It was Huan Wen during the Jin Dynasty who said that if a true man cannot be remembered forever, he will be infamy for eternity. Huan Wen was a famous politician and military strategist during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It can be said that Huan Wen did indeed achieve considerable achievements while he was alive. Huan Wen destroyed the Shu Kingdom and the Cheng Han regime one after another in 346 BC. At this time, Huan Wen, who was only 35 years old, was already famous throughout the world.

But it is a pity that the ministers in the court were afraid that Huan Wen would have too much power and use it to control the court, so they did not agree to let him go to conquer the north. It was not until many years later that Huan Wen regained military power and had the opportunity to go to the Northern Expedition. In these three Northern Expeditions to Huan Wen, he succeeded once and failed twice. But even his two failures were not without value. During Huan Wen's first Northern Expedition, the famous former Qin king retreated to Chang'an City, and during his second Northern Expedition, he even regained Luoyang City.

And it is worth mentioning that the reason why Huan Wen failed in his last Northern Expedition was because Huan Wen went deep into the enemy's territory, which made the subsequent court very uneasy about him. Therefore, Huan Wen's supplies were There was a problem, and Huan Wen later withdrew south precisely because of insufficient supplies. However, Huan Wen's retreat to the south also represented the failure of Huan Wen's third Northern Expedition, and Huan Wen was gradually ridiculed by others.

It was precisely because of this that Huan Wen later said that it would be better to be infamous for thousands of years than to be famous for a long time. Later, he also deposed the later Jin Dynasty and became the real master of the Jin Dynasty. Powerful people. It can be said that Huan Wen I was respected enough after his death.