On the other hand, in 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing Road, also known as Jinling, and renamed it "Yingtianfu" to comply with God's will.
In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and established Nanjing with Yingtianfu as the capital.
also changed the name of Jinling, one for the worse and the other for the better.
Qin Shihuang and Zhu Yuanzhang also ushered in completely different fates after renaming Jinling.
Jinling, Moling, Jianye, Yangzhou, Jiqing, Yingtian, Yecheng, etc.
These names all refer to the same place in history, which is today's Nanjing.
It was the ancient capital of six dynasties and the city of ten dynasties. . Some people say that the dynasties that established their capitals here were short-lived.
Did Nanjing influence the past dynasties, or did the emperors break Nanjing’s feng shui?
Today we will talk about the story behind this.
One night in the summer of 2006, the alarm phone at the command center of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau suddenly rang.
The call came from Nanjing Yudao Street. A citizen panted and told the police on duty,
A speeding car crashed into Wuchaomen Park. The car was almost destroyed. Come and deal with it quickly. It’s too tragic. Got it!
The official name of Wu Chao Gate is actually " Wu Chao Gate ". It is the south gate of the Ming Palace in Nanjing and is now located in Nanjing Wu Chao Gate Park.
Because this gate is located in the middle and faces the sun, it is named Meridian Gate. After receiving the call, the police car roared towards the scene with its lights flashing.
At the scene of the crime, a car rushed out of the curb and hit the stone lion next to the Noon Gate.
The front of the car was completely smashed and the hood was broken off.
The police approached the accident vehicle and saw a man covered in blood, curled up in the passenger seat, and the window glass was all broken.
minutes later, the fire brigade who arrived at the scene used cutting equipment to tear the car door into eight pieces, and the man was carried out.
But unfortunately, there was no sign of life. After some busy work, the police began to inspect the accident scene.
The road is very wide and the street lights are very bright. There are also curbs more than ten centimeters high at the entrance of Wuchaomen Park.
The surrounding traffic settings and reflective signs are also very obvious. The car's braking system did not malfunction.
Could it be that the driver was just desperate for his life and hit the roadside without taking any measures?
The most bizarre thing is that the driver's seat of the accident vehicle was empty. Where did the driver go?
Moreover, the car has been damaged beyond recognition, but not even a small stone chip has been knocked off the stone lion.
The above content comes from an article entitled
"Strange phenomena appear repeatedly in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, revealing the truth about Nanjing's "Bermuda"" in "Xinhuanet-Modern Express" in 2008.
Since then, more and more people have begun to discuss the supernatural stories that happened near the Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing.
If you ask the older generation of Nanjing residents about urban legends about Nanjing, the one they will hear most is about the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty.
Some people say that drivers experienced hallucinations when driving to the ruins of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, and a good intersection suddenly turned into a T-intersection.
also said that at the construction site near the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, workers always had accidents for no apparent reason.
These fantasy stories are both true and false, and whether you believe them or not is a matter of opinion. But there is one thing that cannot be avoided.
That is that the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty was once known as the "No. 1 Palace in the World" in history, and it was even more impressive than the Bauhinia City of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
The First Palace in the World
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the famous Italian missionary Matteo Ricci came to China.
While bringing Western scientific culture and religious concepts, he was also shocked by Chinese culture.
He once described in his " Matteo Ricci's Notes on China ":
I have never seen a palace in any country in the world that is as majestic as the Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing!
According to relevant historical records, the Nanjing Ming Forbidden City covers an area of more than 1.0125 million square meters,
which is larger than the Beijing Forbidden City which is 720,000 square meters. It was the "first palace in the world" in the Middle Ages.
Matteo Ricci praised the grandeur of the Forbidden City in Beijing, but thought that the Forbidden City in Nanjing was even better.
People who come to the Forbidden City in Beijing today will always marvel at the magnificence and grandeur of the place.
In fact, this palace, which was built 600 years ago by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di,
can only be regarded as a small replica of the Nanjing Forbidden City at best, not the original.
In 1353, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still the leader of the rebel army at the time, was determined to establish Jinling as his capital.
Since then, the project of building the imperial palace has become a major event in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
"Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king" was Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic magic weapon.
After driving the Mongolian cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty back to the desert in 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang began to build the capital internally and the Great Wall externally.
When it comes to building the Great Wall, the first person that many people think of must be Qin Shihuang.
But in fact, since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Great Wall has been built continuously for more than 2,000 years.
Many vassal states will build a high or low, long or short wall around their territory to resist foreign invasion.
After the Qin Dynasty, almost all dynasties that ruled the Central Plains region built the Great Wall, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception.
The construction of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty basically started after Zhu Yuanzhang unified the country.
It never stopped throughout the Ming Dynasty. This construction took 270 years.
Because the quality of the construction is so good, most of the Great Wall we can still see today is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the Great Wall, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very particular about the construction of the capital. The Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing is his work.
Later, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital north and built a city palace based on his father's works.
It became the Forbidden City in Beijing today.
The Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's ideal palace "inherited by heaven".
The opening words of the imperial edict that we often see in movies and TV dramas now are "Blessed by Heaven,
The Emperor's Edict" was actually the initiative of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The three main halls in front of the Ming Palace in Nanjing are Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall.
Fengtian Hall, often referred to as the Jinluan Hall, is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang held major ceremonies and received congratulations from civil and military officials.
Huagai is an auspicious star on the head of the Jade Emperor and has the authority to protect the emperor.
The Huagai Palace symbolizes the emperor's rule of heaven. This is where ministers make decisions.
Jinshen Hall is the emperor's resting place. If you can have tea and wine here, you will be either a close relative or a eunuch.
The two major palaces in the harem, Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, are the residences of the emperor and queen respectively.
Besides are the Sun Jing Gate and Yue Hua Gate, symbolizing the union of men and women, with heaven, earth, sun and moon all within them.
In terms of layout, the Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing adopts the distribution of "left for civil and right for military" and "left for ancestors and right for society".
Wuying Hall is where the emperor works, and Wenhua Hall is where the crown prince works.
Chunhe Hall in the east is the residence of the prince, and Rouyi Hall in the west is the residence of the concubines.
In front of the Meridian Gate, on both sides of the Duanmen are the Ancestral Temple and the Sheji Altar, forming the image of "home" and "country".
