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Why do you feel that the history of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty is not particularly famous?
As we all know, the Han Dynasty is divided into the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty. But compared with the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty seems to have no sense of existence at all. Compared with the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty existed longer than the Western Han Dynasty, its achievements were no worse than the Western Han Dynasty, and its national strength was also very strong. So why is the Eastern Han Dynasty so strong and the sense of existence so low?

Speaking of the Western Han Dynasty, people can think of countless celebrities. One is better than the other. These emperors include Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, Emperor Wudi, Emperor Wendi, Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, Xuan Di, and many generals, such as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. However, if we say that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it seems that no one can remember except Liu Xiu, who lived to be a hundred years old, and Liu Xie, a cowardly emperor who had been a puppet all his life.

In fact, the Eastern Han Dynasty is no worse than the Western Han Dynasty. Besides Liu Xiu, who has been idle all his life, others are also great. Ban Chao, for example, took the Western Regions as his younger brother without wasting a single soldier, no worse than Dou Xian who hanged the Huns, and no worse than Wei Qing and Huo Qubing. Another example is Fu Bo General Ma Yuan, the ancestor of Ma Chao. But few people can remember these characters.

The reason can be summed up in one sentence, that is, life is bad and life is untimely. Why do you say that? Because there was the Western Han Dynasty before the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Western Han Dynasty was already so brilliant, there were too many wonderful things in the world, so even if the Eastern Han Dynasty was wonderful, people's attention would be greatly reduced. For example, eating a banquet, the food in front is delicious and full, and the food in the back is also delicious, which makes people not want to move chopsticks.

Behind the Eastern Han Dynasty is an era of talented people and heroes, so people are even less interested in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In fact, before Emperor Xianchan was located in the Han Dynasty, that wonderful history also belonged to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even if the Eastern Han Dynasty has been torn apart, at least the emperor is still there, and the courtiers are still there, which is not completely extinct. Therefore, the brilliance of the last decades of the Eastern Han Dynasty can already be compared with that of the Western Han Dynasty 100 years.