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In "Biography of Lu Buwei", Sima Qian also provided evidence that Qin Shihuang was not an illegitimate child. This evidence is just two words-there is a sentence in "Historical Records: Biography of Lu Buwei": "Zhengzizheng will be born at the end of the great period."

There are two words in this sentence that must be paid attention to, that is, "big period".

They believe that these two words are contradictory to Qin Shihuang's illegitimate son, and it was Sima Qian who overthrew himself.

Does the word "Daqi" really have such a great power?

Does the word "Daqi" really contradict Qin Shihuang's illegitimate son?
There are two explanations for the time span of the "big period", one is 12 months, the other is 10 months.

But it is generally considered to be 10 months.

Therefore, in order to overthrow the claim that Qin Shihuang was an illegitimate child, many people made a fuss based on the word "Daqi".

Since the "big period" is 10 months or 12 months, then "Zhengzizheng at the time of Daji" can also be converted into, "When Zhao Ji was transferred to another person for 10 or 12 months, she gave birth Son Yingzheng".

They further analyzed that since Ying Zheng was born 10 or 12 months after Zhao Ji married another person, that is to say, from Zhao Ji having sex with another person to Ying Zheng's birth, this time span has already satisfied a certain amount of time. The time requirement for women from pregnancy to childbirth, so what reason do you, Sima Qian, have to explain that Ying Zheng is Lu Buwei's illegitimate son?
However, the next question is: we often say, "conceived in October and gave birth in one day", so "born at full term" means that the child was born after 10 months of pregnancy.

Therefore, can Zhao Ji's sentence "I will give birth to Zizheng at the age of greatness" mean that Zhao Ji gave birth to Yingzheng 10 months after meeting a stranger?

It can be said that such an understanding is wrong and a misinterpretation of the "big period", but this understanding is also the understanding of Professor Wang Liqun.

Because, obviously, the starting point of the "big period" is the day of pregnancy, not the day when Zhao Ji married a foreigner.

Sima Qian's own account does not contradict itself at all.

If anyone sees a self-contradiction in it, it is just a misunderstanding of wishful thinking. It cannot be considered that Sima Qian is really self-contradictory based on this, let alone that he has caught the "big period" and has caught Sima Qian. braids.

Therefore, determining the starting point of the "big period" as the day when Zhao Ji married another person is obviously a deliberate distortion of the basic facts.All textual research, argumentation, and analysis based on this assumption have no practical value and significance.

However, since Yingzheng was born at full month, it means that when Yingzheng was born, Zhao Ji and Yiren must have been married for less than 10 months. insufficient?

We have no way of knowing Yiren's mentality and real situation at that time, but there is a basic fact that at that time, Yiren was still a young boy, and he knew about women, reproductive knowledge, and physiological hygiene knowledge. , It must be far from enough, and his knowledge reserve has not reached the level that allows him to understand what it is like to have children. We can't ask too much of him.

On the other hand, we should also see that Yiren really loves Zhao Ji deeply. He doesn't care about Zhao Ji's status as Lu Buwei's concubine, and he doesn't care about Zhao Ji because he is not Zhao Ji's first husband. The slightest grudge.

Since he likes Zhao Ji so much, and it is impossible for him to know too much about childbirth, it is not impossible for him to be cheated by the woman he loves for the rest of his life.

Next, we will also face another question that everyone often talks about. This question is, is Lu Buwei really as legendary as the legend? Is the purpose to let your child ascend to the highest throne of Qin State?

I am afraid that this may not be true.

Because there are too many intermediate variables.

First of all, it is impossible for Lu Buwei to know whether the fetus conceived by Zhao Ji is male or female.

Secondly, even if it is a boy, he cannot guarantee that this boy will be established as a prince in the future.

All these unknowable factors are beyond Lu Buwei's control, so it is impossible for him to take such a long-term view.

However, there is another factor that makes today's scholars skeptical, which is the so-called "solitary certificate" problem.

They insisted that the issue of Qin Shihuang's illegitimate child was only recorded in "Historical Records". Therefore, this is an isolated evidence, which cannot be established and cannot be accepted.

It's a pity that Sima Qian was not contaminated with today's academic stereotypes. If Sima Qian really expected that later generations would look for evidence from him, and as Tai Shiling, he wanted to list references at the end of his book, it would probably make today's doctoral advisors ashamed.

We have to think about the background under which Sima Qian wrote "Historical Records".

Will a person who has been corrupted, endured humiliation, and vowed to investigate heaven and man, through the changes of the past and the present, and become a family member, treat his writing with a game mentality?

He doesn't need to make up stories, he doesn't need to cheat click rate, and he doesn't need ratings. There's no need for him to do this almost pornographic thing!
If he himself didn't have enough evidence, wouldn't he feel sorry for himself by writing this?
Therefore, it is certain that for Sima Qian, it is neither possible nor necessary for him to fabricate a story about an illegitimate child.

It is impossible for Qin Shihuang to be born "illegitimately" by Sima Qian.

Since the problem of Qin Shihuang's illegitimate child was not created by Sima Qian, would there be another possibility—Sima Qian was also fooled by others, and he listened to and believed the rumors of descendants of the Six Kingdoms or contemporaries, so he himself Spreading false rumors and wrongly writing lies into "Historical Records"?

In the Warring States period, society was relatively open, and the degree of openness may have exceeded our imagination. The people, including the nobles, were basically not bound by the so-called concept of chastity.

We know that King Qin Zhao is the great-grandfather of Qin Shihuang, and the queen mother of King Qin Zhao is the Queen Mother Xuan, who is very vigorous.

According to historical records, the Empress Dowager Xuan had a long-term improper relationship with King Yiqu, the leader of Xirong.

For a long time, King Yiqu simply lived in the palace of Queen Mother Xuan, and the two had two children. At that time, the people of Qin State were not ashamed of it.

Instead, the Empress Dowager Xuan killed her relatives righteously, and found an opportunity to kill her lover, King Yiqu, and Qin took the opportunity to occupy a large area of ​​Xirong.

It was the Empress Dowager Xuan who, before her death, publicly named a man named Wei Choufu to be buried. The reason is public. This Wei Choufu is her favorite face. like.

Therefore, in the era of the Warring States period, no one would think that calling someone else an illegitimate child was an insult to a person's personality.

Therefore, people of that era would never think of such a way to insult Qin Shihuang, let alone use such a way to gain spiritual victory.

So would people in the Western Han Dynasty make up such a lie?
Because, the Western Han Dynasty was an era when there were so many illegitimate children.

Strictly speaking, even Liu Bang himself is an illegitimate child.

Of course, if Liu Bang is said to be an illegitimate child, a quotation mark should be added before the illegitimate child.

To say that Liu Bang is an illegitimate child is by no means just talking about it.

Regarding Liu Bang's illegitimate child status, "Historical Records" speaks conclusively.

According to "Historical Records", one day, Liu Bang's mother was resting by the lake and fell asleep unconsciously. At this time, there were lightning and thunderstorms, and a heavy rain was coming.

Liu Bang's father was worried about his wife and immediately rushed to the lake to meet her.

The unsightly scene caught Lao Liu's eyes like this: in the heavy rain, his wife was fighting with a dragon.

Old Liu's eyes were blackened, and a green hat was put on his head like this.

What makes Lao Liu even more sad is that his wife became pregnant in such a muddled way.