Opening:
Wang Mang, a figure who has caused an uproar in Chinese history, his head has traveled through a long time, and people can't help but wonder what is so special about a head?
Looking back at the story of the first emperor who was beheaded, we may be able to find the answer.
Text: In 45 BC, Wang Mang was born in a prominent family of relatives, and his sister was the queen of Emperor Zhao of the Western Han Dynasty.
Relying on this status as a relative, Wang Mang gradually climbed to the top of power and firmly grasped the power of the court. However, his political ideas led to a steady stream of popular uprisings, and peasant rebels sprung up everywhere.
In 23 AD, the Green Forest Army and the Red Mei Army broke through Chang'an, and Wang Mang was beheaded in the war, ending his ambition to try to change the world.
His head became the trophy of the rebels, and this uprising also made him a passerby of history.
The first emperor, Liu Xuan, received the skull and studied it. Wang Mang's skull is unusually thick, showing that he is extremely intelligent;And the sides of the skull are slightly concave, indicating that the man is extremely sensitive to beauty.
The most surprising thing is that Wang Mang has no front teeth, which means that he is destined to die at the hands of someone close to him.
With the development of history, Wang Mang's head followed the Guangwu Emperor and Cao Wei periods, and was taken out by different emperors for public display.
Cao Pi even wrote poems about this head to highlight the legitimacy of the Wei state.
Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty inherited this tradition and continued to keep Wang Mang's head.
However, after the fall of the Jin Kingdom, Wang Mang's head was lost in a fire.