Great Han Empire

Chapter 1034 The Banner of Heroes in Troubled Times Unrolled
December [-], Jinyang, Longshan.

In the early morning, hundreds of people including the eldest princess, Jinyang's civil and military ministers and their wives, and Jinyang's great Confucian scholars rushed to Longshan to worship the ancestral temple.

In this dynasty, the ancestral temple was sacrificed to the first month in spring, April in summer, July in autumn, and October and December in winter.

The eldest princess wears a ponytail, wears sacrificial attire, wears a waving headband, hairpins in her ears, and a four-color red ribbon.

The prime minister, Li Wei, followed closely behind, dressed in nine chapter pattern sacrificial clothing, nine (liu) crown, and three-colored green ribbon, looking majestic.

Buqihou Fuwan, General Li Hong, Taiwei Zhang Yan, and General Lu Bu of the Right Guard stood behind Li Wei. They also wore nine-fold (liu) crowns and sacrificial robes with nine chapter patterns, but the waistbands The ones are two purple ribbons.Li Hong's face was a bit ugly, his body was very weak, and he was a little unable to support himself after staying in the ancestral temple in the freezing weather.Zhang Yan and Lu Bu stood beside him, carefully supporting him.Seeing this scene, Bu Qihou was very moved. The once invincible general finally fell after more than 20 years of conquest. This mighty leopard could not escape the ruthless destruction of the years.Looking at Li Hong's thin body, high cheekbones, sunken eye sockets, and strands of white strands in his long hair, he felt sore after he fell down, and couldn't help but sighed to the sky.

Dahongyu Liu Ming, Bingzhou Inspector Zhang Baiqi, Duliao General Xu Huang, Fuguo General Yan Wuwei and other ministers of the Nine Ministers, as well as ministers with two thousand stones and two thousand stones in rank and salary, wore seven-pronged crowns and seven-striped sacrificial clothing, There are three green ribbons on the waist, which are arranged in the back.Da Honglu Liu Ming just arrived in Jinyang last night. He brought dozens of carts of objects for court ceremonies, and dozens of carts of congratulatory gifts from the court and ministers of Chang'an to the general and the eldest princess.

The foreign kings such as Liu Bao, the great chan of the Xiongnu, and Kebi Xiong, the king of the Eastern Xianbei, also stood quietly in the team with crowns and sacrificial uniforms, just like the Hanchens.Liu Bao has participated in various ceremonies over the years, and is familiar with the etiquette of the big man, and he is used to it, but it is the first time for Kirby to participate, which is fresh and curious.

Other bureaucrats' wives, such as the princes and marquises, the wives of two thousand stones in the rank salary, and the two thousand stones, and the officials of all levels below the thousand stones in the rank salary, all wear crowns and clothes, and they all stand in order of rank.

Huang Yue, the etiquette officer, and Jiu Binsi stood in front of the hall.Huangmen drums, musicians, and maiko are placed on both sides of the main hall.

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When the day leaks, the water is supplied every moment. (Equivalent to nine fifteen now.)
bell ringing.

Huang Yue, the officer in charge of ceremonies, shouted: "Li...begin..."

"Boom, boom, boom..." The sound of drums thundered.

The audience treats rituals and attracts guests.The eldest princess, Prime Minister Li Wei and ministers of public affairs filed into the hall and took their seats.

Drumming three links is the end.

The chief priest, the princess, went up.

Huang Yue, the official of ceremonies, faced the west and shouted loudly: "Shangji... welcome..."

Drums are played for nine times, gold is played for nine times, and then the Taiyue musicians play the song "Cloud Gate" in unison, and the Taiyue dancers start the "Cloud Gate" big dance.For a time, the bell and the pan rang together, and the gold and stone shook the sky.When the dancers hear the drums, they advance, and when they hit the cymbals, they retreat, in perfect order.The music and dance are harmonious and the atmosphere is solemn.

The Eldest Princess Yingying knelt down, kneeling three times and knocking nine times.The prime minister and ministers kneel down to worship.Outside the hall, the accompanying ministers and their wives knelt down to worship.

The eldest princess prayed silently: Gaozu, Shizu, father, ancestors, and ancestors, bless your majesty, bless the common people in the world, bless the great man...

