If we use "poverty" as an analogy, I think it is like an invisible net, tightly binding the lives and dreams of countless people, and we are seeking a way out of the situation in the midst of difficulties and struggles.
Friends, the topic I want to talk to you about today is poverty. On this topic, "Kindergarten Qionglin" has such a description: the room is like a hanging chime, and it is very embarrassing; There is no stone in the home, which is said to be extremely poor.
How do we understand this statement? If you are interested, you should read it carefully.
Interpretation and comprehension
The "room" in "room is like a hanging chime" refers to a place of residence.
"Chime", refers to the ancient percussion instrument, hollow.
The "Hanging Chime" vividly depicts the state of emptiness, like a hanging stone chime, with no reverberation and no substantive content.
"The room is like a hanging chime, and it is very embarrassing" is used to describe the empty interior and nothing, which emphasizes the extreme scarcity of material life, and it is difficult to guarantee even the most basic necessities of life.
The "home" in "home no stone" refers to the family.
"Danshi" is an ancient capacity unit, used to measure grain, one Dan is equal to ten buckets, one stone is equal to ten liters, here "Danshi" is used to refer to a small amount of grain.
"If there is no stone in the family, it is said that it is extremely poor", pointing out that the family does not even have a small amount of grain stored, describing the family as extremely poor, almost to the point of not being able to open the pot. It focuses on the extreme financial constraints and hardships of the family.
These two sentences have different emphases, but they both say that the family is extremely poor, and together convey the situation of difficult life and poverty.
Friends, throughout the history of China, do you know which dynasty had a difficult and impoverished life?
In response to this problem, I consulted relevant materials and found that in Chinese history, the people of many dynasties have experienced periods of hardship and poverty, such as the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the end of the Qing Dynasty, and some periods of various dynasties.
There was a great hunger in Guanzhong in the Han Dynasty
Today, I will focus on talking to you about the tragedy that happened to Han Gaozu three years ago.
Here's the thing:
In the process of fighting for the world between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang adopted the tactic of flooding the waste hill in order to seize Yongdi (now Guanzhong area, Shaanxi), which is southeast of Xingping, present-day Shaanxi.
Although this tactic succeeded in forcing the defenders to surrender and destroying Zhang Han and other enemy forces, it also led to severe flooding in the ruined mound and surrounding areas.
At that time, the Guanzhong area, which is now the area of Shaanxi, caused a catastrophe because of years of war and God's inadequacy.
The harvest in the fields was almost non-yielding, and the grain stocks in the homes of the common people soon bottomed out.
At that time, people had to work so hard to get a bite to eat.
The price of rice is frighteningly expensive, and the price of a bucket of rice is sky-high, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it. In order to survive, some families have to sell everything they can sell at home, but in the end they still can't fill their stomachs.
What's even worse is that because they are so hungry, some people really can't help it, so they start eating tree bark and grass roots, and even cannibalism.
This is not something I made up blindly, it is recorded in the history books, and it sounds chilling.
Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also had a headache, and tried all kinds of ways to solve the problem of eating for the common people.
So, he mobilized some ordinary people in Guanzhong to go to Shu and Hanzhong to make a living, hoping to relieve the pressure on Guanzhong. However, it is just a drop in the bucket, and there is no way to solve natural and man-made disasters all at once.
It can be said that Han Gaozu's three-year famine in Guanzhong was really a sad disaster. At that time, life was really difficult for ordinary people.