3 3 Yuanshou Fourth year (119 BC), Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi went to war with the general Wei Qing . Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi were lost and delayed the period of rendezvous with Wei Qing's main force, which led to Wei Qing having to use only 5,000 cavalry to resist the main force of the Han Dynasty.
Although Wei Qing's military situation at that time was quite unoptimistic, he relied on his magical command art and the perseverance of the three armies to use their lives. In the end, the difficult war was won, but because of the thin force and the pockets were not tight enough, the Hun Khan, who was born in the Year of the Rabbit, secretly ran away.
Is it a happy thing for everyone to win a big victory? Not necessarily! Because war itself is a matter of extremely low fault tolerance. Although he won a battle, for the highest willing person, he must have a perfect result. Therefore, because Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi did not arrive in time, the Xiongnu Chanyu escaped, which requires explanation and treatment.
As a result, , who has always been very energetic, comrade Li Guang, can't figure it out in his mind. I was originally a forward, you made me a defender; I could have been a marquis if I participated in the battle, but in the end I became a dereliction of duty. I'm so old, what am I trying to do? Do you really have to argue with those young young people who are nothing?
So, Li Guang left a sentence to his subordinates, "I don't want to turn the sword and pen again," and then raised his sword and committed suicide.
If you are an ordinary person, suicide is such a big deal. But Li Guang is not an ordinary person. This old comrade is a hero in the army. He has participated in countless wars throughout his life and is unparalleled in courage. He is one of the few spiritual idols of the Han army. As a result, he smashed a big stone into the society and the court at that time, splashing a series of waves.
Why did Huo Qubing kill Li Gan ?
Li Guang was born into a family of generals, and his ancestor was Li Xin , who dared to sing on stage with famous generals Wang Jian . Moreover, Li Guang was a man with excellent single-handed ability, and even the Huns had to respect him three points; in addition, Li Guang had been in the army for decades, and his qualifications were unattainable at that time.
In other words, at that time, Li Guang had a deep family background, high personal force value, and very old qualifications in the martial arts world. In that martial era, this was simply the existence of the leader of the martial arts world and spiritual idol. Such people cannot actually die abnormally.
Because a person with great influence suddenly died abnormally, it is easy to cause various speculations in public opinion. People who are clear about the inside may be finished discussing the discussion, but if those who are not aware of it use this to spread conspiracy theories, it will take a long time to eliminate the negative impact of it.
Sure enough, after yuan hunting for five years, Li Gan, who returned from the war, found it difficult to accept the news of his father Li Guang's death. Our father is an old revolutionary, with the courage to the three armies, so it would be fine if he had not been granted a title of marquis. But as a result, he did not die on the battlefield in the most decent way of a soldier, but committed suicide in front of his own people with grief and anger. What is this? There must be an ulterior motive behind it.
After learning about the general, Li Gan vented his anger on General Wei Qing. Our father has been fighting for the rest of his life. When he was fighting with the Huns, you Wei Qing was still raising horses for your slaves in Princess Pingyang’s mansion! Our father gave birth to three sons, and our two brothers have sacrificed their lives for the country. Our Li family is considered a loyal and martyr! Why did you get to your Wei Qing? Even if you have to change the position of former general that you had originally decided on for our father? Isn’t this intentionally cheating our father? So you must be responsible for our father’s death!
So, the angry Li Gan broke into the General's Mansion privately and beat Wei Qing up.
Li Dan is so blatant and wrong, which is actually no different from seeking death. From this point, it can be seen that the genes of their old Li family are actually impulsive and irritable.
But Li Gan was lucky because Wei Qing was a rare kind person. He felt that if he suffered a little grievance, he could turn this matter over, which was also a good thing to do good deeds and accumulate virtue.There is no need to make it happen, because once this matter is announced, the only remaining son of the old revolutionary Li Guang may not be able to be saved.
However, Princess Pingyang , who had married Wei Qing at the time, said that her husband could not be so cowardly. I am a princess, how could I watch my husband be beaten without saying a word? So despite Wei Qing's stop, he ran to the palace to complain to the queen Wei Zifu .
