At the end of the Warring States period, the only thing that could compete with the Qin State was probably the Chu State. Chu is a great country in the south, and it has also won the Central Plains, competing for the world, and has forced the princes of the Central Plains to go south together with the power of a country. However, in the late Chu state, there were good generals, virtuous ministers, and soldiers, but there was no Ming Jun, and even the whole country was defeated and retreated under the approach of the Qin army until it perished. But the hundred-legged insect, although it is not stiff, the state of Chu has still become the most threatening force in Great Qin.
There was even a prophecy that although Chu had three households, the death of Qin would be Chu, and the facts proved it. Under the city of Xianyang, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, burned the flames and ended the rule of Great Qin. So although Chu has three households, which three households are they, and what kind of statements and attitudes do they have?
The fall of the Chu State is the fault of the king
The demise of the Chu State was largely due to the influence of the kings at that time, and in the last years of the Warring States Period, most of the vassal states had already gone into decline, and even had no soldiers or generals available. The most typical are Han and Wei, because the two countries faced the Qin State directly, coupled with the narrow geography and long-term multi-front warfare, which eventually dragged down the country and was unable to resist the Qin State at all.
Then there is the eastern big country Qi, although the national strength of Qi is not inferior to Qin and Chu. However, he maintained a neutral attitude for a long time, adopted the golden mean, and rarely took the initiative to attack, and under the Qin State's policy of distant friendship and close attack, he also repeatedly betrayed the Eastern Alliance. Moreover, at the end of the Warring States Period, there were almost no generals in Qi State. But the state of Chu is different, in the late Warring States period, the strength of the state of Chu is still strong. First of all, in terms of territory, it is incomparable with other vassal states, and it is located in the south, with a vast territory and rich resources, all of which provide the prerequisites for the hegemony of the Chu state. Secondly, the military generals of Wenchen and the talents are abundant, and the courtiers such as Chun Shenjun, Xiang Yan, and Qu Yuan are enough to ensure the stable development of the Chu State.
However, the kings of Chu are not as good as one generation after another. King Chu Huai, King Chu Qing, King Chu Kaolie, none of the three generations of kings can support the state of Chu, King Chu Huai forced Qu Yuan to death, and when King Chu Qing lost the capital and was forced to move the capital. By the time of King Chu Kaolie, the policy was changed day by day, the country was chaotic, and although there were good generals, there was no clear king. In the end, it was also destroyed by the Qin State.
But the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff. After the fall of the Chu State, it was the most powerful resistance among the vassal states. The state of Chu has a vast territory and a large population, and although the country was destroyed, most of the remnants did not surrender to the state of Qin. In addition, the cultural customs of Chu are different from those of the Central Plains, and it is difficult to integrate into the Central Plains for a while. It is inevitable that the contradictions between each other will continue to intensify. After the Qin State unified the world, the nobles of the six countries moved to Xianyang to govern it, but even so, some nobles with a spirit of resistance still organized forces against the Qin Dynasty in various places. For example, Zhang Liang, who was one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, was an unswerving anti-Qin warrior. In fact, although Chu has three households, the saying that Qin will be Chu after death is what the nobleman Nangong of Chu said, so what are the three households referring to?
The statement of the three households
In fact, there are many sayings about the three households of Chu State. First of all, it refers to the three surnames of the State University of ChuQuJing, Zhao。Unlike other princely states, the origin of Chu is more complicated, and even when it was first founded, it was not a country at all. We can understand it as a tribe. The title of Chu State is a viscount, it is the lowest title, the status is low, the princes will ally Zhou Tianzi, and the king of Chu State does not even have the opportunity to sit down.
It is even said that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country wanted to sacrifice, but there was a lack of cattle and sheep, so it was necessary to go to other countries to steal, which shows the poverty and weakness of the Chu State. The royal family of Chu is surnamed Mi, the branch is Xiong, and then there are branches of Zhao, Qu, and Jing, which together constitute the aristocratic ruling group of Chu. Therefore, although the so-called Chu has three households, it does not specifically refer to a few households, but the actual ruler of the Chu State. It means that although the state of Chu was destroyed, the inheritance is still there, and it is still the main force against the Qin Dynasty.
Secondly, there is also the fundamental meaning of the Chu State. The state of Chu is located in Sanhe City, and the place of sacrifice of the ancestors of the past dynasties is also in Sanhe. Therefore, the three households have the fundamental meaning of the Chu State, as long as the foundation of the Chu State is still there, the Chu State will not perish, nor will it be completely wiped out. It shows the firm resistance of the people of Chu State, which is admirable.
The last three households also refer to the rebellion of the people of Chu State. Among the vassal states, the state of Chu was the largest in the battle of the Qin state. Qin used two large-scale troops against Chu, once with Li Xin leading an army of 200,000 and once with Wang Jian leading an army of 600,000. Although Li Xin's battle against the Qin State was defeated, Wang Jian entered the Chu land, which can be said to have broken the Chu State to pieces, with countless casualties. The Chu army was beaten to the point that it lost its armor, and in the end the king of Chu had to choose to move the capital to be saved. Therefore, the hatred of the people of Chu for Qin can be said to be deep-rooted, and the two sides are enemies who do not share the sky. The state of Chu has always been the number one strong enemy of the state of Qin, and there are deep contradictions between the two sides, so the people who resist the most are also the most.
Xiang Yu destroyed Qin
In fact, strictly speaking, Xiang Yu is not from the Chu State. The Xiang clan is the surname Ji, derived from the princes Xiang State, after the destruction of the country, the Xiang clan era in the Chu State as a general. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu and his uncle supported Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, as the king, and carried out the prophecy that although Chu had three households, the death of Qin would be Chu. He led the anti-Qin regime at the end of the Qin period. Xiang Yu was arrogant and had strong combat ability, defeated the Qin army many times, and developed himself into the most powerful force in the same period, leading the princes of the world and annihilating the tyrannical Qin.
But Xiang Yu has never taken Xiong Xin to heart, and as Xiang Yu's strength continues to grow, there is no need to rely on the name of King Chu. On the one hand, arrange the residence of Xiong Xin, and on the other hand, send someone to kill him. also ignored the statement of Chu although the three households. In fact, the prophecy from beginning to end was just a reason to rebel against the Qin Dynasty. The ancients have always believed that only when the teacher is famous, but at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the people were miserable. Those who rebel play the name of orthodoxy, they will inevitably be able to gain the support of more people and become famous. Otherwise, even if they seize power, they will be regarded as thieves in the end.
Summary:
Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu. Today, these so-called prophecies are actually nonsense, but from another point of view, these prophecies are the people's dissatisfaction and resistance to **. People-oriented, this is the connotation of Confucian humanistic thought, if a regime abandons the people, and is self-contained, it will inevitably not last long. The collapse of the regime was only in an instant. The existence of the spirit of resistance is the foundation for the survival and development of a nation. Once missing, it's like a mindless walking corpse.