Why is the relationship between father and son, monarch and minister so distorted in ancient China?

The relationship between father and son has always been a little subtle.

In the traditional culture of China, the relationship between father and son is somewhat tangled. This entanglement is especially concentrated in the imperial family.

The relationship between monarch, minister and father is the core, and it is also an important link for ancient emperors in China to maintain family and society. However, due to the change of rights, the royal father-son relationship in ancient China was usually in a state of love and hate.

Silver admitted that he was bad. On Father's Day, let's talk about these twisted father-son relationships.

Liu Bei vs sinus

How could I have such a stupid son?

Fathers usually have high expectations of their sons. When I was a child, my friends were often despised by my father. How could I be such a stupid son?

For example, we are all familiar with Liu Bei and Dou.

Liu Bei

It's amazing that people like A Dou should live forever by stupid celebrities. In our current language, "I can't help Dou" and "I don't think about it" are all from his stories.

(nickname sinus)

"I don't think about it."

Perhaps it's a pity that Shu was destroyed by such a silly son. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong invented the plot of Liu Bei's capture of Adou. Although it is found that there is no such thing in history through textual research, the story is still talked about.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was at war with Cao Cao. Although Liu Bei rushed out of the encirclement, his family was still trapped by Cao Jun.

General Zhao Yun tried every means to assassinate Liu Bei and finally found his son Dou.

Liu Bei took his son, threw Adou, who was still a baby, to the ground and cursed: "I almost lost a disappointing general for you!" "Fortunately, zhaoyun stop in time, to avoid the tragedy.

Was Dou scolded by his father for being silly?

If today, it should be judged that Liu Bei has a serious child abuse tendency. Alas, but then again, sometimes looking at Xiong Haizi can really make people anxious. What should I do?

Liu Taigong vs Liu Bang

Large-scale face-beating scene: Xiong Haizi has a lot to do!

Adou is indeed a hopeless black sheep, but there is another kind of Xiong Haizi who really looks worthless, but in fact his old father is blind, such as Liu Bang, the grassroots emperor.

Liu bang

Liu Bang's father, Liu Taigong, has three sons.

Liu Bo, the eldest son, died young, leaving a pair of orphans and widows. The second son, Liu Zhong, is very proficient in farm work. Liu Taigong speaks highly of this son. The third son, Liu Ji (later renamed Liu Bang), idled around all day and took a group of friends home to eat and drink every day after becoming a local official. Liu Taigong scolded him all day and felt that Liu Bang was worthless.

Later, Chen Sheng and Guangwu turned against Qin, and Liu Bang also spoiled it. With his wit and talent, he became the first emperor of the Han Dynasty.

After Liu Bang became emperor, he would lead troops to visit Liu Taigong every five days. But one day, Taigong's housekeeper and Taigong said, "Your son is an emperor now. Although you are the father of the emperor, you can only be regarded as a courtier. Do you dare to let the emperor give you gifts every time? "

Liu Taigong suddenly realized at this time that Xiong Haizi, who had been educated by him before, is now precious! Well, my dad is not unreasonable. Since you are so good, I will give up.

So the next time Liu Bang came to visit Taigong, Taigong waited at the door with a broom in advance. When he saw his son, he immediately swept the floor and stepped back to show that he was welcoming the emperor as a courtier.

Another interesting thing is that history books once recorded that Liu Bang helped Taigong celebrate his birthday. Liu Bang said to the squire, "Dad, you used to say that I didn't have the ability to survive and I couldn't make money, so I was not as good as my second brother. Which one is older than my second brother now? "

Isn't this a scene of large-scale face-beating? Liu Taigong although face a little embarrassed, but what can I say? We must follow the emperor.

So, fathers, don't underestimate your Xiong Haizi now ~

Zhu Yuanzhang vs Zhu Biao

I've trained you so much, why don't you understand?

History is always strikingly similar, and Zhu Yuanzhang and his eldest son Zhu Biao of the Ming Dynasty also ended in tragedy.

1355 When Zhu Biao was born, Zhu Yuanzhang was still leading an army to attack Qing Ji (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). Zhu Yuanzhang was very excited to learn that his eldest son was born, so he carved eight characters on a mountain where he was stationed: "Whoever comes to this mountain will have no children."

It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang was ecstatic about having a son.

Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang loves his eldest son very much. After Zhu Yuanzhang became the Crown Prince, a team of 23 luxurious teachers was invited for him.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also personally went into battle. He educated his son to observe the people's livelihood and observe the people's feelings while traveling; Tell Zhu Biao about his entrepreneurial experience, and let him understand the difficulty of starting a business and the hardships of persistence.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's devotion to his sons was largely occupied by Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao

However, contrary to expectations, although Zhu Biao grew up under the careful guidance of Zhu Yuanzhang, he had a completely different personality from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao is gentle and kind-hearted, while Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious and likes to kill people. Father and son often hold different views on the same event.

For example, Song Lian, Zhu Biao's former teacher, was later involved in the Hu case. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to put Song Lian to death, but he was guaranteed by the prince to avoid death.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to execute a group of prisoners and let the prince try them, which was a kind of exercise for Zhu Biao, but Zhu Biao thought it was cruel to do so and insisted on reducing the punishment.

Father and son fought for 38 years.

1392, Zhu Biao died, and Zhu Yuanzhang's white-haired man sent a black-haired man, which was distressing. His passion for education all his life was sprinkled on his favorite son, who not only disagreed with his personality before his death, but also left him so early.

Life is hard!

In the royal family, the relationship between father and son is no longer a simple family bond, and neither father nor son can avoid the supreme power of the son of heaven. So in the royal family, there will always be some unexpected materials, which are incredible at that time and now.

But although eating melons is cool, who wants this turbulent family relationship to really happen to them? There is no power struggle, you pay for your children without asking for anything in return. This is fatherly love.

Pay tribute to the great father's love!