The worst of the six kingdoms was the Yan Kingdom. This once prosperous country with a history of more than 800 years has now become a completely erased existence in the long river of history. Yan Kingdom, the only country whose culture and history have been completely erased, bears the painful imprint of the vicissitudes of life with its desolate story.
The history of the Yan Kingdom is almost like a broken picture, the blank lineage, the lack of history, and even the confusion of the country's name, these are all forgotten fragments. The real name of the Yan Kingdom is not "Yan", but "郾匽", and this real name was not revealed until modern times through the unearthed bronzes of the Yan Kingdom. However, this is only one corner of the historical fog, and more mysteries are waiting to be solved.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yan Kingdom left very few traces in the long river of history. Except for a few incidents, other things are like scraped oil paint, which cannot be traced. Yan's own historians may know this, and Yan's own history books may record this, but why are these histories erased?
When Qin destroyed Yan, the historians of Yan were killed, the history books of Yan were burned, and Yan suffered a tragic cultural extermination. This complete destruction made the past of the Yan Kingdom blank, like a ship sinking into the abyss, forever sinking in the vastness of history. The other five countries have more or less retained their own lineage, and there are basically not many gaps in history. Although it has also suffered cultural suppression, such as the surname and name of the King of Chu being rewritten by Xiao Seal, and the Jixia School Palace of Qi State was lost, but in comparison, the suffering of Yan State is undoubtedly more tragic.
The Yan clan and nobles were subjected to ** under the iron hooves of the Qin army and became the targets of cruel treatment in the Six Kingdoms. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, some of the other clans and nobles of the Five Kingdoms struggled to restore the country, while the clans of the Yan Kingdom basically did not move. The clan of the Yan Kingdom was so silent that they could only choose Han Guanglai of Korea to be the king of Yan and become the representative of the heir of this land. Korea has Han Wangxin, Wei has Wei Bao, Zhao has Zhao Xie, Chu has Xiong Xin and Xiang, Qi has Tian Heng, and what about Yan?
The answers to these questions seem to be buried deep in the dust of history. The silence of Yan Kingdom, its annihilated history, seems to be a forgotten corner, even if we try to go back, it is difficult to find a complete answer. The demise of the Yan Kingdom is not only the destruction of a country, but also the dissipation of a civilization, leaving only a blank and a heavy historical thickness.
In the long river of history, the fate of Yan Kingdom is like a meteor, crossing the sky, but disappearing in the gloom. We may never be able to restore the former glory of Yan Kingdom, but its existence, no matter what, is worth our nostalgia. Perhaps one day in the future, historical explorers will be able to find more fragments of the Yan Kingdom, so that this forgotten history will resurface in people's field of vision.