However, this classification is of little significance. Let's look at another dichotomy of heroes in Lingyange.
Lingyan Pavilion is located next to Sanqing Hall in Tang Palace. There are three floors from the inside out, each with eight heroes. According to the order shown in the above list, these three floors are exactly three types.
On the innermost wall, the painting is mainly about the first-class heroes who have served as prime ministers, and in the words of now, they belong to state officials; The hero of the official residence is painted on the wall in the middle, which is roughly equivalent to today's deputy national level; The outermost layer of the wall is painted with three heroes, which is roughly equivalent to the current ministerial level.
In addition, there is a more important dichotomy. Through the three types of this classification, we can deeply feel the warmth and coldness of human feelings and the love-hate relationship.
The first category is the heroes who go to Lingyange after death.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, that is, in 643 AD, on February 28th, Emperor Taizong, who had just finished the Spring Festival, was 46 years old, one step closer to knowing his destiny, and his nostalgia for the past became stronger and stronger, so his famous painter Yan Yan painted portraits of 24 heroes who shared the world with him in Lingyange.
If you think that all the 24 heroes in Tang Taizong's memory have died before him, it is all wet. In fact, when the portrait of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange came out, the dead and the living were just half.
After his death, there were 12 heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, namely Li, Du Ruhui, Duan, Yin Kaishan, Qu Tutong, Chai Shao, Sun Shunde, Zhang, Yu Shinan, Liu Zhenghui and Qin Qiong.
Among these heroes, Yin Kaishan was the first to die. He died young. Perhaps Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West, felt so unlucky that he wrote the second protagonist Tang Yan as his grandson.
There is another thing worth mentioning. In The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, among Dian's 36 friends, they ranked first, second, third and fourth according to their age. However, in history, Qin Qiong is the oldest, followed by Cheng Zhijie in Wei Zhi, Li Ji is the youngest, and Qin Qiong is 18 years older than Li Ji, and the former is completely older.
The second category, people who boarded Lingyange before their death and died well.
Of the twenty-four heroes in Lingyange, twelve were lucky enough to see themselves painted in Lingyange, but only nine had the last laugh. They are Fang, Gao Shilian, Li Jing, Xiao Yu, Tang Jianhe.
Wei Chijingde, Li Jing, Cheng Zhijie and Li Ji are the lucky ones among the lucky ones-Wei Chijingde and Qin Qiong have been promoted to the beloved door gods of the people together; With outstanding military achievements, Li Jing became Li Tian, king of Tota, and finally became an important official before the Jade Emperor. Become a birthday spokesperson in the name of success; Li Ji, in the name of Xu Maogong, became the symbol of wisdom that Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen said.
The third category, people who boarded Lingyange before their death but didn't end well.
Sun Chang Wuji is also one of the twelve lucky stars. Unfortunately, he was finally forced to commit suicide and failed to leave this world with a smile. However, both people at that time and later generations believed that his intention to rebel was framed by his political opponents, because after his death 15 years, Tang Gaozong restored his hereditary title and gave him great honor, so that he was buried with Zhaoling of Emperor Taizong.
It is Hou who is really rebellious, and Hou's rebellion is closely related to Sean.
Han Xin, a generation of God of War, is "Xiao He is successful and Xiao He is defeated", and Hou is "Gao Chang is successful and Gao Chang is defeated". Gao Chang is the prototype of the combination of Chinese and western in the TV series "East Palace". The monarch of his country takes Mi as his surname, which is the same as Qu Xiaofeng's surname in The Lady of the East Palace.
The attack and destruction of Gaochang, the first powerful country in the western regions, made the latter name go down in history. However, he made two big mistakes at that time. One is to take Gao Changguo's jewels, gold and silver as his own, and the other is to indulge his subordinates in stealing and plundering. "If you don't know what to do, you have to do it yourself." Later, he moved to North Korea and was reported to be imprisoned. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, remembered his achievements, and the past was unforgettable. Finally, he was released lightly.
However, Hou has always been worried about being imprisoned. Two years later, when Zhang left Chang 'an to be the governor of Luoyang, Hou asked him why he was excluded. Sean replied: "If you rule out being an official, who is the most wronged?" Hou Jijun rolled up his sleeves and encouraged Sean to have a chance to fight with him, but Sean turned to the emperor and condemned him. Emperor Taizong still couldn't bear to start work on Hou, and when he ordered Yan to paint Lingyan Painting, Hou ranked seventeenth.
Regrettably, Hou not only didn't lose his way, but also got deeper and deeper. Through his son-in-law Helan Chu Shi, he got in touch with Prince Li Chenggan, who was worried about being abolished. After they plotted against the plan, Li Chenggan accidentally dropped the chain, missed the stuffing and was stripped out. At this time, Emperor Taizong had to send Hou to the guillotine, but he still pardoned his wife and children.
Hou Jijun's attempted rebellion was in 643 AD. Three years later, Sean, who had denounced him to the emperor, followed in his footsteps, but the former was due to his pride and the latter was due to his obsession with superstition.
Because Sean's favorite concubine loves witchcraft, he also loves my family and my dog, and has become a lover of superstitious activities. After hearing the prophecy that "the Lord of Gongkui should be another capital", Sean took it for granted that God would make him emperor, so he privately raised 500 adopted sons, ready to find opportunities to rebel. As a result, it was denounced before it was started, and it was too late to regret it.
When Emperor Taizong drew up the list of 24 strong men in Lingyange, he never thought that Ji Jun and Sean would embark on the road of rebellion, let alone that Sun Chang Wuji would be forced to commit suicide. History once again fully demonstrates its complexity and unpredictability. ...