Does Jing Ke really have the courage to stab the king of Qin?
At that time, when Tang Ju denounced the king of Qin, he said: "Zhuan Xu stung, and the comet hit the moon; Nie Zhengzhi stabbed Han Yu and Bai Hongguan; If you want to leave a thorn, Cang ying will hit the temple. These three sons are all men in cloth, and they are furious. They just descended to heaven and joined the ministers. " ("Warring States Policy Wei Ce")
As mentioned above, Jing Ke was one of the famous The Four Assassins in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, the assassination of Zhuan Xu, Nie Zheng and Li Jue was purely "a scholar died for his bosom friend", while Jing Ke basically did it not for his own self-interest, but for "national affairs".
Therefore, there are more people who are sure of Jing Ke.
The first one is Sima Qian. At the end of Biography of the Assassin in Historical Records, he said, "It's ridiculous that he has a clear mind, does not deceive his ambition, and is famous for later generations." Zuo Si's Fu on Jing Ke praised him as "although there is no brave day, it is also very different from the world", and "humble people feel inferior, but they are extremely important". Tao Qian said that he "has lost his life for thousands of years". In modern times, Gong Zizhen praised him as a "chivalrous man in the Jianghu".
Most critics believe that although Jing Ke didn't understand that it was difficult to turn the tide by one person, nor did he understand that the unification of the Qin Empire was an inevitable trend of historical development, his spirit and spirit of standing up in the troubled times of the country without fear of violence and sacrifice was still commendable. General Liu Bocheng holds Ye Ting's poem "Let's bridle the Yellow River, a tragic man, go to the battlefield and shout for the general", which does not include praise for Jing Ke.