What is home? The imperial ancestral temple is also. What is a country? Jiangshan Sheji also. On the other hand, in 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing Road, also known as Jinling, and renamed it "Yingtianfu" to comply with God's will. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and established Nanjing with Yingtianfu as the capital. also changed the name of Jinling, one for the worse and the other for the better. Qin Shihuang and Zhu Yuanzhang also ushered in completely different fates after renaming Jinling. Jinling, Moling, Jianye, Yangzhou, Jiqing, Yingtian, Yecheng, etc. These names all refer to the same place in history, which is today's Nanjing. It was the ancient capital of six dynasties and the city of ten dynasties. . Some people say that the dynasties that established their capitals here were short-lived. Did Nanjing influence the past dynasties, or did the emperors break Nanjing’s feng shui? Today we will talk about the story behind this. One night in the summer of 2006, the alarm phone at the command center of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau suddenly rang. The call came from Nanjing Yudao Street. A citizen panted and told the police on duty, A speeding car crashed into Wuchaomen Park. The car was almost destroyed. Come and deal with it quickly. It’s too tragic. Got it! The official name of Wu Chao Gate is actually " Wu Chao Gate ". It is the south gate of the Ming Palace in Nanjing and is now located in Nanjing Wu Chao Gate Park. Because this gate is located in the middle and faces the sun, it is named Meridian Gate. After receiving the call, the police car roared towards the scene with its lights flashing. At the scene of the crime, a car rushed out of the curb and hit the stone lion next to the Noon Gate. The front of the car was completely smashed and the hood was broken off. The police approached the accident vehicle and saw a man covered in blood, curled up in the passenger seat, and the window glass was all broken. minutes later, the fire brigade who arrived at the scene used cutting equipment to tear the car door into eight pieces, and the man was carried out.
But unfortunately, there was no sign of life. After some busy work, the police began to inspect the accident scene.
The road is very wide and the street lights are very bright. There are also curbs more than ten centimeters high at the entrance of Wuchaomen Park.
The surrounding traffic settings and reflective signs are also very obvious. The car's braking system did not malfunction.
Could it be that the driver was just desperate for his life and hit the roadside without taking any measures?
The most bizarre thing is that the driver's seat of the accident vehicle was empty. Where did the driver go?
Moreover, the car has been damaged beyond recognition, but not even a small stone chip has been knocked off the stone lion.
The above content comes from an article entitled
"Strange phenomena appear repeatedly in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, revealing the truth about Nanjing's "Bermuda"" in "Xinhuanet-Modern Express" in 2008.
Since then, more and more people have begun to discuss the supernatural stories that happened near the Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing.
If you ask the older generation of Nanjing residents about urban legends about Nanjing, the one they will hear most is about the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty.
Some people say that drivers experienced hallucinations when driving to the ruins of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, and a good intersection suddenly turned into a T-intersection.
also said that at the construction site near the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, workers always had accidents for no apparent reason.
These fantasy stories are both true and false, and whether you believe them or not is a matter of opinion. But there is one thing that cannot be avoided.
That is that the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty was once known as the "No. 1 Palace in the World" in history, and it was even more impressive than the Bauhinia City of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
The First Palace in the World
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the famous Italian missionary Matteo Ricci came to China.
While bringing Western scientific culture and religious concepts, he was also shocked by Chinese culture.
He once described in his " Matteo Ricci's Notes on China ":
I have never seen a palace in any country in the world that is as majestic as the Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing!
According to relevant historical records, the Nanjing Ming Forbidden City covers an area of more than 1.0125 million square meters,
which is larger than the Beijing Forbidden City which is 720,000 square meters. It was the "first palace in the world" in the Middle Ages.
Matteo Ricci praised the grandeur of the Forbidden City in Beijing, but thought that the Forbidden City in Nanjing was even better.
People who come to the Forbidden City in Beijing today will always marvel at the magnificence and grandeur of the place.
In fact, this palace, which was built 600 years ago by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di,
can only be regarded as a small replica of the Nanjing Forbidden City at best, not the original.
In 1353, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still the leader of the rebel army at the time, was determined to establish Jinling as his capital.
Since then, the project of building the imperial palace has become a major event in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
"Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king" was Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic magic weapon.
After driving the Mongolian cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty back to the desert in 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang began to build the capital internally and the Great Wall externally.
When it comes to building the Great Wall, the first person that many people think of must be Qin Shihuang.
But in fact, since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Great Wall has been built continuously for more than 2,000 years.
Many vassal states will build a high or low, long or short wall around their territory to resist foreign invasion.
After the Qin Dynasty, almost all dynasties that ruled the Central Plains region built the Great Wall, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception.
The construction of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty basically started after Zhu Yuanzhang unified the country.
It never stopped throughout the Ming Dynasty. This construction took 270 years.
Because the quality of the construction is so good, most of the Great Wall we can still see today is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the Great Wall, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very particular about the construction of the capital. The Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing is his work.
Later, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital north and built a city palace based on his father's works.
It became the Forbidden City in Beijing today.
The Ming Forbidden City in Nanjing can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's ideal palace "inherited by heaven".
The opening words of the imperial edict that we often see in movies and TV dramas now are "Blessed by Heaven,
The Emperor's Edict" was actually the initiative of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The three main halls in front of the Ming Palace in Nanjing are Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall.
Fengtian Hall, often referred to as the Jinluan Hall, is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang held major ceremonies and received congratulations from civil and military officials.
Huagai is an auspicious star on the head of the Jade Emperor and has the authority to protect the emperor.
The Huagai Palace symbolizes the emperor's rule of heaven. This is where ministers make decisions.
Jinshen Hall is the emperor's resting place. If you can have tea and wine here, you will be either a close relative or a eunuch.
The two major palaces in the harem, Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, are the residences of the emperor and queen respectively.
Besides are the Sun Jing Gate and Yue Hua Gate, symbolizing the union of men and women, with heaven, earth, sun and moon all within them.
In terms of layout, the Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing adopts the distribution of "left for civil and right for military" and "left for ancestors and right for society".
Wuying Hall is where the emperor works, and Wenhua Hall is where the crown prince works.
Chunhe Hall in the east is the residence of the prince, and Rouyi Hall in the west is the residence of the concubines.
In front of the Meridian Gate, on both sides of the Duanmen are the Ancestral Temple and the Sheji Altar, forming the image of "home" and "country".
What is home? The imperial ancestral temple is also. What is a country? Jiangshan Sheji also.
We have made a video in-depth analysis of the Feng Shui Bureau of the Forbidden City before.
In fact, it is not difficult to compare the layouts of the Ming Palace in Nanjing and the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is not difficult to find how similar the two are.
has this level of imitation. It is estimated that the copyright would not pass review today.
Historically, Nanjing has been the political, economic and cultural center of ancient times for a long time.
Nanjing, Luoyang, Beijing, and Xi'an are also known as the "Four Ancient Capitals of China".
Being able to attract many emperors to establish their capital here, Nanjing must have its absolute advantages.
In addition to strategic geographical location, environment, humanities and other factors, another important factor is Feng Shui.
Nanjing Feng Shui Overall situation
Analyzing the topography, Nanjing is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces a river on one side. It is high in the north and low in the south, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It is surrounded by Xuanwu Lake and Qinhuai River , which can be used as a dangerous location and for navy exercises.
