It is said that Liu Bang worked as a curator in Pei County, transporting migrant workers to Lishan to repair the mausoleum. Because too many people fled halfway, Liu Bang knew that he could not escape punishment and simply became a mountain king for Kou. But I don't want a big white snake to stand in the way. In desperation, Liu Bang tried his best to slay the serpent and boasted that White Snake was the son of Bai Di and he was the son of Chi Di. ...
In fact, this routine is often used. Qin Shihuang claimed to be his ancestor dragon, and Chen Sheng in Guangwu Uprising also stuffed a piece of cloth in this fish's stomach. Even Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ, so he was used by Xiao Chaogui of Yang to call his father and brother for no reason. ...
Because of the peasant uprising, the starting point is usually relatively low, which seems easy to get up, but the brotherhood is also very strong, but it may not have much cohesion, so it is difficult to cover everything. But the ancient people were superstitious, as long as they deliberately spread some supernatural myths about themselves, they could enhance their prestige. You can attract some people with the same aspirations and interests.
So it should be true that Liu Bang cut the snake. After all, there were many people who witnessed it at that time, and they couldn't hide it. Moreover, even in terms of lying skills, it is the most convincing lie of nine truths and one falsehood. It's just that he set up a glorious image of the son of Chi Di under the pretext of cutting the snake, which played a great role in the future world.
What is Liu Bang cutting a snake? Liu Bang was born in Fengyi, Pei County at the end of Qin Dynasty. In his early years, when he was the director of Sishui Pavilion in Pei County, he was ordered to escort a group of laborers to Lishan to build the mausoleum for the First Qin Emperor. On the way, many workers took the opportunity to escape. Liu bang thought, even if the workers fled to Lishan, they could not do it. So I took a rest and ate in front of Mangdang Mountain, and let all the workers go at night, saying, "Run! I have also escaped since then. " There are more than a dozen strong men among the workers. Seeing Liu Bang's generosity, they are willing to follow him. In the evening, Liu Bang drank a lot of wine and went on his way drunkenly. The moonlight is boundless and the path is winding. On the way to Mangdang Mountain Ze, the person walking in front suddenly exclaimed and hurried back to report to Liu Bang: "There is a big snake in front, please make a detour!" Liu Bang was so drunk that Qingyin said with a smile, "Heroes are heroic and invincible. Just because you are a snake, you dare to stand in my way? " With that, he pushed through the crowd and walked forward with a sword in his hand. If he sees a big snake lying on the road, he will shake his head and tail. Liu bang was about to cut it down with a sword when the white snake said, "I am the son of heaven, how can I travel all over the world?" Liu Bang refused, and the white snake said, "You chop my head, I'll mess with your head, you chop my tail, I'll mess with your tail." Liu bang was very brave and said, "I won't cut off your head or stop you, so just make a clean break from the middle." After the sword, the white snake was cut in two, and the snake blood immediately splashed and dyed the earth red. So far, the grass growing here is still red. The white snake turned into a green gas and floated in the air, shouting, "Liu Bang gives me back my life, Liu Bang gives me back my life." Liu Bangdao: "How can the wild forest in the deep mountains here save your life? I'll pay you back if I even kill you. " Liu Banggui is the son of heaven, and his words are eloquent. Later, Wang Mang usurped power, killed Emperor Han Ping and divided the 400-year-old Han Dynasty into two halves. Legend has it that Wang Mang is a white snake, and Liu Bang's wish has come true. This is another story. After Liu Bang cut the snake, he walked on for several miles, drunk by the roadside. The next morning, someone passed by the place where the snake was cut, saw an old woman crying and asked, "Why are you crying?" The old woman said, "My son was killed." Pedestrians asked, "Who killed it?" The old woman said, "My son was originally the son of Bai Di. He turned a snake on his way here and asked Chi Di for a seal, but Chi Di killed him. " The old woman said that and disappeared. The man came to Liu Bang and a group of people and told him what he had seen. Liu Bang was overjoyed after hearing this, thinking that he was Chi Di, which strengthened his determination against Qin. Peixian disciples are willing to join him when they hear about it. Liu Bangxian hid in Mangdang Mountain, then returned to Pei County, killed the county magistrate, was made Pei Gong, raised the flag to rebel, and finally ascended the throne of the emperor after the hegemony of Chu and Han.
