Su Wu was so poor when he was shepherding sheep, why didn t he kill the sheep and eat them?

Because shepherding is a job given to him by someone else, if he kills the sheep to eat, then he will be punished, and he will not live long.

The leader at that time said that he would let Su Wu go back only if Su Wu's ram gave birth to a lamb, but he didn't want to give in, he had his own arrogance, swore to die, and was sincere to his country and people.

Sheep are his only economy**. If you kill and eat it, can you still make money? In the end, they will only starve to death.

Su Wu has always held the scepter that symbolizes his status as an envoy, and has never forgotten that he is the envoy of the Han Dynasty, and the question arises at this time, in this case, can Su Wu eat the sheep he grazes, of course not.

Eating is surrender, eating means that you have surrendered, and it can even be said that you have given the other party a handle, in short, this sheep must not be eaten, and you can't eat it if you starve to death, this is a matter of principle, and it is also the reason why Su Wu has been sticking to it for so many years.

Of course, since he is alive, he still has to eat, and Su Wu also married a wife and gave birth to a child here, Su Wu stayed in the Xiongnu for a total of 19 years, during which the emperors of the Han Dynasty changed from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty.

During this period, the famous Li Ling also came here to persuade Su Wu to surrender to the Xiongnu, but Su Wu resolutely refused to surrender, and Li Ling was the one who interceded for him.

Because these sheep were let by the Huns to be released by the Su, if they ate the sheep, it would mean that they had surrendered, and they would be very undignified.

After the sheep are eaten, they can't be grazed, and the plan fails.

Su Wu shepherding sheep is a well-known story. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Su Wu was ordered to send an envoy to the Xiongnu, but was detained by the Xiongnu Shan Yu and asked him to surrender. Su Wu was unyielding, no matter how much he threatened and lured, he was unmoved.

Su Wu was in the ice and snow of Beihai, holding a symbol of the dignity of the Han Dynasty and a symbol of his identity, drinking snow water when he was thirsty, and even eating felt when he was hungry, just like that, he stayed in Beihai for 19 years. In the nineteenth year, all the hairs on the festival have fallen off. The Xiongnu had been deceiving the Han Dynasty that Su Wu was dead.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hypothesized that he was hunting in Shanglin Yuan, and when he shot a wild goose, he found a letter on the foot of the goose, knowing that Su Wu was not dead and was still herding sheep in Beihai. Seeing that the matter was revealed, Shan Yu had no choice but to let Su Wu back. Su Wu's noble national integrity and unyielding spirit have inspired many people with lofty ideals, and his story has been passed down to this day.

People made up his story into a song and sang it from generation to generation, and the song was called "Su Wu Shepherd". This solo piece for flute is based on the song of the same name.

In 100 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was about to send troops to fight the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu sent envoys to sue for peace, and also released the envoys of the Han Dynasty back. In order to reply to the goodwill of the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhonglang to take Su Wu with the Jingjie, his deputy Zhang Sheng and his attaché Chang Hui, and sent an envoy to the Xiongnu.

When Su Wu arrived at the Xiongnu, he sent back the envoy who was detaining the omen and gave him a gift. Su Wu was waiting for Shan Yu to write a reply to ask him to go back, but he didn't expect that at this time, something unlucky happened.

Some of the Xiongnu rebelled, Su Wu's subordinates were implicated, Su Wu knew that he had a humiliating mission, decided to commit suicide, attempted, Shan Yu imprisoned him without food, Su Wu survived by eating snow and felt fur, the Huns thought it was magical, and exiled him to the North Sea to shepherd sheep. All the sheep are rams, and he is asked to let the rams give birth to lambs before he can come back.

When Su Wu arrived in Beihai, there was no one beside him, and the only thing that accompanied him was the festival that represented the imperial court. The Xiongnu did not give rations, so he dug the grass roots in the field mouse holes to satisfy his hunger. After a long time, all the ears on the festival were gone.

Until 85 BC, the Xiongnu's Shan Yu died, and the Xiongnu had civil strife and were divided into three countries.

