? In fact, in the long history of China, we can see the shadow of "Tan Spirit" in countless historical figures, whose execution and professionalism are dwarfed by Tan. Not to mention that Fa Xian and Tang Xuanzang completed the task of learning from the West despite difficulties and obstacles. Su Wu herded sheep and endured humiliation, and returned to Korea in 19 ..., but Zhang Qian's professionalism was enough to move the world.
In the first year of Jianyuan (BC 140), the tough Xiongnu became a menace to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In order to destroy the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty formulated a strategy to attack the Huns by uniting the Yue State in the northern part of the Huns. However, to unify the Yue kingdom, it is necessary to send messengers across the territory of the Huns, which is hard to say. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was worried about sending messengers, Zhang Qian, an important official of the imperial court, stepped forward.
With the entrustment of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian and his party set out from Longxi. After going deep into the territory of Xiongnu, he was unfortunately caught by Xiongnu and sent to Khan. Khan will bet Zhang Qian, this button is ten years. Zhang Qian has suffered a lot in these ten years. In order to let the Huns relax their care for him, he married a Hun woman and had children, but he never forgot his mission. Finally, after the Huns let their guard down, Zhang Qian fled all the way to Dayuan, and with the help of King Dayuan, he reached Dayue.
Zhang Qian, when meeting with the Queen Yue, expounded the strategy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to unite with the Queen Yue to fight against the Huns. However, at this time, although the queen was obsessed with the hatred that her husband was chopped into a wine vessel by the Huns, she didn't want to fight in order to let her people live a stable and prosperous life, and she didn't agree with the proposal of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to unite the war of resistance. Seeing that persuasion was hopeless, in desperation, Zhang Qian had to prepare to go back to my place, but when he passed through the territory of Xiongnu, he was arrested again, and this detention was more than a year. Fortunately, the Huns were in civil strife, so he took the opportunity to escape. After many hardships, he finally returned to Chang 'an.
Zhang Qian's first mission to the Western Regions failed to realize the strategic intention of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, but whether it could be unified was the result of Emperor Wu's waiting. Zhang Qian went through difficulties and obstacles, completed the mission of going to the western regions with tenacious determination, and showed lofty professionalism, which is worth learning from modern professionals. What is more difficult and expensive is that Zhang Qian took the Silk Road as an envoy, which promoted the commercial and cultural exchanges between China and the West for the Han Dynasty.