Oracle Bone Inscriptions was unearthed in Henan, and Zhou Wang was finally innocent. Why was the son of heaven destroyed by a book?

Many times, we will say that history is a little girl who can dress up. What she dresses up as is what future generations will see. Why does this statement come into being? A large part of the reason is that history is mainly written by winners. In order to rationalize their attacks on former monarchs, winners must find some reasonable excuses. Therefore, smearing the image of losers is almost the only way for every monarch in the later dynasty. In this regard, Shang Zhouwang is a typical example.

In some current descriptions, such as The Book of Gods, the image of Zhou Wang has always been cruel and ferocious. What is recorded in the history books? According to historical records, we know that in order to overthrow the rule of Zhou Wang, Zhou Wuwang and others launched a war, which was later called the Mu Ye War. Before the start of the war, Zhou Wuwang read a crusade, the specific content is that Zhou Wang listened to the words of the harem women and traitors, but he did not listen to the good words of loyal ministers, nor did he seriously worship his ancestors. The above series of behaviors simply make everyone unbearable! These words, together with the processing and polishing of Zhou Wang by later generations, basically made Zhou Wang a representative of all tyrants in the history of China.

Just when our impression of Zhou Wang went deep into our minds, Oracle Bone Inscriptions materials unearthed in Henan brought us something new, and Zhou Wang was exonerated. In the pre-Qin period, the lowest class in all classes was called human sacrifice, which meant that although people were human, they could treat people with the attitude of treating animals. The people who were sacrificed at that time were mainly human beings, and many people died miserably. Usually they are burned and chopped into mud. Wu Ding should be familiar to everyone. At that time, Wu Ding was honored as the "benevolent king". To what extent is "benevolence"? In his eyes, hundreds of people's lives are not even comparable to an ant. As many as 500 people were killed in a sacrifice. But Zhou Wang, who is very cruel in our mind, that is, Di Xin, changed our previous feelings. Because according to the records, Di Xin, a man who kills people without blinking an eye, dislikes offering sacrifices to human beings the most. For prisoners, Di Xin mainly makes them slaves, which is very good compared with uncertain human beings.

But for people at that time, Di Xin's behavior was completely against the trend. Therefore, many people didn't like Di Xin at that time, especially the monks who were responsible for offering sacrifices at that time. They clearly grasped the strength of the Shang dynasty, so they took refuge in the enemy, and the Zhou people who mastered these things began to plan to cut down.

In a word, even if Zhou Wang and Di Xin made mistakes, they were definitely not as serious as they are now. Nowadays, many comments are just the role of "snowballing" in history. Therefore, the excavation of new materials still plays a great role in excavating the true colors of snowballs. Therefore, we should stop being misled by The Book of the Gods and learn more about the real Zhou Wang from historical materials.