The Kingdom of Tianfu first appeared in the Qin Dynasty and refers to the area ruled by the Qin State, especially the Guanzhong Plain. In "Warring States Policy·Qin Policy", it is recorded that the strategist Su Qin said to King Hui of Qin: The country of the great king has the advantages of Bashu and Hanzhong, and the terrain is convenient. This is the so-called Tianfu.
After the Zhengguo Canal was built during the Qin Dynasty, it became the richest place in the world for a while, and was praised by the ancients as "the city of golden ponds, thousands of miles of fertile fields, and the land of abundance."
At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang said when he was arguing about the capital of Guanzhong, "Guanzhong has Weihan on the left, Longshu on the right, and fertile fields thousands of miles away. This is the so-called golden city thousands of miles away, and the country of abundance" ("Historical Records: The Liuhou Family" ). The above is the earliest text about "Land of Abundance", which mainly refers to the Guanzhong Plain.
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There are natural terrain barriers on all sides of the Weihe Plain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since the Warring States Period, there has been a saying of "a country with four fortresses", so Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty He used "Golden City Thousand Miles" to summarize the advantages of Guanzhong and persuaded Liu Bang to make Guanzhong his capital.
During the Warring States Period, Su Qin presented the plan of "Lian Heng" to King Hui of Qin, and praised Guanzhong as "fertile fields, prosperous people, thousands of chariots, fighting hundreds of trades, fertile fields thousands of miles away, and abundant reserves." ", and said, "This so-called Tianfu is the most powerful country in the world." This is because Guanzhong has become a geomantic treasure land rich in products since the Zhengguo Canal was built during the Warring States Period.
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