Why Sun Quan is erratic on the issue of the heir: what is the grasping week?

Sun Quan is a smart man, which is known to the world. Unfortunately, even the smartest people are confused. In his later years, Sun Quan was indecisive and erratic on the issue of his successor. As a result, he made a major mistake, which led to party disputes and instability in the dynasty. Why did Sun Quan make such a mistake? According to folklore, the reason for Sun Quan's erratic behavior is that he is "grasping the week".

According to legend, shortly after Sun Quan became emperor, the crown prince Sun Deng died of illness, and Sun Quan chose the crown prince among his other sons. A man named Jing Yang met with Sun Quan and told him that the heir apparent would be a great cause for generations to come, and that he should not only look at whether his son was virtuous, but also look at his grandson's talent, and that he had a way to distinguish between his grandson's talent and his lack of it. Sun Quan ordered Jing Yang to choose an auspicious day for the sons to bring their sons to the palace. Jing Yang brought out a plate full of beads and shells, ivory, rhinoceros horn and other things, so that the young grandsons to grab at will. The grandson or grab jade, or take rhinoceros horn. But Sun and the son of Sun Hao, one hand grabbed the book, one hand grabbed the ribbon. Sun Quan was overjoyed and named Sun He as the crown prince. However, the other princes were not convinced and fought against each other, forcing Sun Quan to depose Sun He and set up Sun Liang as the heir. After Sun Quan's death, Sun Liang reigned for only seven years before he was overthrown in a coup d'état and replaced by Sun Huo as the emperor. After the death of Sun Huo, the ministers wished to nominate a slightly older son as the emperor, and it so happened that Sun Hao, who was over 20 years old, was chosen. At this time, some old ministers recalled the way of choosing the heir adopted by the first prospect of raising the emperor, and they could not help but be amazed. This is, of course, a legend, not necessarily right, but the "catch the week" is a real existence.

"Catch the week" is what? It is an ancient folk culture. According to records, "catch week" can be traced back to the period of the North and South Dynasties. Northern Qi Yan Zhi push "Yan's family training" recorded: "Jiangnan custom, the child born a period (full of one year old), for the production of new clothes, bath decoration, male with a bow, vector, paper, pen, female with a knife, ruler, needles, wisps, and add food and drink and treasures of clothing and toys, placed in front of the child to see its hair taken to test the greed, honesty and stupidity, known as the swabbing child." A lot of books, in the custom of "catching the week", said "catching the week" in the North and South Dynasties has been generally popular in the south of the Yangtze River, to the Sui and Tang dynasties gradually popularized the whole country. Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, more prevalent, known as the "period Yang", to the Qing Dynasty before the "catch the week", "test week" said. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing folk still have this "week" ritual.

The list of items in the "week" is not set in stone. There are different items in different places, and with the change of dynasties, there are new items added and old items reduced. According to records, the most basic are the following twelve.

One: Wang Hai count (ancient right, scales):

The symbol of the merchants. When the abacus rings, ten thousand taels of gold.

Two: Cangjie Jian (bamboo book):

A symbol of the literati. Learned and promising.

Three: Cai Man Xing (God of Wealth):

A symbol of wealth. A person who has wealth in his life will be rich in life.

Four: Hong Yale (Double Dragons with Bells):

A symbol of dance and music. Lively character, can sing and dance well.

V: Official Star Seal (Dragon Seal):

Symbol of an official. The life of an official, official fortune.

Six: Food Box:

A symbol of good fortune. A good fortune in the mouth, enjoying all the delicacies.

Seven: General helmet (ancient helmet):

A symbol of the general. Love martial arts and martial arts, easy military and martial arts.

Eight: string bells:

Symbol of medicine. Goodness of heart, the world of medicine.

Nine: Yi Yin Wok (an ancient cooking utensil):

A symbol of cooking. Keeping and loving the family, happiness in life.

Ten: Lu Ban Dou (Ink Dipper):

A symbol of skill. A clever mind and skillful in designing.

Eleven: Gyro Le:

Symbol of movement. Loves movement, flexible and versatile.

Twelve: Wine Chips:

A symbol of heroism. He likes to socialize and has friends all over the world. The above is a list of items for "catching the week". Still, with the change of time, the items or reduce or increase, are flexible and changeable.