The husband uses copper as a mirror, and can be dressed properly;With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall;With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. - Li Shimin.Reading history can be wise, knowing the past can learn from the present, and using history as a mirror can know the rise and fall. If you want to choose to read history, "Zizhi Tongjian" is definitely a good choice. Zizhi Tongjian is a chronicle compiled by Sima Guang and is an immortal masterpiece of Chinese historiography. ** once spoke highly of: "The book "Zizhi Tongjian" is well written. The narrative has rules, the rise and fall of the past dynasties, and the end of the story, reading this book, you can get familiar with historical events and learn lessons from them. ”
In fact, most people know the significance of the Zizhi Tongjian, which has been favored by emperors, generals, literati and writers since it was written. Our great leader*** has read it 17 times, full of annotations. Until now, its influence, historiographical value and literary value have been talked about.
But as we all know, the "Zizhi Tongjian" is magnificent, divided into 294 volumes, about more than 3 million words, from the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC) to the 6th year of the Later Zhou Shizong Xiande (959), recorded a total of 16 dynasties and 1362 years of history. This is a long and medieval classical text, which is quite difficult for ordinary people to read.
Fortunately, this set of "Zizhi Tongjian Xiong Yi Edition" was born. Who is Xiong Yi?He is a modern hermit, who is devoted to reading and writing, and very few people have seen him in his true face. The courses he opened in "Get" were well received, and almost all of his published works had a Douban score of 80 or more. The first two volumes of "Zizhi Tongjian Xiong Yi Edition" ended the history of the Warring States Period, drawing the first centralized empire created by Qin Shi Huang, which has history and materials and rave reviews, with a total of 100,000 readers. Now the third series of "Qin and Han Dynasty" has finally come out, and Mr. Xiong Yi has opened the curtain on the death of Qin and Hanxing.
Throughout the ages, there have been many books interpreting "Zizhi Tongjian", why is this version of Mr. Xiong Yi so popular?
Of course not!Mr. Xiong Yi does not simply translate classical Chinese into vernacular, nor does he make annotations in an ordinary way. He reproduces the original text and expands the text by asking questions, deciphering the premise and meaning of each word and sentence. There are questions and answers, so that readers can't put it down and immerse themselves.
InVolume 1 007 "How did Chen Sheng and Wu Guang start when they revoltedIn the "full of doubts", the original text is a short sentence: "Yes, the time is to send Lu Zuoshu Yuyang, 900 people in Daze Township, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang are all tun chiefs." ”
Xiong Yi raised three doubts about this:
1. What kind of group is "Lu Zuo"?
2 "Suitable" is often punitive, so why is the group of "Lu Left" punished?What is the reason why the "Zhizhi Tongjian" changed "Shishu" to "Shu"?
3 How big is the chief?According to today's standards, if you can manage 900 people, wouldn't you be a mid-level officer?
Enlighten readers, generate doubts, and answer readers' questions. I checked it on the Internet, and most of the explanations for "Lu Zuo" are only "poor people". And Xiong Yi in the following 008 with "Lu Zuo and what is going on" to tell the story step by step.
"Lu" refers to the gate of a grassroots household registration unit that is enclosed by a wall. If there is only one central axis passage inside, then all the residents on the left side of the passage belong to the "Lu Left", and all the residents on the right side belong to the "Lu Right".
What is the difference between "Lu Zuo" and "Lu Right"?It turned out that when he was conscripted for military service, Lu Zuo was not obliged to serve. Therefore, when the later Han people talked about the harsh government of the Qin Dynasty, they would regard Qin's ** levy and dispatch of Lu Zuo as a crime.
In order to make readers understand more fully, Xiong Yi also took the Western Han Dynasty masterpiece "Huainanzi" and Du Fu's famous article "Stone Entrenchment" as examples, which fully explained that Qin's expedition to Lu Zuo was to break through the bottom line and not follow the rules.
That's right, just for the first doubt, Mr. Xiong Yi quoted scriptures and summarized them in detail. The second and third questions, there are more wonderful interpretations below, so I will not repeat them here, leaving a little suspense.
Do you think it's just a cliché?