Father, my daughter is about to get married. For 17 years, my daughter has obeyed your instructions, and has not let the big man overthrow, nor has Han Zuo been cut off. My daughter has tried her best, and she has not failed your expectations.Do you know who your daughter is going to marry?My daughter wants to marry Big Brother Leopard, marry the biggest hero of the big man, and marry the person you trust and love the most.Brother Leopard lived up to your great trust. He commanded hundreds of thousands of northern Xinjiang soldiers to conquer the world and turn the tide. He and his brothers used their blood and lives to prop up the big man who was about to fall, and rebuild the big man on the devastated ruins. Scarred and exhausted, he can no longer ride a horse, and he can no longer gallop on the battlefield with an iron cavalry.But your grandson has grown up, he is smart and strong, he has taken over Brother Leopard's sword and inherited his bravery, he will definitely be like Emperor Xiaowu in the future, forging an unprecedentedly powerful man.Father, you can close your eyes and rest in peace, the big man will not fall, the Han Zuo will not be extinct, never will.

The eldest princess thought of the ups and downs in the past 17 years, the hardships and hardships in the past 17 years, the heroic spirits who died to protect the big man in the past 17 years, and the innocent creatures who died in the war in the past 17 years. She couldn't help feeling sad and burst into tears.

"offer……"

Huang Yue's cry woke up the eldest princess who was immersed in grief. She slowly stood up and offered five grains to her ancestors.

The musicians outside the hall played the song "Xianchi", and the maiko danced "Xianchi".

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The sacrificial ceremony continued in the howling wind and snow.

The eldest princess "offered" three animals and "offered" fresh fruits.

Taile musicians played the songs of "Dashao" and "Daxia" in succession, and maiko performed the dance of "Dashao" and "Daxia" in succession.

After the "final offering", enjoy the sacrifice, drink wine, and read the sacrificial text.

Prime Minister Li Wei recited the "Sacrifice" aloud, eloquently, long-winded, cadenced, and impassioned.

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Li Hong sat on his knees for a long time, feeling dizzy and numb in his legs and feet, so he had to put his right hand on the ground and tried his best to stabilize his body.He didn't listen to a word of Li Wei's sacrificial oration, and he kept thinking about the integration of Confucianism and Taoism in his mind.

He talked with Li Wei for a long time last night. Although Li Wei spoke clearly and confidently, like Zhang Yan, he was completely unsure about implementing the policy of blending Taoism and Confucianism. To alleviate the crisis of the country, a massive restructuring with "returning back" as the main content was launched, including the improvement of Confucianism, but Wang Mang's reform failed, the new dynasty collapsed, and the improvement of Confucianism also failed.

This is a lesson, a bloody lesson, what was done by the predecessors, and the teacher of the future. Therefore, Li Hong and Zhang Yan are very worried about repeating the same mistakes.

Since Emperor Xiaowu respected Confucianism alone, Confucian classics have dominated the world, but at that time the selection of virtuous men was mainly based on "setting subjects and shooting strategies", and Confucian scholars had to stick to "teacher's law and family law", so Confucianism inevitably became rigid , Formed a tedious style of study of "only chapters and sentences".Confucianism was further deified from rigidity. It could neither educate the people with morality nor help the court to stabilize the country. The chaos in the world gradually emerged. At this time, some Confucian scholars tried to find a solution to the crisis. The first thing they thought of was to improve Confucianism. The representative figures are Yang Xiong, Liu Xiang, Liu Xin and his son.

Yang Xiong believed that to improve Confucianism, we must first absorb the strengths of other schools other than Pre-Qin Confucianism, especially Taoism, and strongly demanded the restoration of Confucian orthodoxy.This method is tantamount to denying Dong Zhongshu's New Confucianism and Jinwen Confucianism, so no one paid any attention to it.Liu Xiang and Liu Xin, father and son, changed their approach and devoted themselves to reviving pre-Qin philosophers, re-studying and sorting out the works and theories of various schools of thought, absorbing the advantages of the masters' theories to improve Jinwen Confucianism, and then launched an attempt to Overthrow the ancient Chinese classics of Jinwen classics.