Xindan Yu did not have the strength to fight with the Han Dynasty anymore, so he sent envoys to sue for peace. At that time, Emperor Wu of Han had died, and his son Emperor Zhao of Han ascended the throne. Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to the Xiongnu to release Su Wu back, and the Xiongnu lied that Su Wu was dead. The messenger believed it and did not mention it again.

Later, another envoy from the Han Dynasty came to the Xiongnu, and Su Wu's men quietly got in touch with them and told them that Su Wu was still alive. This allowed Su Wu to return to the Han Dynasty. Nineteen years were spent in between.

When Su Wu sent the envoy, he was only forty years old. He was tortured in the Xiongnu for nineteen years, and his beard and hair turned white.

On the day he returned to Chang'an, the people of Chang'an came out to greet him. When they saw the white-bearded and white-haired Su Wu holding a bare pole in his hand, none of them were unmoved, saying that he was really a big man with integrity.

The main content of Bangu's "Su Wu Shepherd" in the Han Dynasty: Su Wu was ordered to send the Xiongnu with Zhonglang and was detained. The Xiongnu nobles repeatedly threatened and lured them to surrender; Later, he moved him to the North Sea to shepherd sheep, holding the Han Dynasty Fujie, and threatened to release him to return to China if the ram had a child.

Su Wu went through hardships and stayed in the Xiongnu for 19 years.

Original text: The law knows that martial arts cannot be coerced in the end, and it is in vain. It is a secluded martial art, placed in a large cellar, and never eats or drinks.

Rain and snow, Wu lie and chew the snow, swallow it together with the felt hair, and do not die for several days. The Xiongnu thought that they were gods, but there was no one on the North Sea of Wuwu, so that the shepherds and breasts could return. Don't be an official or subordinate to Chang Hui, etc., and put them in other places.

Wu went to the sea, but he couldn't eat, and he dug up the wild mice to go to the grass and eat it. Shepherding sheep on the cane Han Festival, lying up and exercising, the festival is exhausted.

Vernacular translation: Wei Lu knew that Su Wu was unwilling to surrender after all, and reported to Shan Yu. Shan Yu wanted to make him surrender more and more, so he imprisoned Su Wu and put him in a large cellar, and did not give him food and drink.

When it snowed, Su Wu lay down and chewed the snow, swallowed it with felt fur to satisfy his hunger, and did not die for a few days. The Huns thought this was amazing, so they exiled Su Wu to a place where there was no one on the North Sea, and let him graze the rams, saying that they could not return to the Han until the rams produced milk.

At the same time, his subordinates and their entourage Chang Hui and others were placed in other places. After Su Wu was exiled to Beihai, he could not transport food, so he could only dig up the wild fruits stored by wild mice to eat. He shepherded the sheep with the Han Ting's runes, and held them when he slept and got up, so that all the yak tail hairs tied to the knots fell off.

This man, who is known for his fortitude and righteousness in Chinese history, did not feel that Su Li should not cry before he left.

6] This is a thing that will make him shine for a thousand years in the future, and he compares himself to a "husband", who was ordered by the king to leave his beloved wife. He did not have the arrogance of going out on the king's orders, nor the anxiety about the uncertain future of the mission, he only comforted his wife with his peace and firmness, and he showed his deep affection for his wife without doubt, as if he pushed open the window and saw the melancholy of "the sky is light and the night is cool and the moonlight is all over the ground". This is similar to his later high-spiritedness and unyielding swear in the face of Xiongnu coercion and surrender.

Su Wu was ordered to send an envoy to the Xiongnu, but he was forced to surrender by the Xiongnu Shan Yu with force, and Su Wu refused to give in. As a result, Su Wu was exiled to shepherd sheep on the cold North Sea, and endured many hardships. After 19, he finally returned to China and finally fulfilled his promise to his wife to "return to life".

It's a pity that he came back too late, and his wife thought that he had already died and had remarried. Because the Xiongnu were afraid that the Han court wanted Su Wu to return to China, they lied that Su Wu had died early. Although the ending is not satisfying, reading this poem, you can know that Zhonglang General Su Wu is a flesh-and-blood man with heavy feelings, and he loves his wife so much.

You can also know the greatness of the soldiers at that time, who loved their country so much and sacrificed their sons and daughters for the sake of the people of the country. I can know the greatness of Su Wu's shepherding.