Yesterday, a friend from Suzhou chatted with me and said that the founder of Suzhou City was Wu Zixu, in fact, this statement has never been controversial, just like Suzhou is also called Gusu.
Modern Suzhou
Suzhou is not only beautiful, but also an ancient city with a long history, which dates back to the Spring and Autumn period 2,500 years ago.
According to the official history, in 1046 BC, King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang Tang and the Zhou Dynasty was established. Wu is a royal princely state surnamed Ji of the Zhou Dynasty, according to legend, the ancestor is the uncle of King Wen of Zhou, the border is located in the south of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces and the northern part of Zhejiang around Taihu Lake, and the Taihu Lake basin is the core of Wu. The early stage of the national capital is located in Meili (now Wuxi Meicun), and after more than 500 years, the Wu royal family has experienced more than 20 generations of throne changes, to 560 BC moved to the current Suzhou area, in 514 BC Lu ascended the throne to build the national capital, Suzhou City was born.
The side door of the Wu Xiang Temple
According to the history of the barnyard tree, Suzhou City is in the shape of a chessboard, which was planned by Wu Zixu in that year. The "whipping corpse" is even more unparalleled.
As an outstanding politician and military strategist in the late Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu made outstanding contributions to the development and strength of the Wu State, and the great city built by Wu Zixu has made the outline of today's Suzhou. After more than 2,500 years, Wu Zixu's deeds have been passed down from generation to generation, and the sacrifices are endless.
But Wu Zixu's person is controversial, especially the "whipping corpse", "Historical Records: The Biography of Wu Zixu": Wu Zixu's father and brother were killed by King Chuping, he vowed to take revenge, fled to Wu State, and helped King Wu Lu to break through the Yingdu of Chu State. When King Chuping was dead, Wu Zixu "dug the tomb of King Chuping, took out his corpse, whipped three hundred, and then already." "I've always had a grudge against him, thinking that the bearing is inevitably too small, and the dead are big, and the customs of thousands of years have passed.
There was a picture in my mind, the remnant sun was like blood, Wu Zixu's beard was white, holding a sharp sword, tiger eyes were wide, a mournful shout, swinging the sword to the head, the snow-white beard was floating like a reed, and the blood spurted out of the neck cavity and shot to the ,...... of Xu MenCross in my mind, there was also a steel whip swinging, dust and rotting white bones rising and falling with the whip, and there was a sound ......of shattering
Wu Xiang Ancestral HallI wonder why Wu Zixu's strong personality is an old-fashioned image in Peking Opera "Wen Zhaoguan", he should be a thunderous Zhang Fei.
I have a basis for this association, more than 500 BC, Wu Zixu led the Wu ** team to enter the Chu State, and for a while the blood flowed like a river, and the corpses were all over the field, which is also the most tragic and embarrassing return to the hometown in historyI don't know if it's out of venting personal anger or affirming my own value?And Wu Zixu looked around, his loved ones were already dust, and there were only graves in his eyes, and the taste of them may only be known to Wu Zixu himself.
Wen ZhaoguanThe author has been to Suzhou, lingering in the Suzhou Museum, through the cold glass, although those murderous weapons of the year have not been stained with blood for a long time, but still shining with the light of the forest, I am a little frightened, I feel that these bronzes are attached to a lot of spirits, holding high knives and guns to ask for their lives, in the dead of night, there will be a "killing" sound.
There are many tragic figures in history, Wu Zixu is a very tragic figure, and his character also determines his fate, like an arrow on a string, like a chess piece on the chessboard of history. When I drove past the Xu Gate located in the south of the Wannian Bridge in the west of Suzhou City, I would always look back, Wu Zixu was not only a hero of the Spring and Autumn Period, but also a military strategist in history;It is not only the rebellion of the Chu State, but also the hero of the Wu State. His life was controversial, and he was praised and criticized after his death. Although Tai Shi Gong praised him: "...Abandon small righteousness, snow shame, name in the posterity, sad husband!Fang Zixu was embarrassed on the river, begging for food, how could he forget the evil spirit?Therefore, forbearance is famous, how can a non-martyr husband do this?"I feel that there is a lack of moral criticism, and Tai Shigong is open to Wu Zixu because of his disability, and this thought has lasted for a long time.
Statue of Wu Zixu
In one year, the author went to Suzhou three times for business, and one time happened to be the Dragon Boat Festival, which surprised me that the Dragon Boat Festival of Suzhou people was actually related to Wu Zixu, which I did not expect.
Our important festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, is related to Wu Zixu. Legend has it that Wu Zixu said to his neighbors before he was forced to commit suicide: "After I die, I gouged out my eyes and hung them on the east gate of Wu Jingzhi, so that I could see the day when the Yue ** team entered the city to destroy Wu", and he killed himself. When the husband heard this, he was furious, so he ordered Zixu's body to be packed in leather, thrown into the river on May 5, and pressed with stones, so that he could never float, so it is said that the Dragon Boat Festival is the day to commemorate Wu Zixu.
Wu Zixu's death (484 BC) was more than 200 years earlier than Qu Yuan's death (about 278 BC). "Jing Chu Years Chronicles" contains: "Handan Chun's "Cao E Monument" cloud: 'On May 5, when Wu Jun was welcomed, he went up against the tide and was flooded. 'Si and the customs of Eastern Wu, the matter is in Zixu, not about Qu Ping. It is clearly stated that the customs of Eastern Wu are to commemorate Wu Zixu rather than Qu Yuan. More than 200 years after Wu Zixu, Qu Yuan almost repeated Wu Zixu's fate.
