King Qian shoots the tide

Statue of King Qian shooting tide

When Qian Biao governed Hangzhou, he built a sea pond. Because of the surging tide, the Qiantang River seawall could not be built, and the subordinates thought that it was the tide god who was doing the trick. On August 18, Qian Biao deployed 10,000 archers in front of the Qiantang River, and declared, "If the tide comes again, then don't blame my men for being ruthless!" But the tide god ignored the warning. After a while, but seeing a white line in the distance, rolling rapidly, Qian Biao ordered ten thousand arrows to shoot straight at the head of the tide. The tide had no choice but to flee in a crooked way, and finally disappeared without a trace. Are you weird or not? Is it out of your mind? To this day, the river still flows forward in a zigzag, like a "zigzag", so later generations call this place "Zhijiang".

Know me and sin me

In his later years, Qian Biao talked about the changes in Hangzhou City with his subordinates, and everyone praised the prosperity of Hangzhou's houses, beautiful carvings of rivers and mountains, and victory in the shape of lakes and seas, which are rare in the world, all of which are the power of the king's careful governance for decades. Qian Biao was very sober, he said: "Thousands of years later, those who know me will use this city, and those who sin against me will also use this city." I am not ashamed of those who gain it to others and damage themselves! ”

Historical evaluation

"The History of Wu Yue Bei" spoke highly of Qian Biao and praised:

 When the king was young, Dong Fu was generous, ambitious, resourceful, good at using a long lance and crossbow, and able to write, which was very decent. There are lessons from knowing people, and learning from the latitude of the map, in every place, and there is more than one form and god. The way of pure filial piety is endowed by nature, and every spring and autumn is recommended to enjoy, and it will be whimpering and runny.

 The king is a talented man in the world, a difficult fortune, and he is invincible. outnumbered, the Yellow Nest does not commit its sealing; In order to fight against the reverse, Hanhong was awarded the head. Xue Lang, who was expelled, was declared a gift for the county; Dong Chang, who is a hypocrisy, does not violate the order of this dynasty. Add the royal Huai Rong to show off the might, show the strategy of the Liang room, return to the deep danger of the country, to the grandeur of the capital, seven virtues, five blessings are Zhen. Therefore, the eight auxiliary maps, the three heavenly books, the total four seas of the handle, for the father of one person, the prestige, the hegemony of the grand. Then the inner Dun was frugal, the outer punishment was rewarded, the people and the public, and the meritorious service of Baoding. Wentai rose in Jiangdong, Xuande Xiong is based on Bayou, compared to Quande, it is not enough to speak in the same year!

"The History of the Old Five Dynasties" believes that Qian Biao was not a thrifty person, but still acknowledges Qian Biao's merits:

 Hung in Hangzhou for 40 years, poor and extravagant. In the old days of the Qiantang River, the sea tide forced the state city, the big Yu apprentices, chiseled the stone to fill the river, and the Rakshasa stone in the Pingjiang River, learned from the Taixie, Guangjun Guo Zhou 30 miles, the prosperity of the Yi house, the carving of the rivers and mountains, the victory of the south of the Yangtze River, the study of the book, the good chanting. …… Although the season is barren, but since the Tang Dynasty, in the Liang room, Zhuangzong Zhongxing has come, every time to sail across the sea, the tribute is not que, so the Chinese Dynasty is also good at this.

 Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the sea has been divided, Jing, Lake, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, each according to one side, and the wings and grandchildren have been many years. What is the husband? How difficult it is to cover the summers, Wang Feng does not compete. Emperor Song's Fu Yun also, because of the chaos of Lang and Ling, ordered the king to conquer with a single arrow, and both sides were subdued. So Yao Kunxiao □, Xian obeyed the tribute; Jiang, Han, Ju, Zhang, all drum the waves of the dynasty. What is the husband? The cover belongs to the unification and returns, and the people are allowed to negotiate with each other. However, the Qian family's Shouhang and Yue, for more than 80 years, cover the festival of the king of Daqin, and Jingchu and Huxiang.

