CCTV China General History Documentary Episode 38 The Rise and Fall of Chen Chao Audio (Commentary)

Episode 38: The Rise and Fall of the Chen Dynasty

In 548 AD, the Eastern Wei rebels who surrendered to Nanliang rebelled against Hou Jing and sent troops to rescue people. During the Hou Jing Rebellion, Xiao Yan, the 85-year-old founding emperor of the Liang Dynasty, starved to death and went to court. As the lifeline of the country, Jiangnan gentry was slaughtered and disappeared. During that time, the population of Jiangnan dropped sharply, and the once prosperous land instantly turned into a hell on earth with thousands of miles of smoke and bones. Jiangnan needs a hero who can rise and fall, preserve the cultural foundation and save the people from fire and water. Chen Baxian, a poor son of Jiangnan, was born at the right time. He started his career in Lingnan and rebelled in the Northern Expedition. According to the invasion of the northern army, the Chen dynasty was finally established, and the people were able to recuperate, and Jiangnan reappeared. However, only thirty-three years later, the dynasty was in danger, and his descendant Chen sang "Flowers in the Garden of Yushu", "The Sound of National subjugation" and "The Hero's Dream" with ease, and finally the song and dance faded out.

This is a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, which was called the Great Wall in ancient times. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large number of barbarians lived here, belonging to the southern indigenous people. Among the descendants of Wu Ximan, there is a poor boy with a domineering name-Chen Baxian. In Chen Baxian's hometown, his folks prefer to let this ancestor face the world in clothes, but at the same time, they attach various gods to him. There is a pavilion behind the statue. There is a well in the pavilion. The locals call this well a holy well. Liang, a cultural researcher in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, once went deep underground for archaeological research in order to confirm the history of wells.

Liang: This well circle is not the original one because of its caliber. His original wellhead is about one meter (lower) from our present ground. The well goes all the way to the ground, so it is about one meter deep. There is a small tile, a small tile in the middle and four stone heads under it. This is his real wellhead. In our local area, there are many beautiful legends circulating among the people. When his mother was fetching water, suddenly I saw a little white dragon enter her belly, and then she got pregnant, and then Chen Baxian was born. After birth, the water in the well boiled, and then the family scooped water from the well to bathe him, and then called this well a holy well.

The hero of the future was born in Longmu. Because of his poor family, Chen Baxian took fishing as his career in his early years and later became a village official. He works as Li Zheng in the village. In his spare time, Chen Baxian likes to dabble in history books, read art books and practice martial arts hard. This well at home can't satisfy his ambition, and he is determined to make a breakthrough in a wider world. Soon, Chen Baxian came to Jiankang to manage the oil depot. Because of his cleverness, he was promoted to be the herald of the new Hou Yu small camp of the royal family in Liang Dynasty. Although he was born in poverty, his position was low, but he was familiar with state affairs and worked hard, and was deeply loved by Xiao Ying. Xiao Ying was transferred to Guangzhou for secretariat, and Chen Baxian was also taken away. After being introduced, he joined the army as an adjutant and was ordered to call Shi Ma and become a military attache in charge of the army. This is an important turning point in Chen Baxian's fate. At this time, Chen Baxian was in his thirties, in the prime of life. However, if Chen Baxian wants to be truly superior, he must break through an invisible obstacle, that is, the gate valve system since Wei and Jin Dynasties. Although the imperial power politics has been rebuilt and a few poor people have won the trust of the emperor, the gate valve system is heavily guarded in other countries, and the powerful families are intertwined and try their best to control the political power. The so-called world Gao Fushuai, the poor are still excluded, it is difficult to have a bright future.

Hu Axiang: The Six Dynasties was an era in China's history, which particularly emphasized aristocratic status. Liang Qichao even said that the Six Dynasties was the only aristocratic era in China's history, that is, he wanted a good family. With a good family background, he sat in the office, flat and enterprising. In this atmosphere, it is difficult for Chen Baxian, who was born in poverty and had a low status, to stir up. Then how did he stir it up later, this big historical background?

The real rise of Chen Baxian was in the post-Jin Rebellion. Facing the residual water everywhere, Chen Baxian led 3,000 Guangdong local corps, sent troops to the north, determined to be a diligent king and crusade against Hou Jing. During this period, he sent a special envoy to Jiangling, and invested in Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, the later Emperor Liang Yuan, and gained the legitimacy of the Northern Expedition. It was also from this time that Chen Baxian, who was born in poverty, began to take off. After the Hou Jing Rebellion, two powerful ministers were active in the political arena of the Liang Dynasty, one was born in poverty, and the other was the representative of the northern cremation, the King of Taiyuan and the Monk's Side. After forming a political alliance, Chen and Wang's joint forces were on a roll, which soon broke their health and wiped out the rebels in Hou Jing. After the Hou Jing Rebellion was pacified, Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, proclaimed himself Emperor Liang Yuan in Jiangling.