Is it true that Liu Bang cut the snake? From beginning to end, the only witness was the criminal who followed Liu Bang into Mangdang Mountain. Low credibility
However, among the treasures handed down from ancient times in the Han Dynasty, there was a "high-impedance snake sword", which was not lost until the end of the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, I think the most reasonable explanation is that Liu Bang did kill a boa constrictor, but the legend later was false. Is it true that Liu Bangmangdang Mountain chopped snakes? When Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, was the curator of Peixian County, he escorted a group of farmers to Lishan to repair the mausoleum for the county. Most people escape on the way. Liu bang himself calculated that even if he arrived in Lishan, he would be killed according to his sin. So when we got to Fengxize, we stopped, got drunk and let the rest of the farmers go at night. Jesus said to them, Go, all of you. From now on, I will flee. More than a dozen of these farmers are willing to follow Liu Bang. Liu bang walked in Fengxize drunk and let a farmer explore the road. The man came back and said, "There is a big snake ahead. We'd better go back." . Liu bang said through the strength of wine: "A gentleman is the only one in the world, what is there to be afraid of!" So he went to the front and drew his sword to cut the snake. The snake is divided into two parts from the middle. After walking a few miles, Liu Bang fell asleep drunk. The last person in Liu Bang's team came to the place where the snake was cut. I saw an old lady crying on the roadside all night. Asked why she was so sad, she said, "My son was killed, so I cried." . When asked why her son was killed, she said, "My son was a white emperor and turned into a snake. Now he was killed by Chi Di, so I am very sad." . People thought she was talking nonsense, spreading rumors and trying to hit her, but the old lady suddenly disappeared. When the people behind rushed to the front, Liu Bang woke up and people reported his situation. Only Liu Bang is very happy and proud, and his followers are more and more in awe of him. Qin Shihuang once said: "There is a celestial spirit in the southeast." So he personally went to the East for verification. Liu Bang suspected that Qin Shihuang was talking about himself, so he hid in the desolate deep forest of Mangdang Mountain. Lv Zhi and others are looking for him. They can always find him in a remote place. Liu bang felt strange and asked what was going on. Lv Zhi said, "Where are you? There are always clouds on your head, so we can always find you according to this phenomenon." . Liu bang was very happy to hear that. After people in Peixian knew about it, many people came to join Liu Bang.
The story of Liu Bang's successful snake-chopping uprising in Mangdang Mountain fully illustrates the principle of governing the country that water can carry a boat and also overturn it. The arrogant Qin Shihuang confidently believed that he could freely "whip the world" by relying on the powerful army and the land in Guanzhong and controlling the spread of spiritual civilization throughout the country through laws such as "burning books and burying Confucianism". However, Chen Guang, a long-term worker, Xiang Yu, who can only write his name, and Liu Bang, who can't read, overthrew this unprecedented powerful Qin empire in less than three years in the vigorous anti-Qin struggle. Liu Bang's success not only really gave a bad breath to the people who suffered in the world at that time, but also overthrew the feudal ruling thought of "divine right of monarchy" and made people begin to think that the revolutionary creed of "the emperor takes turns to sit in the manor and come to my house next year" is not unrealistic. Of course, it also caused a lot of trouble for several later Han emperors to consolidate their authority as real dragon emperors. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone" that the Confucian thought of loyalty, filial piety and benevolence was determined as the national educational criterion, and the social thought of the Han Dynasty gradually stabilized. This also had a far-reaching impact on the establishment of Confucianism in China's feudal society for thousands of years. Cultural significance because Sima Qian inadvertently wrote a sentence in this paragraph of Biography of Gaozu: "The snake was split in two and opened." From this, a fairy tale was born: that is, "Emperor Gaozu killed the snake, and Emperor Pingdi returned his life": one of the two main characters in the story, an ordinary snake turned into a huge white python. Before Liu Bang chopped the snake, Bai Python said, "What you owe today will be paid back one day. If you cut off my head, I will usurp yours; If you cut off my tail, I will usurp you. " Liu bang cut the white python in two with one sword. So the Western Han Dynasty spread to Pingdi, and the white snake reincarnated Wang Mang, poisoned Pingdi, and usurped Han as the new one. After the revival of Guangwu and the demise of Wang Mang, the Han Dynasty was restored and Liu's Eastern Han Dynasty was established. Both the East and the West happened to spread for more than 200 years. This story generally exists in works of art, and it is described in Bai Mangtai, Xiao He Chasing the Moon in Han Xin and Dabao Kingdom in Beijing Opera. The famous storyteller Zhang Zhenzuo's masterpiece Romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty strongly exaggerates the cause of Liu Wang's contradiction. Liu bang cut the white snake. Really? Maybe he really cut a white snake, but that doesn't mean anything. . .
