Emperor Wu of Han was the seventh emperor of the Han Dynasty, his father was Liu Qi, the Emperor of Han Jing, and his mother was Empress Wang. Emperor Wu was undoubtedly also an emperor with outstanding achievements, and he did many major things in his life, such as expanding territory. Another example is the implementation of the Tuien Order and the Confucianism of Exclusive Respect, which has consolidated the central rule. The biggest thing in his life, in addition to opening up the territory, was to run the western region and open up the Silk Road.
During this period, there were also many interesting small stories, for example, Emperor Wu of Han once looked down on an animal that the Hu people paid tribute to, and wanted to scare the tiger, but the tiger fell to the ground, what is this animal? Why subdue a beast like a tiger? To say this animal, we have to start with the Silk Road, the name of the Silk Road was given by the German geogeographer Richthofen. It refers to the name of this western communication road between China, Central Asia and India between 114 BC and 127 AD, which was mediated by the silk trade.
In the pre-Qin period, the same channel connecting China and the West already existed, and the real formation began with Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, during the period of Emperor Wu. This was a well-organized silk trade, and it was not until about the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (115 BC) that Zhang Qian hollowed out the western region and the Silk Road was officially opened. However, at that time, the countries in the Western Regions had not yet completely freed themselves from the control of the Xiongnu, and Loulan and Cheshi, under the threat of the Xiongnu, robbed the envoys and caravans sent by the Western Han Dynasty to the Western Regions from time to time.
In the face of the Constant Disturbances of the Xiongnu, only by fighting could they be quelled, and in the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (108 BC), Wang Hui po Loulan and Zhao Punu broke the car division. Three years later, the Western Han Dynasty again confronted the Xiongnu with King Wusun and his relatives, and the Western Han Dynasty's prestige in the Western Regions was greatly enhanced, which ensured the safety of the Western Regions Passage. Since the smooth passage of the Silk Road, tea and silk have flowed out, and things from the western region have been continuously transported into the Western Han Dynasty.
For example, walnuts (walnuts), pomegranates, flax (sesame seeds), and garlic all flowed in from the western region, and the usual nature was through trade, while some rare ones were only tributes to the emperor. For example, the great finches, according to the records, are the rare birds that the Sabbath kingdom paid tribute to. This big bird goose has hooves, pale, raises its head seven or eight feet high, and spreads its wings, in fact, it is what modern people call ostrich. This kind of rare birds could not be seen in the Central Plains at that time, and Emperor Wudi of Han was naturally very happy, but there was one of them that he did not like very much.
The animal was paid tribute by the Hu people, and there was no sense of might in the past, and Emperor Wu thought that it did not look very unusual, and it was the Hu people who underestimated him. So he ordered someone to bring the tiger he raised, planning to let the tiger give it some color to see, but he didn't think about it, the tiger saw this guy and didn't move. Not to mention the mighty, the domineering spirit became weak, because of this, Emperor Wu was curious about the origin of this animal. The Hu envoys told him that it was a lion.
Modern experts have analyzed that it may be that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is only a South China tiger, which is not aggressive, plus it is artificially raised, so it is also possible to fight lions. Lions originated 120,000 years ago, first in eastern and southern Africa, and only began to fly out 21,000 years ago, reaching as far as India. In China, it used to be called fox. There is the meaning of the mighty hundred beasts rate, which is first from the "Erya Shi Beast": the fox is like a cat, eating tigers and leopards. I don't know if wild lions and tigers meet, who wins and who loses?