The founding king of the Song Dynasty was called Weizi, the elder brother of King Zhou of Shang. Weizi was very benevolent and righteous. Because he couldn't stand the cruel methods of King Zhou of Shang, he tried to persuade him many times. Twenty generations passed from Weizi t

The founding king of the Song Dynasty was called Weizi, who was the elder brother of King Zhou of Shang.

Later After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Weizi was granted the title of Song in Yin. The Song Dynasty has always been a country of benevolence and righteousness. Weizi is the ancestor of the Song surname.

From Wei Zi to Song Xianggong has experienced 20 generations. Song Xianggong was the legitimate son of the royal family. He had an older brother who was born to a concubine. Although the two brothers had the same father, they were very friendly.

Father When Duke Huan of the Song Dynasty was seriously ill, according to the provisions of the legitimate son inheritance system, Song Xianggong had to take over. However, Song Xianggong pleaded hard in front of his father, saying that his elder brother was older and benevolent, so please pass the throne to his elder brother.

The elder brother firmly refused and said: "The person who can give up the throne is already the most benevolent and righteous person. My benevolence and righteousness cannot be compared to that of my younger brother." Later, the elder brother hid in the Kingdom of Wei, and Song Xianggong had no choice but to become the king.

After Xianggong came to the throne, he invited his brother back and made him prime minister to assist him in handling government affairs. Song Xianggong's ability to let the virtuous and use the virtuous earn him a lot of applause. Later, Song Xianggong continued to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness, and took benevolence and righteousness as the standard in everything.

However, in the turbulent times of the Spring and Autumn Period, just talking about benevolence and righteousness is not enough. If the country is not rich, the army is not strong, and the strength is not strong, other countries will not obey you. However, Song Xianggong didn't know this. He thought that his prestige was very high.

When was meeting in Kuiqiu, , Duke Xianggang of Song Dynasty saw Qi Huan Gong being aloof and responding to every call, and he was very envious.

When Duke Huan of Qi passed away and the state of Qi was in chaos, Prince Zhao went to the State of Song for help. Duke Xianggong of Song then imitated Duke Huan of Qi and sent a notice to all the vassal states, requesting that they jointly escort Prince Zhao back to the country to ascend the throne.

But Song Xianggong's appeal was obviously not strong enough, and many princes ignored him. Only three small countries, Weiguo, Caogu, and Zhugu, sent some troops.

Song Xianggong led the allied forces of the four countries to the Qi State, helped Prince Zhao quell the rebellion, and supported him on the throne, stabilizing the situation in the Qi State and fulfilling Qi Huangong's important trust. This incident made Song Xianggong a little famous.

Then he began to feel proud and dreamed of being the overlord. His brother persuaded him, saying that he was a small country but not strong enough, and becoming the overlord would bring disaster. However, Duke Xianggang of Song Dynasty insisted on seeking hegemony. He sent notices to all the vassal states and wanted to follow the example of Duke Huan of Qi in holding a alliance.

At that time, Chu State was very powerful and did not pay attention to Song State at all. After receiving the notice from Song Xianggong, King Chu Cheng was disdainful and secretly wanted to give him some color.

On the day of the alliance, the King of Chu gave an order and ambushes were everywhere. Song Xianggong was caught and taken to the Chu Kingdom in a daze. Fortunately, the King of Chu did not want to kill him. He just wanted to give him some color and imprisoned a few. After a month, he was released again.

Song Xianggong was deeply humiliated and felt very aggrieved and angry. However, the strength of Song State was not as strong as that of Chu State, so he could only endure it.

Later I heard that Zheng Guo wanted to support the Chu State to become the overlord. Song Xianggong's anger finally couldn't be suppressed and was about to explode. He went to attack the weakened Zheng Guo with all his firepower.

Zheng Guo hurriedly asked for help from Chu State, so the armies of Song and Chu met across the river at Hongshui. Relying on the strength of their numbers, the Chu State army did not pay attention to the Song Army at all, and began to cross the river under the nose of the Song Army.

When the generals of the Song Army saw this, they suggested to Song Xianggong that the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered. We could attack them while they were crossing the river. This way we would have a better chance of winning. However, the silly Duke Xianggong of Song Dynasty said seriously: "It is unkind and righteous to do this" and refused the general's request.

When the Chu army crossed the river and began to form their formation, the general of the Song army suggested rushing to kill them while they were not yet firmly on their feet. Song Xianggong still said that it was unkind and unjust.

Later, the Chu and Song Dynasties fought, and the Song army returned with a huge defeat. This was the famous Battle of Hongshui .

Song Xianggong was defeated and returned to his country to recuperate from his injuries. At this time, Jin Kingdom Young Master Chong'er happened to be exiled to Song Dynasty. Song Xianggong endured his battle injuries and warmly received him, and also gave Chong'er 80 horses.The reason why he did this was to imitate Duke Huan of Qi, because when Chong'er was exiled to Qi State, Duke Huan of Qi also gave him 80 horses.

Later, Song Xianggong suffered an arrow injury and died. He has been striving to be the overlord all his life, but in fact he has never truly become the overlord. As the saying goes, no matter how much a cat looks like a tiger, it will never become a tiger.