Chapter 13 Chapter Three Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huo De was rectified, and everyone changed to wearing lobster robes, which is the so-called "Shang Chi". What does "Shang" mean?Shang means admiration and respect, which means that the whole society respects this color the most.We need to know that there is virtue first, and then there is the corresponding "appreciation of color". In other words, before Professor Zou Lao put forward the "Five Virtues, End and Beginning", there was no such tricks at all.Ancient books say that the Shang Dynasty was the golden virtue, and the clothes and flags were still white, and they were all Mongols. Archaeological excavations have unearthed many Shang Dynasty dolls, most of them were dressed in white clothes. There is no way, because the printing and dyeing level at that time was extremely low. Off, there are the most plain clothes, and it is impossible not to think about it.

When Qin Shihuang officially adopted the theory of five virtues and issued an imperial edict saying that we are the Dynasty of Water Virtue, this kind of "appreciating color" no longer stays on paper and in theory, but has been formally applied.However, the Qin Dynasty was still black, which does not mean that people in the Qin Dynasty could only wear black clothes and wear black flags. The terracotta warriors and horses were colorful and colorful in almost any color when they were just dug out and had not faded.Shanghei generally refers to the court and sacrificial uniforms of the emperor and officials, which must be black as the main color, and the military flag must also be black as the highest level, and the sacrifices dedicated to heaven must also be black, such as black cattle, black horses, black Sheep or something.

The various etiquette systems in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty were very careless—if they were not rough, they would not work. Most of the heroes who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world were all rough. There were not many learned ones like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. Uncle When Sun Tong formulated the new court ceremony, Liu Bang reminded him: "Make it simple, or the ministers will not understand." Therefore, there is no clear style, and the ministers also wear their own clothes when they go to court. As long as they don't wear strange clothes, Don't go topless.It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Tude that the officials uniformly dressed, with ochre-yellow as the main color.What about the Eastern Han Dynasty?The ordinary clothes of civil and military officials, especially the sacrificial clothes, became the main color of ocher red. There was no way. afford it.

The theory of the five virtues also evolved into two sets of algorithms from the Eastern Han Dynasty.One is Professor Zou's method of "Five Elements Convergence" starting from the Yellow Emperor, and the other is the method of "Five Elements Convergence" starting from Fuxi, which was started by the old master Dong Zhongshu and finally perfected by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin.Interestingly, the new theory did not completely overthrow the old theory. The two systems of the five virtues went hand in hand, and both were handed down to later generations.Although the "Five Elements" method came from behind and gradually evolved into the mainstream, most dynasties in the past used this algorithm, but what if it doesn't work?Is it not round?Doesn't make sense?At this time, the old method of "five elements win each other" can come in handy.

For example, in 144 A.D., the year when Emperor Shun died in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a Yinling man named Ma Mian in Jiujiang County launched a rebellion and declared himself Tude, yellow, and fire gave birth to earth, so the Han Dynasty ordered It was destroyed in his hands, so he called himself "Yellow Emperor"-this is based on the algorithm of "the five elements are born together".Later, this "Yellow Emperor" was suppressed by the imperial court, and he was buried in peace, and he really became the "Emperor of Earth".In the same year, another man named Hua Meng appeared in Jiujiang County. During the Liyang uprising, Ma Mian learned from the past and proved that the saying that the five elements are born together is not effective, so he changed his course and announced that water can overcome fire, and I am black. Emperor—this is played according to the algorithm of "five elements win each other".It's a pity that God was not blessed, Master Wang left instead, and finally the majestic "Black Emperor" also came to a miserable end.It is estimated that when these two Jiuquan meet each other, they will hug each other and cry, they can't do it in life, they can't do it, it's really hard to be virtuous!

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Zhang Jiao brothers led the Yellow Turban Army to revolt. Their theoretical basis was the "Taiping Qinglingshu" written by Taoist Yu Ji, also known as the "Taiping Jing". It worships the God of Zhonghuang Taiyi, inherits Tude, and plays the banner of "Huangtian Dangli"-this section is familiar to friends who often watch the Three Kingdoms.It is a pity that Tude still failed to become "virtuous" this time. It can be seen that even a "hard" person may not really be able to "virtue" (win) the country.

The several uprisings mentioned above are only the harbingers of the explosion of "virtue".After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, history entered into the gorgeous late Han and Three Kingdoms era.Cao Cao is not a fool. Although he coerced the emperor to make the princes, he did not seek to usurp the throne and be the first bird, so he was not in a hurry to get angry about moral matters; Liu Bei was still dragging Guan and Zhang around the world at that time. , and don't care about virtue; Sun Quan is still young.The real first guy to eat crabs was the second child of the Yuan family—Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu.

