The pig climbed the tree and the mountain died. The king didn't believe it. Was it realized later?

The king didn't believe it, and it came true later. The pigs here climbed trees and died in the mountains and rivers, which is not superficial. The pig here alludes to Zhu, and finally the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty were seized by Zhu Wen. At that time, Li Shimin didn't understand, so he let his guard down, thinking that his mountains and rivers could maintain long-term stability.

It is said that in the later years of Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin looked at the Datang Jiangshan of Qing Haiyan, worried about the changes of the Jiangshan after his death, and asked Yuan Tiangang about the future fate of the Datang Jiangshan. Knowing what Li Shimin meant, Yuan Tiangang replied, "When a pig goes up a tree, the country dies." Hearing this answer, Li Shimin was overjoyed. How can pigs climb trees? The mountains and rivers he built will surely last forever.

Actually Yuan Tiangang, Li Shimin didn't understand, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao rebelled, and there was chaos in the world. Later, General Zhu Wen of Huang Chao entered Shanhaiguan and forced the emperor to abdicate. Yuan Tiangang said this probably because he couldn't understand it even though he had been to Li Shimin, so it is a cycle of heaven to follow the laws and changes of nature. Yuan Tiangang's "pig" refers to Zhu Wen, but that tree actually refers to the mountains and rivers of Li Tang. The pig climbed the tree and said it would climb to the top of Li Tang. It doesn't matter whether Yuan Tiangang's statement is right or wrong. Li Shimin's understanding was wrong from the beginning. The rise and fall of a country is in its own hands, not the so-called heaven.

In the ancient culture of China, the art of divination has always occupied an important position. Although our technology is quite developed now, and there are still many events that cannot be explained, it can be confirmed that this art of divination also has its limitations and unscientific nature. So it is difficult to determine whether what Yuan Tiangang said is coincidence or whether he can predict the future, but what is certain is that the main factor of the demise of the Tang Dynasty lies in itself.