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——【Foreword·】 ——»
The code that travels through time and space quietly appears in the dusty pages of history—a series of seemingly accidental but inevitable sequences, as if the unspeakable laws of the universe are whispering. The word "coincidence" is often seen as the wheel of fate, which can either ignite a spark of revolution or quietly shape the contours of the world. Let's turn the pages of this endless scroll of time and explore how these three shocking miracles turned things around, challenged our perception of reality, and implied that everything in the world was following some kind of unimaginable order...... All the answers are hidden in this chapter of reincarnation.
——[Liu Bang slashed the snake uprising and established the Han Dynasty]——»
Over the years, history has always revealed its mysteries to us in unique ways. Liu Bang's story is a prophetic historical interlude with profound philosophical implications.
Back when Liu Bang was still an insignificant pavilion chief, due to negligence, he accidentally let some criminals escape. Under the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty at the time, such dereliction of duty would definitely be severely punished, and could even be sent to the frontier. Faced with this dilemma, Liu Bang gave up the choice of returning to the court to be punished, and instead chose a more difficult escape path.
In the process of escaping, Liu Bang encountered a miraculous thing. A huge white snake streaked across his path, blocking him from continuing his way. In fear and helplessness, Liu Bang had to kill the white snake with his own hands before he could continue to flee for his life. Soon after, he met a heartbroken grandmother who cried that her son was the son of the White Emperor and had been killed by the Red Emperor. Only then did Liu Bang realize that he was the legendary Red Emperor.
This seemingly ordinary story hides a profound historical prophecy. We all know that in the later historical process, Wang Mang usurped the throne and divided the Han Dynasty into two, splitting into the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. And the word "Wang Mang" means "snake king" in Chinese. Could it be that Liu Bang's killing of the White Snake foreshadowed that Wang Mang would split the fate of the Han Dynasty?
What's even more interesting is that white is gold in the five elements, representing the direction of the west. And Liu Bang finally became the founder of the country who entered Guanzhong first and expanded his territory. He killed the White Snake, and it seemed destined that he would become the Red Emperor and start a new dynasty.
It was inspired by this peculiar experience that Liu Bang cheered up and led his army to destroy the violent Qin and Chu states successively, and finally established the Han Dynasty, which ruled the world. This historical coincidence not only foreshadowed Liu Bang's personal fate, but also inspired the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty.
Throughout Chinese history, every time a new dynasty is established, there has always been a period of turmoil. Both the Qin and Sui dynasties had concentrated state power and temporarily unified the world, but due to improper handling, they eventually inspired popular revolts and led to the downfall of the dynasty. Their successors, the Han and Tang dynasties, took a more gentle, step-by-step approach, giving the people a breather that would continue their centuries-long legacy. The story of Liu Bang's killing of the White Snake is a vivid portrayal of this historical law.
The wheels of history roll forward, but they often go back and forth. Liu Bang's battle to kill the White Snake, although it is only a seemingly insignificant episode, is like a handful of fire in the history books, illuminating the ups and downs of the long river of history and guiding us to explore the philosophy contained in it.
——[The regime starts from 'seven' to 'seven' and is extinguished]——»
History is always a cycle of dramatic coincidences. During the turbulent years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in northern China, a general named Zhao Kuangyin used military force and political skill to seize power from a child emperor. This child is only seven years old, named Chai Zongxun, and is the son of the first emperor Chai Rong before his death.
Chai Rong was later crowned with the reputation of "the first emperor of the five generations", although he reigned for only six years, but his political achievements were outstanding, and once made the dark and turbulent turbulent times have a dawn. Fate seems to have played a cruel joke, but the orphan of this Ming Jun has become a stepping stone for Zhao Kuangyin to seize power.
Zhao Kuangyin was appreciated and trusted by Chai Rong thanks to his heroic performance in the Battle of Gaoping in the past. At that time, with his excellent military command, he helped Chai Rong turn the tide and finally defeat the Northern Han regime. A small story shows how much Chai Rong attaches importance to Zhao Kuangyin. Once, when Chai Rong was seriously ill and returned from his journey, someone offered a piece of wood with the words "Check to be the Son of Heaven" engraved on it. Chai Rong thought that this was a warning from heaven, so he appointed Zhao Kuangyin as the capital inspector and the commander of the Royal Praetorian Guard. Who would have thought that this prosecutor would really become a son of heaven later?
Zhao Kuangyin was able to successfully seize power, of course, there were factors such as Chai Zongxun's inability to control the overall situation at a young age, and more importantly, the power of the Later Zhou Dynasty had collapsed. Regime change has become the general trend. Zhao Kuangyin took advantage of the situation and grasped the timing of the mutiny just right. While avoiding large-scale bloodshed, he also opened up to the Chai family, ensuring their livelihood and status. This strategy not only emphasized benevolence and righteousness, but also won him the hearts and minds of the people.
As the founding emperor, Zhao Kuangyin was decisive and powerful during his reign, and his military commanders were well-organized, which kept the society relatively stable and developed in the early Northern Song Dynasty. But the drama of history is that the dynasty, which seized power under the pretext of a child emperor, eventually fell at the hands of a seven-year-old emperor. This is Song Gongzong in the late Southern Song Dynasty.
When the Yuan Dynasty rode south, Song Gongzong was captured and forced to write a surrender, marking the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty was established at the hands of a seven-year-old child, and the Southern Song Dynasty was buried in a seven-year-old child, and the circle of fate came to an end here. The cycle of history is breathtaking, and it may be unimaginable when Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, and his descendants will suffer a similar fate.
Overall, Zhao Kuangyin's ability to establish a unified regime with military force in turbulent times certainly demonstrated his outstanding talent. But his seizure of power through deception and warfare also overshadowed the beginning of the Song dynasty to a certain extent. History does not give a black and white judgment, only leaving endless space for future generations to reflect and speculate. Each era has its own particularities, and Zhao Kuangyin's fate may be a vivid footnote to that turbulent era.
——【·Conclusion·】——»
Summing up this long scroll of vicissitudes of history, we can't help but marvel at the ingenious weaving of fate and the hidden power. Every coincidence, every change, seems to reveal a certain order in the universe, or silently calls for the law of balance between all things in the world. However, in the face of these unsolved mysteries, can we glimpse the outline of the future? Is there a transcendent knowledge or power that is guiding the evolution of the world?
In the future, will those secrets that have been sealed by history be opened again? Will human progress respond to past reincarnation in another form? Or, in the process of exploring the unknown, can we truly understand the profound philosophy of "dividing for a long time, and dividing for a long time"? These questions are like ripples of history, which lead to reverie and stimulate our desire to learn.
In this eternal process of exploration, let us remember the wisdom of our ancestors, be vigilant to ourselves, and look forward to writing a new chapter that belongs to us at the next historical node. After all, every small choice has the potential to be a critical turning point in history. So, what will the next coincidence bring? This is an answer that we should think about together and continue to pursue.