After Yuan Di acceded to the throne, he praised his merits and demerits as usual, and put down the Hou Jing Rebellion, among which Chen Baxian's merits and demerits were in the majority. Emperor Liang only named him as an agent, led the secretariat of Yangzhou, and took Jingkou Town, while Wang Sengbian was named Qiu, Zhenjiankang, and made outstanding achievements in military service, enjoying the reputation of "three fairs", but actually he was still excluded from the power core. As can be seen from the placement of Chen Baxian, the royal family and gentry of Liang Dynasty headed by Yuan Di were very wary of Chen Baxian, who was born in poverty. The biggest contradiction in the Liang dynasty was not only within the Xiao wall, but also outside the national border. In the north, the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty, two powerful Xianbei countries, were eyeing up and seized a large area of land in the Liang Dynasty with the help of the Hou Jing Rebellion. Nearly half of the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, which Liang Dynasty always relied on, fell into the hands of the enemy in the north, and Liang Dynasty was in danger.

Lou Jin: These royal families in Liang Wudi are falling apart, and strongmen all over the world are watching. The Hou Jing Rebellion was just a big political group in the north, but it destroyed Nanliang with such power. When we see this fact, we must be sure. As far as comprehensive national strength is concerned, the general trend has gone.

Jingzhou City, Hubei Province is Jiangling, where Emperor Liang Yuan proclaimed himself emperor. /kloc-More than 0/500 years ago, the famous book burning in Jiangling, China, was staged here. In 554, three years after the rebellion in Hou Jing was put down, the Western Wei army raided Jiangling, and Emperor Liang Yuan was trapped. This is Jingzhou Library, which now has more than 400,000 books, including more than 20,000 ancient books. This collection of books is not much in the whole country, nor can it compare with large libraries. However, more than 500 years ago, it was the place with the largest collection of books in China, and the collection of ancient books reached1.4000 volumes in its heyday. However, the vast sea of books has disappeared, and he has served as the curator of Jingzhou Library.

Ouyang Jun: Emperor Liang Yuan destroyed books here140,000 volumes. These books that he burned should be very precious books. As a librarian, I feel very uncomfortable when I think about it. Otherwise, Jingzhou may be full of culture.

From the heart of Emperor Liang Yuan, he should be very complicated, and he doesn't want to destroy this book. He felt from his heart that such a good thing, something I cherish so much, should not be left to you barbarians, and I should not leave it to you. Sometimes when people die, they burn the most precious things together, which seems to be a defense or such a mentality.

Before the fall of Jiangling, Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang Yuan burned140,000 books carefully collected over the years. He wants to use these books to be martyred for himself, calling himself the way of civil and military affairs. It is said that the book burning in Jiangling is an unprecedented disaster in the cultural history of China. In terms of quantity, Emperor Yuan of Liang destroyed half of the books handed down from ancient times. In terms of quality, he destroyed the essence accumulated over the years. Emperor Yuan Liang was defeated and captured, and was asked to burn.

Lou Jin: Of course, this book burning is the deadliest among dozens of catastrophes in the history of China. Why, we can say that apart from the accumulation of so much in the Qing Dynasty, it has accumulated for more than 1000 years and never reached this figure.

As Jiangling burned books, the Liang Dynasty immediately perished. After Jiangling was destroyed, the survival task of Liang Dynasty fell on the shoulders of Chen Baxian and Wang Sengbian. Wang and Chen were important officials of the Liang Dynasty, and they refused to accept the northern forces. Of course, they decided to welcome the ninth son of Emperor Liang Yuan, 13-year-old Xiao Fangzhi as emperor. At this time, BAIC also wants to support an agent in Jiangnan. They chose Liang Wudi's nephew Xiao Yuan. The already shaky political alliance finally fell apart because of Wang Sengbian's defection and betrayal. In 555 AD, Chen Baxian transferred troops from Jingkou to attack Jiankang, killed Wang Sengbian and his son, and re-established Xiao Fangzhi as Emperor Liang Jingdi. When he saw the hard-trained agent, he was knocked down at once. A war that determines the fate of the south is about to begin. How can the Beiqi government sit idly by?

