Author: Gantang As Cai Lun in history textbooks, his appearance has always been among the four great inventions, including papermaking that has been passed down to this day. And this eternal achievement came from the hands of a eunuch. In Cai Lun's life, papermaking was only a sm

Author: Gantang

As and Cai Lun in history textbooks, his appearance has always been one of the four great inventions, and it is papermaking that has been passed down to this day. And this eternal achievement came from the hands of a eunuch .

In Cai Lun's life, papermaking was just a small thing in his life resume, because Cai Lun was involved in too many big things.

(1) Children of a blacksmith family

In a small mountain village during the Eastern Han period, there was a family whose ancestors were engaged in blacksmithing. This family was the Cai family. Because of blacksmithing, the Cai family had contact with the local court at that time.

Because of the continuous fighting, the blacksmith industry is relatively rich, so the young Cai Lun has been studying. Cai Lun was not only interested in reading, but also dabbled in smelting, mulberry and hemp.

Such an outstanding Cai Lun, with a good family background, why did he suddenly join the palace as a eunuch? If a person is not short of food and clothing, then there is only one possibility of entering the palace, which is to go to a place where power is the most powerful and seek power and gain.

When Cai Lun first entered the palace, he could only serve the concubines. However, within a few years, Cai Lun was promoted to an official who went in and out of the palace to deliver edicts.

Because Cai Lun was different from the ignorance of other eunuchs, he had been familiar with classics since he was a child, so he was reused.

When Cai Lun entered the palace, the reigning emperor was Emperor Ming of Han . When Cai Lun gained power, the reigning emperor was Emperor Zhang of Han .

At this time, Cai Lun hugged the thigh of Queen Dou at that time, and was reused by Queen Mother Dou .

(2) Cai Houzhi

Seven years later, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty passed away, Emperor He of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and Queen Dou became the Queen Mother Dou. Because Emperor He of the Han Dynasty was young, the Queen Mother Dou came to the court to call herself . At this time, Cai Lun became a senior eunuch.

It was also during the reign of Emperor He of the Han Dynasty that he presented the formula for papermaking, making Cai Lun's name famous to every household. Because it was created by Cai Lun, the paper was originally named Caihou Paper.

Emperor He of the Han Dynasty died at the age of 27, and his son Emperor Shang of the Han Dynasty who succeeded him was only a hundred days old. Emperor Shang of the Han Dynasty died young when he was only one year old. Now the emperor could only choose from the clan. At that time, the Queen Mother Empress Dowager Deng joined forces with her brother, the cavalry general and Deng Zhi, to create a clan prince 13 The 6-year-old son became emperor and was known as Emperor Han'an in history.

In this year, Empress Dowager Deng was conferred and established as Longtinghou, with a fiefdom of 300 households. At this time, Cai Lun had reached the highest position of eunuch.

(3) Death by suicide

Cai Lun's stable life lasted until the death of Empress Dowager Deng. Empress Dowager Deng died of illness, Cai Lun lost his backer, and Emperor Han'an officially took charge of the government at this time.

After Emperor An of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he began to thoroughly investigate the truth about the death of his grandmother Song Guiren. The so-called truth is that Cai Lun framed Song Guiren to death in order to seek refuge with Queen Mother Dou. Decades have passed since this dusty past.

Emperor An of the Han Dynasty ordered Cai Lun to go and confess his crime on his own. However, Cai Lun, who had been studying since childhood, had his own pride and dignity. In order to avoid being humiliated, he drank medicine and committed suicide after taking a bath.

After Cai Lun's death, all the rewards that once belonged to him were withdrawn. What has been handed down is not his years of climbing experience, but the papermaking technology that has benefited future generations. This alone is enough for Cai Lun's name to be passed down to this day.

In Cai Lun's life, he was young and well-off. After entering the palace, in order to find the most convenient way, he framed the noble people of Song Dynasty. This incident made Cai Lun prosperous. At the same time, success or failure depended on this. In the end, Cai Lun also suffered from this incident. And die.

Cai Lun experienced five Eastern Han emperors in his life and reached a high position. To say that he regrets can only be a matter of time and fate. More importantly, it should be satisfaction. The disabled body weighs down the able-bodied people so that they cannot lift their heads.

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