The previous article talked about the civil strife of the Zhou royal family, and this article will talk about the chaos of the princes' families. Let's talk about one thing, this story takes place in Zheng Guo. It is said that in the early Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch of Zheng Guo was called Zheng Wugong, and he married a wife named Wu Jiang, here is a sentence, the name "Wu Jiang" came after her death, "Wu" is his husband, that is, the name of Zheng Wugong, and "Jiang" is to say that her maiden surname is Jiang. Wu Jiang gave birth to two sons, the eldest was the later Zheng Zhuang Gong, and the second was called Gongshu Duan. Wu Jiang likes the second child and hates the eldest child. said why are they all their own sons, why don't they have a bowl of water, and the family is not without this condition. There's a reason for that.
It's because it didn't go well when she gave birth to this boss. "Zuo Biography" said: "Zhuang Gong Kou Sheng, shocked Jiang's family, so the name is 'Kou Sheng', so he is evil." First of all, there are two explanations for this "Kou Sheng", one explanation is that the child is born backwards, the head generally comes out first, and the legs come out first, which is dystocia. There is also an explanation, literally, that the child is born with his eyes open. Personally, I lean towards the second interpretation. Zhuang Gong's eyes were open all the time, and her mother was shocked when she saw it, so she named him dystocia, so she hated him. Let's think about it, even if the birth of the child did not go well, we named the child dystocia, and hated the child, this mother is ruthless enough.
"Zuo Biography" said that this matter used a very calm sentence, but when we read this story, we can see the pampered living conditions of the old nobles and the character characteristics of the old nobles, and see the decline of the old aristocracy's human nature. Because my own flesh and blood can't suffer a loss, otherwise I will hate you. This kind of character is not born and is acquired. It can be seen from this story that we can think of the narrow character of the aristocratic class at that time in the poor living conditions day after day. The decline of this class and the end of this era begin with the distortion and loss of human nature.
The chaos in the princes' families is not only the rigidity of the relationship between mother and son, but also the harmony between brothers. What kind of story will happen between Zheng Zhuanggong and his younger brother Gongshu Duan? Let's move on to the next one.