There are lotus flowers to pick in the south of the Yangtze River, and lotus leaves. Every summer, Xuanwu Lake is covered with lotus leaves and fields. Chen Baxian, who has just entered Jiankang, is facing the most severe test after his arrival in Lingnan. In order to occupy the Southern Dynasties, the Northern Qi organized 100,000 troops and sent troops south. Plum rains in the south of the Yangtze River cover the sky and are endless. The officers and men of the Qi army are northerners and can't adapt to the rainy weather in the south. After a long attack, their morale began to decline, which was the moment Chen Baxian had to wait for. On June 1 1, the weather cleared up and it was time for the decisive battle. Chen Baxian hopes that the soldiers can have a full meal. However, Jiankang City, which has been besieged for several months, is short of food and grass. Just then, Chen Baxian's nephew, Chen Gang, sent three thousand welcome rice and one thousand ducks in time, and Chen Baxian was overjoyed. Immediately ordered people to cook and cook ducks, and cut many lotus leaves from Xuanwu Lake, wrapped them with rice and served with some delicious duck meat. This is the origin of the famous lotus leaf rice in Nanjing. The soldiers ate heartily, and their morale was greatly boosted. The main force of the Qi army was completely annihilated. The 100,000 troops of the Qi army who retreated to the north were only 20,000 to 30,000. At this point, the Northern Qi finally defeated a powerful opponent.

When Chen Baxian drove the northern Qi army out of the south of the Yangtze River, Xiao Liang's regime would naturally transfer to him. He has laid a solid foundation and is ready to sit quietly. In 557, the 54-year-old forced Xiao to cede the throne to himself and established the Chen Dynasty, with its capital in Jiankang. Since then, the cold clan has been fully superior. When he was young, Chen Baxian left his hometown. More than 30 years later, the son of a poor family became emperor and reached the peak of his life. After becoming the king of a country, Chen Wudi still never forgot the true face of a poor family, and even put forward the idea of governing the country with sincerity, which highlighted the political demands and opinions of a poor civilian, in sharp contrast with the gentry's pursuit of extravagance in the Southern Dynasties. 1994, when his descendants rebuilt Chen Baxian's former residence in Changxing, his hometown, they also followed Chen Wudi's frugal fashion, and there was no luxury in the whole memorial hall.

Liang: One of the most precious cultural relics here is a monument jointly made by Gui Youguang, the governor of Changxing County in Ming Dynasty, and Wu Cheng'en, the county magistrate. People admire their position in the history of literature. He wrote about diligence, diligence, ambition, diligence and wealth, and wrote about the emperor of Jiangzuo, who was named the most sage.

As the founding monarch, Chen Wudi has a tenacious will and a simple work style. During his reign, he changed the luxury in the palace, set an example, advocated frugality and opposed extravagance and waste. Chen Wudi is very frugal. He often eats only a few products and entertains banquets in private. All pottery and mussel dishes are ordinary, so it is not wrong to order enough dishes. Even after the economic recovery in the south of the Yangtze River, there are still clothes and flowers in the palace, singing bell girls' music, which is not listed in the front. During that time, the people's strength was restored. Jiangnan, once a broken mountain and river, came into being, and Chen Baxian, who was born in a poor family, grew up from a village official to a general. When he was ordered to face danger, he was desperate. Finally, he put on a yellow robe and cleaned up the broken mountains and rivers.

In the long run, Chen Chao is likely to become stronger on the basis of paying attention to national strength. However, history is always changed by countless accidents. In June 559, Chen Wudi, who was in office for only 2 1 month, died suddenly in Jiankang City. This is Wan 'anling, located in Jiangning District, Nanjing. It is said that Chen Wudi was buried here after his death. In Wan 'anling, an ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, even a scenic spot unfamiliar to locals, there are only two lonely stone beasts left here, and the dynasty initiated by Chen Wudi has long since become a thing of the past. However, 1500 years ago, the Chen Dynasty, with the smallest territory and the weakest national strength in the history of the Southern Dynasties, stubbornly held the most prosperous economic and cultural area in China, leaving a very rich legacy for the reunification of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Lou Jin: In Beiqi and Houjing, the two groups were the Hu Huahan Group, which rose in six towns, so it was a very backward, barbaric and dark rule. Compared with this rule, Chen Baxian could resist Gao Qi and exclude the Western Wei Dynasty. National hero, of course. By combing and managing Jiangnan, Chen first put down the rebellions in various places, so in the process of putting down the rebellions in various places, he also put the places in Jiangnan.

