Sima Qian wrote his great-grandfather in Historical Records, "Great-grandfather, whose ancestral home is Pei County, surnamed Liu, named Ji. Father called Taigong, mother called Liu Wei ". Liu Bang's life story is introduced in detail. His father's name is Liu Taigong and his mother's name is Liu Wei. But after Sima Qian changed his pen and wrote another thing, it became very mysterious.
Sima Qian suggested that Liu Bang's father was not Liu Taigong, but his mother and dragon. In addition, the story about Liu Bang and Long is not over. It is said that Liu Bang likes drinking very much when he grows up. Once he was drunk, who was at someone else's house? "Wu Fu and Wang Wei often see dragons on it, which is very strange."
Sima Qian knew this truth, but why did he write such a mysterious story in Historical Records? I think the reason is closely related to the times at that time and the identity of Liu Bang. Although Liu Bang is a civilian, he is the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty and the son of heaven, so it is natural to make a deified package.
In fact, not only was Liu Bang born with stories, but many emperors in history had stories! For example, in ancient times, the ancestor of Yin Shang was called Qi, and Qi's mother was called Judie. It is said that once she went to take a bath, "when she saw a blackbird drop an egg, Judy picked it up and swallowed it because she was pregnant", so there was the so-called "destiny blackbird arrival, something happened".
Perhaps later historians also think that Liu Bang's mother, yu long, is ridiculous, so later deification tends to be more rational. For example, when Emperor Wendi was born, a nun arrived and raised Yang Jian elsewhere. On one occasion, Emperor Wendi's mother was holding the little Emperor Wendi, and suddenly found that the child "had a horn sticking out of his head and scales all over his body", which scared Emperor Wendi to the ground. When the nun saw it, she said, "It surprised my son and made him become very late in this world."
Besides, later Zhao Kuangyin was born "naked around the house, haunted by strange fragrance". The body is golden and remains the same for three days. "When Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born, a strange phenomenon also happened. First, Zhu Yuanzhang's mother Chen dreamed of eating the elixir given by the gods. " The dream god gave a pill, and there was light in the palm of his hand. When he swallowed it, it tasted after smacking his lips. "