There are also two major Yangtze River ferries upstream and downstream, namely Caishi and Guabu, which can be guarded.
From the Feng Shui analysis, mountains manage people and water manages wealth. We have mentioned in many previous videos that
the Chinese dragon vein starts from Kunlun and extends to various places. It is divided into stem dragon, branch dragon and leaf dragon.
There are three Qianlongs covering the land of China, namely the North Dragon Vein, the Middle Dragon Vein and the South Dragon Vein.
Nanjing is a city on the Nanlong Dragon Vein. This dragon vein came with great force, bypassing Shijiu Lake,
after crossing Baihu Mountain and Hengshan Mountain, and rushed straight into Nanjing City at Yungu Mountain and Niushou Mountain.
But unfortunately, this dragon vein did not form a hole in Nanjing, so the dragon energy could not stay well.
But the Ningzhen Mountains on the east side of Nanjing, after crossing Zhenjiang, cross into Nanjing, and finally converge on Zhongshan of Nanjing, which is also the Purple Mountain.
Although this vein is not as powerful as the Nanlong Dragon Vein, the acupoints in Zhongshan allow the dragon energy to spread throughout Nanjing.
Therefore, whether it is the mountains or the water, Nanjing’s Feng Shui is unique.
In addition, there is the Yangtze River, my country's largest river, to the northwest of Nanjing, forming an encircling shape to support Nanjing.
Speaking of this, some people may ask, if Nanjing’s feng shui is so good,
why are all the dynasties that have their capital here short-lived? Nanjing is known as the "ancient capital of six dynasties and the city of ten dynasties".
There are a total of 10 dynasties that established their capital here.
are respectively Eastern Wu , Eastern Jin , Southern Song Dynasty, Southern Dynasty Qi, Southern Dynasty Liang , Southern Dynasty Chen .
These six dynasties are the six southern dynasties from the Three Kingdoms to the Sui Dynasty period in Chinese history, and are also referred to as the "Six Dynasties".
After the Six Dynasties, , the Southern Tang, , the Ming Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Republic of China, Nanjing was also the capital.
But these dynasties did not stay in Nanjing for long.
The shortest period of the Southern Dynasties, the Qi Dynasty, only lasted 23 years, and the longest period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty only lasted 103 years.
People can’t help but wonder what’s wrong with Nanjing’s Feng Shui.
Actually, if you have to find faults, Nanjing’s Feng Shui can also find faults.
In the previous video on Feng Shui in the Forbidden City, we mentioned that
the first consideration in the construction and site selection of the imperial palace was whether it would form a wall.
Yuanju has two meanings. One is the starry wall in the sky, and the other is the Feng Shui landform that conforms to the astrology.
Yuan Bureau is divided into Ziwei Yuan Bureau, Taiwei Yuan Bureau, and Tianshi Yuan Bureau.
Among them, Ziweiyuan Bureau is a symbol of supremeness, both in the sky and on the ground.
The ancients took the North Star as the center and divided the starry sky into three parts, namely Ziwei Yuan , Taiwei Yuan, and Tianshi Yuan.
The part located in the center of the starry sky is Ziweiyuan, which is dominated by Ziwei star, which is the North Star.
According to legend, this is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. The most obvious feature is that there are 15 stars on the east and west sides. The two bows are connected and surrounded by a wall.
The west wall is composed of 8 stars, and the east wall is composed of 7 stars.
The wall symbolizes the wall of the Emperor's Palace, so each star that makes up the wall is named after an official name.
In addition, Taiwei Yuan and Tianshi Yuan respectively symbolize the ministers loyal to the Emperor of Heaven and the territory and people governed by the Emperor of Heaven.
In Feng Shui, a basic feature of Ziwei Yuan Bureau is that the surrounding mountains form a natural barrier,
just like the walls on the east and west sides of Ziwei Star Yuan.
Among the four ancient capitals of China, Xi'an, Luoyang and Beijing are surrounded by high mountains, forming the Ziwei Yuan Bureau.
Only Nanjing belongs to the hilly area, which is mainly composed of low mountains and gentle hills. The mountains are not high and there are faults in the middle, making them unstructured.
So although Nanjing’s Feng Shui is excellent, it still needs some experience to become an imperial Feng Shui.
In addition, in 229 AD, Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was the first person to establish political power in Nanjing.
There were many shortcomings in the location chosen to build the palace city.
The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties
In 212 AD, Sun Quan built the Stone City military fortress on Qingliang Mountain in today's Nanjing.
He also changed the name of Nanjing at that time from "Moling" to Jianye, which means "the great cause of establishing an emperor".
7 years later, in 229 AD, Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor , established the Soochow regime, and established the capital as Jianye.
After that, Taichu Palace was built, which was the imperial palace of Soochow. The location of Miyagi City is exactly in front of Jilong Mountain in today's Nanjing.
is surrounded by Zhoushan, Jilong Mountain and Xuanwu Lake to the north, Zhongshan Mountain to the east, and Stone City to the west.
Feng Shui pays attention to: left green dragon , right white tiger, front Zhuque , back Xuanwu .
Note that the "left and right" here refers to the left and right when facing north and south.
is exactly the opposite of the left and right seen on the screen. Front, back, left, and right correspond to the four directions of east, west, south, and north respectively.
At first glance, the feng shui of Dongwu Palace City is complete. Jilong Mountain in the north is its Xuanwu backing,
Zhongshan in the west guards the Qinglong position, Qingliang Mountain in the east guards the White Tiger position,
the large flat terrain in front of the palace city is the famous Suzaku.
As the saying goes, the blue dragon meanders, the white tiger bends down, the basalt bows its head, and the red bird dances.
But if I look carefully, something seems not quite right. Zhongshan in the direction of Qinglong, also known as Purple Mountain, is extremely huge,
more than dozens of times larger than Stone Mountain and Qingliang Mountain in the direction of White Tiger.
Although there is a saying in Feng Shui that "it is better for a green dragon to be ten thousand feet high than for a white tiger to peek its head."
But everything must be reversed. The green dragon and the white tiger also need the yin and yang to complement each other.
What's more, compared with Zhongshan in the Qinglong position, the backing Jilong Mountain in the Xuanwu position is just like a chicken son.
is leaning on such a hill, how can the foundation be stable?
In addition, the role of the green dragon and white tiger is to guard the palace, so that the left and right guards are slightly ahead of the palace, forming a ring.
But Dongwu Palace City, Zhongshan on the Qinglong side and Stone Mountain on the White Tiger side are exactly in a straight line,
even further forward than Zhongshan. Who is going to guard whom?
The palace city under the attack of the green dragon and the white tiger is like being located on the battlefield of a battle between dragons and tigers.
What's more coincidental is that after Dongwu, the other dynasties of the Six Dynasties, the Eastern Jin, the Southern Song, the Southern Qi, the Southern Liang, and the Southern Chen
all used the same capital.The other five dynasties can also give them an excuse.
