Is Shang and Zhou Xia Jie? Behind their similar experiences lie the secrets of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

This history depends on how you look at it. Blind reading is not only unwise, but will make you more confused.

Zi Gong, a student of Confucius, read the previous story and suddenly let out a sigh of emotion-

Zi Gong said, "It is better to be bad than bad. It is a gentleman's evil living in the dirt, and all the evils in the world return. "

Shang Zhouwang is not as bad as the legend (many things were imposed on him by later generations). Therefore, a sophisticated gentleman must not let himself fall to such a low position, because once he falls to such a position, all the bad things will fall on you.

Zi Gong is Confucius' favorite pupil and the originator of Confucian businessmen. With his knowledge and vision, it is amazing that he can still express such feelings when everyone is throwing dirty water at Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

Moreover, through this passage he said, it is easy to lead us to uncover an important secret of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

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Shang Zhouwang's name is not Shang Zhouwang.

"Zhou" means killing innocent people, so "Zhou" means a very cruel king.

-Confucius compiled "Spring and Autumn Annals", which means meaning. You can use one word to comment on the characters. From the word "Zhou", we can see that it is a cruel representative of China culture.

Shang Zhouwang's real name is Di Xin, and his father is Di Yi, the 30th king of Shang Dynasty.

Di Yi has two concubines, and Zheng Fei has three sons: Lao Daqi, with noble character; The second child is also praised by the world, and the third child Xin is said to have bad moral character.

At the beginning, Di Yi wanted the boss to be his successor. After this decision was announced, a historian jumped out and protested strongly.

His reason is that when a virtuous person Qi was born, his mother was not a princess. When her mother becomes a princess, her son Xin Cai should be the heir.

This logic is weird? We always think that mothers are more valuable than sons. Unexpectedly, the son can only be established as the heir by his mother's status at that time.

Later, the helpless Di Yi had to establish Xin, whose moral character was defective, as his successor.

When people in the world read history, they will get angry and scold the historian for making a mistake. If it weren't for him, Qi, the noble heir, wouldn't have so many cruel stories later, or the Shang Dynasty wouldn't have aroused widespread indignation and discontent, and then it was destroyed by the Western Zhou Dynasty.

But what if we think the other way around?

If the Shang Dynasty is bound to perish in the 3rd1generation, will anyone who sits on the throne be defined as a dissolute "Shang Zhouwang"?

We know: Qin Ershi Hu Hai of the Daqin Dynasty was killed, and Zi Ying dealt with Zhao Gao as soon as he came up, but Liu Bang had already entered Xianyang, and there was no chance to revive Daqin; Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was diligent in dealing with Wei Zhongxian, but he could not escape the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of each dynasty, buildings will fall down, which is beyond the reach of a tree. Does not mean that Wang De is noble, and the dynasty will not perish.

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In fact, during the period of Shang Zhouwang's father, Di Yi, the Zhou tribe had prospered to the point where the Shang Dynasty did not have enough ability to suppress it. At that time, the Shang Dynasty was weak and many tribes were rebelling.

Fire on all sides.

DiYi had no choice but to marry her sister to Xibo Hou Jichang.

Diyi's idea is to stabilize the Zhou tribe, to make himself free to clean up the rebellious small tribe and take the opportunity to restore his power. However, in the end, the Shang Dynasty continued to weaken in the conquest, while the Zhou tribe became stronger in stability.

At that time, Ji Chang didn't attack, not because he was noble, but because he knew that the Shang Dynasty could not be defeated in a short time after hundreds of years of development, so she accepted beauty and continued to accumulate strength-so Zhou Wenwang actually married Shang Zhouwang's aunt.

When the Shang Dynasty came to Shang Zhouwang, he was actually very depressed: he was the third1descendant of the Shang Dynasty, and there were thirty predecessors above him, some dissolute and some vicious, but the country was stable at that time and they lived well. How did they get here? Before debauchery, the dynasty arrived at sunset.

This is actually a very simple historical cycle:

At the beginning, the Xia Dynasty was able to continue, not because of the wise SHEN WOO of the emperors, but because other tribes failed to form a powerful force; When the Shang tribe grew quietly, the life of Xia Dynasty entered the countdown, and finally Shang Tang attacked Xia.

Now it's Shang Dynasty's turn.

Di Xin (Shang Zhouwang) is a very clever man, but the smarter he is, the more miserable he is at this time. Therefore, what he later called "dissolute excesses" may be because he knew that the Shang Dynasty was bound to perish in his own hands, and this extinction would not be changed by his wisdom or tyranny.

At such a moment when he knows the result but can't change it, what can he do except "debauchery and ruthlessness"?

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Zi Gong said, "It is better to be bad than bad." Zhou Wang is not so bad, so what did Shang Zhouwang do?

According to "The Romance of the Gods", Shang Zhouwang doted on da ji, a fox, invented "the punishment of burning people" to torture people, and set up a wine pool and a meat forest for men and women to chase naked. He destroyed Zhongliang, imprisoned Zhou Wenwang and Ji Chang, cut the hearts of loyal subjects and favored traitors. ...

Finally, people became angry and complained.

However, if we compare the brutality of Shang and Zhou Dynasties and Xia Jie, we will find that the "atrocities" of these two people are strikingly consistent-

Xia Jie at the end of Xia Dynasty was very clever and powerful. On the other hand, history books say that Shang and Zhou were extremely clever and surprisingly brave.

Xia Jie conquered you Shi, and the beautiful woman returned with joy; Shang and Zhou attacked Su Jia, but da ji, a great beauty, came back.

Xia Jie built Yaotai and Jiuchi Meat Forest for Xi 'an; Shang and Zhou Dynasties built deer platform and meat forest for da ji.

To please you, Xia Jie drove the tiger into the market and ate people. In order to please da ji, Shang Zhouwang cut open the pregnant woman's abdomen to identify the baby's male and female, and broke her leg bone depending on the bone marrow.

Xia Jie's minion Ganxin, waiting for an opportunity; The favorite courtiers of Shang and Zhou Dynasties were Fei Lian and Lai.

Xia Jie tortured loyal and famous officials to close the dragon body; Shang and Zhou killed loyal ministers by torture.

Xia Jie detained Shang Tang privately and then released him; Shang and Zhou privately detained Zhou Wenwang and released him. ...

In the end, Shang Tang fought against the summer and achieved success; After King Wen's death, his son Zhou Wuwang finished cutting Zhou Daye and established the Western Zhou Dynasty.

What does this "coincidence" mean in so many details?

Explain that these stories are "artificial" and their role is to discredit the last successor of the last dynasty.

Therefore, when the Shang tribe was strong enough to annex the Xia Dynasty, the last emperor of the Xia Dynasty was destined to be a dissolute and heartless bad king.

After the Zhou tribe became powerful, the Shang dynasty also had the same fate.

Even at the beginning, the copy used by Shang Dynasty to discredit Xia Jie was copied by Zhou Dynasty, but the characters were replaced: Xia Jie was replaced by Shang Zhou, Shang Tang was replaced by Zhou Wenwang, and sister Xi was replaced by da ji.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zi Gong, a student of Confucius, discovered this and said, "Better be poor than poor."

What is hidden behind this passage is the secret of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.