Huo Qubing, who has always regarded his aunt as his biological mother, happened to be with Wei Zifu, so he learned about this. I was furious on the spot. Is this kid Li Gan going to make a big splash? Don’t you know that you are my soldier? My uncle is the God of War, the emperor's brother-in-law, the emperor's brother-in-law, and the uncle of my Young Master Huo. Isn’t you slapping him in the face? Do you dare to make ground on Tai Sui’s head? If I don’t deal with it, your surname will not be Huo.
Soon, Emperor Wu of Han took a team of people to Ganquan Palace to hunt. The young talents Huo Qubing and Li Gan were both in the accompanying team.
So, during the hunting process, Huo Qubing found an opportunity to find Li Gan alone, so he wanted to fight Li Gan alone.
is always more emotional. Emotionally, Li Gandao beat General Wei Qing, but after calming down, he did not have the courage to face his immediate boss, General Huo Qubing, who was tense.
Huo Qubing, who had been angry, had not let Li Gan go because Li Gan admits his conscience. He shot him directly, killing Li Gan's life.
From this point of view, Huo Qubing and Li Gan are actually the same type of people, both impulsive men who ignore them when they are emotionally up.
Huo Qubing committed suicide by suicide by suicide, and realized that he had caused a big disaster. Because Li Gan is not an ordinary person, he is also a loyal and wise man for generations. He just became a marquis for his merits and inherited his father's position as the doctor of the . He is one of the nine ministers. According to current standards, he is also considered a high-ranking official at the ministerial level. Huo Qubing did not go through any judicial procedures and shot a senior ministerial official with just one arrow, which was simply indifferent to the law.
However, when Huo Qubing took the initiative to apologize to Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han said quietly that Li Gan was hit by a deer while hunting, and arranged for a grand burial of Li Gan, so he forced the matter to be turned over.
Huo Qubing's loyalty is obvious!
Why did Huo Qubing dare to kill Li Gan?
Taishigong Sima Qian's evaluation of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in "Records of the Grand Historian" has a reason. First of all, it is not ruled out that Sima Qian himself was very disgusted with the forces of foreign relatives; secondly, judging from the fact that Huo Qubing shot Li Gan, Huo Qubing could not escape the suspicion of being arrogant and being willful and arbitrary.
Killing someone pays his life is natural, and killing a commoner should be sentenced to death. Relying on the favor of Emperor Wu of Han, Huo Qubing shot Li Gan, the hero who fought against the Huns and one of the nine ministers, who was finally able to escape the law and was concealed and endorsed by Emperor Wu of Han. This kind of thing actually goes beyond the psychological acceptance of a person with a normal conscience.
He killed someone passionately after he had disagreement. After killing someone, Emperor Wu of Han deliberately covered him up and abused his power for personal gain. Just imagine, how could Sima Qian, a righteous Shi, be able to show mercy to their writings? After recording Li Gan's death, Tai Shigong wrote six words meaningfully " in his life for more than a year, he died of illness and died of illness and ". To be honest, this kind of criticism or obscure pointing out that this is retribution, which actually gave Huo Qubing a considerable face. Otherwise, it would be no exaggeration to directly criticize Huo Qubing for being arrogant and taking human life.
Back to the matter of Huo Qubing shooting Li Gan. Huo Qubing has been in the Han court since he was a child. Doesn’t he know what the consequences would be for shooting Li Gan privately? Obviously unlikely! So, why did he dare to kill Li Gan so bravely?
If a person knows that something cannot be done, he still does it first without hesitation.Basically, the following situations are divided into the following situations: the first situation is that the person has no choice, such as the violation of laws and regulations by many people who are forced into desperate situations; the second situation is that they cannot withstand huge temptations of interests, such as many corrupt officials taking risks to accept bribes; the third situation is that they are obsessed with emotions, such as many emotionally broken people taking revenge hysterically; the fourth situation is that they are arrogant and domineering, such as many bullies and gangsters blatantly bullying men and women.