They said that they built the palace city here just to follow the past. So who did Sun Quan of Soochow fall into?
Why did he choose such a cheating place to build the capital? There is also a historical Rashomon incident behind this.
The dragon and the tiger are in
It is said that in the 13th year of Emperor Xian's founding in the Han Dynasty, in 208 AD, Cao Cao, who basically controlled the north and stabilized the situation in the Central Plains, began to develop towards the south, and attacking Jingzhou became his first goal. This year, Cao Cao led an army of 600,000 troops southward, and
JingzhouLiu Cong surrendered the city. Cao Cao captured Jingzhou without any bloodshed.
At this time, Liu Bei was defeated in Xiakou, and Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue Liu Bei.
On the other side, Sun Quan saw the opportunity and sent Lu Su to find out whether Liu Bei was in trouble and whether he was willing to join forces to fight against Cao.
So Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang as envoy to Jiangdong to form an alliance.
Subsequently, Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance to yellow cover fake surrender strategy, and destroyed Cao Jun's chain boat in Chibi, the Yangtze River.
Cao Cao fled north. This is the famous " Chibi Battle " in history.
"Wu Lu" written by Zhang Bo, a historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, records an interesting incident that happened during Zhuge Liang's mission to Jiangdong.
It is said that Zhuge Liang came to Moling that day. Looking at the undulating mountains, he couldn't help but sigh:
"The topography of Moling, Zhongshan is like a dragon, and the rocks and tigers are perched on it. This is the residence of the emperor."
It means that Zhongshan is like a black dragon, winding. It lies in the southeast of the city; the stone mountain looks like a tiger, standing on the bank of the river.
From then on, "Dragon Pan and Tiger Nestled" has become the most awesome advertising slogan in the history of Nanjing.
Some people think that the "dragon on a pan and a tiger on a perch" was a trap set by the great god Zhuge at that time to trick Sun Quan into building a capital there.
However, the story described in "Wu Lu" contradicts the records in "Jiang Biao Zhuan" and "Three Kingdoms".
According to "Three Kingdoms" and "Jiang Biao Zhuan", Zhuge Liang has never been to Jingkou, which is today's Zhenjiang, and
has never been to Jianye. Zhuge Liang was ordered to persuade Sun Quan in Chaisang, which is today's Jiujiang, Jiangxi.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty when Zhang Bo was active, it had been decades since the separation of the Three Kingdoms. When he wrote "Wu Lu",
many things were obviously not witnessed personally, but were written based on rumors from later generations.
So who said that the topography of Nanjing is "dragon crouching and tiger perched"?
Further investigation of historical data revealed that Liu Bei had actually been to Jingkou.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and the previously captured Jingzhou was divided between Sun Quan and Liu Bei.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, in 210 AD, Liu Bei's general Zhou Yu passed away.
In December of the same year, based on strategic considerations, Liu Bei traveled far and personally visited Sun Quan.
He hoped that Sun Quan would "lend" the Nanjun area of Jingzhou to him to resist Cao Cao's power.
During that long journey, Liu Bei may have passed Moling and carefully observed the terrain there.
It is recorded in "The Biography of Jiang Biao" and " Xiandi Chunqiu" that Liu Bei once suggested that Sun Quan make Moling the capital.
However, Liu Bei's words did not mention anything about "dragon panning and tiger sitting".
Everyone knows that dragons and tigers, especially dragons, are symbols of the king and cannot be used casually.
At that time, although the tripartite power of the Three Kingdoms had not yet been established, the three major forces headed by Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei all had the ambition to compete in the Central Plains to unify the world. There is no need for Liu Bei to compliment Sun Quan so much.
As a result, some historians have put forward another speculation. The phrase "dragon panning and tiger squatting" is probably a play directed and performed by the Soochow people."Dragon Panhuju" is the mutation of "Jinling King Qi", it can also be said to be a concrete embodiment of Jinling King Qi. After all, the saying that Jinling has a royal aura has been widely circulated since the time of Qin Shihuang. In the early days of the founding of the Soochow Kingdom, there were many things waiting to happen, and the relocation of the city was still undecided. The words "dragon and tiger roosting" came out, which at least helped the government and the public to strengthen their confidence in building Moling as the capital. It's a pity that this so-called "king's energy" only blessed Soochow's energy for 51 years.
Although the history of the Six Dynasties gave Nanjing a wave of bad advertising, it still could not match the charm of Nanjing. After that, four more monarchs fell in love with this place.
The Capitals of Ten Dynasties
In 937 AD,
Li Min, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, established a dynasty in the Jiangnan area and made its capital Jiangning, which is Nanjing.
Li Min was interested in a treasure land southwest of the palace city of the previous Six Dynasties.
He never expected that after the Southern Tang Dynasty established its capital here, in just 39 years, after just three generations of monarchs, the country would be destroyed.
The last king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Houzhu Li Yu, was captured by the Northern Song Dynasty after the country was overthrown. In the end, he was forced to have no choice,
changed his profession and became a poet. But who knew that this career change would actually make him the "eternal Ci Emperor".
His last work, Poppy , lamented the pain of the country's subjugation and sang about countless grievances and resentments. While it was widely circulated,
it also made Song Taizong furious and brought Li Yu a murderous disaster.
After the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty, more than 300 years passed, and the emperor mentioned by the alchemists of Qin Shihuang finally appeared.
This person was Zhu Yuanzhang, who we just mentioned, who built the Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing.
Although the previous monarchs who had their capital in Nanjing all claimed the title of king and emperor, none of them was able to unify China.
Historically, the only military force that originated in the south and finally achieved national unification was Zhu Yuanzhang.
In fact, the place Zhu Yuanzhang originally chose to build his capital was not Nanjing, but his hometown Fengyang.
Just like what Xiang Yu said, "Wealth and honor are not returned to the hometown, but walking at night is like wearing brocade." After being developed, not returning to the hometown is like wearing brocade.
Walking in fine clothes at night, no one appreciates them.
However, later, under the persuasion of Liu Bowen, the national teacher and Feng Shui master , Zhu Yuanzhang decided to make Nanjing his capital.
Of course Liu Bowen looked down upon the pitiful place where the Six Dynasties Palace was located.
After several calculations, he suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang build the Ming Palace at the foot of Fugui Mountain , a branch of Zhongshan Mountain.
This is where the Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing is located today.
This place is backed by the dragon's lair, with all four images present and yin and yang coordinated.
The only problem is that it was still a lake at that time, named " Yanque Lake ". Don't be afraid if there is a lake, just fill it in.
So Zhu Yuanzhang sent more than 100,000 migrant workers, and he did not hesitate to mobilize the earth and rocks from three mountains to fill the lake.