There are many reasons for the failure of Wang Mang's restructuring, but the most fundamental point is that it damaged the interests of the princes, nobles, bureaucrats, and wealthy families at that time.Jinwen Confucianism is not only the basis of national policy, but also the "golden rice bowl" on which these people live. If you smash the "golden rice bowl" of these people and overthrow the foundation of the national policy that is beneficial to their survival, they will certainly not hesitate to take Your head was cut off, so the failure of Wang Mang's reform is largely due to the reform of Confucianism at that time.

Li Hong was very scared.The current situation is very similar to that of the past. The imperial power has fallen, there are many internal contradictions in the court, there are border worries outside, and a rebellious army is stalking inside. The ministers of the "retro" reform system headed by people have striking similarities in ideology, formulation and implementation of many reform policies, except that one is rebuilding the country on the ruins and trying to rejuvenate the great Han, and the other is trying to rebuild the "collapse" "Mansion" in an attempt to revive the country, the purpose of the two are the same, but the foundation is different, so so far Li Wei's reform faction can control the situation.

In order to divert the many conflicts in the court, Wang Mang planned to use the strategy of conquest to eradicate his opponents, so he stubbornly refused to listen to advice, and sent troops to crusade against the Western Regions. The result was a big defeat, and then the conflict was ignited. With the rise of power, Wang Mang's new dynasty collapsed in an instant.Today's Li Wei also encountered the same problem. He also sent troops to suppress the rebellion when the conflicts in the court were the most intense. The result was also a big defeat. Fortunately, because of his own illness, the situation suddenly became tense, so he contained it in time. This simmering conflict did not further deteriorate the situation in the court.

But Li Wei did not give up.He is the prime minister of the great man, and his goal is to rejuvenate the great man. He wants to solve the urgent problems he faces, so he immediately thought of a way to solve the conflict between the court and the court once and for all through the strategy of blending Confucianism and Taoism proposed by Zhang Yan, that is The improvement of Confucianism, the foundation of the dynasty that once led to the collapse of Wang Mang's new dynasty and the ruin of the country.

Liu Xin’s strategy for improving Confucianism is an improvement in Confucian classics, and it belongs to the improvement of Confucianism, while Li Wei’s strategy for improving Confucianism is similar to the idea of ​​​​great Confucianism and Yang Xiong. An improvement of complementary strengths between different schools of thought.Back then, Liu Xin devoted his whole life to the improvement of Confucianism, and finally gave his life. This shows the great resistance to the improvement of Confucianism, and it can also predict how strong the counterattack Li Wei's strategy of Confucianism improvement will encounter.

Li Wei will do what he says, and he has Li Hong and the eldest princess to support him. He is not afraid, but Li Hong is afraid, and Li Hong dare not do it.This serious illness has seriously damaged his vitality. Both Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji said that they should never ride horses in this life, and it is best not to go to war again. Of course, if you want to die early, it doesn’t matter to your life, then you can do whatever you want .Li Hong didn't want to die, he also wanted to see the day when the great man rises and the people of the great man live and work in peace and contentment, so he decided to accept the advice of Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, and stay in Jinyang honestly, but this has a premise, That is, the big man is moving towards revitalization step by step, and there is no need for him to gallop on the battlefield, otherwise he will still have to charge forward.

If Li Wei's strategy of improving Confucianism fails, if the world is in chaos again, if the little emperor can't control the situation, he will have to go to the battlefield again.It is a trivial matter to go to the battlefield, and it is also a trivial matter to die early, but the loss of life is a major event, and the overthrow of the country is a major event. I cannot bear this responsibility, I cannot bear it at all.

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"Accepted (zuo)..."

The music and dance changed suddenly, the musicians played the song "Da Lu" (hu), the maiko performed the dance of "Da Lu", and the sound of silk and bamboo bells resounded through the mountains and fields.

Li Hong's thoughts were interrupted, and with the support of Zhang Yan and Lu Bu, he stood up unsteadily.The eldest princess turned her head and looked at him with concern, Li Hong tried to smile at her, signaling her to continue presiding over the ceremony.

The eldest princess bowed down to accept the concubine. (Receive the gizzard.)
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"Removal of food (zhuan)..."

After Huang Yue shouted, the eldest princess and all the ministers stood up and let out a long sigh of relief. The ceremony was finally coming to an end.

Taking advantage of the short nap, the eldest princess walked to Li Hong's side, "Can you still hold on?"