"The History of the New Five Dynasties" believes that Qian Biao was harsh and harsh, and his evaluation is very one-sided:

 The Qian family has two Zhejiang for hundreds of years, and its people are more cowardly than the countries, and the vulgar likes to be extravagant, stealing and ingenious, and since the world often re-collects its people to do extravagance, down to the chicken, fish, eggs, and eagles, and will be taken by the family. If one person is held responsible, the history of each case shall be listed in the court; Where a book is negative, how much is sung, the amount is the number of flogging, and the number of singing is sung, the less is still accumulating dozens, and the more is more than 100, and people are especially overwhelmed by their suffering. and plundered more Linghai merchant Jia treasure goods. When the five dynasties, Chang Gong served China endlessly.

 Gai Qixing, is not the diligence of accumulating merits, and the banditry and traffickers are stubborn in the princes, and people are happy to pass on them? The whole time of the Kao Qian family, there is no virtue and Ze Shi its side, a hundred years, the abuse of its people is very much, and its people who move the weather, is not it their sin? When the four seas are divided, they are overwhelmed, and how can they all be the same? Is it to get nothing and push it? The words of the sorcerer, there are many who do not hit, and there are few who are in the middle, and people are especially happy to say that among them?

Later generations generally spoke highly of Qian, believing that he had promoted local economic development and ensured a stable situation in which the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

 Zhao Luan: What is the chaos of the five periods of time? The annals of history also frowned. It is the land, but every money festival, the people have nothing to do to see the flowers!

 Su Shi: Three generations and four kings, and the end of the five generations. The world is in turmoil, the heroes are swarming, and when the party is shining, there are countless people who steal names in several states. It covers its people, and extends it to innocent people, leaving no one behind. And Wu Yue is thousands of miles away, with 100,000 armor, casting mountains and boiling seas, like the wealth of rhino pearls and jade, the first in the world, but in the end he will not lose his ministers' festivals, and his contribution will look at each other. It is because its people do not know the military revolution when they are old and dead, and they hear the sound of songs and drums at four o'clock. (The Legend of Loyalty)

 Wen Tianxiang: Wu is enough to calm the people and calm the chaos, and the text is enough to support the economy and the state, and there is really the style of a minister and a sage. Read his thank you form, eight precepts, testament and letter to Dong Chang, and reply to the letter of the Yang family of Hanjiang, the righteousness is strict, and it is impossible to commit it. A piece of loyalty to the monarch and love the people's sincerity is revealed in Han Mo. There are thirteen states and one army, which can be described as a strong country with soldiers! And the contribution of the United States looks at each other in the road, more than 40 years like a day, Ke Shouchen Festival... Xun can be a model for the world. The merits of King Qian can be great! (The Legend of King Wusu)

 Zhu Guozhen: (1) Qian Liguo, who set up thousands of camps in Songjiang and cultivated the soil,... The people die without being entangled by him, and if they return to the dynasty after the country is finished, and no one is killed, their merits are great! (2) Although the Song Dynasty was reduced to one bucket, the expenses for each service in front of the government were so much that they broke the family; Although there are three buckets of money, all errands are exempted.

 Feng Menglong: Employing people such as Han Rong and Qian Hao, there is no abandonment of talents in the world, and there is no waste.

 Ma Xunchen: The king of Wusu began with twenty horsemen, but the yellow nest of millions of people, raised eight soldiers, beheaded the heroes of Han Hong Lianzhou, and curbed the rebellion of Dongchang. Slightly swept the cruelty of Confucianism, took pity on the people and told the king's altar, showed the dirt and Naluyo, and did not move troops for no reason. And the construction of the sea pond will always depend on it. ("Wu Yue's Family Doubts")