So compared with the above four situations, the first two situations can be seen at a glance that they are not in line with Huo Qubing's behavioral logic. Among the remaining two situations, the third situation is actually unlikely, because Huo Qubing shot Li Gan and killed him for a while before he learned that Li Gan beat Wei Qing. This was not a deep hatred. If Huo Qubing was angry when he heard the news and wanted to kill Li Gan and vent his anger, it was still possible, but after many days, it would be a bit unreasonable to kill Li Gan because of this small matter. As the same thing, emotions generally have a certain degree of timeliness.
So, Huo Qubing knew that killing Li Gan was wrong but still wanted to take action. This was only the fourth situation. He was fearless and whether to kill Li Gan was determined based on his mood.
What does this mean? This shows that Huo Qubing is actually a very immature and irrational child. For example, just like what we often say today, naughty children are usually fearless when they cause trouble outside. Anyway, if a family member helps him wipe his butt, he just needs to be happy.
History and life are actually the same. Sometimes the tolerance for successful people is much greater than that for ordinary people. With a handsome face covering up all the ugliness, people will always selectively ignore some of the moral stains and personality defects in successful people because of the achievements and halos of them. Many people treat big names like Huo Qubing as such, saying that "the flaws do not hide the merits", but the same behaviors that happen to an ordinary person are often condemned.
Huo Qubing Why dare to shoot Li Gan knowingly? Isn’t it fully reflecting that he has always lived in an environment where he is tolerated and indulged?
has been spoiled by a group of powerful relatives since childhood and developed a arrogant personality. He has never been afraid of heaven and earth. This is completely a spoiled child. Assuming that Huo Qubing is not a talented military genius, he will definitely become a domineering playboy.
In contrast, Huo Qubing's uncle Wei Qing also rose to the point of being in a short while, but Wei Qing has experienced the torture and tempering of life at the bottom, so he should be much more restrained and steady in his temperament. It is precisely because Wei Qing has tasted all kinds of bitterness in life that he is easier to understand and tolerate others. In other words, he is more sympathetic and more reasonable.
Children like Huo Qubing who have been spoiled since childhood will not care about other people's feelings, so how can they put themselves in their shoes? A naughty child who has been calling for the wind and rain since childhood will only teach him a lesson because of his inertia when he grows up because of his personality because of his inertia. Sensitive and domineering are the common characteristics of this kind.
Although Huo Qubing is an illegitimate son, his uncle is the emperor, his aunt is the queen, and his uncle is a general with a high status. He is also loved by Emperor Wu of Han. He is still young and has been invincible. Do you think he is not superior? If a person's light is too strong, it will both burn others and psychedelic self. The smooth road of life has led to one of the biggest flaws in Huo Qubing's personality - being arrogant and complacent.
Arrogant and complacent people often cannot let go of their offenses! Because this will seriously impact their inner fragile vanity and superiority.For Huo Qubing, the fact that Li dared to beat Wei Qing was like slapping him in the face naked. Our old Wei family is so awesome, how dare you beat the general? Who do you look down on? If you don’t teach you a lesson, others will think that the people in our old Wei family are afraid of you! Besides, you, a little Guanneihou, dared to beat the general , the great Sima . This is the following crime. The crime should be killed. No matter how I teach you a lesson, it is not too much!
The reason why Huo Qubing dared to shoot Li Gan blatantly is that he is too arrogant and resentful. In his mind, people like Li Gan are not worthy of comparison with their family members. Li Gan's life is not as precious as their family's face.
Arrogant military achievements, arrogant in reliance on favor, and bullying the weak. This is the background of Huo Qubing's character of shooting Li Gan. Of course, another most important reason is that Li Gan himself committed a death sentence, which will greatly dilute Huo Qubing's moral and psychological burden, and even make him feel that he is upholding justice.
Reflection on reality on this matter
First talk about one thing, that is, the eyes of the masses are always sharp. Sima Qian expressed his attitude in "Records of the Grand Historian" about Huo Qubing's behavior of bullying others with his power. Practice is merit, and faults are faults. Let’s not confuse them, and clarify them one by one and give them to future generations to see. This is actually the greatest thing about Taishigong. My words will inevitably have a certain emotion, but they will strive to be realistic and not erase your credit or cover up your mistakes. This is the real "record".