Qu Yuan vs Wu Zixu: Also died in the Dragon Boat Festival because of his loyalty, one voted for Miluo River and the other for Qiantang River
There is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period, but there are many righteous soldiers, this is an indisputable fact, only in troubled times can heroes be produced.
If Jing Ke from Yishui, Hebei Province is a generous and tragic person, Wu Zixu can only be said to be a tragic and tragic person, which has the inevitability of character and the accident in history. If Wu Zixu also met Mingjun like Wei Zheng, what would be the result?Of course, if Wu Zixu had not escaped from Zhaoguan, there would have been no Wu State of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, and there would have been no later Wu-Yue War. Maybe the people can live a stable life, maybe Wu Zixu also longs for a stable life, and he also longs to be a lonely boat on the river. However, throughout history, if you divide for a long time, you will be united, and if you are united for a long time, you will be divided, and wars will begin to occur in primitive society, and where there are interests, there will be disputes, which is the inevitable development of history, and it is not subject to the will of individuals.
Night view of SuzhouWhen Wu Zixu left the Chu State, he objectively became a chess piece, a chess piece fighting for the Wu State, and a pawn who could only move forward, is this fortunate or unfortunate?
At this time, history is reconstructed in my eyes. At that time, Wu Zixu laid down the warp and weft in Suzhou City, and also firmly fixed himself on the game of chess of Wu State. I think it's either forced by the situation, or fate. In Wu State, Wu Zixu made an elegant turn, like a wonderful appearance on the stage of Peking Opera. His talent, strategy and perseverance made his status in the mind of King Wu rise rapidly, and only then did he have his own revenge, and only then did he have the improvement of Wu's national strength and strategic position.
Nowadays, the north in late autumn and early winter is already falling leaves, and the sun is getting bleak, and Jiangnan is the most comfortable time of the year. Wandering around Wu Land, always accompanied by the misty smoke and rain, wandering in the painting scroll of ink and blue, the rain was still falling when I came to Panmen. Suzhou city is still surrounded by flowing water, the breeze blows willows, there are some bronze statues standing on the street in front of the view, or the old and the young playing, or holding the abacus, or reeling silk, or playing under the tree, the street is also full of people, a prosperous market map, the era of cold weapons is far away, and the bronze cast of the hundred industries can also become the epitome of happiness, which is also a symbol of peace. And there is really an old man playing chess under the tree, the sound of chess is crisp, "arch pawn", "will", game after game ......
The old man under the tree is playing chess
I don't know, the impression that the people of Wu Guo had of Wu Zixu at that time, after all, peace is the yearning of every common people, and there are no racial differences or regional differences.
There will inevitably be a war of **, there will inevitably be wives separated and families destroyed. This bustling commercial street has a long history, and there is an alley next to it, called "Eunuch Lane", I felt in a trance that Wu Zixu was standing on the street, oh, it was in front of the palace of King Wu, or full of ambition, or full of solemnity, or full of regret and ......Sometimes it is lonely and stubborn, sometimes it is accompanied by Sun Wu, and the pleasant face is also like a gentle drizzle. I also think that since Wu Zixu has a premonition of the end of direct advice, and Sun Wu is his close friend, Sun Wu has a plan in the art of war - walking is the best policy, then, he would rather die than admonish each other with death. I think Wu Zixu must be familiar with "The Art of War", but he knows it but doesn't use it, it's because of his integrity.
Street view of SuzhouWu Zixu is a lover, and he knows how to repay his kindness, because King Wu helped him avenge his great revenge, so he is loyal and repays him with death, and he is grateful.
A person who is arrogant by nature, a person with a family feud and a distorted personality, can be worshiped by Suzhou people for more than 2,000 years, which is worth remembering. The Wuyuan Temple is a commemoration of Wu Zixu, I think it is based on the benefits that Wu Zixu brought to the common people, or Wu Zixu's strategy made Wu strong and maintained peace for a relatively long time.
Suzhou ResidenceI sat quietly in a wooden chair by the tree, pondering for a long time, noncommittal. But I saw a team of ants marching forward in an orderly manner.
I walked along this black line of ants, but I encountered a fight, one by one ants desperately into the battle, constantly disabled ants rolled to the side, the ants in the center gathered more and more, and gradually killed into a ......This is a scene I used to see when I was a child, and I was shocked, doesn't this resemble a killing more than 2,000 years ago?Or can you say that the scenes of every war can be said of all dynasties?Aren't these ants just shrunken people?My heart was tangled, and I sighed deeply, the ancient conquests were like this, corpses were everywhere, and of course there would be rivers of blood. ......Wu Zixu's beard and hair fell with blood stains in the wind, like reeds in the cold wind.
Ant's tearing war
"General!"Huh!You lose!"The old man under the tree played a game of chess, which interrupted my thoughts, chess is like life, isn't Wu Zixu a chess piece in Wu Guo, a chess piece in history?Isn't each of us a pawn in life?
"Wu Zixu Temple" Song Bao Shousun
Bai Shizi Xu tunes, still in loneliness.
The whip corpse is happy and resentful, and the eyes are dead and loyal.
The ancient and modern dreams of the old country, the angry waves and the evening wind.
Ascending a long roar, the slanting sun and the sea gate are red.