Since three years ago (6 1 1 year ago), Chu has successively conquered Yong, Elk, Song, Shu, Chen, Zheng and other countries, and they have all won. 606 years ago, Chu Zhuangwang defeated the Lu army (now the north of Songxian County, Henan Province) and fought all the way to Luoshui. "Zhoujiang watched the soldiers" and Chen Bing demonstrated in Luoyang, the capital of Zhoudu. Zhou Wang sent the king to comfort him, took the opportunity to ask about the size, and planned to move the tripod to Chu.

The king said, "The government is virtuous, the tripod is small and heavy, the monarch has no way, and the tripod is big and light. The Zhou Dynasty made a tripod for the Central Plains, and its power was a godsend. Ding Zhizhong, don't ask. " He proudly said to the king, "Don't stop casting the tripod. As long as the broken hook (a bronze weapon) is collected, it will be enough to cast Jiuding. " Chu Zhuangwang won the championship, which means replacing the Zhou Dynasty. As a result, Wang's envoy was severely reprimanded and had to quit Zhoujiang.

Hunting for scholars.

Excerpt from Han Liuxiang's On Yuan Jundao

original text

Zhou is good at hunting. Mrs Fan Ji refused to listen. So I don't eat meat. Wang has changed. Be diligent in politics. Qi Weiwang is called a saint. Yue Ji. Disloyal. I have served you for eleven years. Seek beauty to be king. Two men are more virtuous than concubines. There are seven people in the same column. Today, Yu has been in Chu for more than ten years. The child lives outside a relative's house. Little progress has been made The sage is like this. I am ashamed to hear that. Sun Shuai and Chu Ba are recommended.

Lv Kun said. The country has perished. People who are jealous of talent do it. Fan Ji is not jealous of this palace. And push the rule to the whole country. Only my heart is gone. Therefore, my heart wins. There is no room for people. Finally. You can't let go. However, jealous people die without realizing it. Alas. Fan Ji's daughter country. You can train.

Vernacular interpretation

Chu Zhuangwang in Zhou Dynasty. I often like hunting. His wife Fan Ji went to dissuade him. Never listen. Fan Ji can't. I don't eat meat. Chu Zhuangwang just woke up. Turn a new page for national affairs. Get up very diligently. The virtue of constant praise. Fan Ji said. This is not a loyal minister.

I serve the king. It's been eleven years. I once visited a beautiful woman. Dedicated to the king. There are two people better than me. There are seven people like me. Now he is the prime minister of Chu. It has been more than ten years. Except his own children, clan relatives. Never recommend good people to come in. Are sages really like this? In Qiu Zi heard these words. Feel very ashamed. So I recommended Sun Shuaio. Therefore, Chu was able to dominate.

Ghost meeting

Wang Jia and Zhuang were rewarded with an arrow, which made them pro-army and take charge of the right car. Because Yin didn't get the right candidate, he heard about Shen and Qiu Zhixian and gained the right to govern the country. Set a big banquet with ministers on the platform, and all the concubines should obey. Zhuang Wang said, "I have been here for six years. Today, I resisted being beheaded, and I was surrounded by peace. I want to travel with Zhu Qing on the same day, which is called "Taiping Banquet". All civil and military officials, big and small, come to set up seats and stop with joy. " All ministers bowed again and took their seats in turn. People eat, and the teacher plays music. Drink till sunset, and the fun is not over yet.

King Zhuang ordered him to think again with a candle, so fortunately, Ji Xu's family sent the doctor's wine and everyone began to drink. Suddenly, a strange wind blew out all the candles in the hall, but it didn't reach the fire around. There was a man on the table. He saw the beauty of Ji Xu and secretly took her hand. Ji Xu's left hand is perfect, and her right hand is full of her crown and tassels. She's afraid to let go.

Ji Xu took the tassel in her hand and walked to Zhuang Wang. She whispered, "I have been ordered by the king to propose a toast to the ministers, and one of them is rude." He put it out with a candle and forced me to grab my sleeve. I have my bride, and the king can urge the fire to check it. " King Zhuang urgently ordered the lantern bearer: "Don't light candles! Today, I will have fun with you. You all go to the tassel to drink, and the undead will break up in discord. "

So all the officials went to their tassels to hold candles, and I don't know who held the sleeves. Returning to the palace after the banquet, Ji Xu said, "I heard that men and women don't blaspheme." What about the monarch and the minister? Today, the king asked my concubine to give it to the ministers as a tribute. Why is there a difference between men and women when you have a concubine and the king doesn't keep it? "Zhuang Wang said with a smile," This is not known to women! The ancients enjoyed it, and the ceremony was not enough for the three kings, but predicted that the day was not the night.

Today I make all ministers happy, followed by candles, drunkards and human feelings. Looking at it, I committed a crime. It was obviously Women's Day, but it broke the hearts of the people all over the country and made ministers unhappy. I'm not going to place an order. "JiXu gasp in admiration. Later generations named this banquet "Jueying Club". Beard Weng has a poem:

I was drunk in the dark, and my hands were like the wind.

It is said that the king has a vast river, and the water of livestock and fish is very clear.

King Zhuang buried his horse.

It is said in Biography of Historian Funny that Chu Zhuangwang has a beloved horse, and the treatment given to the horse by King Zhuang not only exceeds that given to the people, but even exceeds that given to doctors. King Zhuang dressed him in embroidered clothes, ate candied dates that only the rich could afford, and lived in a magnificent house. Later, the horse died of obesity because of its overindulgence.

He ordered his ministers to send him to the horse and bury him inside and outside the coffin as a gift from the doctor. Ministers think that King Zhuang is insulting everyone, saying that everyone is like horses. Therefore, all ministers expressed dissatisfaction with Zhuang Wang's actions. King Zhuang ordered that whoever mentioned the matter of burying horses again would be executed.

You Meng heard that Chu Zhuangwang was going to bury a horse and ran into the hall to cry. King Zhuang was surprised and asked why. You Meng said that it was the king's favorite thing to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. It is a big country with a vast territory and rich resources, but now it is so stingy that it is only buried as a gift from a doctor. The king should be buried with the king's gift. Hearing this, Zhuang Wang was speechless and had to cancel the plan to bury the horse as a doctor's gift.

Zhuang Wang's fable of burying horses reflects the historical fact that Wang Zhuang changed from a fatuous king to a wise monarch, from insisting on doctors' norms to promising to give up extravagant horse burial. Burying the Horse by the King Zhuang and Bomb are the epitome of Chu Zhuangwang's life. From his ignorance at the beginning, Zhuang Wang finally realized that he was a wise king, all of which were shown in these two fables.

Later generations also had similar things about Zhuang Wang burying horses. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dawan gave Dahan a bloody BMW. The blood horse made great contributions to the Han Dynasty all his life. After his death, Emperor Wu insisted on burying the blood horse, which was also opposed by ministers. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also cancelled the idea of burying horses. It can be seen that these two kinds of horse burials are basically the same.