Emperor gaozu's comments on the wind have always been mixed. Song of the Big Wind is a poem written by Liu Bang when he returned to his hometown after defeating Ying Bu.
His words are generous and heroic, which can be called excellent works in the early Han Dynasty.
Song of the wind
Emperor gaozu, liu bang, word season.
As for Liu Bang, many people think he is a hooligan, but he is not. Liu bang is kind and open-minded. "Historical Records Biography of Emperor Gaozu" records that the benevolent loves others, loves others and is open-minded. But there is one more thing. When he was young, he was ambitious and really didn't like working for ordinary people.
In the prime of life, Liu Bang passed the exam and became an official of the Qin Dynasty-Tingchang of Surabaya. "Historical Records Biography of Emperor Gaozu" records: strong and strong, hard to be an official, as the director of Sishui Pavilion.
In fact, this pavilion is not a big official. After the first emperor unified the six countries, the county system was implemented throughout the country. There are counties under the county, and there are townships, villages and pavilions under the county. The pavilions here are probably equivalent to today's villages, but their functions are slightly different.
According to records, when Liu Bang was the director of the pavilion, he escorted his disciples to Lishan. We can see that the duties of the pavilion director are probably similar to those of the director of the police station today. Historical Records: Biography of Gaozu records that Gaozu sent his disciples to Mount Li with Tingchang as the county magistrate, but many people died.
However, although he was in born this way, he finally won the world. Of course, there are reasons why Gaozu knows how to be good at others, but I think it has something to do with his own lofty aspirations.
Liu bang became the director of Surabaya Pavilion, and he didn't have much pursuit. He likes to make fun of others, as well as drinking and beautiful women. The Biography of Emperor Gaozu in Historical Records records that court officials are full of abuse, good wine and lewd.
But it was not until that year that Liu Bang went to Xianyang to be a corvee. When he met the first emperor, he uttered that eternal sigh: "A gentleman should be like this." "Historical Records: Biography of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty" records that Gaozu often traveled to Xianyang. Looking at Qin Shihuang, he said sadly, "Well, a gentleman should be like this!" "
After Emperor Gaozu's crusade against Ying Bu, he returned to his hometown, and this great wind song was filled with emotion.
Actually, here, I want to talk about Ying Bu.
Ying Bu was also a great star in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty. In his early years, he was punished by the Qing Dynasty, that is, tattooing and inking his face. "Historical Records Biography of Qing Bu" records: He Zhuang, sitting method.
Then at the end of Qin Dynasty, Ying Bu and Xiang Liang revolted together. During this period, Ju Jing and Qin Jia were defeated. After Xiang Liang's death, Ying Bu followed Xiang Yu and became a member of Xiang Yu's vanguard. After Xiang Yu destroyed Qin, he was named King of Jiujiang.
Later, Emperor Gaozu lobbied Ying Bu to change from Chu to Han, and destroyed Xiang Yu with Han Xin and others.
However, Han Xin was killed and Peng Yue was destroyed, which greatly stimulated Ying Bu.
Perhaps for the sake of power or self-protection, Ying Bu thought that only Han Xin and Peng Yue could beat him with all the stars in the world, but Han Xin was killed, Peng Yue was destroyed, and Liu Bang was old, so he thought he had nothing to hide, so he rose up against Korea. Biography of Historical Records of Qing Bu records that Buyi turned against him from the beginning, saying that he would say, "I am old and tired of being a soldier, so I must not come. The generals suffered from Huaiyin and Peng Yue alone, and now they are all dead, and the rest are not afraid. "
But what about Liu Bang?
Liu Bang is really old. After careful calculation, Liu Bang is only three years younger than Qin Shihuang.
But Ying Bu is brave. He wants to make a personal expedition.
So Liu Bang led the troops to counter the rebellion.
After pacifying the Ying Bu Rebellion, Liu Bang passed by his hometown of Pei County, prepared a banquet at Pei Gong Palace, and invited all his old friends and all ages of Pei County to indulge together.
He selected 120 children from Peizhong and taught them to sing. Just as he was having fun, Gaozu ran into the building and sang his own song:
The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying.
Vega returned to her home in the sea,
Andrew, soldiers are always looking!
At the rising place, Liu Bang danced with the song, and his heart was filled with emotion and he shed tears. The Biography of Emperor Gaozu in Historical Records records that when the wine was hot, Gaozu hit the building and wrote a poem for himself: "The wind is flying, the weaver girl returns to her hometown in the sea, and the brave men guard the four sides!" Your son makes peace with him. Gaozu was dancing, generous and sad, and wept a few lines.
There are only three sentences in this poem, as well as the legacy of Chu Ci. Liu bang expressed his feelings in the first two sentences, but in the end he asked questions and worried about the country. After all, Gaozu is over sixty years old.
Even so, there is no disguise of heroism.
A wanderer is sad for his hometown, and Liu Bang's evaluation in later generations is controversial.
But it was no exaggeration to call him a hero at that time.