1. Hongmen Banquet

The Hongmen Banquet tells the story of a banquet held by Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, leaders of two anti-Qin armies, in Hongmen, the suburb of Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, after the demise of the Qin Dynasty (26 BC).

The full text is centered on Liu Bang's confession in Xiangying, and it is divided into three parts before and after going to Xiangying. It begins with Cao Wushang's informer and Xiang Yu's decision to attack, and ends with Xiang Yu's acceptance of the throne and Cao Wushang's punishment. The story is unfolded layer by layer according to whether Xiang Yu attacked and whether Liu Bang can escape safely.

2. On the Hero of Boiling Wine

On the Hero of Boiling Wine is a fragment in the romance of the Three Kingdoms. There are two heroes in it, one is Long song, who is screaming and arrogant, pointing out the crowd; One is dependent on others, blindly humble, pretending not to lose money, they are Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

The peerless essay "On Heroes by Boiling Wine" vividly depicts their mentality. One of the details is that Cao Cao used his finger to declare his virtue, and then pointed to himself: "Heroes in the world only make the monarch and Cao Er."

3. The right to relieve the soldiers by drinking a glass of wine

The right to relieve the soldiers by drinking a glass of wine refers to a historical event that took place in the Gande period of the Northern Song Dynasty. In order to strengthen centralization and prevent subordinate generals from being forced to "join the yellow robe", Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, rose up to usurp the new political power, threatened and lured the senior generals to hand over the military power through wine feasts.

The right to release soldiers through a glass of wine is the beginning of a series of political and military reform measures adopted by Song Taizu to strengthen centralization and consolidate its rule, and it is regarded as a model of leniency. Since then, Song Taizu has carried out many reforms in the military system, which greatly strengthened the centralization of power in the Northern Song Dynasty.

4. Drunkenness of the imperial concubine

Drunkenness of the imperial concubine describes a love affair in which Yang Yuhuan was deeply favored by the Tang Emperor. He originally invited the Tang Emperor Baihua Pavilion to a banquet, but he couldn't wait for a long time. Later, he learned that he had already turned to the West Palace, so he was ashamed and angry, and there was no way to send him away. So he ordered Gao Lishi and Pei Lishi to add cups to serve, get drunk, and then returned to the palace in despair.

5. Qianlong thousand banquets

In the fiftieth year of Qianlong (AD 1785), on the sixth day of the first month, the four seas were peaceful and the world was rich. It happened that Qianlong was happy to add the fifth Yuan grandson, and Emperor Qianlong held a grand banquet in Ganqing Palace as scheduled to show his imperial kindness. The banquet scene is unprecedented.

from the imperial clan Wang beile down, there are about 3, domestic and foreign civil and military ministers and officials, officials who are officials who are officials who are officials who are officials of officials and officials, and officials who have been conferred civil and military ranks: scholars, peasants, businessmen, foreign vassals, Mongolian princes, Taiji, Huibu, representatives of Tibet, southwest local officials and North Korean He Zheng, who are over 6 years old, and they are gathered together.

The whole palace is bustling with flowers, with 5 seats under the hall porch, 244 seats inside the Dan's mound, 124 seats on the left and right sides of the aisle, and 382 seats outside the Dan's mound, totaling 8 seats. Among these people, there are royalty, old ministers of previous dynasties, and old people who have been sent to Beijing by letters from the people.

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