Revealing the first female general in history

Fu Hao, the imperial concubine of Shang Dynasty, was an outstanding female politician and strategist. Wu Ding in Shang Dynasty often asked Fu Hao to preside over very important sacrifices and read eulogies because of her good cultural accomplishment. She has also been appointed as a fortune teller, and it is time to become a female politician in Wuding. Fu Hao is also a strategist. She led troops to fight and made great achievements. After Fu Hao died, Wu Ding was very sad. There are huge graves for women to be buried alone, and there are long worship ceremonies. This was very rare in Shang Dynasty.

Fu Hao is one of Wang's more than 60 wives and one of the three legal spouses. Well, women are kinship terms. It is also called stepmother Xin, because her temple is called Xin, that is to say, it is called in the Oracle Bone Inscriptions where Zhou worships. And Zujia's mother, Xin, that's her. She was prized by Wuding, sealed off in other places, shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding the land and collecting taxes, and died in the late Wuding era.

1976, a complete tomb was found in the northwest of Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan. Fu Hao's tomb is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the temple area of Yinxu Palace since 1928. It is also the only well-preserved tomb of members of the Shang royal family discovered since the scientific excavation of Yin Ruins. The tomb is 5.6 meters long from north to south, 4 meters wide from east to west and 7.5 meters deep. There is an amusement hall on the tomb, which Oracle Bone Inscriptions called Muxinzong.

We know from Oracle Bone Inscriptions that she presided over some important sacrificial activities and led troops to conquer Turkey, Qiang, Chinese, Pakistani and other countries many times. In a war to conquer Qiang, she led a huge team of 13000 people, which was the largest number of foreign conquests in Shang Dynasty. Famous generals Zhi and Hou Gao are often under his command. In the war against Pakistan, Fu Hao led the troops to ambush and cut off the retreat of the Pakistani army. When Wu Ding defeated the Pakistani army from the east, it drove it into an ambush and destroyed it. This is the earliest recorded ambush in the history of China.

In the considerate and tolerant Shang Dynasty, Fu Hao was often appointed to preside over various ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to heaven, ancestors, gods, springs and divination, and was the ruling group of Wu Ding. He also led soldiers to suppress slave resistance.