How did Huo Qubing die, and why didn t Sima Qian dare to write it?

When it comes to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the first thing that many people think of is his exploits in repelling the Huns, in fact, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was his general Huo Qubing who repelled the Huns. It is precisely because of the existence of Huo Qubing that the Xiongnu did not dare to invade the Han Dynasty for many years afterward, but how Huo Qubing died has become a mystery for the ages.

The history books do not have any clear record of Huo Quzhi's death, and even if it is a historical record written by Sima Qian, it only vaguely says that he died of illnessIn fact, there were indeed many doubts about this death at the time. Since Huo Quzhi was a general of the Han Dynasty at that time, he must have been strong and strong, if such a strong person would get sick and die, then what about other people? It is very likely that Huo Qubing was killed by someone else because of a dispute of political interests at the time.

However, due to the political sensitivity at that time, Huo Quzhi's death was not allowed to be recorded by historians, and Sima Qian couldn't really understand the truth of history at that time, you must know that when Sima Qian wrote the historical records, he hoped to restore a real history to us, and he didn't know the cause of Huo Qu's death, so Sima Qian didn't dare to make a rash assertion.

Although it is said that Huo Qubing repelled the Xiongnu for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the southern and northern wars, his death is a mystery, logically speaking, the death of such an important general, there must be many people who want to record this, but there are few historical records. It can be seen that Huo Qu's disease is likely not to have died of illness, but the real cause of his death has not yet been solved.

Huo Qubing died of plague while fighting the enemy, but this involved the interests of the country, and even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not inform the world of the cause of General Huo's death, and Sima Qian did not dare to write it truthfully. After all, the death of a country's general during the war will affect the morale of the army very much. If this matter leaks out, there is no commander in the army, and it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out.

Huo Quzhi was Wei Qing's nephew and nephew of Wei Zifu, the empress of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he occupied a pivotal position in the imperial court. And during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing took Huo Qubing to fight everywhere, although part of the reason was to stabilize Wei Zifu's position in the haremBut a larger part of the reason is to defeat the enemy and maintain social stability. It was precisely because of the efforts of these two people, with their combat experience, that the enemy was defeated, and the Han Dynasty maintained stability for a period of time.

During a battle, while pursuing the enemy army, the enemy army threw the dead carcasses of animals into the river, and the dead animals carried the plague and polluted the water source. But the soldiers led by Huo Qubing didn't know that they still used the river water as usualOf course, the final result was not good, there were many people in an army who were infected with the plague, and Huo Qu's disease was certainly not avoided.

Huo Quzhi contracted the plague, but the medical level at that time could not ** this disease. Although Huo Qubing also found a doctor**, and there were also military doctors in the army, they had no way**, and in the end, Huo Qubing died because of the plague. But at that time it was fighting with the enemyFor the sake of the overall situation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered that this matter should not be made public, and once the enemy army raised troops to invade, the final result must be unpredictable.

may have died because of some political disputes, after all, Huo Qubing has always been very public, so there are many people who have offended, did not write about it, after all, politics.

Some people say that Huo Qubing died of illness, but in fact, he died because of intrigue in the court and was framed.

The reason is also very simple, because Huo Qu's diseaseDeath is very common, there is nothing to write about。In our opinion, Huo Quzhi is a national hero and a young genius, but in Sima Qian's view,It's just a military general in the Han Dynasty, and he died so ordinarily, there's really nothing to write about. Besides, Sima Qian didn't like Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing very much, so he replaced it with the word "pawn".

Some people say that he died of illness, but in fact, the real cause of death was affected by the conflict of interests in the court and was murdered.

There are many theories about General Huo's death in modern times: first, as recorded in historical records, he died of illness; The other also says that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Huo Qubing to be killed and prevent the Huo Wei Alliance.

I think Huo Qubing should have been killed by someone, and Huo Qubing was jealous of too many people.

I think Huo Quzhi died on the battlefield, he is recognized as the god of war, so it is most likely to sacrifice his life for the country.

The young man became famous, but he was sharp, and it was inevitable that he would attract jealousy, of course, it was possible to sacrifice his life for the country.

