Monday, July 14, 2014

Hijack

Recently, the term hijack (騎劫) has become very popular in our city. Let me show you the Chinese story of Hijack as a person:

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趙惠文王以相國印授樂毅。樂毅於是並護趙、楚、韓、魏、燕之兵以伐齊,破之濟西。諸侯兵罷歸,而燕軍樂毅獨追,至於臨菑。齊湣王之敗濟西,亡走,保於莒。

樂毅留徇齊五歲,下齊七十餘城,皆為郡縣以屬燕,唯獨莒、即墨未服。會燕昭王死,子立為燕惠王。惠王自為太子時嘗不快於樂毅,及即位,齊之田單聞之,乃縱反閒於燕,曰:「齊城不下者兩城耳。然所以不早拔者,聞樂毅與燕新王有隙,欲連兵且留齊,南面而王齊。齊之所患,唯恐他將之來。」於是燕惠王固已疑樂毅,得齊反閒,乃使騎劫代將,而召樂毅。

《史記卷八十樂毅列傳》

(田單)宣言曰:「吾唯懼燕軍之劓所得齊卒,置之前行,與我戰,即墨敗矣。」燕人聞之,如其言。城中人見齊諸降者盡劓,皆怒,堅守,唯恐見得。單又縱反閒曰:「吾懼燕人掘吾城外冢墓,僇先人,可為寒心。」燕軍盡掘壟墓,燒死人。即墨人從城上望見,皆涕泣,俱欲出戰,怒自十倍。

《史記卷八十二田單列傳》

齊田單後與騎劫戰,果設詐誑燕軍,遂破騎劫於即墨下,而轉戰逐燕,北至河上,盡復得齊城,而迎襄王於莒,入於臨菑。

《史記卷八十樂毅列傳》

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See? When the moderates do not appear to be successful, hijack usually appears from the evolution of aggressive extremism, and the result is often a tragic failure.

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