An important archaeological discovery in Henan Province, Oracle bone inscriptions appeared in Shang Dynasty, and Shang Zhouwang was smeared for thousands of years.

When it comes to Shang Zhouwang, everyone must immediately think that he is a famous tyrant, blackmailing people, harming loyal ministers and favoring da ji. He can be said to be a criminal emperor. With the excavation of Yin Ruins in Henan Province, archaeologists have discovered a large number of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. From Oracle Bone Inscriptions, we find that Shang Zhouwang may not be the benevolent emperor recorded in history. There are many records about Shang Zhouwang's cruelty in history. In history books, there are four major crimes: trusting slaves and prisoners too much and not using relatives and brothers; Impose exorbitant taxes and oppress the people; Treat sacrifices extremely seriously; Take sides with the witch, listen to her slanders, and murder loyal ministers. Zhou Wuwang and Jiang Ziya took this as a reason to crusade against Shang Zhouwang, eventually overthrowing the Shang Dynasty and establishing the Zhou Dynasty. In Sima Qian's Historical Records, Shang Zhouwang's crimes are also listed: he likes drinking and makes men and women streaking in the meat forest of the wine pool; Torture, not listening to advice, killing loyal officials such as Bigan. In this way, after thousands of years of continuous processing by historians, novelists and opera singers in various dynasties, Shang Zhouwang was described as a super tyrant, wishing everyone would eat his flesh and kill him. With the excavation of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the real image of Shang Zhouwang was displayed in front of us by experts in a three-dimensional way, which let us know what the real Shang Zhouwang looks like. Shang Zhouwang, whose real name was Di Xin, was the first emperor in China who advocated people-oriented. In Shang Dynasty, emperors liked to sacrifice people. They often killed or buried the living to sacrifice. According to Oracle Bone Inscriptions's records, Wuding, or Ren Jun, had nearly 10,000 people offering sacrifices. On one occasion, the servant asked Wu Ding if 500 slaves could be used for this sacrifice. Wu Ding replied lightly: Yes, the fate of 500 people was decided in a blink of an eye. It can be seen that Ren Junwuding did not treat these slaves as human beings. On the other hand, there are few records of Shang Zhouwang's sacrifice to him, and the number of people he used to sacrifice is only a few dozen. In the process of conquering neighboring tribes, he captured tens of thousands of slaves. He spared their lives instead of offering them as sacrifices, and some people were even reused. Perhaps Shang Zhouwang's behavior angered the privileged class. Many privileged classes took refuge in Zhou people and joined the opposition, instead of seriously sacrificing and reusing slaves, which became the reason for their crusade. Many people in the later generations of Jiang Ziya in film and television dramas have gradually realized that Shang Zhouwang is not necessarily as bad as what is written in history books. Chairman Mao once said, "Zhou Wang has made historical contributions. He is literate, armed and capable, and he also unified Dongyi and the Central Plains. " The excavation of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, to a certain extent, made a * * * inspection for Shang Zhouwang.