1. The origin of Xin Qiji’s name:
My grandfather Xin Zan hoped that he would become a general and admired Huo Qubing, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, so he named him "Qiji".
Xin Qiji's lifelong ambition was to recover and he promised himself success, but his fate was ill-fated and his ambition was difficult to realize. However, he never wavered in his belief in restoring the Central Plains. Instead, he placed all his passion and concerns and worries about the rise and fall of the country and the destiny of the nation in his poems. The artistic styles of his poems are diverse, with the main ones being bold and unrestrained. His style is both majestic and heroic yet delicate and charming.
2. The origin of the name Huo Qubing:
When Emperor Wu fell ill, he was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat, but the illness was cured, so Emperor Wu named him Huo Qubing.
In the sixth year of Yuanshou, he died of illness at the age of twenty-four and was buried in Maoling. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very sad and dispatched the armored troops from the five border counties to form a formation from Chang'an to Maoling. The tomb he built for Huo Qubing was shaped like the Qilian Mountains. He combined the two principles of bravery and territorial expansion and gave him the posthumous title of Marquis Jinghuan. .
Extended information:
The naming story of Xin Qiji and Huo Qubing:
1. Xin Qiji:
When Xin Qiji was born, the north had already fallen to The hand of the golden man. Although his grandfather Xin Zan served in the Jin Kingdom, he always hoped to have the opportunity to take up arms and fight to the death with the Jin people, because Xin Qiji's ancestors had an undying hatred against the Jin people, and often took Xin Qiji with him to "climb high and look far away" , refers to painting mountains and rivers" (from "Ten Essays on Meiqin").
At the same time, Xin Qiji also continued to witness with his own eyes the humiliation and pain suffered by the Han people under the rule of the Jin people. All this made him set up the ambition to restore the Central Plains and serve the country and avenge his humiliation when he was a teenager. Therefore, he has the chivalrous spirit of a strange scholar from Yanzhao.
2. Huo Qubing:
Once, Wei Shao'er carried his son who was less than one year old into the palace to visit his sister Zihu. At this time, the palace was extremely quiet, and people couldn't even speak to each other. He whispered softly and tiptoed, for fear of alarming the emperor. Wei Shao'er carried the child into the palace. When he was approaching the emperor and his husband's bedroom, the child suddenly burst into tears with a thunderous voice. The emperor heard it, and Wei Shao'er was so frightened that he almost fainted.
Waiting for the emperor's brother-in-law to let him down. At this time, Emperor Wu was lying in bed, suffering from the pain and distress caused by a severe cold. Suddenly he heard the shocking cry of a child, which scared him into a cold sweat. He suddenly felt relaxed and comfortable, and his illness was cured. . As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Wei Shaoer kneeling in front of the bed, waiting for punishment. Emperor Wu asked her to get up and asked her to hold the child to him.
The Holy Emperor held the baby in his arms, his face was full of joy, and he kept teasing the child. At this time, the little guy was smiling. Emperor Wu liked him more and more, and asked Wei Shao'er: "What is this child's name?" Wei Shao'er said. "I haven't decided on a name yet." Emperor Wu squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said, "I have been in poor health for the past few days and got a cold. Unexpectedly, the child cried loudly several times, which shocked me into a cold sweat. This disease is actually... Remove.
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