Qing dynasty wantonly tampered with the stone hammer of Ming history? Genealogy of eunuchs in Ming Dynasty discovered in Fujian. What does it say?

Qing dynasty wantonly tampered with the stone hammer of Ming history? Fujian discovered the genealogy of eunuchs in Ming Dynasty, subverting the history books.

Lead: As an ancient country whose civilization has never been interrupted for thousands of years, China has a long and profound history. There are not many ways for future generations to understand history. In addition to word of mouth, they mainly know and study history through textual research on cultural relics and historical records. But in fact, we know that history has always been written by winners, so these "winners" can have absolute right to speak in the revision of history books, and make some small moves such as self-beautification and self-adjustment in the revision of history books. Fujian once found a genealogy of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, but its contents were quite different from those recorded in historical books, which confirmed that the Qing Dynasty did tamper with the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The history of Qing dynasty

Like the supreme ruler of feudal society, the Qing emperor put the revision of the history books of the former dynasty on the agenda after he took office, and organized historians to revise and compile the history of the Ming Dynasty again.

Judging from the existing historical materials, it has been nearly a hundred years since the Qing Dynasty revised Ming History. In addition, the supreme ruler showed strong concern and interest in revising Ming history. In the process of revision, he often reviews and directs, and the requirements from the general direction to the small details are pervasive and meticulous.

After several rounds of revision, History of the Ming Dynasty may have preserved most of the historical truth as much as possible with the efforts of historians, but it can't stand the deliberate guidance and tampering of several generations of supreme rulers in the Qing Dynasty. Finally, the true image of Ming dynasty history became more and more blurred under the meticulous and painstaking revision of the Qing emperor. After the revision of Ming History, the Qing Dynasty destroyed a large number of original historical materials about the Ming Dynasty at will.

The Ming History, which has been revised for a long time and many times, has the advantages of meticulous organization, concise brushwork and few mistakes, and its quality is directly proportional to the length of time spent. However, just as the biggest regret of evaluating Ming History in The History of China in Cambridge lies in deliberately destroying a large number of original materials, this biased approach also leads to distortion. The contents of a genealogy of Ming dynasty eunuchs found in Fujian confirmed the truth that Qing dynasty tampered with Ming history.

Zhangjiapu

Genealogy is one of the important documents in the study of history. There is a zhangjiapu in Fujian, which records the life of eunuchs in Ming Dynasty in detail, but the contents recorded in this genealogy are quite different from the History of Ming Dynasty.

It can be seen from The History of the Ming Dynasty that there are many beautiful women in Ming Xianzong's harem, but he has a unique vision and is infatuated with a maid-in-waiting who is 17 years older than him, and dotes on her. This maid-in-waiting, namely Wan Guifei, is both heartless and jealous. For her position and rights, she killed other concubines and prevented them from having children for the royal family. It just does everything possible.

But Sharla Cheung, the eunuch, once saved a prince with the tactic of "changing civet cats into princes" and told him when the emperor was at a loss about the children's problems. Wan Guifei was very angry and resentful, and Sharla Cheung committed suicide by swallowing gold for fear of cruel retaliation.

However, according to Zhang's genealogy, he died in A.D. 1485, ten years later than the suicide recorded in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the records of Zhang Minzhi's death in Tongan County Records and Jinmen County Records are completely consistent with this genealogy. Although Sharla Cheung is small, he can see the whole leopard from a glimpse, which is the ironclad evidence that the Qing Dynasty tampered with the Ming history.

Conclusion: A letter is better than no book. No matter which history book it is, it cannot guarantee its complete historical authenticity. Read history with your own judgment.