The names of Guo Jing and Yang Kang are taken from "The Shame of Jingkang".
In Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the names of the two male protagonists were given to them by Quanzhen Taoist priests, which meant that they would remember the shame of Jingkang and serve the country when they grow up. And fight.
Guo Jing and Yang Kang in the TV series
It is Jin Yong’s famous work, and it is also a work that spent all the efforts of Mr. Jin Yong. All the names he chose in the book have deep meanings. For example, the story quoted by Yang Kang and Mu Nianci refers to the history of resisting the Liao Dynasty with his wife. This is also the origin of the names of Guo Jing and Yang Kang.
It is said that Yang Kang’s father was a general of the Yang family. He was good at making iron guns, but the Yang family at that time was no longer what it used to be. Yang Tiexin's wife and his wife were pregnant at the same time. One night, they met Qiu Chuji, a Quanzhen Taoist priest with extremely high martial arts skills. The Chinese always believe what Taoist priests say, so Guo and Yang asked Qiu Chuji to name their child.
Who knew that Qiu Chuji was also a patriot. After some reflection, he named his two unborn children Guo Jing and Yang Kang, which meant not to forget the shame of Jingkang and always remember the story of the two emperors of the Song Dynasty who were kidnapped by the Jin. At the same time, Qiu Chuji also presented them with two daggers and engraved their names on the swords. The general meaning of this is similar to the current meaning of "not forgetting the national humiliation and revitalizing China."
But things always backfire. In the end, Yang Kang went to Xu Jin and became a man of good and evil, and Guo Jing, as Qiu Chuji expected, became a national hero, and eventually performed outstandingly in Xiangyang City's war against the Mongolian invasion.
After the Jingkang Disgrace, the monarchs of the Northern Song Dynasty were demoted to common people.
During the Jingkang period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jin soldiers once again surrounded the capital Kaifeng. Due to the large number of Jin soldiers, sufficient preparations before attacking the city, and the passive assistance of King Kang, the advance of King Qin's army was slowly blocked. Isolated and helpless, Kaifeng was finally captured by the Jin soldiers. As a result, the two monarchs of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, as well as many of the emperor's relatives, ministers and concubines were captured. The Jin soldiers burned, killed and looted, and the city of Kaifeng was like a purgatory on earth and completely fell. This incident is the famous shame of Jingkang in history. The humiliation of Jingkang caused the Northern Song Dynasty king to be demoted to a commoner, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. Later, the monarch of the Northern Song Dynasty was escorted to the north, demoted to a commoner, and eventually died in a foreign country, with a dismal ending. What is your evaluation of these two Northern Song Dynasty monarchs who were demoted to common people by later generations?
Song Zongwei
First of all, let me introduce the first monarch, Song Huizong. According to historical records, when he first came to the throne, he was very energetic and worked hard to govern with new methods. He loves poetry, calligraphy and painting, has his own calligraphy font, and is unique in painting flowers and birds. He is an artistic genius and a multifaceted artist. But as a king of a country, he lacked political vision and wisdom. In subsequent years, adulterers and speculators were hired. From then on, the imperial court became corrupt and domestic uprisings continued.
When Jin Bing's army came under pressure, Song Huizong hurriedly ascended the throne, and his son ascended the throne for Song Qinzong. When Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, the situation in the Northern Song Dynasty was already quite critical, and Kaifeng was once besieged by nomads. After accepting the peace agreement, the Jin soldiers retreated, but Song Qinzong reneged on his promise and sent people to deal with the Jin soldiers together with the Liao nobles. Things can be corrupted, so the nomads who retreated turned around and gathered people to besiege Kaifeng, so the city of Kaifeng was destroyed.
Kang Zhisha, the king of the Northern Song Dynasty, was demoted to a commoner, and later generations had a relatively unified evaluation of them. The evaluation of Song Huizong is even more crucial: "You can do anything, but you can't do it alone!" The evaluation of Song Qinzong is slightly negative, such as being indecisive and capricious. Some people think that he is a weak and incompetent Confucian. Perhaps the tragedy of the Northern Song Dynasty was that people who should not be monarchs were elected to become monarchs.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, he frowned
The name of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was Wan, his younger brother. Since Jin Taizu was only 55 years old when he died, his younger brother inherited the throne. Among the ancient nomadic peoples, the succession of the throne was not like the Central Plains system, where the father died and the son succeeded, but was settled by capable people. Wan had made great contributions in the establishment of the war, so the throne was naturally his.
Tang Taizong's political strategy was obviously different from that of his brother Hongyan Aguda. Hong Yan Aguda advocated peaceful coexistence between Jin and Song, while Jin Taizong insisted on destroying Song. However, when he first ascended the throne, the Zhang Jue incident occurred. Xu Jin's traitor Zhang Jue fled to the Song Dynasty and was accepted by the Song Dynasty. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was very angry after hearing the news, so he sent someone to the Song Dynasty to hold him accountable. The Song Dynasty had no choice but to behead Zhang Jue.
But Jin Taizong felt that this was not enough, so he used the Zhang Jue incident as an excuse to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sent two armies, Hong Yan Han Zong and Hong Yan Wang Zong, to attack Bianliang. The Song Dynasty resisted for less than a year, and the capital Kaifeng was captured by nomads. This incident happened during the Jingkang period of the Northern Song Dynasty, so it was called the shame of Jingkang.
According to Jin Taizong's request, Wanyan Hanzong and Wanyan Wangzong provided a large amount of gold and silver to Song Qinzong as compensation. However, the Song Dynasty could not afford so much money at once, so they had to let the women of the Song Dynasty serve as collateral and escort Xu Jin back to Xu Jin for lewdness. When Xu Jinguo retreated, he also brought the last two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, to Mobei.