Chen Baxian laid a great foundation for this country. After he ascended the throne for two years, he left no ambition and endless regrets. Because Chen Baxian's son was not around, his nephew Chen Gang succeeded to the throne for Chen Wendi. Chen Wendi was one of the few promising kings in the Southern Dynasties. He followed Emperor Wu to the north and was full of worries about the future of the dynasty. During his reign, he successively pacified Wang Lin of Xiang Ying. At the same time, Emperor Wen rectified the bureaucracy, attached importance to agriculture and mulberry, and built water conservancy projects. This is Jianhu Lake in Shaoxing, a famous tourist attraction in Zhejiang. In the Chen Dynasty, this was a famous water conservancy project. During Chen Wendi's administration, the lake water irrigated thousands of miles of fertile land along the waterway dug 120 miles. Until today, these rivers still exist.

During the ruling period, the politics of Chen dynasty was clear, the social economy developed to a certain extent, and the country began to become strong. With the stability and prosperity of the Chen Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty began to make up with the Chen Dynasty. Chen Chao sent messengers to Chang 'an to pick up his younger brother Chen Zhuan, who was the later emperor. Years of imprisonment experience made Chen Gang feel very painful for his country and his family. After Chen ascended the throne, he decided to explore the Northern Expedition and expand his territory with a sense of crisis and mission to the rise and fall of the dynasty. From the strategic point of view, Jiangbei, which had been occupied by the Southern Dynasties for a long time, was plundered by the Northern Qi Dynasty, while Jingzhou and Bashu, west of the Chen Dynasty, were captured by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which had no strategic depth and became the biggest weakness of the Chen Dynasty's national defense.

In 573 AD, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chen Dynasty crossed the Yangtze River and conquered Northern Qi. The Northern Expeditionary Army was plundered by electricity, and almost encountered no decent resistance, so it recovered a large area of land in Huainan. But when the situation was good, Xuan Di suddenly ordered the army to stop the Northern Expedition. Emperor Xuandi Chen didn't add fuel to the flames, because the national strength of Chen Dynasty was weak at that time, and the Northern Expedition overdrawn this dynasty that had just recovered its vitality. On the contrary, while the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Chen Dynasty contained each other, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, where the fisherman benefited, began a peaceful and frozen journey and wiped out the Northern Qi Dynasty, which had been defeated by the Chen army in one fell swoop. In 577, the Northern Zhou Dynasty unified the North, and the unification of the North made Chen Chao face a stronger opponent, instead of sitting idly by when the North flourished.

Lou Jin: Xuan Di's Northern Expedition, for the first time, was due to Chen Chao's failure to accurately assess the situation between the north and the south at that time and to correctly realize that it was still in a basic power balance in which the north was obviously dominant. At the same time, it is full of pride. Of course, in the course of this war, the original national strength of the Chen Dynasty was greatly defeated, and it was very laborious to recover. Therefore, the failure of the Northern Expedition can only be said that the Southern Dynasties were really exhausted.

In 582 AD, Chen, who was full of anxiety and determined to wander around the world, swallowed eight great famines. After repeatedly urging his descendants, both at home and abroad, he tried his best to be an official and put harmony first, leaving the west. Twenty-five years after the establishment of the Chen dynasty, it was handed over to Chen, who was later. The sun is shining and the wind smells good. The beauty tied a bun early and tried to stand up and wander. This is The Plum Blossom Fall written by Chen Houzhu. Chen's identity is the emperor, and his responsibility is to govern the country, but he doesn't care much about this identity and this responsibility. Facing the charming Jiangnan, Jiangling fell at the age of two, and he and his parents were taken away by the Western Wei Dynasty. It was not until 562 AD that he returned to Jiangnan. At this time, Chen Cai was nine years old, and he was made Prince of Ancheng. When Chen was in trouble, he was still an ignorant doll. When he first saw the world, he had become the Prince of Ancheng, enjoying all the splendor.

