He killed his neighbor in anger and was expelled for unfiliality
Wu Qi was born in a wealthy family with a lot of money. In his early years, he failed to seek an official and exhausted all his family property. When his fellow countrymen laughed at him, he killed more than 30 people who laughed at him and escaped from the east gate. When Wu Qi said goodbye to his mother, he bit his arm and said fiercely, "if Wu Qi can't be a prime minister, he will never go back to the state of Wei. "
Later, Wu Qi worshipped Zeng Shen, the son of Zeng Shen, as a teacher and studied Confucianism. Wu Qi's mother died of illness, he did not go home to mourn, Zeng Shen angry Wu Qi unfilial, and he cut off the relationship between teachers and students.
It's extremely cruel to ask the general to kill his wife
After leaving Zengshen, Wu Qi abandoned Confucianism to study soldiers and served under the Jisun clan of the state of Lu. In 412 BC, Duke Xuan of Qi sent troops to attack Juxian and Anyang of the state of Lu. Lu Mugong wanted to appoint Wu Qi as a general, but Wu Qi's wife was from Qi, and Lu Mugong doubted him. Eager to achieve fame, Wu Qi killed his wife, saying that he did not favor the state of Qi. The Duke of Lu Mu appointed Wu Qi as general. Wu Qi led his army to defeat the state of Qi at one stroke. After the victory, Wu Qi was criticized by the officials of the state of Lu. Everyone said that Wu Qi was suspicious and cruel. Lu is a small country. Once it has the reputation of a victorious country, it will be attacked by other countries. Lu Mugong then doubted Wu Qi and removed Wu Qi from his official post. The Duke of Wuqi, Ji sun's family, was also killed because of his slackness. After persuasion, Wuqi left the state of Lu and defected to the state of Wei.
Go to Wei state, love soldiers like son
When he heard that Wu Qi was coming to join him, marquis Wei Wen asked his minister Li Zhen how Wu Qi was. Li Zhen said, "Wu Qi is greedy for fame and lust, but even Sima Zaoju can't match him in military. "Wei Wenhou appointed Wu Qi as general to assist LeYang in attacking Zhongshan state. When Wu Qi was a general, he wore the same clothes and ate the same food as the most inferior soldiers, slept without bedding, marched without riding, and personally carried the strapped grain to share weal and woe with the soldiers. Wu Qi sucks pus for a soldier who has a malignant sore. The soldier's mother burst into tears when she heard about it. Someone said, "your son is a nobody. The general sucks pus for him himself. How can you still cry?" the mother replied, "no, general Wu sucks poison sores for my husband. He marched forward bravely on the battlefield and died in the hands of the enemy. Now general Wu sucks poison sores for my son. I don't know where he will die. That's why I cry. "
Good leadership and good governance
During the period of Wei Wenhou, Wuqi's military ability was brought into full play. He conquered Linjin and Yuanli in the Hexi area of the state of Qin, Zheng county, Luoyin and Yingyang. After Wei Wenhou died, Wu Qi served his son Wei Wuhou. Once, when he was rowing along the Yellow River, marquis Wu said to Wu Qi, "it's a natural treasure of the state of Wei that the mountains and rivers are so steep." Wu Qi replied: "the stability of a country's political power lies in the aspirations of the people, not in the dangerous terrain. No matter how steep the terrain is, it will not help if political rule does not stress benevolence, morality and integrity. In history, there are countless cases that a country is located in a geographical fortress, but it is destroyed because of tyranny. Therefore, the stability of a country's rule lies in its virtue to the people, otherwise the people on the same ship will turn against each other. " Marquis Wu of Wei agreed with Wu Qi very much and entrusted Wu Qi with the political affairs of Hexi.
Later, after Tian Wen, the country's prime minister uncle framed him for fear of Wu Qi's talent, which made Wu Qi lose the trust of marquis Wu of Wei. Wu Qi left the state of Wei and went to Chu.
He was killed after the failure of political reform
The Chu mourning king always admired Wu Qi's talent. Wu Qi was appointed Ling Yin after he went to Chu. Wu Qi, the empress of Ling Yin, carried out drastic reform in Chu. After the Wuqi reform, Chu was powerful and attacked Baiyue southward, extending its territory to Dongting Lake and Cangwu county. Later, Chu united with Zhao to defeat Wei. At this time, the princes were afraid of the power of Chu.
However, Wu Qi's political reform led to the resentment of the Chu nobles, and also buried the disaster of his own death. In 381 BC, Chu mourned the death of the king. The nobles of Chu took the opportunity to launch a mutiny against Wuqi. Wuqi was shot because he was outnumbered, and his body was split and dismembered. After Wu Qi's death, his reform in the state of Chu failed.
General comments: Wu Qi is a general with all-round ability in both civil and military affairs. In military affairs, he has excellent command ability and advanced military thought. In politics, he advocates taking the people as the foundation and keeping faith with the people, which enjoys high praise in all dynasties. However, Wu Qi was greedy for fame and fame and did everything to achieve success. His personality defects, such as killing his wife and asking for his general, being unfilial for his son and being lustful, have added a stain to his life.
