In the 5,000-year-long history of the Chinese nation, countless national heroes have been born, and they are all great figures who support the backbone of the Chinese nation. However, in recent years, some online articles have touted certain characters through exaggerated headline party writing, the most representative example of which is Ran Min, the "King of Martial Mourning" who successfully saved the Han people from danger by promulgating the "Killing Hu Order" during the Wuhu Rebellion.
But the question is, does Ran Min really deserve the title of "national hero"?
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Shi Hu, the monarch of Later Zhao, adopted an orphan of a beggar army named Ran Zhan. Ran Zhan died heroically in a battle, and Shi Hu adopted his son as his adopted grandson, and this child was Ran Min.
On the Internet, Ran Min was widely praised for his outstanding military exploits and image of being brave and good at fighting, and he accumulated outstanding military exploits in the process of resisting the Yan army, defeating the Jin army, and pacifying the civil strife.
However, as Ran Min's exploits became more and more prominent, his ambitions gradually expanded. He first helped Shi Zun usurp the throne after Shi Hu's death, but Shi Zun failed to fulfill his promise to make Ran Min the crown prince.
Ran Min was not satisfied with this, and he tried to control the new emperor, but the new emperor refused to take control of him. In the end, the new emperor united the aristocratic forces to launch a crusade against Ran Min, which eventually led to the tragic end of the destruction of Ran Min's country.
Ran Min established the Wei state and eliminated Later Zhao, becoming a national hero of the Han people. He killed the former Yan Xianbei in order to obtain military merits, and the later Zhao Xianren in order to open up territory for his country, and at the same time avenged a personal vendetta.
Although he killed many aliens, these actions were not motivated by national righteousness, but by personal gain.
In the Later Zhao period, most of Ran Min's military exploits came from his conquests. It is recorded in the "Emperor Record": "Min Xiaoyong, plundering the land, seven out of ten are Han, and three are Hu".
This meant that Ran Min killed more Han Chinese than his Hu killings. As a result, many online articles overemphasize Ran Min's deeds against the alien Hu people, ignoring the harm he once did to the Han people.
Some people glorify him as a hero who fought for the great righteousness of the nation, and refer to his "Killing Hu Order". However, this did not happen in the historical records.
The study of historical documents and various historical books has revealed the fact that the "Killing Hu Order" circulating on the Internet is a forgery. Friends with historical knowledge can easily see that this so-called "Killing Hu Order" is a patchwork of various parts, and there are many errors and loopholes.
For example, the paragraph "The Four Years of Yongjia" quotes Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian, while the paragraph "Plundering hundreds of thousands of Han women" is derived from the content of the Book of Jin. At the same time, you can also find that in "Killing Hu Ling", Ran Min used the title "Hanmin", but this title was used for the first time after the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Then the so-called "Killing Hu Order" is actually a fictional history of later generations, which is very different from the real history. Although Ran Min is revered as a national hero, there is no real record in history to prove this.
Why did posterity praise him so much, glorify him and give him this title? The answer is obvious, first of all, it is to attract attention and get more traffic.
In today's fast-food culture, it's hard for people to have time to sit down and read in-depth articles, preferring to browse the content they're interested in. As a result, these *** will rack their brains to find material that will arouse the reader's interest.
Chinese have always had a special admiration for heroes, not only real heroes in history, such as Wei Qing, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, etc., but even mythical heroes such as Monkey King and Nezha are also loved.
When they found that historical figures like Ran Min who were submerged in the long river of history and had no textbook records and film and television images, they would attract readers' interest in reading by beautifying their images and deeds.
At the same time, due to the accelerated pace of modern life, people often do not have time to verify the truth of the content in these articles, so they assume that the content of these articles is historical facts and believe the contents.
This is not only the need of the times, as China grows stronger, a strong patriotic enthusiasm stirs in the hearts of the Chinese people. Various forms of activities and film and television works of various themes emerge in an endless stream.
However, the traditional deeds of Yue Fei, Wei Qing and others have been filmed too familiarly, so new historical figures are needed to express national feelings, and Ran Min is one of the representatives of this new "national hero".
We must inherit history and carry forward the national spirit. Online *** should respect historical facts and promote real national heroes, not spread misinformation. At the same time, we also need to improve ourselves, enrich our knowledge and connotation, and avoid blindly following the trend.