Wei Qing of the Great Han

<p>This gripping historical account traces the extraordinary ascent of Wei Qing (d. 106 BC) who rose from the humblest origins to become Emperor Wu's most brilliant military strategist and the architect of Han China's northern expansion.</p><p></p><p>they were enslaved and granted the title of Pingyang Prefecture. Wei Wan had two sons and three daughters and it was difficult for her to survive after her husband's death. Princess Pingyang with her discerning eyes trained her three daughters in singing and dancing trained her young son Wei Qing in horseback riding and archery and presented Wei Zifu and Wei Qing to Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che. Later Wei Zifu succeeded in establishing a queen; Under the strong cultivation of Emperor Wu of Han Wei Qing grew into a brave and strategic general opening the prelude to the Han Dynasty's reversal of defeat and victory in the Han Xiongnu War. He won seven battles and seven victories recaptured the areas of Heshuo and Hetao defeated Chanyu and made significant contributions to the development of the northern territory of the Han Dynasty.</p><p>Wei Qing showed kindness to his soldiers was generous and courteous to his colleagues held an extremely high position as a minister without establishing personal authority and won the admiration of his soldiers as well as the love of Princess Pingyang. In the fifth year of the Yuanfeng reign Wei Qing passed away and was buried in a tomb like Mount Lu accompanying Emperor Wu of Han's Mausoleum.</p><p>本书是西汉名将卫青的传记。卫家本为官宦之家，因罪没入官府为奴，被赐平阳府。卫媪生有两子三女，夫亡后艰难度日。平阳公主慧眼识人，令三女精习歌舞，训练幼子卫青骑射，又将卫子夫及卫青献给汉武帝刘彻。后来卫子夫得立皇后；卫青更是在汉武帝的着力培养下，成长为有勇有谋的大将，拉开汉匈战争中汉朝反败为胜的序幕，七战七胜，收复河朔、河套地区，击破单于，为汉朝北部疆域的开拓做出重大贡献。</p><p></p><p>卫青对将士爱护有恩，对同僚大度有礼，位极人臣而不立私威，赢得了将士的推崇，更赢得了平阳公主的爱。元封五年，卫青逝世，起冢如庐山，陪葬汉武帝茂陵。</p>