Friends who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms know that this old man Yuan has a lofty heart, but he has no ability. He acts recklessly just because he is the son of a high-ranking cadre, and he is in a daze thinking about becoming an emperor.At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a famous prophecy rumor, which was called: "The person who replaced the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao." Gongsun Shu, who was the first to separate from Sichuan, used it as a tiger skin for himself. The reason was that "Tu Gao" was the surname of the ancient Shun. , Shun is the descendant of the Yellow Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor's surname is Gongsun... It's a pity that Gongsunshu met Liu Xiu, who was "fire-oriented", and died soon without any suspense.

Yuan Laoer thought of this past event and thought it was very valuable for publicity, so he followed Gongsun Shu's footsteps closely, saying that our old Yuan's family is the descendant of Yuantao Tu, a doctor of the Chen State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and that he answered the word "Tu", and Yuantao Tu is a descendant of Shun, and Shun is Tude, so my Yuan family is also Tude. According to the mutual generation of the five elements, it just replaced Huode in the Han Dynasty. So in the second year of Jian'an (AD 197), Yuan Shu happily proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun.At that time, his apparent territory was very vast, and almost the entire Jiangdong was under his rule. According to his thinking, I had one of the four parts of the world. Who would be the emperor if I didn't claim the title?Unexpectedly, as soon as the imperial edict was issued, Sun Ce immediately drew a line with him, Jiangdong, gone!Not only Sun Ce, but the civil and military people around him reluctantly followed him, but all the generals assigned to guard the various places refused to recognize him, so Yuan Laoer, who was more ambitious than the sky, finally lost his life, and in the end he couldn't even drink a bowl of honey water. hang up.

If this gentleman does not become the emperor, let it go. Once he became the emperor, he was reviled by thousands of people. In the end, it didn't work out. In a similar situation, there was Wang Mang in front of him, and Yuan Shikai behind him. It’s a movement to proclaim yourself emperor, looking for trouble when there’s nothing to do.”Some people said that the reason why he fell into such a big stumble was because he was ignorant and incompetent.why?It turned out that there was a famous "crow mouth" Qiao Zhou in Shu Han. When he was young, he asked Zhou Shu, a master of Yin and Yang, and Zhou Shu said that the prophecy referred to Wei, but did not explain the reason.Later, Xiao Qiao went to the famous warlock Du Qiong, and Du Qiong explained that "Dang Tu Gao" of course represented Wei.What is the reason?Because "Wei" refers to the pillars on both sides of the imperial palace, called Wei Que, and the characters of Tu are Tongjia characters, which refer to the way, that is, the road, so "Dangtu" refers to the tall and tall buildings in the middle of the road. Naturally, there is only Wei Que in the building.If it looks like this, Yuan Laoer simply stole Cao Cao's monthly ticket to take the bus by impersonating him. How can he be undefeated?

The second son of the Yuan family is dead, and there is another eldest son of the Yuan family.Yuan Shaoyuan was originally more capable than his younger brother, with a high reputation, popularity, and strength, so he couldn't help thinking of proclaiming himself emperor.After defeating Yi Jing and pinching Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao was full of ambition and full of arrogance, so he had a master secretary named Geng Bao under him, seeing that he had a good relationship, and whispered that the current Huo De of the Han Dynasty was no longer good. , General, you are the queen of the Yellow Emperor, Xiang Tude, it is a great time to replace him. This Geng Bao was really well-intentioned. He knew that if the Yuan family came after the Great Shun, it would be tantamount to downgrading Yuan Boss to the level of Yuan Lao Er, so he simply improved a few generations, starting with the Yellow Emperor.Boss Yuan himself was very happy to hear that, but he was more thoughtful than his younger brother, so he first revealed this matter to his staff for discussion.I don't know if the staff members are all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, or they think that the time has not come, and they all yell at Geng Bao for being treasonous, and he should be beheaded ten thousand times.Boss Yuan didn't dare to say anything, so he chopped off Geng Bao when he turned around to prove that he didn't have such thoughts. But did he really not think so?Originally, the two brothers fought for the eldest son of the Yuan family. The eldest brother joined forces with Cao Cao and Liu Biao to beat the second child, and the second child joined forces with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian to beat the eldest child.But when the second brother couldn't play anymore and claimed that he would take his jade seal to the boss, the boss immediately forgave his brother for what he had always done and gave him a warm welcome.Fortunately, Cao Cao was "coercing the emperor to command the princes" at that time. Everyone was looking forward to the collapse of the Han Dynasty, but he didn't look forward to it, so he quickly sent Liu Bei to intercept him, and finally got rid of the second son Yuan, and the boss Yuan didn't get it it is good. To draw it back, Yuan Shao, who is dominant in Hebei, is still "holding the pipa and half covering his face", even if the other princes have the same evil thoughts, they are not too embarrassed to say it out loud. Everyone just dares to make Lizi the "Emperor of Earth", no Dare to save face as the emperor.After years of wars and chaos, it was not until the situation of the three parties stabilized and Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty that the theory of virtue resurfaced.