Who is the Duke of Zhou in Duke of Zhou? Was this book written by Duke Zhou?

Duke of Zhou, a book widely circulated among the people, is used to analyze the good and bad luck of dreams, and there are many versions. So who is the Duke of Zhou? Maybe you don't know much about it. In fact, the Duke of Zhou is a historical figure in the Zhou Dynasty, and this Duke of Zhou has nothing to do with dream interpretation.

In Zhou Wenchang, Wang Jichang finished the Book of Changes by performing "The Eight Diagrams the Day After Tomorrow". There is a saying that Zhou Wenwang also wrote a divination book about dream interpretation, which is the Duke of Zhou handed down by later generations, so Duke of Zhou called Zhou Wenwang. In fact, this statement is not accurate and has no basis. A more reasonable explanation is that the Duke of Zhou is Zhou Gongdan, the fourth son of Zhou Wenwang.

Duke Zhou is the fourth son of Zhou Wen Jichang and the younger brother of Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa. His name is also easy to remember, so it is also called. Duke Zhou was a great man. Although he was not the monarch of the Zhou Dynasty, he made many contributions to the establishment and development of the Zhou Dynasty. The most famous is Duke Zhou, who attaches importance to talents. He has the reputation of "The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to his heart", which means that when talents come to visit, even if the Duke of Zhou is eating, he will spit out the food in his mouth and go out to meet them, and he is eager for talents.

In the third of Five Things written by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, there is a record of "The Duke of Zhou was afraid of gossiping". At that time, the Duke of Zhou helped his brother Zhou Wuwang to cut down the business successfully, and just established a big business, but Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa died. Ji Fa's son, Zhou Chengwang Song Ji, was still young, so the Duke of Zhou continued to assist Zhou Chengwang to help the young master manage state affairs. But then rumors came out. Guan Shu and Cai Shu were up to no good and wanted to seize the throne, but they were afraid of the ability of the Duke of Zhou, so they made a rumor that the Duke of Zhou wanted to seek power and usurp the throne, and were discussed by his ministers.

Duke of Zhou resigned in order to prove his innocence, but he soon realized that he was doing what the villain wanted to do, so he returned to Xiang. Later, Guan Shu and Cai Shu were unwilling to unite to launch a rebellion. The Duke of Zhou was sent by Zhou Chengwang to suppress the rebellion, and Guan Shu and Cai Shu were executed, which not only preserved their reputation, but also stabilized the Zhou Dynasty. When the Duke of Zhou grew up in Zhou Chengwang, he was not eager for power and returned the kingship to Zhou Chengwang. Zhou Chengwang was also deeply influenced by the Duke of Zhou and became another monarch in the history of the Zhou Dynasty.

So the duke of Zhou is so powerful, can he interpret dreams? In fact, Duke Zhou has nothing to do with dream interpretation. Dream was later associated with Duke Zhou, mainly because of Confucius. First of all, Confucius respected Duke Zhou and even regarded Duke Zhou as the founder of Confucianism. Later, Confucius often dreamed of Duke Zhou, so he often mentioned Duke Zhou. In the Analects of Confucius, he also said: "I am weak! For a long time, I stopped dreaming about Duke Zhou. "

Therefore, later generations often put dreams and Duke Zhou together. As for the Duke of Zhou, it was completely compiled by later generations, which had nothing to do with Duke of Zhou, and there was no specific book about dream interpretation handed down from ancient times. Now, dreams have a scientific explanation. For Duke Zhou, most of them still analyze the types of dreams and have a look, but predicting the future is not reliable.