Mengchangjun

Tian Wen

Tian Wen (the year of birth and death is unknown), that is, mengchang Jun. They are also called Wenzi, Xuewen and Xuegong. During the Warring States period, Linzi of Qi (now Linzi District, Zibo City, Shandong Province) was a native. Jingguo Juntian's baby son.

Later, he got his father's approval, ordered him to take charge of the housework, and invited many guests. His father died in Xue (now Xuecheng District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province). Thousands of diners, princes, guests and the dead, the guilty, and even the thieves, the poor, the noble and the humble, all caused it. During the reign of King min of Qi, he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Qi. He adopted the strategy of long-distance and close attack, and united with Han and Wei to attack Chu and Yan. In the seventh year of King min of Qi (294 BC), he went to Wei because of Tian Jia's rebellion and served as Wei Xiang. He sent troops to unite Yan and Zhao to attack Qi.

After King Xiang of Qi succeeded to the throne, he lived in Xue and was neutral to the princes. After his death, the scholars argued for the right. Both qi and Wei destroyed Xue and had no descendants. Or it is said that he once became a prime minister of Qin Dynasty, was slandered and imprisoned, and was able to escape from the pass only when his guest stole fox baiqiu to bribe King Xiaoji of Qin Dynasty.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Qi Guojing and Guo Juntian have more than 40 sons. His concubine gave birth to a son named Tian Wen, who was born on May 5.

Tian Ying told Tian Wen's mother, "don't support him." But Tian Wen's mother still secretly raised him. When he grew up, his mother introduced Tian Wen to Tian Ying through his brother.

Tian Ying saw the child and said angrily to his mother, "I asked you to throw the child away. How dare you feed him? Why?"

Before Tian Wen's mother answered, Tian Wen immediately kowtowed and then asked Tian Ying, "what's the reason that you don't want to raise a child born in May?"

Tian Ying replied: "a child born in May, when he grows up, is as tall as a door, and will harm his father and his mother."

Tian Wen said, "is the fate of human being granted by heaven? Or is it granted by the portal? "

Tian Ying didn't know how to answer, so he was silent.

Tian Wen continued: "if it is granted by heaven, why do you worry? If it's granted by the portal, just heighten the portal. Who can grow so high? "

Tian Ying was speechless and scolded: "don't say it!"

After a while, Tian Wen asked his father, "what's the name of his son?"

Tian Ying replied, "it's Sun Tzu."

Tian Wen then asked, "what's the name of Sun Tzu's grandson?"

Tian Ying replied, "it's xuansun."

Tian Wen asked, "what's the name of xuansun's grandson?"

Tian Ying said, "I don't know."

Tian Wen said: "you have been in power as the Prime Minister of Qi for three generations, but the territory of Qi has not been expanded, but your private family has accumulated thousands of dollars of wealth, and you can't see a talented person. I've heard that there must be a general in a general's court and a prime minister in a prime minister's court. Your concubines can trample on silk and silk, but the wise men can't wear coarse clothes; your male servants and female slaves have leftovers, but the wise men can't even eat chaff. You are trying to save more for those who can't even call up, but you forget that the country is losing power day by day among the vassals. I'm very strange in private. "

From then on, Tian Ying changed his attitude towards Tian Wen, valued him and asked him to take charge of housekeeping and receive guests. With the increasing number of guests, Tian Wen's reputation spread to the vassal states.

All the vassal states sent people to ask Tian Ying to establish Tian Wen as his son, and Tian Ying agreed. After Tian Ying died, he was posthumously named Jingguo Jun. as expected, Tian Wen inherited Tian Ying's title in Xueyi, that is, Xuegong, and the city of food was in Xueyi.

Hospitable and nurturing

In Xueyi, Tian Wen solicited guests from various vassal states and people who had committed crimes and fled. Many people belonged to Tian Wen. Tian Wen would rather give up his family property and give them rich treatment, so all the sages in the world yearn for it. There are thousands of his diners, and their treatment is the same as Tian Wen. Whenever Tian Wen receives guests and talks with them, he always arranges a servant behind the screen to record the conversation between Tian Wen and the guests and the residence of the guests' relatives. As soon as the guests left, Tian Wen sent messengers to the guests' relatives' home to comfort them and offer them gifts. Once, when Tian Wen was entertaining a guest for dinner, a man covered the light. The guest was very annoyed. He thought that the quality of the food was definitely not equal. He put down his chopsticks and left. Tian Wen immediately stood up and took his own food. Compared with him, the guest was so ashamed that he cut his neck and committed suicide. Therefore, many sages are willing to submit to Tian Wen. Tian Wen warmly accepted all the guests who came to the door. He was not picky or close to them, and gave them preferential treatment. So everyone thought Tian Wen was close to him.

