What kind of emperor was Shang Zhouwang in history? Was it smeared by film and television dramas?

Shang Zhouwang was smeared. The name is not Zhou, but, also known as. ? Hey? Later generations added posthumous title to him as a sign of cruelty. He is actually a brave, resourceful, knowledgeable and thoughtful king, at least not as useless as everyone always thinks.

For a long time, Zhou Wang has many labels: debauchery, immorality, bringing disaster to the country and people, cruelty and violence, and a typical tyrant. In the film and television drama, he is also an out-and-out role that people hate: building a wine pool and meat forest, executing the stake, taking a child by caesarean section, knocking on the bone to examine the marrow, killing people like hemp, and treating human life like dirt. In fact, Zhou Wang was not so lustful, because he realized the consequences of consanguineous marriage and forced him to marry women from other tribes for the sake of the healthy continuation of future generations. The searing punishment was not the result of da ji's manipulation. According to historical records, it did exist in Xia Jie at that time. As for other crimes, many can't be traced.

On the contrary, Zhou Wang was actually a literary genius and fighter. Earlier, the small tribe was pressing hard, because he led the army to pacify Dongyi and explore Shandong and other fields, which made the Central Plains culture well publicized. At that time, the society was backward, and the power of religion still influenced many people. They are superstitious about divination, and even rely on divination for big and small matters, and gradually become powerful enough to influence state affairs. It happened that Zhou Wang didn't believe these things. He doesn't allow God to be above himself. Religious reform is imminent. He punished some people who used religion with ulterior motives and insisted that religion should not interfere in politics. Not only that, he also abolished the cruel old system, did not allow the indiscriminate killing of slaves, and let slaves participate in social production and even join the army, which was very humanized. Not to mention improving the combat effectiveness of the army, it can also save the lives of some nobles and stabilize the foundation of the country.

We know that history is written by winners. Throughout the ages, winners are kings and losers are bandits. It is true that history calls Zhou Wang Zhou Wang a rotten person, but it remains to be seen whether Zhou Wang is really so dissolute.