So, many shallow people talk about " Tai Shigong's emotional preference is more like Li Guang than Wei Huo" and say with a broad mind that Tai Shigong was psychologically distorted because of his physical incompleteness, because Tai Shigong was a poor literati venting his anger through Wei Huo, etc. This argument will only completely expose their superficiality.
We read history and allow bold doubts, but we must be careful to verify; we advocate objective and dialectical, but we do not welcome defeating everything! Since Shigong Tai, as a historian of his contemporary era, could express his resistance to Huo Qubing so openly, there must be a reason.
Have you ever thought about a problem? Generals like Li Gan, descendants of famous families, meritorious generals, and important officials of the court were ended in such a nearly humiliating way. So, how many people at did not have the chance to complain in the face of power and finally died with hatred?
So, we must see the courage and feelings of Taishi Gong to speak out for that era!
Back to Huo Qubing, in fact, people like him are common around us. For example, aren’t some young masters with superior backgrounds and talented people all of them like Huo Qubing?
About people like Huo Qubing who are noble and talented, today I want to talk about it from a different perspective and see how we, as parents, elders or leaders, should cultivate and educate them.
China's traditional culture is actually based on family culture, so Chinese people pay special attention to filial piety and inheritance, and pay special attention to "it is not that one family does not enter the family", "the family does not speak two families", and "it is easy to say anything when the family is closed", etc.
This is actually reasonable from a human point of view. However, sometimes we also need to open up our thinking and enlarge the pattern. After all, as a social person, it is impossible for us to stay at home and not go out for the rest of our lives. If we want to enter social life, we must learn to respect potential social rules and order. Therefore, many of our parents and leaders like to protect their children, but after protecting them, this children eventually became an unstable factor in society.
Especially as parents and leaders, they have almost no resistance to those smart and cute family members, and often show their preferences without any concealment.
However, this way of training and education has endless troubles. Educating and cultivating children does not mean that everything will be fine if you blindly fulfill and give.Will your child live under your wings for the rest of his life? Have they lived in such a small greenhouse you built for them in their entire lives? What if he breaks free from the constraints one day and wants to go to the outside world to let himself go?
True education and love lies in correct guidance and appropriate constraints.
Let’s look at the real life, if the children who want to take at home do not end up fighting hard for a few times, it is generally difficult to make a difference.
Everyone likes smart children, but the logic that different people like is different. For example, Emperor Wu of Han likes Huo Qubing the more he sees Huo Qubing, because he has preconceived emotions. Outsiders like Huo Qubing's cleverness, which is based on the fact that Huo Qubing will not hurt them, and their feelings for pursuing better things are transferred.
We often hear outsiders praise their children. This child is so cute, this child is so smart, this child is so lively... But you let your cute, smart, and lively children smash the glass of their house and see if they still praise this child?
The reason why Huo Qubing was so arrogant later was because he was taken care of since childhood? He had no sense of awe of things or human feelings in his heart. He felt that it was only right for others to accommodate him, and it was unforgivable for others to offend him. This is actually going toward an extreme self in terms of cognition.
So, if we really like a child, we must guide him to be down-to-earth and create various conditions to help him integrate into their real living environment. Don’t help them solve everything by placing a lot of money. Remember, sooner or later, society will help you educate your children again.
Genius is born to be favored, but geniuses who have always been favored usually do not have a very good ending. Because a person's blessings and energy are actually only so much. If consumed too early and excessively, he can only be compensated with late condemnation and punishment.
We must learn to let our children suffer losses first and not spoil their children. As long as they can help them understand the reality, it is necessary to provide some negative education.
What did the child know when he was young? It is not just a slow exploration and summary from the opinions of parents, teachers and leaders. If a child has not been subject to the minimum constraint since childhood, don’t worry, it is almost impossible for this child to break it once or twice.
To sum up, it means that when we educate our children, even if we have emotional preferences, we will definitely give children something too absolute because of emotional preferences. Children lack qualified self-discipline and self-correction ability. As long as they have no sense of restraint, they will think about it and will care about it and close their eyes to make trouble.
Huo Qubing's faults, to be honest, Emperor Wu of Han was responsible for the main responsibility. Just like many of our arrogant children today, their parents have to bear the main responsibility!
