Chapter 2 Soul of Han Dynasty——Eternal Fragrance

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, named Liu Che, the tenth son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi, the sixth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty.From 140 BC to 87 BC, he reigned for fifty-four years.Emperor Wu was a heroic hero in China's feudal society.He was named King of Jiaodong at the age of seven, crown prince at the age of eight, and ascended the throne at the age of sixteen.The greatest contribution of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is to further expand the territory of China, establish the scale of the imperial system of China's feudal society, establish the multi-ethnic unified country with the Han nationality as the main body, and establish the ideological system of the Chinese feudal dynasty with Confucianism as the main body. .The most outstanding achievement is to create the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty.He was a young and middle-aged man who was successful, lived extravagantly in his later years, was superstitious about witchcraft, lustful and amusing, greedy for life and afraid of death, and eventually led to the tragic death of the prince; but he was still able to repent, and although he made a lot of mistakes in his later years, he was still the most accomplished emperor in China One of them is worthy of being the swan song of the eternal hero.

Zichang, born in Xiayang (now southwest of Hancheng, Shaanxi).Born in a family of historians, his father Sima Tan was Taishi Ling.Influenced by family historiography since he was a child, he studied under Dong Zhongshu and Kong Anguo at the Normal University when he was young, and traveled around the world at the age of twenty.In the first year of Taichu, the "Taichu Calendar" was formulated, and in his later years he was castrated (castrated) for defending the truth of history with his life.The "Historical Records" completed with humiliation is China's first biographical general history. "Historical Records" is a rich treasure of my country's 3,000-year history. No wonder it is known as the swan song of historians.

Born in Guangchuan (now Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province) in the Western Han Dynasty, he was a great Confucianist in the Western Han Dynasty and an outstanding Confucian master after Confucius and Mencius.His admonition to Emperor Wu of Confucius and the unification of the Spring and Autumn Period were adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He created the ideological backbone of Chinese feudal society and influenced Chinese thought and culture for two thousand years. He is worthy of being a great Confucian. A native of Chenggu, Hanzhong (now Chenggu, Shaanxi), he is the most outstanding diplomatic official in ancient China.During the period of Emperor Wu, he made two missions to the Western Regions, opened up the connection between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, opened the Silk Road, strengthened the economic and cultural exchanges between China and Central Asia and West Asia, and improved the reputation of the Chinese nation.It enjoys a lofty status in the history of Chinese and Western transportation and Chinese and Western cultural history.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was sent as an envoy to the Xiongnu, he was expelled by the Xiongnu to herd sheep in the North Sea (now Lake Baikal) because of his steadfastness and steadfastness.When Emperor Zhao returned in the sixth year of the first Yuan Dynasty (81 BC), Su Wu, already a white-haired old man, was still holding the festival that had already stripped of his yak hair, and was welcomed by the people of Chang'an.From then on, Su Wu also went down in history, worthy of being an envoy through the ages. The word Zhongqing was born in Pingyang, Hedong (now southwest of Linfen, Shanxi).The famous general of the Western Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu many times, regained Henan (now the Hetao area), and relieved the threat to the capital Chang'an.

The nephew of General Wei Qing, his meritorious service is as famous as Wei Qing's.He has fought against the Huns many times, and his greatest achievement is to march into the Qilian Mountains and drive the Huns away.As a result, the Qianli Hexi Corridor was included in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the territory of today's China was established. The oath of "the Huns are not destroyed, so what is the family?" made him worthy of being a famous general through the ages. The word is Changqing, and he was born in Chengdu (now Sichuan) in Shu County.During the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he defected to King Liang Xiao, and became famous all over the world with his "Zixu Fu", which was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.The "Shanglin Fu" written during Emperor Wu's period praised the prestige of the Han Dynasty's dominance of the world.

Emperor Wu's important minister.A native of Linzi (now northeast of Zibo, Shandong).Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted his strategy of reducing the feudal vassals - the Tuen Decree, which reduced the power of the vassal kingdoms from large to small, thereby consolidating the centralization of power and affecting China for thousands of years.Zhu Fuyan’s tweet order can be regarded as the most strategic strategy to strengthen authoritarianism and consolidate centralization in Chinese history. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty were important ministers.Born in Luoyang (northeast of Luoyang, Henan Province today), he was born into a family of financial management and was influenced by it. He was a child prodigy who was good at mental arithmetic since he was a child.Later, he served as the Chancellor of the Great Nong, and his idea of ​​salt and iron official monopoly and price loss was adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which not only laid the material foundation for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's literary and martial arts, but also provided a solid foundation for the consolidation of the centralization of China's thousands of years of feudal society. It can be said that there is no one in the past and no one in the future.

Originally just a court dog prisoner, a little eunuch who was looked down upon by others, but he was a music superstar.He overwhelmed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with a song and dance of "There Are Beautiful Women in the North". Since his beautiful sister was favored by Emperor Wu, he has been able to show his extraordinary musical talent ever since.Li Yannian and his younger sister formed the best singing and dancing combination in the court at that time.Afterwards, Li Yannian was promoted to the captain of the Xielu in charge of the court Yuefu, which led to unprecedented development of the Han Yuefu.Li Yannian also made an important contribution to the development of Chinese music by combining the music of the Western Regions with the music of the Central Plains.