Qin Shi Huang defeated 6 vassal states, Han Dynasty historian revealed: `Prediction` has been around for a long time 4
Qin Shi Huang’s defeat of the six kingdoms, unification of the world and establishment of the Qin Dynasty is one of the most important historical milestones in Chinese history.
To this question, historians have given many answers based on analysis of different angles and aspects, including economic development, reforms of Shang Yang (the prime minister of the Qin state), the state of
However, there is a mystery that is rarely mentioned, which is the prediction that historian Sima Qian mentioned many times in `History`.
The first time, according to Sima Qian’s records, in 274 BC, the second year of the reign of King Lieh of Zhou (the 34th king of the Zhou Dynasty), Tai Shi Dam, an official of the Zhou Dynasty, told the monarch
This saying predicts that a king will emerge from the Qin state, or that the Qin people will unite the world.
God’s will was determined, Qin Shi Huang was born according to destiny, then he made great achievements unifying the country and became the first emperor in Chinese history.
For the second time, the above prediction was mentioned in `Qin Ban Ky` in the 11th year of Qin Hieu Cong’s reign.
Sima Qian’s four times mentioning the prediction that the Qin state would emerge as a king and unify the world may show the unusual intention of this famous historian.
The first half of the above prediction is `The Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty first merged and then separated`.
It was not until the time of Qin Xianggong, the 6th king of the Qin state, that the Zhou dynasty officially made him a vassal, the Qin state.
`Separation for 500 years and then reunion` corresponds to 500 years after King Binh Binh (the 13th king of the Zhou Dynasty) moved the capital to the east (in 779 BC), the power of the Zhou Dynasty gradually declined.
In 256 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the 33rd king of the Qin state, sent a general to bring troops to attack Western Zhou, captured King Chu Nuan (37th king of the Zhou Dynasty), and returned to Ham Duong, the capital of the Qin state, at night.
From 256 BC to 238 BC, Qin Shi Huang (36th king of Qin) officially became regent after being crowned King of Qin for 9 years, about 17 years.
The ultimate power of the Qin state at that time was in the hands of Qin Shi Huang.
In 238 BC, in the ancient capital Ung Chau, Qin Shi Huang, then only 22 years old, held the coronation ceremony and officially became regent.
By 221 BC, all six vassal states were completely defeated.
From the official regent until completing the hegemony of unifying the world, it took Qin Shi Huang only less than 20 years.
From the above analysis, it can be seen that the accuracy of the prediction repeated many times by historian Sima Qian is terrifying.
Article reference source: Sohu, Toutiao, 163
