Listening to what you said, do you think Sima Qian thought Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were sycophants?

Sima Qian only mentioned Wei Qing and Huo Qubing in "The Biography of Chen Chen", and he mentioned them as correct examples.

"Historical Records·Biographies of Ren Xing" is a joint biography of the Han Dynasty's Ren Xing ministers such as Deng Tong, Zhao Tong and Li Yannian.

They had no talent or virtue, but they were good at adhering to their superiors' intentions, observing their words and deeds, and devoted themselves to flattering their bosses. Sima Qian was very shameless for their shameful behavior of favoring and arrogance, and wrote this biography to tactfully satirize and criticize them. Emperors such as , Jing, and Wu appointed people inappropriately and reused treacherous sycophants.

Finally, Sima Qian said: From then on, there were only a few favored ministers at home and relatives at home. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were also fortunate to have foreign relatives, but they were able to make their own progress with their own talents.

The meaning is that most of the sycophants come from relatives, but these people are not worth talking about. As for Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, they were also favored and favored by their relatives, but they were able to make progress based on their own talents, which was naturally different from the sycophants.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing made great contributions to the Han Dynasty.

In 129 BC, the Huns cavalry invaded in a large scale, and the Han soldiers attacked in four directions. The other three groups all lost, and only Wei Qing returned with a great victory in the Battle of Dragon City. Emperor Wu was overjoyed and made him the Marquis of Guannei.

In 127 BC, the Hetao area was recovered. In 124 BC, the Huns marched southward in three groups, and the Battle of Monan broke out. Wei Qing took advantage of King Youxian's weakness of being arrogant and underestimating the enemy and being careless. He attacked at night, surrounded and killed him, and won another great victory.

When the good news reached Chang'an, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and sent a special envoy to the frontier fortress to worship Wei Qing as general and command the Sixth Division. In 119 BC, in the Battle of Mobei, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing severely defeated the Xiongnu, forcing them not to dare to invade south.

Huo Qubing is the nephew of Wei Qing and Wei Zifu, and he is also a rare good general. He has a famous saying: Before the Xiongnu is destroyed, why should we take care of our family?

He is flexible in the use of troops, pays attention to strategy, and does not adhere to ancient methods. He is good at long-distance raids, rapid raids, large detours, large-scale penetrations, and annihilation battles. At the age of seventeen, he became Captain Piao Yao. He led 800 cavalrymen deep into the desert. He won the army twice and was awarded the title of Marquis.

At the age of 19, he was promoted to General of Hussars and commanded two battles in Hexi. He annihilated and surrendered nearly 100,000 Xiongnu in Hexi. He captured the Huns and offered sacrifices to the Jinren, and marched directly to the Qilian Mountains. This was the first time that the Chinese regime occupied the Hexi Corridor, and from then on the Silk Road was opened.

In the Battle of Mobei, more than 70,000 Xiongnu main forces on the left were wiped out, and the wolf was granted the title of Xu. After the war, he became the Grand Sima and took charge of military and political affairs together with Wei Qing.

It can be said that Wei Qing and Huo Qubing made great contributions to the Western Han Dynasty's rejection of the Xiongnu. Such a person, such a general, is definitely not a sycophant.