The death of a military general at a young age is definitely not a normal death, in order to cover up the truth, it is said that death from illness abounds, and it is an old routine.

I don't think Sima Qian's evaluation of Huo Quzhi is not high. But he did write about Huo's shortcomings while recounting Huo's great achievements. But these shortcomings do not conflict with his greatness.

Because of the shortcomings, it is more real. The historical record reads: "However, he is young and servant, and he is not conscious."

He joined the army, and the Son of Heaven sent dozens of officials to take dozens of times, and he returned the heavy car and abandoned the beam meat, and the soldiers were hungry. Outside the plug, the pawn lacks food, or cannot self-vibrate, and the hussar still wears the domain and kicks the bow. A biography describes Huo Quai's contributions in detail, and his shortcomings are only a few sentences.

And these shortcomings are inevitable for young nobles.

Because although Huo Quzhi has great military achievements, he is very extravagant, does not know how to thrift, and does not know how to sympathize with the people, so Sima Qian's evaluation is not high.

Because of Huo Quai's background, his status is criticized. In addition, there is also his personal relationship with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After all, Sima Qian was a person who once had status. It's normal to look down on this kind of person.

Laid down but can't accept it, but it's useless in the middle, the Huns are still the Huns, Wei Qing has to take the Hetao. In later generations, Li Jing regained the hearts of the people while fighting, this is the true character of a famous general.

Died young, otherwise there would be more things waiting for him. But in terms of the character of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing is at most like Wei Qing, and Han Wu can't tolerate him if he goes too far. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promoted and restricted him. It is better to die early and leave the world with infinite illusions.

A great general who stood up to the sky, although he died young, could not erase his great achievements in the history of the Chinese nation

A very bullish genius.

Helplessly, God is jealous of talents.

It can be compared to Mozart in foreign countries.

The record of Huo Qu's illness in the "Historical Records" is described in a very official language, and there is no Sima Qian's personal evaluation of Huo Quzhi. If the "Records of the Historians" as a book of history itself should be recorded in an official, fair and just way, and Sima Qian himself describes it in this official language throughout the book, then it is impossible to see Sima Qian's attitude towards Huo Quai.

However, not all of Sima Qian's "Historical Records" used official fair and just language to describe them, and in many people recognized by Sima Qian, there were Sima Qian's personal preferences and praise words, so it can be considered from this perspective that Sima Qian did not recognize Huo Quai's ability.

However, as a famous general during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, why was Huo Qubing not favored by Sima Qian? Personally, I think it's the main thingIn Sima Qian's heart, the reason why Huo Qubing was able to have such a huge achievement was mainly due to the appreciation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it was not all because of Huo Quzhi's outstanding personal ability.

In fact, this can be seen from Sima Qian's record of Huo Quzhi, Huo Qubing has achieved many major victories in the process of dealing with the Xiongnu, howeverSima Qian did not describe the fruits of Huo Quzhi's victory much, but described Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's reward and recognition of Huo Quzhi, and showed Huo Quzhi's ability from this side perspective.

At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this description, but if you think about it carefully, you can see that Sima Qian did not have any recognition of Huo Qu's disease, but described history as a kind of record language as a royal historian. In other words, he personally did not appreciate Huo Quzhi in his heart, and only described it in order to record Huo Quzhi's life experience.

And the reason why Sima Qian has this bias is probably because at that time, under the strength gap between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, in fact, as long as a person with not too bad ability can get the credit of Huo Quai, this is the point. While**In the victories that Huo Qubing won against the Xiongnu in his life, there is little performance of Huo Quzhi's personal ability, on the contrary, most of them are the comparison between the strength of the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, It can be seen from this that the reason why Huo Qubing has such a high degree is because he was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and achieved the high position of a general, so he has this achievement.

