After the completion of the plan, Mao Sui really went to the State of Qin, and with his glib words, contributed to this plot to hurt Zhao Shu. A few years later, Zhao Yan became the king of Zhao. Compared with his son Zhao Qian, he was fatuous and eventually led to the demise of the powerful Zhao.
This passage in Dafuqin puzzled my nephew next to me. My nephew, in the eighth grade, has learned the story of self-recommendation. He said with emotion: "This is such a person! I always thought he was a hero. It was subversive! "
My nephew's understanding of Mao Sui surprised me and gave me a lot to say.
In middle school Chinese textbooks, the story of self-recommendation is a traditional title, which is studied by middle school students from generation to generation.
In 257 BC, Qin Jun attacked Handan, the capital of Zhao, in an attempt to destroy Zhao in one fell swoop. At this time, Zhao has just experienced a bitter battle of Changping, with 400,000 elites wiped out, which really can't stand the "final contest" with Qin Jun. If Zhao wants to survive, he can only turn to Chu in the south, but will Chu help Zhao? You know, Chu is very afraid of Qin, and once lost three wars, lost its capital and destroyed its ancestral temple. Panic, to persuade Chu to cut Qin, is tantamount to pushing a boulder up the mountain.
Knowing the difficulties, Ping Yuanjun and Zhao Sheng formed 20 "debaters" and "dead people" to reinforce Chu. He said, "If Wen can win, that would be great." If Wen can't win, kill him in the palace, and he will definitely come back. "This means that if you can't do it, you can only succeed if you are forced, but you can't fail. It can be seen that a group of 20 people risked their lives when they went to Chu.
Ping Yuanjun has 3000 customers. Only 19 people have been selected, and one person is still missing. So, our hero appeared, and he recommended himself to Chu, and he recommended himself successfully.
From his self-recommendation, we can see two valuable qualities of Mao Sui:
First, patriotism that is not afraid of sacrifice. In fact, Ping Yuanjun chose a dead man. He didn't hide it, but decided to come forward and recommend himself, of course, because he was patriotic.
The second is to take the spirit. He felt that he had the ability, but he was afraid that others would not do well, so he had to go. This is called responsibility.
Later, when he arrived in Chu State, Mao Sui's performance was obviously better than others.
Ping Yuanjun persuaded the King of Chu to go to Japan and China from sunrise, but it ended in vain. He decisively rushed to the king of Chu with a sword, and in a few words, the king of Chu was intimidated into agreeing. This negotiation is more a threat than persuasion. The timid king of Chu agreed only because he was afraid, and it was the result of forcing him with a sword.
This shows that Mao Sui is very brave.
But Mao Sui also understood that it was dangerous to threaten the king of Chu with a sword. The king of Chu could have promised at that time and then went back on his word. So Mao Sui did two more things. One is to find the pain point in the heart of the king of Chu and convince him psychologically. This paper lists the fact that Qin captured the capital of Chu and destroyed the ancestral temple of Chu, and points out that Chu wants revenge, and Zhao cooperates with Chu to avenge Chu. The king of Chu repeatedly called it.
Later, Mao Sui, afraid of insecurity, asked the king of Chu to form an alliance on the spot, so that the king of Chu would not break his word and had to send troops to lift the siege of Handan.
These show that Mao Sui is a man with both wisdom and courage.
The story of "Mao Sui recommended himself" originated from Sima Qian's Historical Records. After the siege of Handan was lifted, Mao Sui was warmly received by Ping Yuanjun. But after that? Sima Qian didn't write any more.
However, many people care about the ending.
There are two versions of the ending of Mao Sui.
Version 1:
Shortly after the crisis in Handan was lifted, Zhao's vitality did not recover, and the northern Yan State took advantage of people's danger and sent troops to attack Zhao.
At that time, the story of saving Zhao was still very hot. Wang Zhao took it for granted that Mao Sui was "omnipresent, omnipresent", so he decided to take Mao Sui as the general to resist the Yan army. Mao Sui knew that he was not suitable for war, so he quickly refused, but Zhao Wang refused and insisted that Mao Sui lead the troops. Mao Sui was helpless and reluctantly led the troops to meet the enemy. As he said, he was defeated, almost completely annihilated. Seeing Zhao's fellow villagers, Mao Sui felt ashamed, so he drew his sword and committed suicide.
Version 2:
According to the biography of Mao Sui in Jize County for twenty years, in 228 A.D., after Qin destroyed Zhao, he went to the north, where he lived in seclusion, to destroy Zhao's remnants, and organized militia to block the Fuyang River. As a result, the whole army was wiped out, and 57-year-old Mao Sui was killed.
Mao Sui's death reflects the other side of his personality: strong self-esteem and sense of shame.
To sum up, Mao Sui is a patriotic, responsible, self-respecting and responsible person with wisdom and courage. This is his basic character and character image.
The image of Mao Sui in Dafuqin is completely opposite to that recorded in Historical Records:
First of all, Mao Sui succumbed to Zhao Yan's bullying and promised to design a plot against the prince, a timid slave. The heroic spirit of bullying the king of Chu was gone.
Secondly, Mao Sui went to the Prime Minister's Office of the State of Qin and was eloquent in front of Lv Buwei. Finally, Prince Zhao Shu went to the State of Qin as a hostage, leaving Zhao Shu in a miserable situation. His mental gloom and despicable character are disgusting.
Thirdly, Zhao Yan finally became the king of Zhao after a long operation. Zhao Yan is a typical bad king. After he succeeded to the throne, he made a prostitute a queen, managed the post-official, and used the traitor Guo Kai to take charge of the state affairs. Zhao declined faster and faster, and was soon destroyed by Qin. Mao Sui harmed the State of Zhao and became a historical sinner of Zhao's demise. This completely subverts the heroic image of saving Zhao alone before.
However, all this is not true, because there is no Zhao Shu in history. He is a fictional character in Dafuqin. So Mao Sui designed Zhao Shu to be a hostage in the State of Qin, and then Zhao Yan to do things in Wang Zhao, which was nothing. In the real history, Zhao Yan became the king of Zhao because he was supported by Guo Kai, a powerful minister. So Zhao Yan handed over the power of the DPRK to Guo Kai as soon as he succeeded to the throne.
In fact, the adaptation of historical figures in film and television works is allowed, but it must be moderate. Because there are a large number of middle school students in the audience besides adults with recognition ability, the characteristics of this group of middle school students are: what you see is what you learn.
When they see Mao Sui in Dafuqin and compare it with Mao Sui in Chinese textbooks, they will feel that Mao Sui is anticlimactic and unstable in his later years, and they will doubt Mao Sui's character and even suspect that Mao Sui shines with the brilliant spirit of human nature. ...
I can only patiently explain to my nephew that film and television is film and television, and history is history, so we should treat it differently; Film and television emphasize entertainment, with low credibility, heavy history and high credibility. As for the question of who Mao Sui is, you don't have to worry about his subversion in Dafuqin, you just need to keep your initial respect for him in your heart.
But is that enough?