What is The Orphan of Zhao about?

The Orphan of Zhao is a historical story in The History: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Jing of Jin listened to the slanderers of the ministers and killed Zhao Shuo (Zhao Zhuangzi), the son of the former dynasty (Zhao). Zhuang Ji, Zhao Zhuang's wife, is the elder sister of Duke Jing of Jin, so she survived the death and only gave birth to a son, Wu Zhao (Zhao Wenzi). Tu'an Gu learned that he was going to kill the grass, which implicated the children born in China at the same time. A famous person in Zhao just gave birth to a son, so he and another famous person figured out a way to take him out of the palace. Then give Cheng Ying's child to Gongsun Chujiu and pretend to be Wu Zhao. Then Cheng Ying went out to report to Tu'an Gu and killed Gongsun Sheng and Cheng Ying's son, which made Tu'an Gu mistakenly think that it was finished and let his guard down. Then Cheng Ying took the blame, endured humiliation, secretly brought up Wu Zhao, and finally took revenge on Tu'an Gu and Jiaping Zhao. Cheng Ying's wish has come true. According to the living agreement with Sun, he died peacefully in front of Sun's grave. Achieve righteousness.

This story fully conforms to the core values of Confucianism, such as loyalty to the monarch and sacrifice one's life for righteousness. Later generations have been compiled into operas and widely circulated. Historical truth is not so important in Historical Records Jin Shijia.