Sima Qian believed that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a foolish king who used people according to his own preferences

Sima Qian was a compassionate man who did not approve of Emperor Wu of Han's attack on the Xiongnu

Sima Qian used "tens of thousands of descendants, known as 100,000" to ridicule Huo Quai

Sima Qian's ridiculous words have two meanings, first, Huo Qubing is a soldier who lies and lied about the military situation, and it is not worth reusing. Second, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty couldn't find out that Huo Qubing was lying, and he also rewarded Huo Qubing a lot, because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had no brains.

The first reason is that Sima Qian did not approve of the Han Dynasty's fierce pursuit of the Xiongnu, feeling that it was not good for both sides; The second reason is that Sima Qian denied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's employment strategy, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty relied on his temperament to appoint talents, no matter how strong your ability is, it is useless if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty does not like it.

In the historical records, it is recorded that Huo Qu's death method is very peculiar, only saying that he was suddenly sick and died in a short time. Sima Qian always thought that Huo Qubing was the male favorite of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he was unwilling to affirm Huo Quzhi.

It is not written directly about Huo Quai, but through the side of the emperor's edict. There is the meaning of the Spring and Autumn Period, because Sima Qian and Huo Qubing have different political positions, and he does not agree with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's way of employing people, but he still wants to praise Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so Huo Qubing is recorded in this way.

Huo Qubing in history died of illness, because he made great achievements for the Han Dynasty at a young age, killed many people, and God was jealous of talents, and even God wanted to accept him.

It is estimated that he was given death, and the time should not be the death of the plague.

Historically, Huo Qu's disease died of illness, and it is very likely that he drank water containing bacteria, which is a very normal thing in the grassland.

Of course, there is also a conspiracy theory that Huo Quzhi was assassinated, because Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing were in two different states at that time. And Huo Quzhi made great achievements at a young age, so he was short-tempered and didn't take others to heart. And Wei Qing, who was in the prince's faction at that time, couldn't stand it, and was always suppressed by Huo Quzhi in his official position.

So he was dissatisfied and planned an assassination, and after Huo Quai's death, the prince was in charge, so naturally he would not let Sima Qian write down these things. But it feels like this reason is a bit far-fetched. Huo Quzhi's death is still a mystery, I don't know if Sima Qian dares to write it, but what is certain is that Sima Qian definitely does not know the inside story, because as a historian, Sima Qian must understand the truth of the matter before he can write.

Huo Qubing was killed by the emperor's order, because the emperor was afraid of rebellion in the past, so he killed him, Sima Qian didn't dare to write it, because the emperor didn't let everyone disclose this matter at that time, and he was afraid that after writing it, it would cause murder.

Huo Quzhi is said to have died of illness, which is also clearly recorded in the official history, and Sima Qian did not write anything, I don't know how others knew, and there is no evidence to prove that he did not die of illness.

There are several theories: one is that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed him, the other is that he died in the power struggle between the court, and the third is that he was poisoned by the Huns.

There are many theories about how Huo Qu died of illness, some say that he died of illness, and some say that he was **, but I prefer to be **. Sima Qian didn't dare to write it, but he didn't know either, so he didn't dare to make an assertion.

Huo Qu died of political conspiracy. One may be killed, and the other may be forced to commit suicide.

The edge is too exposed, too arrogant, and not tolerated by the feudal emperor.

Huo Quzhi did not get involved in the first two requests to make the third prince king, but in the third time, he repeatedly asked to make the third prince king. This shows that this military wizard was too young at the time, had no political experience at all, and did not come from his original intention. The reason why he did this is likely to be instructed by others to repair his relationship with his uncle Wei Qing.

But in the eyes of Emperor Wu, it was very unpleasant. The emperor made that set of checks and balances of power, using Huo Qubing to counter the Wei family, and he would never allow the two generals and Da Sima to form a party for personal gain.

In addition, Huo Qubing dared to kill Lang Zhongling Li Kang in front of everyone for the sake of his uncle Wei Qing before, so Emperor Wu seriously suspected that Huo Qubing would do more earth-shattering things for Wei Qing.

However, it was the time to prepare for the Xiongnu, and it is difficult to say whether it was possible for Emperor Wu to kill this "tool", after all, except for Wei Qing, there were almost no high-ranking generals who could get a good death.