The long-lived celebrities of ancient history often serve as a link between us and historical events that seem to span time but are actually very short apart. For example, Zhang Cang, who was a student of Gou Zi, experienced the annexation war at the end of the Warring States Period, served as the first imperial historian, and then joined Liu Bang's rebel army, participated in the Chu-Han War, became Zhang Er's Xiangguo, assisted Xiao He, and went through the period of Emperor Hui and Emperor Lu, and jointly welcomed Liu Heng, the king of the dynasty. He served as the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Wen, and then retired and died during the reign of Emperor Jing. At this time, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms had been pacified, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was also four years old, and there were eleven years before Emperor Wu ascended the throne. Zhang Cang's life spanned from the Warring States period to the rule of Wenjing.
Wang Zhengjun, the queen mother of the late Western Han Dynasty, was born in the era of Huo Guang's reign. She was designated as the crown princess by Emperor Xuan, and went through Emperor Yuan, Emperor Cheng, Emperor Wai, Emperor Ping, and Ruziying, followed by his nephew Wang Mang usurping Han. Her death closely linked the era of Huo Guang and Wang Mang, two powerful ministers of the Western Han Dynasty. It seems that the two eras of Huo Guang and Wang Mang are not out of reach.
Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, born in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty still existed, the Chen Dynasty in the south had just been established for nine years, and Chen Poison had died for seven years. When he was eleven years old, the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty;At the age of fifteen, Yang Jian replaced the Northern Zhou Dynasty;At the age of twenty-three, Sui destroyed Chen, and the world was unified. At the age of thirty-eight, Yang Guang ascended the throne, three years younger than Li Yuan;At the age of forty-five, there was no song of death in Liaodong, the peasant uprising broke out at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Taiyuan raised troops at the age of fifty-one, called the emperor Jiantang at the age of fifty-two, and the whole country was unified again at the age of fifty-eight. At the age of sixty, the Xuanwu Gate changed, retired to the emperor, and died of illness ten years later. It is worth mentioning that when Li Yuan died, Wu Zetian was only eleven years old. Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, Chen, Sui, Tang, this timeline is relatively short.
When Bai Juyi was born, it was only nine years before the Anshi Rebellion was pacified, and when he died, it was only twenty-nine years before Huangchao raised his army, and only sixty years after the fall of the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi witnessed the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty.
Temujin, representing the lord of the steppe, lost his father when he was young, was attacked by the Mi'er beggars when he was young, and his wife Li Erti was snatched away, after all kinds of twists and turns, he borrowed troops from the Khan of the Kerebu and his own Antazamuhe, successfully recaptured his wife, and began the journey of unifying Mongolia. His descendants established the Great Mongol State, dealt a devastating blow to the Jin Dynasty, and became the founder of the Great Yuan Dynasty. When Temujin came to prominence on the stage of history, Wanyan was still alive, and the Jin Dynasty was still under attack by the Mongols twenty-four years later. During this period of history, the Jin Dynasty perished less than fifty years after the death of Wanyan Gou, which was really a short-lived dynasty.
Finally, back to Europe, mention the English Sir Isaac Newton. When he was one year old, Wu Sangui descended to the Qing Dynasty, Wu Ergui strangled the Yongli Emperor, and during the same period, Newton went to school in Cambridge;When he was awarded the Lucas Professorship in Mathematics, Kangxi was capturedAt the same time as Kangxi's conquest of Xierdan, Newton began to serve as director of the Royal Mint. These two figures, Kangxi and Newton, are actually contemporaries. Kangxi is said to have also studied calculus, which shows that he is very knowledgeable. During this period, Kangxi successfully quelled the rebellion of the two feudatories, the Ming and Zheng, and the Battle of Yaksa, and Newton also published the epoch-making "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" during this period. Kangxi's reign coincided with Newton's academic achievements, showing the peculiar historical phenomenon of the simultaneous emergence of outstanding figures in different fields.