As a result, the people had a saying of "moving three mountains to fill the lake." But strangely enough, the lake just can't be filled up.
Later, a general in charge of the lake filling project reported that he had found an old man named "Tian Deman" living by the lake.
Tian Deman, "filled to the brim". It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang even ordered the old man to be sunk to the bottom of the lake.
The homophony of the corresponding name means "full", which is a good omen, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to build the palace here.
Coincidentally, not long after the old man sank into the lake, the lake was really filled up. Zhu Yuanzhang later named him the Lake God.
This initial setback may have destined the Ming Dynasty to stay in Nanjing for a short time. There is also a legend during the construction of the palace.
said that Zhu Yuanzhang moved the foundation piles on the homestead chosen by Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen couldn't stop him, so he could only sigh secretly: The emperor's move will definitely move the capital!
Sure enough, in order to clear the way for his children and grandchildren to ascend the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang killed civil servants and generals to avoid future troubles.
However, he could not guard against his son Zhu Di, and dealt with his grandson Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.
In 1399 AD, Zhu Di launched the "Jingnan Campaign" in the name of the Qing emperor.
Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts were unknown after a palace fire.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he moved the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Beiping.
As the saying goes, "children and grandchildren will have their own blessings." This is nothing more than the imperial family.
After the Ming Dynasty, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan launched the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom peasant uprising.
In 1853 AD, the Taiping Army conquered Nanjing, an important town in the south.
Subsequently, Hong Xiuquan changed Nanjing to Tianjing, established Tianjing as the capital, established a peaceful country, and formed a North-South confrontational regime with the Qing government.
However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lasted only 14 years in history, like a flash in the pan.
Later, during the Republic of China, when Sun Yat-sen decided to establish Nanjing as the capital, members of the Senate generally voted against it.
Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing can only persuade them one by one.
In the end, Huang Xing became so anxious that he even said, I will tie up anyone who dares to object again.
The location of the Presidential Palace abandoned the Ming Forbidden City and returned to the location of the palace city of the Six Dynasties.
In the end, the Republic of China government could not escape the fate of moving to Taiwan.
Tragic Nanjing
Historically, Nanjing has always been a tragic city with blooming flowers and numerous disasters.
Statistics show that Nanjing has had more than 70 names in history. In the whole of China, and even in the world,
I am afraid that no city can have as many names as Nanjing. Every time
changes its name, it means something big has happened: either a dynasty has changed, or a new owner has arrived.
Everyone wants to leave their mark on this famous city, but the price is not as simple as changing a name.
Long before the First Emperor of Qin, King Wei of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had destroyed Nanjing’s feng shui royal aura.
Around 330 BC, Nanjing was called "Yecheng" at that time.
It is said that King Wei of Chu looked northwest on Qingliang Mountain and saw Lion Rock "The air is shooting at the bullfighting, and the light is strange and candles the sky."
Lion Rock is located in Gulou District, Nanjing today, on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The terrain is dangerous and has been an important pass for military strategists since ancient times.
The sorcerer around King Wei of Chu suggested that he could bury gold to suppress the king's energy.
In 333 BC, the Yue state that occupied Yecheng was weak. King Chu Wei took advantage of the situation to destroy Yue and attack Qi. He occupied this place and changed its name to "Jinling Yi".
This is also the earliest origin of the name Jinling. Its name comes from the gold burial incident.
However, according to the records in "Jingding Jiankang Zhi", it is false that King Chu Wei buried gold. In fact, he spread rumors of gold burial.
Since then, a large number of people who believed the rumors began to dig up the mountain for gold.
The Lion Rock was dug into two sections, Lulong Mountain and Ma'anshan.
King Chu Wei made everyone Yu Gong get high without taking any medicine. In this way, he completed the huge project of venting the king's anger without any money.
It can be said that King Wei of Chu's move was much better than that of Qin Shihuang.
However, compared with the destruction of Feng Shui, the 6 destructions of the city that Nanjing experienced in history were the greatest harm to the people of Nanjing:
328-329 AD, during the Su Jun rebellion in the Eastern Jin Dynasty;
548-552 AD, during the Nanliang Hou Jing rebellion. ;
In 589 AD, after the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen;
In 1130 AD, when the Jin soldiers withdrew;
In 1864 AD, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was conquered by the Hunan Army;
And from 1937 to early 1938, the massacre after the Japanese army captured Nanjing .
Each time, it was fatal destruction to Nanjing. British sinologist Wei Genshen once counted that as of 1600,
Nanjing was the city with the most battles in Chinese history, with 106 times,
far ahead of Luoyang, which ranked second (70 times), and Luoyang, which ranked third. Changan (52 times).
Some people say that the dynasties with their capital in Nanjing were all short-lived because they could not escape the "curse" of the fateful Feng Shui here for thousands of years.
But this statement itself means that you only know one but not the other.
Among the ten dynasties that established their capital in Nanjing, except for the Ming Dynasty, the other nine dynasties did not unify China in a true sense.
Including the National Government, they only completed nominal unification. The capital in the south was mostly out of necessity.
From a topographic point of view, the North China Plain in the north is flat and continuous, blocked by a few mountains and hills,
and can be connected to the Guanzhong Plain through the Luoyang Basin and the Hedong area in southwest Shanxi.
In terms of population, before the Southern Song Dynasty, the population in the north was always larger than that in the south.
If the central government wants to control national resources, it is undoubtedly a better choice to focus on northern cities.
Historically, regimes that chose to build their capitals in the south were mostly because they had lost control of the north.
As far as the location of the southern capital is concerned, those who focus on the south are not as good as Jiangdong, and those who focus on Jiangdong are not as good as Nanjing.
Furthermore, comparing whether a dynasty is short-lived cannot always be compared vertically, but horizontally in the historical environment.
For example, the Soochow regime, whose capital was Nanjing during the Three Kingdoms period, existed for 51 years in history.
In the same period, Cao Wei enjoyed national fortune for 46 years, and Shu Han enjoyed 42 years of founding.
Among the Three Kingdoms, the Soochow regime has been in existence the longest.
There is also the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In 318 AD, Sima Rui proclaimed himself emperor with the support of aristocratic families, took Jin as the name of the country, and was known as the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history.
At the same time, the northern region fell into a period of melee among the Sixteen Kingdoms.
During this period, in addition to the Sixteen Kingdoms, there were five regimes including Ran Wei, Ding Wei, Xi Yan , Qiu Chi, and Dai.
A total of 21 regimes were established.
In that environment where big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimps, many countries disappeared after only three to five years.
Their founding time was pitifully short compared to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The land area of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was also difficult for various regimes in the north and southwest to "catch up".
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, all had their capitals in Nanjing.
The Northern Dynasties of the same period included the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Friday Dynasties.
Except for the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was a "hundred-year foundation", the other dynasties were also comparable to the four Southern Dynasties in terms of the length of their founding.
