Si Marui's life experience is doubtful. Is the rumor of Niu Jima true?

In the historical story of the Jin Dynasty, there is a legend about the life experience of Si Marui, the emperor of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, which is called "the ox chased the horse".

According to legend, during the period of Cao Cao, a divination book named Xuanshitu was circulated in Wei Mingdi, which recorded the prophecy that "the cow follows the horse".

This prophetic image says that the descendants of the Niu family will take the Sima family instead, which makes Sima Yi very taboo. Sima Yi asked Guan Ju, a famous astrologer in the Three Kingdoms, to tell his descendants' fortune, and the result was not far from that in the Map of Xuan Shi.

He has a famous soldier named Jinniu. He suspects Jinniu with the prediction that "the cow follows the horse" and wants to find a chance to poison him to avoid future troubles.

When Sima Jin, the grandson of Sima Yi, was the king of Langya, his concubine Xiahou had an affair with a small official named Niu, and this child was.

Because the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed China at random, and Si Marui rebuilt the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, Sima's world belonged to Si Marui.

According to the prediction that "the cow follows the horse", Si Marui should be the son of the cow, so it is fulfilled that Sima's world was acquired by the cow. This statement has been widely circulated in history, not only in Jin and Wei books, but also in the notes of scholars such as He Lu, Rong Zhai Essay and Bin Tuilu.

Therefore, many scholars in the past dynasties believed this statement, thinking that it was not the son of Sima, but the son of Xiahou and Niu. Even Li Zhi, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty, called the Eastern Jin Dynasty "the Niu Family of the Southern Jin Dynasty", not the Sima Family.

This statement is absurd in history books, but it is called a hot topic that people talk about after dinner because it involves Si Marui's life experience.

Moreover, because this statement first appeared in the official history such as the Book of Jin and was considered credible, it was supported by many historians.

However, because there are too few specific descriptions in the history books, and many history books and the notes of Tang and Song literati quote each other, there are many doubts. So whether it is the son of Langya Ren Jin or the son of the petty official Niu Shi has become a historical problem.

Because the information provided by historical materials is very limited, we can only infer and analyze from the social environment at that time in the Western Jin Dynasty.

The reason for supporting "The Queen of Cattle, Horses and Prostitutes" is very direct, that is, if it is adopted by the official history, its credibility will be high.

Because of this, many people are superstitious about the so-called official history. In fact, the sources of official history in China's ancient historical materials are also very complicated, including official documents, civil society events and many hearsay social rumors.

These official histories are not necessarily official revisions, and many of them are still revised by the people. For example, the History of the Three Kingdoms in the first four histories is simply a history book compiled by Chen Shou privately, and the channels for obtaining historical materials are also very complicated, and there are many inconsistencies in the specific historical materials. Therefore, the identification of official history content also needs to be screened in combination with the actual situation of history.