Unlike his father Chen Zhuan, Chen didn't realize the burden and difficulties of the ancestral temple. Wei Zhi in the Tang Dynasty said that Chen Houzhu was born in a palace and grew up in a woman's hands. He didn't know that farming was difficult, but he was generally good. Chen's domestic problems and foreign invasion have been in turmoil. When Chen Houzhu just succeeded to the throne, he was afraid of danger from the beginning and had many repentance books. There is a saying in his imperial edict of succession that he dares to forget Ji Kang for no reason, that is to say, he can't covet ease and do nothing, and dare not forget to govern the country. If Chen Houzhu can be as worried as he was in his early years and make great efforts, he may be able to keep half of the country temporarily. But it happened that Chen was an emperor with no ambition and was willing to live in peace. He is ten miles away from Qinhuai, and he is at home. In the city of Jiankang, where this river passes, chen more, the king of a country, is elegant and good at literature, especially palace poems. The theme of palace poems is verve river, narrow and evil customs, frivolous and graceful. When Chen was a prince, he was beautiful. After Chen succeeded to the throne, this literary group got greater development under the protection of imperial power. At that time, it was called literary school, and Xu Ling, who was honored as a poet by his late master after his death, was one of the best. In order to cater to Chen Houzhu's kindness, Xu Ling specially compiled a collection of poems dedicated to women in the palace, A New Ode to Jade Terrace. New Yutai Fu has always had a high literary position in the history of literature, and it is the third collection of poems after The Book of Songs and Songs of the South.

Fang Lin: There are a lot of palace poems in this novel Ode to the Jade Platform, including Peacock Flying Southeast, which is a good work to praise women's resistance to feudal oppression and feudal ethics. But its aesthetic taste can be said to be a bit vulgar, and it is really vulgar. Palace poems are concerned with women's beauty, body and pleasure in bed. we can

As a monarch, Chen Houzhu forgot the correct political declaration at that time. Instead of being prepared for danger in times of peace, he indulged in his favorite literature, ignored state affairs all day and was busy feasting with literary courtiers in the backyard. Selfishness, Chen Chao's national politics were corrupt and discipline was not established. The monarch and his subjects indulge in the charming Jiangnan culture and dream all day long.

There are beautiful women in the north, who are peerless and independent. They care about the city first and then the country. Chen Houzhu's favorite princess, Zhang Lihua, is such a beauty. According to historical records, her hair is seven feet long, really black as paint, radiant, elegant and beautiful, and her eyes shine in the mirror. When dressing on the cupboard, she was facing the porch sill and looked like a fairy in the palace. Chen and Zhang Lihua have been in love since he was a prince. When Emperor Chen just died, Chen Houzhu was chopped by his younger brother, and he wanted to take his place. During his recovery, he abandoned Zhu Ji and left Zhang Guifei alone. In addition, Zhang Guifei has a strong memory and many memorable monuments, so Chen Houzhu likes Zhang Lihua very much. Chen Houzhu's feelings for Zhang Guifei and other concubines are reflected in three famous pavilions in history. Since the establishment of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the furnishings of the palace have been very simple, but in Chen Houzhu, all this has changed.

In the second year of Chen Houzhu's accession to the throne, Lin Chun Pavilion, Qi Jie Pavilion and Wang Xian Pavilion were built, with many roads connecting them. Dozens of rooms, doors and windows, wall straps, lintels and railings are all made of sandalwood and decorated with golden jade. The treasure beds and treasures in the museum are magnificent and rare, unprecedented in modern times. Chen Houzhu wrote a poem "Flowers in the Back Garden of Yushu" for this purpose. Li Yufanglin stood on the shelf, wearing new makeup and looking beautiful. The reflection door was so charming that she couldn't get in at first, and the curtains greeted her with a smile. The enchanting face is like a flower with dew, and Yushu flows to illuminate the backyard. Poetry is free from vulgarity, which is amazing. The flowers in the back garden of Yushu, which have not been in full bloom for a long time, have become the name of national subjugation. Southeast charming, she is a man, gentle and charming. With the exquisite maturity of Jiangnan culture, the natural landscape has become a human landscape, and the Yangtze River moat has also become gentle and charming.

