo has achieved the great hermit in the court. Although Dongfang Shuo did not realize his political ambitions, he was able to hide himself from the court, which shows that he is a man of great wisdom. Even though he later realized his position in the emperor's heart, he did not surrender.
Although people have had mixed reviews of Dongfang Shuo in history, it is true that he had political ambitions and wanted to benefit the people. Moreover, according to the records in the history books, Dongfang Shuo was able to hide himself from the court. It can be said that Dongfang Shuo was also a man of great wisdom.