What is the key point of "Candle defeated Qin Shi"?
This paper describes Zheng's diplomatic struggle to save the country from peril. Zheng is a small country sandwiched between Qin Jin. Facing the encirclement of the allied forces in Qin Jin, the situation is very critical, and it is impossible to clear it by force. Only through diplomatic channels can it be solved. Although Wu Wei of Candle was very dissatisfied with Zheng Wengong's inability to employ people, when Zheng Wengong admitted his mistake, he stopped caring about personal gains and losses in the face of the national disaster and stood up and analyzed with his witty and calm attitude.
source
"When the Candle Warned the Qin Dynasty" was recorded in Thirty Years of Zuo Zhuan Xi Gong, which was later titled. The content is about that in 630 BC, Qin Jin attacked Zheng on the pretext that Zheng was rude and had close ties with Chu. Facing the danger of their own country, they went to negotiate with the enemy. In front of them, they were arrogant and eloquent, and finally made Qin quit Zheng.
"The Battle of Candles Quits the Qin Division" is an essay about the rhetoric of pedestrians. This article is vivid, beautiful in language, well-organized, well-reasoned and logical. It is an excellent model essay of Zuo Zhuan and even the history of China literature, and was selected as a compulsory course in full-time high school.
background
The background of this story is Qin Jin's Kevin·Z, which took place in Wu Jia in September of 630 BC (the 30th year of Lu Xigong). Before that, Zheng offended the State of Jin on two things. First, when he fled through Zheng, Zheng didn't treat him with courtesy; Second, in 632 BC (twenty-eight years), in the battle of Jin and Chu, Zheng sent troops to help Chu ("Twenty-eight years of Zuo Zhuan and Xi Gong": "In the battle of March, Zheng Bo became his teacher like Chu"). As a result, the battle between Chengpu and Chu ended in failure. Zheng felt that the situation was not good, and immediately sent nine people to the state of Jin to get on well with it. Even in May 632 BC, "Jin Hou and Zheng were both in Heng Yong". However, in the end, it failed to affect the state of Jin. Two years later, Jin Wengong (Zhong Er) launched this war for hegemony. Why did Jin unite with Qin to besiege Zheng? This is because, at that time, Qin also wanted to compete for hegemony and needed to expand outward. The battle of Chengpu, which took place in 632 BC, was actually a war between two military groups. On the one hand, the allied forces led by Jin, Song, Qi and Qin, and on the other hand, the allied forces led by Chu, Chen, Cai and Zheng (Zheng did not participate in the war in name, but actually sent troops to Chu in advance). Two years later, the state of Jin waged a war against Zheng, so it was natural to look for effective partners. At this time, the State of Qin also had the desire to expand outward, and it was possible to "make a fortune" (in fact, this war had little to do with the State of Qin), so it was inevitable for Qin Jin to unite. Zheng is surrounded by Qin and Jin, and is in danger. Zheng Wen sent an eloquent candle to persuade Qin Bo. The Art of Candles subtly evokes Qin Mugong's memory of Qin Jin's contradiction, analyzes Qin Bo's situation at that time, adopts the method of disintegration, and shows that protecting Zheng is beneficial to Qin and destroying Zheng is unfavorable to Qin, and finally convinces Qin Bo.