The story of cutting the white snake is to fool the people and make them think that Liu Bang is the only thrill. . .
Whether it is true or not, the purpose is very clear, that is, to be an emperor needs a birthright.
So it doesn't really matter whether you cut the white snake or not.
Did it really happen in history that Liu Bang cut the white snake? In the world, many things are predestined. The ancients were superstitious and believed that everything would have signs. The story of Liu Bang cutting the white snake means the demise of the Qin Dynasty. I believe that many people who know history have heard the story of Liu Bang cutting the white snake. The white snake now flourished in the Han Dynasty, and the green snake now disappeared in the Han Dynasty. Things in history may have been doomed in the dark.
The story of Liu Bang chopping the white snake? I believe many people have heard the story of Liu Bang's beheading of the white snake, which is clearly recorded in Historical Records of the Great. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang was ordered to escort a group of laborers to Mount Li. Halfway through, he let the workers run for their lives, but a dozen people were willing to follow him. In the evening, Liu Bang drank a lot of wine and took these people on the road. ? On the road, a white snake blocked the road. Liu bang stepped forward and cut the white snake in two with one sword. After Liu Bang beheaded the white snake, the next morning, someone passed by the place where the snake was beheaded and saw an old woman crying. When asked why she was crying, the old woman said, "My son is Bai Di's son. He was killed by Chi Di's son." The old woman said that and disappeared. Liu bang was overjoyed after hearing this, thinking that he was his son, which strengthened his determination against Qin. Later, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed and the Han Dynasty was established. The Qin Dynasty was the son of Bai Di? Maybe a friend will ask, "What makes you say that the son of Bai Di refers to the Qin Dynasty?" This should start with Qin Wengong, the ancestor of the Qin Dynasty. When Qin Wengong was in office, he had a dream. He dreamed that a huge yellow snake fell from the sky, I don't know how long it was, and its head was as thick as a wheel. Suddenly, the snake turned into a child and said to Qin Wengong, I am the son of God. God made you a "white emperor" to worship the western world. Say that finish, the child disappeared. ? Historians of the State of Qin interpreted this dream as a good omen of good luck, saying that the State of Qin had the luck of the son of heaven. Qin Wengong's dream snake is a real "historical event" according to Records of the Historian, Enchanting Zen Book. This is why the Qin Dynasty was the son of Bai Di. The story of Liu Bang's beheading of the white snake is over, so let's talk about the signs of the decline and fall of the Han Dynasty. Where is Liu Bang's Snake-cutting Uprising? What is that? Liu Bang's snake-chopping uprising in Mangdang Mountain specifically tells the story of Liu Bang's snake-chopping in Mangdang Mountain, Fengxi, and raising a banner of righteousness to resist the violent Qin Dynasty.
In 2 1 1 BC, Liu Bang, as the director of the pavilion, led criminals and craftsmen to Lishan to build a tomb for Qin Shihuang. In 2 10 BC, it passed through Mangdang Mountain. Most of them have run away because of the rain.
Liu Bang took the opportunity to end his exile in Mangdang Mountain and led hundreds of his people back to his hometown of Pei County, Jiangsu Province. With the support of Xiao He and others, he killed Pei County Order in July of the following year (209 BC) and was made Pei Gong.
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Cultural significance of the snake-killing uprising
Because Sima Qian inadvertently wrote another sentence in this paragraph of Biography of Gaozu: "The snake was split in two and opened." This gave birth to a fairy story: that is, "the emperor killed the snake and the emperor saved his life";
One of the two main characters in the story, an ordinary snake becomes a huge white python. Before Liu Bang cut the snake, Bai Python said, "What you owe will be paid back one day. If you cut off my head, I will usurp yours; If you cut off my tail, I will usurp you. " Liu bang cut the white python in two with one sword. So the Western Han Dynasty spread to Pingdi, and the white snake reincarnated Wang Mang, poisoned Pingdi, and usurped Han as the new one. After the revival of Guangwu and the demise of Wang Mang, the Han Dynasty was restored and Liu's Eastern Han Dynasty was established. Both the East and the West happened to spread for more than 200 years.