Detailed explanation of Tuibei 60: The tenth image of Tuibei Tu: Guiyou (Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty)

Tuibei Tu is a work by the Tang Dynasty geomancers Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng. It predicts some historical events that happened in later generations. The book is divided into 60 images. In ancient times, it was banned by emperors because it was too accurate. What I want to introduce to you today is “The Tenth Image of Tuibei Tu: Guiyou”. Friends who are interested can learn about it!

Tui Bei Tu original text: The tenth image is Gui You

【Prophecy】

The Central Plains is full of eight bulls

Swimming without water, blood and head

【Song said】

One queen and two masters all rise to the sky, the vast world is one family

Not only I am alive, but also Li Erhua

Since this period, ancient China has entered the period of division and chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Detailed explanation of Tui Bei Tu in vernacular Chinese

1. Explain the prophecy

[No one in the Central Plains can subdue Zhu Wen]: In the Central Plains, no one can subdue Zhu Wen. "Eight Oxen": "Zhu".

[Swimming without cleansing blood means no head]

"血无头": The character "皿" (dish) combined with "泅水" (swimming) to form the traditional Chinese character "溫" (warm).

"Blood but no head" is a riddle, and also refers to Zhu Wen's cruelty and brutality.

Zhu Wen was an old general of Huang Chao. He surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in 882 and was given the name Zhu Quanzhong by Emperor Xizong of Tang. He assisted Li Keyong in suppressing Huang Chao. After the Huang Chao Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty existed in name only. In 895, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang fled, was held hostage for three years, and was deposed by eunuchs in 900. In 901, Zhu Wen restored Emperor Zhaozong to the throne and seized power. He then forced Emperor Zhaozong to establish Emperor Ai (Emperor Zhaoxuan), and then forced him to abdicate and established the Later Liang Dynasty.

2. Explanation of the Song

[One queen and two lords all passed away]: "Pass away" means ascend to heaven and die.

"One queen, two rulers": In August 904, Zhu Wen killed Emperor Zhaozong of Tang; in December 905, Zhu Wen killed Empress Dowager He, the biological mother of Emperor Ai. In 907, Zhu Wen "accepted the abdication" and established the Later Liang Dynasty. The next year, he poisoned Emperor Ai again.

【The four seas are all one family】

When the Later Liang Dynasty was established, Li Keyong and other vassal states refused to recognize it, and warlords became enemies, causing China to fall apart. But we are all originally one family of the Tang Dynasty and one family of China.

[Not only am I alive, but I am also defeated]: Zhu Wen was defeated by his son.

Zhu Wen raped his daughter-in-law, and his sons took the opportunity to use their wives to compete for their father's favor in order to inherit the throne. Zhu Wen's adopted son Zhu Youwen had an extremely beautiful wife. Therefore, when Zhu Wen was seriously ill, he entrusted his final affairs to his adopted son. The third son Zhu Yougui received a secret report from his wife, and led his troops into the palace overnight and stabbed Zhu Wen to death.

Zhu Yougui reigned for only nine months and changed the reign title to "Fengli" within two months before he was defeated in a coup d'état led by his younger brother Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Yougui, who killed his father and regicide, had no temple name or posthumous title after his death. He was demoted to a commoner and was not recognized as an emperor by later generations.

[Looking back, there are still Li Erhua]

Soon after, Liang was destroyed by Li Cunxu (pronounced: Xu), the son of Li Keyong, and history turned to the next phase of "Tui Bei Tu" - Later Tang.

What does the tenth image talk about: [Zhu Wen usurps the Tang Dynasty]

Zhu Quanzhong (originally named Zhu Wen), the governor of Xuanwu in the late Tang Dynasty, eliminated many separatist forces and initially unified the Yellow River basin. In 907, he deposed Emperor Ai of Tang and established himself as the emperor. He named the country Liang and made Kaifeng the capital, which is known in history as the "Later Liang".

After the establishment of Later Liang, Emperor Taizu of Liang, Zhu Quanzhong, and the father and son Li Keyong, a Shatuo people from Hedong, continued to fight for hegemony. Years of war have caused social unrest and the people’s lives are in misery. In 912, after Zhu Quanzhong was killed by his son, the political situation became even more chaotic. Li Keyong and his son Li Cunxu took the opportunity to destroy the Liang Dynasty and established the Tang Dynasty, known in history as the Later Tang. Later Liang ruled for a total of 17 years.