At first, Liu Xiu hoped to solve the Yizhou problem in a peaceful way. But Gongsun Shu has become an emperor, and the imperial power in the Western Han Dynasty has collapsed. The two sides can't argue who is an Orthodox Christian. Liu Xiu took out the prophetic book Chun Qiu Shu, which was widely circulated in the society at that time. The most famous sentence in the book, "In the Han Dynasty, Gao Ye", proved to the world that Gongsun Shu could not replace the imperial power in the Western Han Dynasty.
Superstition was very popular in ancient China. Many people with political ambitions will use superstitious views to publicize their political ideas and establish a glorious image. For example, the Guangwu Uprising, Chen Sheng's slogan of "Chen" from the belly of fish, and "The sky is dead, and the Yellow Scarf Army Uprising is put forward" are all confusing predictions, from Chen Sheng to Liu Bang.
"body double in Han Dynasty should have a high reputation" first appeared in the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. It is said that the author of Hanwu Story is Ban Gu. The Story of Hanwu mentioned that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said in Chunqiu Shu that "body double should have a high reputation", which made him worried. According to the Biography of the Three Kingdoms Shu Shu Zhou Qun, the phrase "Han's subrogation is high" comes from the prophecy book "Spring and Autumn Prophecy". Since then, this sentence has run through the political circles of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, both Cui Li and Yuan Shu were influenced by it. Because of this sentence, Yuan Shu once became emperor.
Why did both Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty directly mention that "the generation of the Han Dynasty is high" and did not shy away from it? Even Liu Xiu publicly put forward that "the generation of Han Dynasty is superior to others", which seems incredible. In fact, the imperial power we now understand in the Qin and Han Dynasties was not as great as that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the construction of imperial power was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is the reason why so many people responded when Zhang Jiao and others put forward that "the yellow turban insurrectionary should stand upright" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is also one of the reasons why when there was great turmoil at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governors stood on their own feet and did not take the imperial power seriously.
It is easy to understand that "those who represent Han should paint high" and "those who represent Han should paint high". "Painting" means Tao, and Tao generally refers to official Tao. How to think "Dangtu Gao" should be a verb if it is symmetrical with "Dai Han". "Earth height" originally means guiding high, but it can also be understood as something high on both sides of the road, such as the Palace Que. Wei has the meaning of palace gate in ancient Chinese, so some people understand that Wei replaced Han. Another way to understand the road is that it implies a person with high status.
If "Dangtu Gao" is understood as "Dangtu Gao"+"Gao", there is indeed a place called Dangtu in the Han Dynasty, which is located in the south of Bozhou and north of Bozhou, so some people understand it as Cao Wei. During the period of Liu Xiu, it was widely circulated in the society that "a generation of Han people had a high position in Dangtu", which also made Dangtu people think that this land would produce modern Han people. This prediction is even quite popular in the whole Huaihe River basin, and the most famous figures with this prediction are Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu sub-highways, which are similar to "Dangtu", and highways refer to official roads.
"One generation of the Han Dynasty is superior to other generations." Guangwudi himself publicly said this prediction, which seems incredible, and this prediction was widely circulated in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In fact, this shows that Liu Xiu himself is an enlightened and wise person. There is no such thing as a banquet that must come to an end, and there is no dynasty that will last forever. When each dynasty develops to a certain period, it will accumulate a large number of social contradictions, and eventually there will be a major event of changing dynasties. Why not just "replace Han"?
Throughout the dynasties in China, any feudal dynasty was maintained and passed down by blood relationship, and we found a very interesting rule. Not in the same surname can be used to repeatedly establish a new dynasty. It is said that Emperor China took turns to do it. Since the Qin Dynasty, we can draw a general conclusion from Liu's surname in the Han Dynasty, Cao Wei's surname in Cao, Sima's surname in the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, Zhi's surname in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Sui Yang's surname in the Tang Dynasty, Li's surname in the Late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao's climate in Zhu Wen during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, Zhao's surname in the Song Dynasty, Mongolia in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu's surname in the Ming Dynasty and Ai Xinjue Roche in the Qing Dynasty. It seems that it is difficult for a surname to repeat the matter of governing the country twice. There is a fault between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. Although the time is not long, Liu Xiu's pulse can last for 200 years, which is the only time. Although Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty and was as perfect as Tianjiao, most of his descendants were short-lived. Does it also imply that the Han Dynasty should have ended in the follwed era?
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the theory of five elements reincarnation began to prevail in China, and the replacement of dynasties seemed to complete this reincarnation. No dynasty can exist forever. Many wise kings in history, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Taizong and Ming Taizu, all agree with this point, and the Five Elements Theory also implies that the surname of "Emperor" basically reflects some rotation.
As the saying goes, heaven is reincarnation, and the world is good!