Li Hong almost half leaned on Lu Bu's body, and nodded wearily.Seeing the bloodshot eyes in Li Hong's eyes, the eldest princess immediately turned her head to stare at Li Wei, and asked angrily, "What's important for you? Why didn't you tell me, but dragged the general overnight?"

Li Wei recited a long sacrificial oration aloud just now, his mouth was dry and smoke was coming from his eyes, and he was stunned for a long time without speaking.

Zhang Yan patted Li Hong's back lightly, and comforted him in a low voice: "We can't be in a hurry, we must not be in a hurry. If this matter doesn't work for two years, it will be three years. If it doesn't work for three years, it will be five or ten years. In short, it will take time." , It takes time, haste makes waste.”

Li Hong thoughtfully nodded his head slowly.

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"Boom boom boom..." Drumming three links.

"kneel……"

Huang Yue's cry sounded again, and the eldest princess and all the officials fell to their knees.

The music and dance are abrupt, majestic, passionate and magnificent.The musicians played the song "Da Wu", and the dancers performed the dance of "Da Wu", and the kabuki sang: "Yu Huang Wu Wang! Wu Jingwei Lie. Yun Wen Wen Wang, conquer the descendants. Successor Wu accepts it, defeats Yin Yu Liu, Qiding Ergong..."

"deliver……"

The eldest princess knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and was guided by the audience, and retreated to the East Chamber.The prime minister, the Taiwei, the general and other princes and marquises knelt and kowtowed nine times, and also entered the east chamber.After entering the hall, the other ministers including Jiuqing and their wives knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times, and then, guided by Bin Si, they filed out from both sides of the hall.

On the Jongmyo Square, the music and dance gradually reached a climax.

The dance in "Da Wu" is "Wu Wu" with a very grand structure, expressing the achievements of King Wu of Zhou.The big dance is divided into six sections, perfectly expressing the complete process of King Wu's battle against Zhou. There are not only the mountain-like formations of the soldiers before the expedition, but also the fierce battle scenes of destroying the Shang Dynasty. There is also the fierce fighting of the soldiers with swords and spears, axes and shields, and finally the ceremony of the triumphant army and the princes respecting the king of Wu.This music and dance scene is magnificent and has an epic spirit, which has been passed down for thousands of years.

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Suddenly, trumpets and drums sounded in unison, shaking the earth, and 360 Huangmen drummers simultaneously played the last piece of music of the sacrificial ceremony, "Great Wind Song".

"When the wind blows, the clouds fly, Vega comes back to his hometown, and the warriors guard the four directions."

Male and female kabuki sang in unison, although there were only three short sentences, but after repeated singing, accompanied by the accompaniment of majestic horns and drums, its majestic momentum soared into the sky.

36 full-body armored "Bayu Dance" maikos held spears and crossbows and sang and danced in the square.

Lu Bu couldn't help shouting loudly, and sang in a chorus, "When the strong wind rises, the clouds fly up, Vega comes back to the sea, and the warriors guard the four directions."

Li Wei, Zhang Yan, Liu Ming, Yan Wuwei, Wei Jun and other civil and military ministers stood up and sang with enthusiasm.

Li Hong's hot tears rolled down quietly. With a hoarse voice, he shouted out with all his strength:

"When the wind blows, the clouds fly, Vega comes back to his hometown, and the warriors guard the four directions."

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The following do not count the number of words:

In the concept of the ancients, the meaning of music is relatively broad, including not only music, but also poetry (words) and dance.Gagaku and vulgar music have different contents in different periods.During the Warring States period, people regarded ancient music as elegant music, which refers to the orthodox music used in ancient times to worship heaven and earth, ancestors, court meetings, and banquets.The Six Generations Dance is the most famous. They are "Cloud Gate", "Xianchi", "Da Shao", "Da Xia", "Da Sui" and "Da Wu". According to legend, they were created by the Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun, The eras of Yu, Shang, and Saturday.Six Generations Dance, also known as Dawu, is the music of sacrificial offerings in suburban temples.

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Liu Bang's team came from Chu, and most of their songs were "Chu Sheng". Among them, "Great Wind Song" composed by Liu Bang himself is a masterpiece of Chu songs. Andy warriors defend the four directions.” Although this song has only three lines, it is majestic, melancholic and high-pitched.Liu Bang taught 120 children in Peizhong to sing, and he personally played and built the accompaniment. After singing, Liu Bang danced, generously sad, and wept for a few lines.Later, this song was used in the occasion of offering sacrifices in suburban temples.