 Zhang Dai: (1) The four southeastern states were choked, and the five kings were not in a hurry. The hero is facing the sky, leading the mountains and rivers to embrace the crown. Thousands of big trees are covered with brocade, and thousands of crossbows in Qiantang shoot at the head of the tide. Wuhu disturbs the Chinese land, singing and dancing West Lake for nearly a hundred autumns. (poem "King Qian's Temple") (2) The power can divide the land, and the township soldiers kill Hong Zhuchang; Fourteen states, chickens and dogs are mulberry and hemp, supporting the southeast half of the wall. Aim for good heaven and ask Allah to welcome Zhou back to Song; In the ninety-eighth year, like a rhino basket, mixed with Wu Yue's family. (Pillar inscription of King Qian's ancestral hall)

 Wang Youdun: Zhumen Ancient Palace Minghu Song, Jade Seat Dust Dancing Bat. The three worlds and five kings are in the same hall, and they are all heroic and crowned. The bullfighting occupies the elephant and dominates the map, and the city sorcerer Yu Zhang comes. The strong army destroyed the nest for 800 miles, and all the soldiers broke through the poor rooftop. The son of heaven behind closed doors is self-inflicted, and the demon bird Luo Ping sweeps like a seed. Iron coupons are famous, and Danqing pictures are Lingyan Pavilion. "Yang Zhiqu" rejects the Tang Dynasty, and Sun Lang is not lost at the east end of the river. Playing ball and riding in Khotan, the heroic spirit is magnificent. The golden bell on the pillow was frightened for five nights, and the rakshasa rushed to shoot thousands of crossbows. The jade book golden charm is still the father's name, and the Silla and Bohai Seas are under each other. Five hundred heroes died of war, and the third floor painted a thousand springs. The prison basin is on the sea, and what does it mean to be the master. Yiye still inherits Tuyu, and the palace is full of clouds and songs. The eggs come according to their nationality, and they lose their clothes to the inner government every year. In the past 80 years, the king's spirit has disappeared, and the stone mirror has been dim and the trees have withered. Although the book returned to the country with full guests, it was simple and troublesome and entered the court. Ziyang Ji Mengkong is majestic, and he makes peace and is willing to retreat. I don't know how to fight in life, and my father still thinks about security. The flowers on Mo are slowly returning, and the singing has been cut off. There is no village farmer's recommendation, and the grass is empty and the feathers are sad. Longshan is abrupt and remnant, and the poor other generation is still in the ancestral temple. The steps stand on the monument, and the sentence is a strange sentence that praises loyalty and filial piety. Knock out the moss monument, the short wall is adjacent to the Yujin Garden. Outside the river, the holly is wrapped in weeds, and where is the bead curtain to ask the sky. (Poem "Expression of Loyalty")

 Emperor Qianlong: (1) The third and fifth princes, the same rank and rank, the hometown of the court, Bai Shui knows his people, the descendants of the eternal punishment, the spring and autumn period of the bean new, Su Beiyu wrist strength, but also the enemy crossbow Qianjun. (Poem "Expression of Loyalty") (2) The book of Schoen, the capital guarantee of the year. The foundation stone mirror, the pond is built to celebrate Anlan. (King Qian's ancestral hall) (3) King Qian has the talent to set the hegemony of the king, trace his life, open the door to the festival, the only ability to repair the pasture, repair the pond field, Dali said that the agricultural mulberry, the fourteen states of Qi Meng, so far given; Hold the ambition of protecting the country and the people, spread good stories, the hometown of Yijin, Yunyi Chong Temple, Ming Feast, Wei Ling Mi Haiyu, reciting more than 1,000 years of history, private Shu is here.

 Yuan Min: King Wusu has seven things that cannot be reached: the king plays the piano on Chinese New Year's Eve, and abstains from long nights. The deep palace is easy to account, and the fee is provincial. It is especially difficult to use other heroic strategies, benefit the nobles, and recognize family law.

 Tan Qixiang: The fifth dynasty at the end of the Tang Dynasty was an era of chaos and chaos in all directions, and the only two Zhejiang provinces were under the protection of the Qian family, and those who had nothing to do were hanging for 90 years; Since Liangzhejiang was the only paradise at that time, Hangzhou became a paradise in the paradise. (1947 "The Process of Hangzhou's Urban Development" speech) [