How do you evaluate Zhang Xun What do you think of Zhang Xun as a person?

During the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan was arrogant, and the rebels burned, killed and looted wherever they went. An Qingxu, the son of An Lushan, sent the general Yin Ziqi to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Suiyang. At that time, the person guarding Suiyang was Zhang Xun in the imperial history, and he saw that the enemy army was fierce, so he had to hold on to the city.

When commanding the battle, Zhang Xun was impassioned, shouting slogans to boost morale, but because he was too angry, the corners of his eyes were cracked and bleeding, and his teeth were clenched loudly, and he was bitten a lot.

Due to the lack of foreign aid, Zhang Xun's army was besieged by the rebels for a long time, food and grass were cut off, and the soldiers starved to death a lot, and they could not hold on.

At this time, Zhang Xun introduced his own concubine and said to the soldiers: "We have been short of food for a long time, but our loyalty has not decreased at all, I regret that I can't cut off my own flesh for everyone to eat, is it reluctant to sit and watch the soldiers starve?" With a ruthless heart, he chopped up the concubine, boiled a big pot of soup, and forced the soldiers to eat it.

Think about it, can a concubine fill the stomachs of so many soldiers who defend the city? Zhang Xun did this in order to buy the morale of the army and boost morale.

Zhang Xun's ExplanationZhang Xun (709-757): A native of Nanyang (present-day Henan) in Dengzhou during the Tang Dynasty. Kaiyuan Jinshi .

During the Anshi Rebellion, he served as the commander of Zhenyuan and raised troops to defend Yongqiu (now Qixian County, Henan) to resist the rebels. Later, he moved to Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan), and fought together with Xu Yuan, the commander of the town, and relied on the army and the people to hold on for several months without giving in when there was no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. After the loss of Suiyang, he was killed by the drafters.

Word decomposition Explanation of zhang zhang zhang (张) ā开,: 喋開. Open eyes (a wide open eye; b Fueling someone's momentum is called "making a name for someone").

Zhang Bang. Lavish. Decorations.

The outline is clear. Store Opening: Opening.

Tension: Tension. Tension.

Expand, exaggerate: exaggerate. Indulgence, no restraint :

Explanation of Patrol patrol ú to go around, walk back and forth to check: patrol (refers to a ship patrolling the sea). Parade.

Sky Survey (refers to cruising in the sky). Tour. Governor.

Visits. Patrol luck (in ancient times, it specifically referred to the emperor going out on patrol to a certain place). Patrol.

At the banquet, the whole seat was poured wine in turn: tour the glass.

This is indeed the case with the truth of history. Zhang Xun, who guarded Suiyang, did first sacrifice his beloved concubine as rations for the soldiers, and finally killed the old and weak women and children who seemed useless to him to support the army in battle.

In response to this incident, many historians over the ages have polarized their evaluations of it。On the one hand, some people think that he is right, as a general, he must give priority to defending his family and country. In ancient warfare, troops and food were the most important.

It is very wise to sacrifice the lives of this group of people in exchange for the stability of a country. Because of this group of people, the Tang Dynasty survived for a long time, and if it was not killed, the Tang Dynasty might perish. From this point of view, Zhang Xun may have been a qualified and outstanding general, leading his soldiers to win the war.

But I still have a negative attitude towards this incident. I think this is too cruel and goes against the original purpose of the soldiers to defend their homeland and country.

What is a soldier willing to sacrifice his life to fight on the front line? In order for his parents and children to live in peace, for the sake of hiding the great line, his country will not be disturbed, and for the reliable monarch to formulate better policies and better benefit the country. An approach like Zhang Xun really violates the original intention of Honghao soldiers to imitate and fight.

Even the people can't defend it, so what kind of country can we talk about? A country without a people is a country.

From this, I think Zhang Xun's approach is extremely unwise, defending the city empty, losing the people who have fresh lives, in exchange for the temporary stability of the country. But what the Tang Dynasty did in the later period was even more heinous and desperate.

The above is my reflection on this topic, I hope mine can help you.