At this time, in the north, the Northern Zhou Dynasty has been replaced by the Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, who is determined to rebuild reunification, has pointed his finger at the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to disobeying the monarch, indulging in literature, extravagance and indulgence, and indulging in pleasure, Chen Houzhu is also politically incompetent and inhumane in employing people. In 586 AD, 34-year-old Chen Xiazhao, following the example of ancient sages, set up an exhortation drum and listened to the minister's words. In the face of the siege of soldiers in the Sui Dynasty, General Ren Zhong of Chen wrote an admonition letter. Now the officialdom openly accepts bribes, and the villain colludes inside and outside, which confuses the Chaogang and violates the code. If there is a war on the border, our great cause will be destroyed. Kong Fan, a guest of Chen Houzhu, is favored for his gorgeous articles, and his official position is the official department minister. He even reprimanded Ren Zhong, saying that we had the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and the border war was not worth mentioning. Your border generals are just brave, not comparable to my vision. Hearing this, Chen Houzhu immediately took Ren Zhong's relieving. Since then, as long as the generals of the Chen Dynasty were slightly negligent, Chen Houzhu would deprive these generals of their military power by imperial edict and distribute them to civilian officials, which eventually led to the disintegration of the civilian officials of the Chen Dynasty. The villains designated by Chen Houzhu are Shi Wenqing, Shen Keqing and Kong Fan. Most of them are good at literature and are good at five words and seven languages. If they are just a group of literati drinking wine, it will not do much harm to the dynasty. In the final analysis, there is nothing wrong with the literature, but many scholars around Chen Houzhu are proud of themselves, have no plans to save the country, and have no military strategy in governing the country and stabilizing the frontier, just like major events related to the national movement.

In the winter of 588 AD, the Eighth Army of Sui Dynasty launched an all-round attack from the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the Southern Dynasties. When the soldiers were besieged, Chen Houzhu was still addicted to drinking and singing, thinking that he could rely on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to keep the enemy out of the country. However, where is the dragon and the tiger, the rolling Yangtze River can't stop Sui Jun's iron hoof after all, whitewashing the weakness of nature, and artificial prosperity can't save the fate of national subjugation. In the first month of 589 AD, the city was destroyed and people died. Chen Houzhu's pink dream finally died in the charming south of the Yangtze River without any Armageddon. There is a well in a corner of Jiming Temple in Nanjing. Like the sacred well in Chen Wudi, this well also has a name called Rouge Well, which is even more famous than the sacred well. Shao Lei: On the night of the Kingdom, Chen Houzhu took two beloved concubines, one named Zhang Lihua and the other named Kong Guifei, and jumped in to drag out an ignoble existence, ready to escape from this disaster. At that time, the accompanying ministers discouraged Chen Houzhu from doing so. After all, it violates the state system and is easily criticized by future generations. They all suggested that Chen Houzhu simply dress up and face the invasion of the army, but Chen Houzhu panicked and was completely at a loss. This Chen Houzhu didn't want to do this, and even put himself on the wellhead to prevent this Chen Houzhu from entering the well, but Chen Houzhu wouldn't listen and went down to the well with his two noble ladies.

This ancient well is not the one from which Chen Houzhu escaped, but this does not prevent people from associating historical facts and legends with this ancient well. On the night of national subjugation, Chen Houzhu forgot his dignity as the king of a country, but he didn't forget his beloved concubines. If he was just a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman, this experience between life and death might be a much-told story. But as an emperor, Chen Houzhu was insatiable, ruined the country and lost his dignity, but he was criticized by the most people in history. After hiding in the well, the farce did not end.

Interview: I found it that night, and then I was fished out of the well with his two concubines by the army of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, three people were dragged on a rope, so the sergeant of Sui Dynasty felt heavy. When he came out, his two concubines were very frightened, and they were coated with a lot of rouge, which landed on the mine field of this well, so this well was later called rouge well. There are indeed some red marks on the well site of this well. These are rouge, and they are all legendary rouge marks. But it's not rouge marks, but stone veins, red quartzite, stone veins.

When Chen Wudi was born, the ancient well in Changxing was boiling. When the great cause of Chen Dynasty was completed, this well was honored as a sacred well. Thirty-three years later, the power was over, and Chen Houzhu fled into the ancient well with more shame. In addition to the title of rouge well, Nanjing people also call this well a shame well.

Chen, we can be said to be saints of love. Judging from the touching degree of words, he should occupy a place in the history of China literature. We can't say that he is a tyrant, but he is indeed the master of famine. When he died, the Sui Dynasty gave him the same posthumous title Yang as the later emperor. What does Yang mean?

Those who lost their country died at the age of 52 after the demise of the Chen Dynasty 16 years. However, he didn't return to Jiankang until his death, because his former capital, Jiankang, was razed to the ground by Sui Jun after the demise of the Chen Dynasty. Now there are only about 300 square meters of Southern Dynasties relics left in Nanjing.

Hu Axiang: We can't see a lot of things of the Chen Dynasty in Nanjing today, but we won't see this in the future. This is called hiding feelings in a virtual scene. In the 33-year history of the Chen Dynasty, we left many things behind. We don't have to be as long as this Tang dynasty, Han dynasty, Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty, and some of them have a short history. Reflected a lot of things in a relatively short time. In this respect, the Chen Dynasty should be said to be a history of China.