Is it true that Jiang Ziya predicted that the Zhou Dynasty could only exist for 800 years? Does he have any basis?

Jiang Ziya predicted that the Zhou Dynasty could only exist for 800 years, which is just a legend, without any scientific basis or historical records. So it's not true.

Jiang Ziya was a man of Shang and Zhou Dynasties and a disciple of Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty. Zhou Wang was helpless and favored da ji. Squeeze out Jiang Ziya, a disciple of Buddha. Jiang Ziya had to quit the court and live in seclusion. But he found that Xibohou was the Lord of salvation, so he fished with a straight hook on the Weihe River. Although no fish was caught, it caught the attention of Xibohou.

Jiang Ziya wanted Xibohou to pull him out of the mountain by car, and Xibohou readily agreed, but he was too old to pull after only eight hundred and eight steps. So Jiang Ziya said to Xibohou, "If you take eight hundred and eight steps, the Zhou Dynasty will exist for eight hundred and eight years." It is speculated that the East-West Week in history really lasted * * * 808 years. But this is just a fairy tale, which was made up by later generations. It is not known who made it up. Xu of Ming Dynasty summed up the myths and legends of this period and wrote The Romance of Gods, from which the stories recorded above came.

The book Historical Records of Qi Taigong's Family gives a true record of Jiang Taigong. According to Sima Qian, Xibo, who was eager for talents, really met the fisherman Jiang Taigong by the Wei River. After talking with him, I was deeply impressed and thought he was a talent in Wang Zuo. In order to show respect for him, please take the same car with yourself to send him back to China. There is no such thing as pulling a car in Xibohou.

Why is there such a legend? On the one hand, pulling rickshaws for the fledgling shows corporal Xibohou's courtesy, so the week can last for 800 years. On the other hand, judging from the results, the Zhou Dynasty did exist for 800 years, which also reflected the accuracy of Jiang Taigong's prediction and superb personal talent.