Therefore, the short life of the Nanjing Dynasty is a false proposition.
Putting aside Feng Shui, looking at the whole of China, I am afraid that few cities are as ill-fated as Nanjing.
When the nomads invaded the south, when the Central Plains were in turmoil, and when the Han people crossed south,
Nanjing was often the first to conquer. This was true in the Six Dynasties, and it was also true in the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty.
This city can be the starting point of the Northern Expedition, the end point of the Southern Expedition, or the base point for partial peace.
The so-called battleground for military strategists is nothing more than this.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing, he spent a lot of effort to stabilize the country for thousands of years.
Liu Bowen did choose a Feng Shui treasure land for the Ming Palace. But after Zhu Yuanzhang died, Emperor Jianwen could only defend the country for four years. After
, Fengtian was in trouble and Yongle moved the capital. Why is this?
Later, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty came to visit Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Xiao Mausoleum in Zhongshan, Nanjing.
He knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Zhu Yuanzhang, and personally inscribed the four characters "Government of the Tang and Song Dynasties".
Emperor Kangxi admired Zhu Yuanzhang very much in many aspects of governing the country, but when it came to Feng Shui,
Emperor Kangxi had his own opinion. He said, "The rise and fall of a country's destiny has always been related to It depends on whether the virtue is good or not.
God gives a warning. Those who are virtuous will prosper, and those who are not virtuous will perish. It has nothing to do with the Feng Shui of the mountains. "
This may be the best understanding of Jinling Feng Shui.
The part located in the center of the starry sky is Ziweiyuan, which is dominated by Ziwei star, which is the North Star.
According to legend, this is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven. The most obvious feature is that there are 15 stars on the east and west sides. The two bows are connected and surrounded by a wall.
The west wall is composed of 8 stars, and the east wall is composed of 7 stars.
The wall symbolizes the wall of the Emperor's Palace, so each star that makes up the wall is named after an official name.
In addition, Taiwei Yuan and Tianshi Yuan respectively symbolize the ministers loyal to the Emperor of Heaven and the territory and people governed by the Emperor of Heaven.
In Feng Shui, a basic feature of Ziwei Yuan Bureau is that the surrounding mountains form a natural barrier,
just like the walls on the east and west sides of Ziwei Star Yuan.
Among the four ancient capitals of China, Xi'an, Luoyang and Beijing are surrounded by high mountains, forming the Ziwei Yuan Bureau.
Only Nanjing belongs to the hilly area, which is mainly composed of low mountains and gentle hills. The mountains are not high and there are faults in the middle, making them unstructured.
So although Nanjing’s Feng Shui is excellent, it still needs some experience to become an imperial Feng Shui.
In addition, in 229 AD, Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was the first person to establish political power in Nanjing.
There were many shortcomings in the location chosen to build the palace city.
The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties
In 212 AD, Sun Quan built the Stone City military fortress on Qingliang Mountain in today's Nanjing.
He also changed the name of Nanjing at that time from "Moling" to Jianye, which means "the great cause of establishing an emperor".
7 years later, in 229 AD, Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor , established the Soochow regime, and established the capital as Jianye.
After that, Taichu Palace was built, which was the imperial palace of Soochow. The location of Miyagi City is exactly in front of Jilong Mountain in today's Nanjing.
is surrounded by Zhoushan, Jilong Mountain and Xuanwu Lake to the north, Zhongshan Mountain to the east, and Stone City to the west.
Feng Shui pays attention to: left green dragon , right white tiger, front Zhuque , back Xuanwu .
Note that the "left and right" here refers to the left and right when facing north and south.
is exactly the opposite of the left and right seen on the screen. Front, back, left, and right correspond to the four directions of east, west, south, and north respectively.
At first glance, the feng shui of Dongwu Palace City is complete. Jilong Mountain in the north is its Xuanwu backing,
Zhongshan in the west guards the Qinglong position, Qingliang Mountain in the east guards the White Tiger position,
the large flat terrain in front of the palace city is the famous Suzaku.
As the saying goes, the blue dragon meanders, the white tiger bends down, the basalt bows its head, and the red bird dances.
But if I look carefully, something seems not quite right. Zhongshan in the direction of Qinglong, also known as Purple Mountain, is extremely huge,
more than dozens of times larger than Stone Mountain and Qingliang Mountain in the direction of White Tiger.
Although there is a saying in Feng Shui that "it is better for a green dragon to be ten thousand feet high than for a white tiger to peek its head."
But everything must be reversed. The green dragon and the white tiger also need the yin and yang to complement each other.
What's more, compared with Zhongshan in the Qinglong position, the backing Jilong Mountain in the Xuanwu position is just like a chicken son.
is leaning on such a hill, how can the foundation be stable?
In addition, the role of the green dragon and white tiger is to guard the palace, so that the left and right guards are slightly ahead of the palace, forming a ring.
But Dongwu Palace City, Zhongshan on the Qinglong side and Stone Mountain on the White Tiger side are exactly in a straight line,
even further forward than Zhongshan. Who is going to guard whom?
The palace city under the attack of the green dragon and the white tiger is like being located on the battlefield of a battle between dragons and tigers.
What's more coincidental is that after Dongwu, the other dynasties of the Six Dynasties, the Eastern Jin, the Southern Song, the Southern Qi, the Southern Liang, and the Southern Chen
all used the same capital.The other five dynasties can also give them an excuse.
They said that they built the palace city here just to follow the past. So who did Sun Quan of Soochow fall into?
Why did he choose such a cheating place to build the capital? There is also a historical Rashomon incident behind this.
The dragon and the tiger are in
It is said that in the 13th year of Emperor Xian's founding in the Han Dynasty, in 208 AD, Cao Cao, who basically controlled the north and stabilized the situation in the Central Plains, began to develop towards the south, and attacking Jingzhou became his first goal. This year, Cao Cao led an army of 600,000 troops southward, and
JingzhouLiu Cong surrendered the city. Cao Cao captured Jingzhou without any bloodshed.
At this time, Liu Bei was defeated in Xiakou, and Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue Liu Bei.
On the other side, Sun Quan saw the opportunity and sent Lu Su to find out whether Liu Bei was in trouble and whether he was willing to join forces to fight against Cao.
So Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang as envoy to Jiangdong to form an alliance.
Subsequently, Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance to yellow cover fake surrender strategy, and destroyed Cao Jun's chain boat in Chibi, the Yangtze River.
Cao Cao fled north. This is the famous " Chibi Battle " in history.
"Wu Lu" written by Zhang Bo, a historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, records an interesting incident that happened during Zhuge Liang's mission to Jiangdong.
It is said that Zhuge Liang came to Moling that day. Looking at the undulating mountains, he couldn't help but sigh:
"The topography of Moling, Zhongshan is like a dragon, and the rocks and tigers are perched on it. This is the residence of the emperor."
