What fatal mistake did Zhou Wenwang make that led to the existence of the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years?

The Zhou Dynasty is the longest dynasty in China's history, which opened the tradition of China people attaching importance to etiquette. Its founders, Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang, have always been models of wise kings. It can be seen that the Zhou Dynasty had a far-reaching influence on China. When it comes to the Zhou Dynasty, we can't help mentioning one person, that is the famous Jiang Taigong Jiang Ziya, who contributed a lot to the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty.

There are many stories about Jiang Ziya, and various versions are circulated among the people. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, after a man named Xu wrote a book called "List of Gods", the story about Zhou Dynasty and Jiang Ziya became more and more legendary under the rendering of this ghost novel.

After overthrowing the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was established. At that time, Jiang Ziya was not the prime minister of the Zhou Dynasty, but a nobody. His original name was Jiang Shang, and his ancestors were aristocrats. But by his generation, he was down and out. In order to make a living, he has done all kinds of jobs and lived in poverty. However, even so, it did not kill his ambition. He has been studying the strategies of Sun Tzu's Art of War, hoping to make a career one day.

Zhou Wenwang was only a warlord at that time, and everyone knew that he was very good at divination. He wrote the famous Book of Changes. Zhou Wenwang was addicted to divination. Whenever he goes out, he must do it. One day, when he went out, he divined once by himself. Divination told him that it was appropriate to go to Weishui, which also showed that he would meet a talent pillar to assist him this time. Zhou Wenwang was convinced of this, so he took his entourage to Weishui.

When he got there, he saw an old man fishing. Stranger still, the old man's hook is straight. Zhou Wenwang was very surprised, so he began to talk to him. This conversation, he immediately realized that this person is very talented, this is the sage he is looking for! The old man is actually 72-year-old Jiang Ziya. Zhou Wenwang asked Jiang Ziya to help him. Jiang Ziya wanted to find a wise monarch, who was a corporal of propriety and righteousness, so he used the excuse that his legs were numb and let him carry himself across the Wei River.

Zhou Wenwang was thirsty, so he agreed without hesitation. He squatted down to carry Jiang Ziya across the river. But after walking for a while, when he reached 300 steps, he found himself going backwards, so he went back 500 steps to get there.

Jiang Ziya told him that he had taken 800 steps behind his back, which meant 800 years of national luck. Sure enough, the Zhou Dynasty really lasted for 800 years. But Zhou Wenwang was retrogressive at first, and the 800 steps were separated, so the Zhou Dynasty was divided into the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which happened to be around 300 and 500 years.