As Prime Minister of Qin

When King Zhaoxiang of Qin heard of Tian Wenxian, he first sent King Jingyang to the state of Qi as a hostage and asked to see Tian Wen. Tian Wen is going to the state of Qin, but the guests don't approve of his trip. They advise him, but he doesn't listen and insists on going. At this time, a guest, Su Dai, said to him, "I came from outside this morning and saw a puppet man talking with a local puppet man. The puppet man said, "as soon as it rains, you will collapse." The puppet man said, "I am made of soil. Even if I collapse, I will return to the soil. If it rains and the current rushes at you, I don't know where it has washed you. " Today's state of Qin is a country like a tiger and a wolf. If you insist on going there, if you can't come back, can you not be ridiculed by the puppets? " After listening to Tian Wen, he realized the truth, and then he stopped preparing for the trip.

In 299 BC, King min of Qi finally sent Tian Wen to the state of Qin. King Zhao of Qin immediately appointed Tian Wen as the Prime Minister of Qin. Some of the officials advised the king of Qin: "Tian Wen is really virtuous, but he is also the same ancestor of the king of Qi. He is the Prime Minister of the state of Qin. He must first plan for the state of Qi, and then consider the state of Qin. The state of Qin is in danger." So King Qin Zhao dismissed Tian Wen as prime minister. He imprisoned Tian Wen and tried to kill him.

Tian Wen knew that the situation was critical, so he sent someone to see Qin Zhaoxiang's concubine and ask for help. The concubine offered to get Tian Wen's white fox fur Tian Wen came here with a white fox fur, which is worth thousands of gold. There is no other fur in the world. When he arrived in the state of Qin, he presented it to the king of Qin, and there is no other fur. Tian Wen worried about it and asked all the guests, but no one could think of a way. "I can get that white fox fur," said a man who was poor but could steal things in dog's fur So that night, disguised as a dog, he went into the warehouse of the Qin palace, took out the fox white fur for King Zhao, and gave it back to his concubine. After the concubine got it, he interceded with the king of Qin for Tian Wen, and the king of Qin released Tian Wen. After his release, Tian Wen immediately fled by express train, changed his exit certificate, changed his name and escaped from Chengguan. In the middle of the night, we arrived at Hangu pass. King Zhao regretted releasing Tian Wen and looking for him again. He had already run away, so he immediately sent someone to chase him. Tian Wen and his party arrived at Hangu pass. According to the Customs Law, only when the chickens crow can they let the guests out of the pass. Tian Wen was afraid that his pursuers would be in a great hurry. One of the guests with poor ability could learn how to crow. As soon as he learned how to crow, the nearby chickens crowed together and immediately showed his certificate to escape from Hangu pass. Sure enough, Qin felt shameless when the two soldiers went back to the country to save the guests. Since then, the guests have admired Tian Wenguang's practice of recruiting guests regardless of their people.

Tian Wen passed by the state of Zhao, and Zhao Guoping was treated as a distinguished guest. When Zhao Guoren heard about Tian Wenxian, they all came out to watch him and wanted to have a look. When they saw him, they all laughed and said, "I thought Tian Wen was a big man, but now I see him, he's just a thin man." Tian Wen was greatly annoyed at these teasing remarks. The entourage jumped out of the car with him, killed hundreds of people and destroyed a county before leaving.

Worship as the prime minister

King Qi Min felt guilty for sending Tian Wen to the state of Qin. After Tian Wen returned to the state of Qi, the king of Qi made him the Prime Minister of the state of Qi and took charge of the state affairs.

Tian Wen resented the state of Qin. He planned to unite the states of Korea and Wei to attack the state of Qin on the ground that the state of Qi had helped Korea and Wei to attack the state of Chu. For this reason, he borrowed weapons and military supplies from the Western Zhou Dynasty. Instead of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Su said to Tian Wen, "you took Qi's forces to help Korea and Wei attack Chu for nine years, and gained the place north of Wan and ye. As a result, Korea and Wei became stronger. If you attack Qin again now, the strength of Korea and Wei will be strengthened. If there is no worry of Chu in the south of Korea and Wei, and no disaster of Qin in the west, then Qi is in danger. When Korea and Wei become strong, they will despise Qi and fear Qin. I really feel uneasy for you about this situation. You might as well let the Western Zhou Dynasty have a deep friendship with the state of Qin. You should not attack the state of Qin, nor borrow weapons and grain. Let the Western Zhou Dynasty tell King Qin Zhao how you feel and say, "Duke Xue will not attack Qin to strengthen the power of Korea and Wei. When he wanted to attack the state of Qin, he just wanted the king to order the state of Chu to cede the eastern state to the state of Qi, and ask you to release King Huai of Chu to make peace. " You asked the Western Zhou Dynasty to use this method to benefit the state of Qin. If the state of Qin could not be broken down and protect itself with the territory of Chu, the state of Qin would be willing to do so. The king of Chu must be grateful to the state of Qi for his release. If the state of Qi gets the East state, it will become stronger and stronger, and Xue Yi will have no worries for generations. Qin is not very weak, it has a certain strength, and in the west of Korea and Wei, Korea and Wei must rely on Qi

After hearing this, Tian Wen immediately said:

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