It means that Zhongshan is like a black dragon, winding. It lies in the southeast of the city; the stone mountain looks like a tiger, standing on the bank of the river.
From then on, "Dragon Pan and Tiger Nestled" has become the most awesome advertising slogan in the history of Nanjing.
Some people think that the "dragon on a pan and a tiger on a perch" was a trap set by the great god Zhuge at that time to trick Sun Quan into building a capital there.
However, the story described in "Wu Lu" contradicts the records in "Jiang Biao Zhuan" and "Three Kingdoms".
According to "Three Kingdoms" and "Jiang Biao Zhuan", Zhuge Liang has never been to Jingkou, which is today's Zhenjiang, and
has never been to Jianye. Zhuge Liang was ordered to persuade Sun Quan in Chaisang, which is today's Jiujiang, Jiangxi.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty when Zhang Bo was active, it had been decades since the separation of the Three Kingdoms. When he wrote "Wu Lu",
many things were obviously not witnessed personally, but were written based on rumors from later generations.
So who said that the topography of Nanjing is "dragon crouching and tiger perched"?
Further investigation of historical data revealed that Liu Bei had actually been to Jingkou.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and the previously captured Jingzhou was divided between Sun Quan and Liu Bei.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, in 210 AD, Liu Bei's general Zhou Yu passed away.
In December of the same year, based on strategic considerations, Liu Bei traveled far and personally visited Sun Quan.
He hoped that Sun Quan would "lend" the Nanjun area of Jingzhou to him to resist Cao Cao's power.
During that long journey, Liu Bei may have passed Moling and carefully observed the terrain there.
It is recorded in "The Biography of Jiang Biao" and " Xiandi Chunqiu" that Liu Bei once suggested that Sun Quan make Moling the capital.
However, Liu Bei's words did not mention anything about "dragon panning and tiger sitting".
Everyone knows that dragons and tigers, especially dragons, are symbols of the king and cannot be used casually.
At that time, although the tripartite power of the Three Kingdoms had not yet been established, the three major forces headed by Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei all had the ambition to compete in the Central Plains to unify the world. There is no need for Liu Bei to compliment Sun Quan so much.
As a result, some historians have put forward another speculation. The phrase "dragon panning and tiger squatting" is probably a play directed and performed by the Soochow people."Dragon Panhuju" is the mutation of "Jinling King Qi", it can also be said to be a concrete embodiment of Jinling King Qi. After all, the saying that Jinling has a royal aura has been widely circulated since the time of Qin Shihuang. In the early days of the founding of the Soochow Kingdom, there were many things waiting to happen, and the relocation of the city was still undecided. The words "dragon and tiger roosting" came out, which at least helped the government and the public to strengthen their confidence in building Moling as the capital. It's a pity that this so-called "king's energy" only blessed Soochow's energy for 51 years.
Although the history of the Six Dynasties gave Nanjing a wave of bad advertising, it still could not match the charm of Nanjing. After that, four more monarchs fell in love with this place.
The Capitals of Ten Dynasties
In 937 AD,
Li Min, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, established a dynasty in the Jiangnan area and made its capital Jiangning, which is Nanjing.
Li Min was interested in a treasure land southwest of the palace city of the previous Six Dynasties.
He never expected that after the Southern Tang Dynasty established its capital here, in just 39 years, after just three generations of monarchs, the country would be destroyed.
The last king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Houzhu Li Yu, was captured by the Northern Song Dynasty after the country was overthrown. In the end, he was forced to have no choice,
changed his profession and became a poet. But who knew that this career change would actually make him the "eternal Ci Emperor".
His last work, Poppy , lamented the pain of the country's subjugation and sang about countless grievances and resentments. While it was widely circulated,
it also made Song Taizong furious and brought Li Yu a murderous disaster.
After the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty, more than 300 years passed, and the emperor mentioned by the alchemists of Qin Shihuang finally appeared.
This person was Zhu Yuanzhang, who we just mentioned, who built the Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing.
Although the previous monarchs who had their capital in Nanjing all claimed the title of king and emperor, none of them was able to unify China.
Historically, the only military force that originated in the south and finally achieved national unification was Zhu Yuanzhang.
In fact, the place Zhu Yuanzhang originally chose to build his capital was not Nanjing, but his hometown Fengyang.
Just like what Xiang Yu said, "Wealth and honor are not returned to the hometown, but walking at night is like wearing brocade." After being developed, not returning to the hometown is like wearing brocade.
Walking in fine clothes at night, no one appreciates them.
However, later, under the persuasion of Liu Bowen, the national teacher and Feng Shui master , Zhu Yuanzhang decided to make Nanjing his capital.
Of course Liu Bowen looked down upon the pitiful place where the Six Dynasties Palace was located.
After several calculations, he suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang build the Ming Palace at the foot of Fugui Mountain , a branch of Zhongshan Mountain.
This is where the Ming Palace Museum in Nanjing is located today.
This place is backed by the dragon's lair, with all four images present and yin and yang coordinated.
The only problem is that it was still a lake at that time, named " Yanque Lake ". Don't be afraid if there is a lake, just fill it in.
So Zhu Yuanzhang sent more than 100,000 migrant workers, and he did not hesitate to mobilize the earth and rocks from three mountains to fill the lake.
As a result, the people had a saying of "moving three mountains to fill the lake." But strangely enough, the lake just can't be filled up.
Later, a general in charge of the lake filling project reported that he had found an old man named "Tian Deman" living by the lake.
Tian Deman, "filled to the brim". It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang even ordered the old man to be sunk to the bottom of the lake.
The homophony of the corresponding name means "full", which is a good omen, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to build the palace here.
Coincidentally, not long after the old man sank into the lake, the lake was really filled up. Zhu Yuanzhang later named him the Lake God.
This initial setback may have destined the Ming Dynasty to stay in Nanjing for a short time. There is also a legend during the construction of the palace.
said that Zhu Yuanzhang moved the foundation piles on the homestead chosen by Liu Bowen.
Liu Bowen couldn't stop him, so he could only sigh secretly: The emperor's move will definitely move the capital!
Sure enough, in order to clear the way for his children and grandchildren to ascend the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang killed civil servants and generals to avoid future troubles.
However, he could not guard against his son Zhu Di, and dealt with his grandson Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.
In 1399 AD, Zhu Di launched the "Jingnan Campaign" in the name of the Qing emperor.
Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts were unknown after a palace fire.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he moved the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Beiping.
As the saying goes, "children and grandchildren will have their own blessings." This is nothing more than the imperial family.
After the Ming Dynasty, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan launched the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom peasant uprising.
In 1853 AD, the Taiping Army conquered Nanjing, an important town in the south.
Subsequently, Hong Xiuquan changed Nanjing to Tianjing, established Tianjing as the capital, established a peaceful country, and formed a North-South confrontational regime with the Qing government.