Except for a few pre-Qin gala music such as "Wenshi Dance" (formerly "Shao Dance") and "Wuxing Dance" (formerly Zhou Dance), most of the sacrificial music in suburban temples in the Han Dynasty was composed of "Chu Sheng" in the Han Dynasty. At that time, it was not included in the Gagaku system, but still belonged to folk music and belonged to the Yuefu.In the time of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, the Yuefu was ordered to stop, and according to the performances of the ministers Kong Guang and He Wu, these suburban temple music made in the Han Dynasty were assigned to Taiyue, and they were upgraded to elegant music. the concept of.

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The Bayu Dance is a dance that came from the Cong (Cong) people (Bandunman) in the Southwest in the early Western Han Dynasty.Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, recruited a group of Cong people as forwards when he pacified the Three Qin Dynasties. The Cong people were brave and good at fighting, and their customs were good at dancing. In the water area, this kind of dance is called Bayu dance. After the Bayu dance was introduced to the court, it became a court dance. It was used to perform military battle scenes at palace banquets and sing the merits of the emperor. It was a famous miscellaneous dance in the Han Dynasty.

During the performance, the dancers put on their own armor, held spears and crossbow arrows, and sang the ancient battle songs of the Jin people. There were 36 dancers in a group dance.Because this kind of dance is a Wuyue dance, after Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty dismissed Yuefu, he still thought that the 36 Bayu drummers could not stop, and handed it over to Dayue, and included it in the Gagaku dance system.Its accompaniment instruments are mainly bronze drums, together with beating chimes, shaking drums, and playing the qin. There are four dance songs, including "Songs of Maoyu", "Songs of Anu Yuben", "Songs of Antai", and "Songs of Xingci".Bayu dance developed to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and has completely become a temple sacrificial dance.

Bayu dance occupies a relatively important position in the ancient dance art of our country.

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Ribbons, crowns, sacrificial clothing:
The system of wearing ribbons is a prominent feature of hierarchy in Chinese clothing.Pei refers to the jade ornaments on the body, and the ribbon is the silk ribbon used to hang Yinpei.The texture, color, width and length of the ribbon correspond to the official rank.Wearing ribbons is used to distinguish status from superior to inferior.Officials usually wear a group ribbon on the outside of their robes and carry their official seals with them.

In the Han Dynasty, ribbons were usually tied into a big circle, and then a seal was tied underneath.Printed in the pan bag at the waist, tied to one end of the ribbon, hanging outside, and the other end of the ribbon hangs behind the back.So it is called Yinshou.In the early Han Dynasty, this system was followed and decorated with double seals and sabers.

Mianguan is the crown and hat used by the ancient emperors and officials to participate in major ceremonies. The Han Dynasty followed it without changing it and used it as the sacrificial clothing of emperors, princes and officials.

The most dignified and luxurious upper garment in the Han Dynasty was the crown dress worn by emperors and ministers.The shape of the mianfu is the same as that of a crown, but there are differences in respect and inferiority, and the colors and patterns (chapter patterns) are quite different.The emperor's Mianfu is the clothes Xuan upper and lower, that is, the upper garment made of black material, and the lower garment made of red yellow material.The patterns used in the emperor's crown clothes are twelve chapter patterns (one chapter is one pattern).The six chapters of the upper garment are painted, and the six chapters of the lower garment are embroidered.The twelve chapter patterns are the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragons, the Chinese insects, the Zongyi, the algae, the fire, the rice, the fu (fu), and the fu (fu).

The sun, the moon, and the stars, whichever shines on them; the mountain, symbolizes stability; It symbolizes cleanliness; fire means light; powdered rice (white rice) takes its nourishment; Fu (ax-shaped) symbolizes decisiveness; Fu (often sub-shaped) symbolizes discernment.The emperor must wear twelve chapter patterns on the most solemn occasions.The princes and the three princes wear nine crowns, and their clothes are decorated with nine chapters of mountains and dragons.For those with seven crowns below Jiuqing, the seven chapters below Huachong will be used, and so on.

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