Introduction: I believe everyone is very familiar with the name Jing Ke, but do you know which dynasty he is from? Below is the dynasty that Jing Ke was from. I hope it will be helpful to you!
The ancient Wei State was probably the area north of the current Yellow River. Weiguo is not a powerful person. Wei State was annexed in 254 BC and became a dependent state of Wei State.
Jing Ke was a native of the Wei State at the end of the Warring States Period, and his ancestors were from the Qi State. Jing Ke liked reading and swordsmanship since he was a child, and he had a chivalrous spirit. Later he traveled to Yan State. He got acquainted with Tian Guang of Yan State and was called Jing Qing in Yan State.
When Jing Ke was defending his country, he experienced the country's destruction and the people's relatives being separated and exiled. The political environment at that time was turbulent, and countries continued to launch wars in order to expand their power, annex each other. Because of the war between countries, Jing Ke lost his motherland and no belonging. He hated the king's aggressive behavior since he was a child. He respected peace and was chivalrous. He didn't like bullying the weak and was afraid of the powerful. Traveling to various countries and witnessing the harm of war with his own eyes gave him the seeds of stopping the war.
When Jing Ke was in Yan State, Prince Dan was afraid that the King of Qin would invade and destroy the country, so he used his abundant financial resources to find assassins to kill the King of Qin. Jing Ke himself was a martial arts practitioner and loved swordsmanship. He also happened to meet Tian Guang of the Yan Kingdom. Through Tian Guang's introduction, he accepted the mission of Prince Dan.
Jing Ke proposed to offer the map of the fertile land of Yan State and the head of General Fan, a traitor to Qin who fled to Yan State, so that he could approach the King of Qin and gain his trust.
Prince Dan of Yan State could not bear the idea of ??taking General Fan's head, so Jing Ke personally went to lobby General Fan. The King of Qin killed all the members of General Fan's family. He had hated the King of Qin for a long time. When he heard Jing Ke's proposal to use his head in exchange for the opportunity to assassinate the King of Qin, he drew his sword and killed himself without saying a word. After Jing Ke prepared these gifts, he said goodbye to many friends and martyrs in the land of Yishui, and embarked on the road to assassinate Qin.
Two Ghosts Fighting Jing Ke
In the early Han Dynasty, King Chu Yuan came to Pengcheng to become the vassal king. He promoted culture and martial arts, advocated Confucianism and Taoism, and recruited literati and wise men from all over the world. . There was a man named Zuo Botao, who lost his parents when he was young and had knowledge of governing the country and the people. However, the government at that time did not pay attention to literati, and he did not go out to seek official positions until he was over 50 years old. After Zuo Botao heard the news that King Chu Yuan was looking for talented people, he decided to go to Chu State.
He went on the road alone with a volume of books. It was cold winter and it started to rain again. Zuo Botao walked for a day. When it got dark, he saw a house in the bamboo forest in front of him. There was a light inside. With the light on, he knocked on the door and asked for shelter. Unexpectedly, the owner of this house is also a scholar named Yang Jiaoai. He has also lost his parents since he was a child. In his forties, he is only interested in saving the common people. The two became more and more in agreement and decided to become brothers.
Zuo Botao persuaded him to go with him to seek fame, and Yang Jiaoai agreed. When the weather was fine, they took some dry food and set off to Chu State. The two of them ran all night, but the journey was long, it was snowing heavily, and dry food was about to be exhausted. So Zuo Botao told Yang Jiao'ai to take the dry food with him on the road alone. After saying this, Zuo Botao fell down on purpose and asked Yang Jiao'ai to find a stone for him to sit down and rest. When Yang Jiao'ai came back, Zuo Botao took off his clothes. He came down, lay down on the snow, and told Yang Jiao'ai to put on his clothes and go to Chu State quickly. After the explanation, Zuo Botao froze to death. The sheep's horn left sadly.
When he arrived in the Chu Kingdom, Yang Jiaiaoai used his knowledge to gain the appreciation of the King of Chu and received a generous reward. Yang Jiao'ai refused the King of Chu's appointment and immediately came back to find his friend's body. He chose a feng shui auspicious place and buried his friend. Yang Jiao Ai also lived next to the cemetery and watched over his friend. Unexpectedly, one day, Zuo Botao asked Yang Jiaoao in a dream, saying that he was bullied by Jing Ke's ghost in the underworld and could not defeat him. Yang Jiao Ai woke up from the dream and thought of her friend being bullied by Jing Ke, so she committed suicide in front of the grave and said that they would fight against Jing Ke together.
Evaluation of Jing Ke
The name Jing Ke is known to the world because of his heroic feat of assassinating Qin. The assassination of Qin failed and he died tragically in the Qin Palace. The King of Qin was frightened and killed everyone related to Jing Ke, which also accelerated the demise of the Yan Kingdom. Jing Ke assassinated Qin, and if he won, his name would be remembered throughout history; if he failed, everyone would be hurt.
Therefore, later generations also ridiculed Jing Ke for his failure in assassinating Qin.
Su Xun of the Northern Song Dynasty said that Jing Ke's failure accelerated the disaster. Bao Biao of the Southern Song Dynasty believed that Jing Ke was not humane at all. Zhu Xi of the Qing Dynasty thought that he was a brave man and nothing he did was worthy of praise. But there are many people who affirm him. For example, Sima Qian believes that Jing Ke has lofty ambitions and is still great even if he loses. It is not easy to assassinate Qin, but it is easy to criticize. It is not surprising that people of later generations will comment on the characters and objects of previous generations.
I think you still have to look at what standards you use to treat a person. From the perspective of personal survival, then Jing Ke undoubtedly has the spirit of a dead soldier. During the Warring States Period, the country was destroyed and wars were frequent. It is said that heroes emerge from troubled times, so there were many people with heroic feelings at that time. Hermits, assassins, conspirators and all kinds of strange people are vying to appear. Looking at historical data, Jing Ke did not have many nephews and nephews to drag him down. He felt that the entrustment of Spiritual Prince Pill must be due to Jing Ke's patriotism.
If we look at it from a macro perspective, Jing Ke did not succeed in the end. First of all, it was a very bad thing, which affected everyone involved, and the State of Yan was even more ruined. After all, Jing Ke relied on the envoys of the State of Yan. Identity assassinated the King of Qin. Secondly, Jing Ke thought too much. According to historical records, Jing Ke did not immediately want to assassinate the King of Qin, but waited for an opportunity to force him to return the land of Yan. Why other assassins could easily complete the task, maybe because the assassin's purpose was to take human lives. From this it seems that Jing Ke is not a failed assassin.