However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lasted only 14 years in history, like a flash in the pan.
Later, during the Republic of China, when Sun Yat-sen decided to establish Nanjing as the capital, members of the Senate generally voted against it.
Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing can only persuade them one by one.
In the end, Huang Xing became so anxious that he even said, I will tie up anyone who dares to object again.
The location of the Presidential Palace abandoned the Ming Forbidden City and returned to the location of the palace city of the Six Dynasties.
In the end, the Republic of China government could not escape the fate of moving to Taiwan.
Tragic Nanjing
Historically, Nanjing has always been a tragic city with blooming flowers and numerous disasters.
Statistics show that Nanjing has had more than 70 names in history. In the whole of China, and even in the world,
I am afraid that no city can have as many names as Nanjing. Every time
changes its name, it means something big has happened: either a dynasty has changed, or a new owner has arrived.
Everyone wants to leave their mark on this famous city, but the price is not as simple as changing a name.
Long before the First Emperor of Qin, King Wei of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had destroyed Nanjing’s feng shui royal aura.
Around 330 BC, Nanjing was called "Yecheng" at that time.
It is said that King Wei of Chu looked northwest on Qingliang Mountain and saw Lion Rock "The air is shooting at the bullfighting, and the light is strange and candles the sky."
Lion Rock is located in Gulou District, Nanjing today, on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The terrain is dangerous and has been an important pass for military strategists since ancient times.
The sorcerer around King Wei of Chu suggested that he could bury gold to suppress the king's energy.
In 333 BC, the Yue state that occupied Yecheng was weak. King Chu Wei took advantage of the situation to destroy Yue and attack Qi. He occupied this place and changed its name to "Jinling Yi".
This is also the earliest origin of the name Jinling. Its name comes from the gold burial incident.
However, according to the records in "Jingding Jiankang Zhi", it is false that King Chu Wei buried gold. In fact, he spread rumors of gold burial.
Since then, a large number of people who believed the rumors began to dig up the mountain for gold.
The Lion Rock was dug into two sections, Lulong Mountain and Ma'anshan.
King Chu Wei made everyone Yu Gong get high without taking any medicine. In this way, he completed the huge project of venting the king's anger without any money.
It can be said that King Wei of Chu's move was much better than that of Qin Shihuang.
However, compared with the destruction of Feng Shui, the 6 destructions of the city that Nanjing experienced in history were the greatest harm to the people of Nanjing:
328-329 AD, during the Su Jun rebellion in the Eastern Jin Dynasty;
548-552 AD, during the Nanliang Hou Jing rebellion. ;
In 589 AD, after the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen;
In 1130 AD, when the Jin soldiers withdrew;
In 1864 AD, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was conquered by the Hunan Army;
And from 1937 to early 1938, the massacre after the Japanese army captured Nanjing .
Each time, it was fatal destruction to Nanjing. British sinologist Wei Genshen once counted that as of 1600,
Nanjing was the city with the most battles in Chinese history, with 106 times,
far ahead of Luoyang, which ranked second (70 times), and Luoyang, which ranked third. Changan (52 times).
Some people say that the dynasties with their capital in Nanjing were all short-lived because they could not escape the "curse" of the fateful Feng Shui here for thousands of years.
But this statement itself means that you only know one but not the other.
Among the ten dynasties that established their capital in Nanjing, except for the Ming Dynasty, the other nine dynasties did not unify China in a true sense.
Including the National Government, they only completed nominal unification. The capital in the south was mostly out of necessity.
From a topographic point of view, the North China Plain in the north is flat and continuous, blocked by a few mountains and hills,
and can be connected to the Guanzhong Plain through the Luoyang Basin and the Hedong area in southwest Shanxi.
In terms of population, before the Southern Song Dynasty, the population in the north was always larger than that in the south.
If the central government wants to control national resources, it is undoubtedly a better choice to focus on northern cities.
Historically, regimes that chose to build their capitals in the south were mostly because they had lost control of the north.
As far as the location of the southern capital is concerned, those who focus on the south are not as good as Jiangdong, and those who focus on Jiangdong are not as good as Nanjing.
Furthermore, comparing whether a dynasty is short-lived cannot always be compared vertically, but horizontally in the historical environment.
For example, the Soochow regime, whose capital was Nanjing during the Three Kingdoms period, existed for 51 years in history.
In the same period, Cao Wei enjoyed national fortune for 46 years, and Shu Han enjoyed 42 years of founding.
Among the Three Kingdoms, the Soochow regime has been in existence the longest.
There is also the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In 318 AD, Sima Rui proclaimed himself emperor with the support of aristocratic families, took Jin as the name of the country, and was known as the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history.
At the same time, the northern region fell into a period of melee among the Sixteen Kingdoms.
During this period, in addition to the Sixteen Kingdoms, there were five regimes including Ran Wei, Ding Wei, Xi Yan , Qiu Chi, and Dai.
A total of 21 regimes were established.
In that environment where big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimps, many countries disappeared after only three to five years.
Their founding time was pitifully short compared to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The land area of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was also difficult for various regimes in the north and southwest to "catch up".
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasties, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, all had their capitals in Nanjing.
The Northern Dynasties of the same period included the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Friday Dynasties.
Except for the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was a "hundred-year foundation", the other dynasties were also comparable to the four Southern Dynasties in terms of the length of their founding.
Therefore, the short life of the Nanjing Dynasty is a false proposition.
Putting aside Feng Shui, looking at the whole of China, I am afraid that few cities are as ill-fated as Nanjing.
When the nomads invaded the south, when the Central Plains were in turmoil, and when the Han people crossed south,
Nanjing was often the first to conquer. This was true in the Six Dynasties, and it was also true in the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty.
This city can be the starting point of the Northern Expedition, the end point of the Southern Expedition, or the base point for partial peace.
The so-called battleground for military strategists is nothing more than this.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing, he spent a lot of effort to stabilize the country for thousands of years.
Liu Bowen did choose a Feng Shui treasure land for the Ming Palace. But after Zhu Yuanzhang died, Emperor Jianwen could only defend the country for four years. After
, Fengtian was in trouble and Yongle moved the capital. Why is this?
Later, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty came to visit Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Xiao Mausoleum in Zhongshan, Nanjing.
He knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Zhu Yuanzhang, and personally inscribed the four characters "Government of the Tang and Song Dynasties".
Emperor Kangxi admired Zhu Yuanzhang very much in many aspects of governing the country, but when it came to Feng Shui,
Emperor Kangxi had his own opinion. He said, "The rise and fall of a country's destiny has always been related to It depends on whether the virtue is good or not.
God gives a warning. Those who are virtuous will prosper, and those who are not virtuous will perish. It has nothing to do with the Feng Shui of the mountains. "
This may be the best understanding of Jinling Feng Shui.