Definitely not!First of all, Xiong Yi's interpretation of "Zizhi Tongjian" must be loyal to the history written by Sima Guang. But after Sima Guang's death, history and archaeology have developed for nearly a thousand years, and Xiong Yi must use the newly discovered historical materials to restore the historical truth for us.
Let's get a feel for the history of high fidelity. InVolume 2 053 "How Zhao Gao framed Li Si"., Zhao Gao saw Li Si and pretended to be low, meaning that he also wanted to persuade the emperor, but his status was low. Li Si also fell into this trap, and whenever Qin II was at his best interest in eating, drinking, and having fun, he listened to Zhao Gao to advise the emperor.
Qin II was naturally unhappy, Zhao Gao added oil and vinegar, mentioned the "Dune Scheme", and said, "Li Si's words are more effective than Your Majesty", and said that Sanchuan County, where Chen Sheng and other traitors were staying, was the place where Li Si's eldest son, Li You, was in charge.
It's worth it!No matter how mediocre Qin II is, he is afraid that his imperial power will fall. So, he prepared to interrogate Li Si and looked around for evidence.
Li Si naturally wanted to find Qin II for an interview. However, when he asked to see him, the emperor was "looking at the view of the superior haiku", so he refused him. Here, the author Xiong Yi actually mentioned that in the "Historical Records", Qin II watched a performance in Ganquan Palace - the view of Jiao Yu Hai. What kind of show is this?
In his description of the political contest between Zhao Gao and Li Si, the author intersperses new archaeological discoveries to clearly show the "concept of Jiao Yu Youhai". A set of wooden combs and wooden grates were unearthed from the Qin tomb of No. 70 Phoenix Mountain in the ancient capital of Chu in Jiangling, Hubei, and according to the inscriptions, it is inferred that this is the utensils after Qin Shi Huang annexed the Six Kingdoms. The back of the wooden grate depicts two men battling shirtless, wearing shorts, belts, and upturned shoes. On the back of the wooden comb is a diagram of music and dance. So the "foot play" is a wrestling match, and the yuhai is a harlequin's antics performance.
The Shiji Tongkan records the history of 1362. When we read "Zizhi Tongjian", we look at the historical pattern, learn strategic thinking, and grow the wisdom of life. Teacher Xiong Yi uses the rhythm of detective ** and the tone of light and humor to take the modern peoplePolitical Science, Sociology, Literature, ManagementPsychologyEconomicsSolve the problems that have not been solved for thousands of years in ancient times, and open up the road between ancient and modern China and the West.
InBook IX, 245, "Why Jia Yi Advocates Restricting Luxury Goods."Jia Yi believes that in ancient societies, only a very small number of rulers were eligible to enjoy luxury goods. If the common people get rich and enjoy luxury goods unscrupulously, the demand for luxury goods will inevitably increase greatly, resulting in more and more labor from the field of basic material production to the field of luxury production, resulting in the production of living materials is not guaranteed.
If Keynes had traveled to the era of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, would he have led Jia Yi to his fellow believers?Most likely, it won't, Keynes will probably say: "Where is this, you are in a hurry to call for the iron fist of the **?".The current situation of your Han Empire is not that the degree of freedom in the free market is too high, but that the degree of freedom is seriously insufficient. I suggest that you stop making up your own household and confined people to the land, and confined to their professions will seriously hinder economic development and weaken economic vitality. ”Xiong Yi compiled two lively and interesting dialogues under the titles of "Hayek Meets Keynes" and "Jia Yi vs. Keynes", allowing us to understand "the relationship between settlement, grain cultivation and state in all civilizations that have survived to this day".But Jia Yi must not think so: "You Britain is an island country, you can enjoy the convenience of ocean transportation and the interconnection of European countries?"Please take a closer look at what kind of China we are, how big the area is, if we encounter floods and droughts, import so much grain from **?”
If you also agree that everyone should read "Zizhi Tongjian" once in their life, then choosing to read the Xiong Yi version is a good choice. Mr. Xiong Yi took 260 questions as the starting point to reproduce the magnificent history of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. Based on the original text, he linked the cause and effect, dug up and down, multidisciplinary connection, broke it open, and crumpled it, just so that more Chinese could not be afraid of the difficulty of classical Chinese and open this far-reaching historical classic.