The story of Duke Zhou: How did Duke Zhou belittle others and raise himself? Great names in history

Duke Zhou was an outstanding politician, strategist, thinker and educator in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He was honored as a "Yuan Saint" and was the pioneer and founder of Confucianism. At the same time, the Duke of Zhou was Zhou Wenwang's fourth son and Ji Fa's younger brother Zhou Wuwang. He helped Zhou Wuwang attack Zhou Wang twice in the East and created music. After his death, posthumous title became a writer, known as Duke Wen of Zhou in history. There are many rumors about Duke Zhou. Cao Cao once wrote a poem saying: "The Duke of Zhou vomited his chest, and the world returned to his heart!" Is to compare the duke of Zhou with himself. What's the story about Duke Zhou?

Duke Zhou is a great statesman worthy of the name, proficient in military affairs and versatile. His life went through such an important historical period of dynasty change as the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, and he made outstanding contributions to the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty. & gt Duke Zhou first assisted Zhou Wuwang to hold a governors' meeting in Jin Meng and held a large-scale military exercise to create momentum for the Shang Dynasty. At the same time, spies were constantly sent into the Shang Dynasty to spy on information, and a powerful political offensive was launched, which won a large number of nobles and ministers in the Shang Dynasty to rebel against the Shang Dynasty and rush to the Zhou Dynasty. Nine years later, when the time was ripe, the Duke of Zhou decided to fight the Shang Dynasty with the help of Konoha, and wrote an essay "Oath of Pastoral", denouncing the tyranny and cruelty and encouraging the soldiers to fight bravely. During the war, the Duke of Zhou held a big axe, and his younger brother Zhao Gong held a small axe to protect King Wu and led the army to kill him. & gt The Shang Dynasty perished, and Zhou Jun entered Yin. In order to appease the people, Duke Zhou assisted Zhou Wuwang in adopting a series of policies. At that time, the people in the ruling and opposition parties paid special attention to sacrifice, which was equivalent to the religious beliefs of some countries and regions now. Therefore, the Duke of Zhou led people to slaughter animals, held a grand sacrifice ceremony, and announced to the Emperor of Heaven and the Yin people that Bu Zhou was guilty, which was recognized by the Yin people. & gt During the reign of Zhou Chengwang, the Zhou Dynasty successively enfeoffed more than 70 governors. The Duke of Zhou understood that in order to govern this country well, all the princes must be controlled, so he set out to formulate' rites and music'. That is, the' Duke of Zhou's rites and music' in the history books. Let's talk about "making gifts" first. The Duke of Zhou first established Zhou Wang as the "son of heaven", the "master" of the world, and all the vassals were "small clans", which was the earliest "patriarchal clan system" in China's legal history. In this way, the whole country is formed by the combination of patriarchal clan system and hierarchical system, forming a complete and strict etiquette system, such as monarch and minister, superiors and subordinates, father and son, brothers, kinship, respect and inferiority. This etiquette system was later inherited and developed by Confucius and Old Master Q, and became an important part of Confucius' theory. As a result, when Confucius traveled around the world, he still remembered "self-denial and self-defense", which shows the deep influence. So, how did the Duke of Zhou belittle others and raise himself?

Duke Zhou's ability to govern the country is not only reflected in making rules and classics, but also in his great demeanor, that is, recruiting talents. To what extent did the Duke of Zhou thirst for wisdom? Once, the Duke of Zhou heard that a saint was visiting. If he was eating, he quickly spit out the food in his mouth. If you are taking a shower, pull your hair quickly and get busy coming out to meet people. Later generations praised him for "throwing up the chest three times a meal (jerky), taking a bath and holding it three times."

Send ". When Cao Cao wrote a poem, he once said: "The Duke of Zhou vomited his chest, and the world returned to his heart! "This is compared with the duke of zhou and yourself. & gt But when Duke Zhou was alive, he was not less suspected because of his great contribution and high position. Even if my nephew becomes king, I am in awe of him. In the letter, I am "annoyed". -how did he know that the duke of Zhou was sincere to his father and son? There is an article "Jin Wei" in Shangshu, which records such a thing. & gt In the second year, Ji Fa, the king of Wu, was seriously ill. Duke Zhou built three altars behind his back, with jade jade on the altars and jade laurel in his hand, praying to the late great-grandfather King Tai, grandfather Wang Ji and father Wang Wen. & gt Duke Zhou's prayers are very interesting and can be described as "belittling others and raising himself". He said, "Old King, your eldest grandson Ji Fa is very ill. Do you three need grandchildren to serve you in heaven? "? In that case, let me Ji Dan to replace it! I can say and do, versatile and good at serving ghosts and gods. As for your eldest grandson Ji Fa, he is not as capable as I am. Where does he serve well? ..... Now I have divined with a turtle. If you agree to my request, I will go back and wait for your order with Bi and Gui. If you don't agree to my request, I'll throw Bi and Gui away. & gt Duke Zhou put a turtle in front of the Three Tombs for divination, and the result was all auspicious. It is also a good sign to open the book again. Duke Zhou was relieved, so he put the prayer in a box, wrapped it with gold thread and collected it. The next day, King Wu's illness had actually healed. Later, the Duke of Zhou assisted him to become a king, and he was in power. Guan Shu and others spread rumors everywhere. At that time, they were "suspicious of the country" and the regime was unstable. Duke of Zhou led an army to the east to take care of Guan Shu and Cai Shu. However, in Wang Cheng's view, after all, this is a "war between uncles", and there are inevitably bumps in my heart. & gt In the autumn when Duke Zhou died, a bumper harvest was in sight. Suddenly, there was thunder and lightning and a strong wind. Not only did the crops fall, but even the trees were uprooted! King Cheng and his ministers were frightened, put on their dresses and hats, opened the box wrapped in gold thread with trepidation, and saw the prayer of the Duke of Zhou. King Cheng asked the historian, and the historian said, Duke Zhou told us to keep it a secret, how dare we reveal it! & gt King Cheng held up the prayer flags and cried, Duke Zhou has worked hard for the DPRK, and I don't know it as a junior! Now it is the power of God that shows the virtue of Duke Zhou! I will personally preside over the reburial ceremony of Duke Zhou. & gt Strangely, when Cheng went to the suburbs, it began to rain, the wind changed, and the fallen crops stood up again. Taigong and Zhao Gong ordered people to help the fallen tree up. This year has achieved a rare good harvest! According to the historical data of the early Zhou Dynasty, the book kim hyun may have been written by people in the Warring States Period, from which we can see that people in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties attached great importance to destiny, and even enlightened people like Duke Zhou believed it. & gt After the death of Duke Zhou, Wang Cheng treated him with great courtesy and hid him next to Zhou Wenwang, which showed that he was not treated as a courtier.