Jiang Ziya's ancestors helped Dayu control the water, so he was sealed in Lu, so he was also called Lu Shang or Lu Shang.

Jiang Ziya is a very talented person. He has the ambition to help the world and wants to show his ambition. However, he has never met his talent and spent most of his life in poverty. He once slaughtered cattle in Chao Ge and sold them in Jin Meng. Time flies, and now he is in his twilight years, with white hair on his temples. When he heard about the holy name of Zhou Wenwang, a sage of the dynasty, he came to Weihe River under the guise of fishing, hoping to get Zhou Wenwang's common sense and let him display his talents.

As the years passed, his hair changed from gray to all white. He fished by the Wei River for a long time, and ground two shallow pits on the stone where he threw the rod and bait. People saw him fishing all the time, but he caught nothing. They advised him to give up, but he said, "You don't understand this secret!" " Still fishing.

One day, he was fishing by the river when a carriage came from the road behind him. The people behind the carriage are very sad, some people are crying, and even the driver is very sad. So he asked why the man lying in the car was the eldest son of the family. He went out to study with his master and suddenly fell into a coma. He found several doctors, who all said it was an incurable disease and told him to go home and prepare for the funeral, or he would die outside. Jiang Ziya lifted the curtain by hand and looked at it for a while. "You don't have to be sad, don't worry, this person will be fine in three days." No one can believe that an old man who is down and out is fishing for real.

A few days later, Jiang Ziya was fishing. A group of people came out of the city and came straight for him. At the fishing place, a handsome young man got off and kowtowed to Jiang Ziya. He kept saying that the savior must worship Jiang Ziya as his teacher. It turned out that this young man was the one who was lying in the car the other day. My father is an important official. He helps Zhou Wenwang to manage the country. At this time, he wants to invite Jiang Ziya home to be his teacher, because he is visiting the Normal University. And promised a large sum of money, also want to recognize Jiang Ziya as adoptive father. Jiang Ziya declined politely.

Another day when Jiang Ziya was fishing, two men came along, each holding a tall and burly horse, dressed like a military commander. At noon, horses want to drink water and people want to wash their faces. Jiang Ziya glanced at the face of one of them and said with a sigh, "I think your Tang Yin is black, and you have a red pulse and pupil. If you go back now, it's not too late to get treatment right away. Otherwise, you will die within seven days. " Unexpectedly, the two men also laughed at Jiang Ziya for a while, saying that Jiang Ziya was a crazy old man, and then left it alone and roared off.

It turned out that these two men were Zhou Wenwang's lieutenant in charge of guarding the city, and one of them suddenly died on the fifth day of a sudden illness. (In modern facial terms, red pulse through the pupil means that a large number of bloodshot eyes suddenly appear, and the language is slightly dull when talking, and the pace is unstable when walking, and double images appear. This is a precursor to cerebral hemorrhage. He died of a sudden illness, possibly a cerebral hemorrhage.

"There is a poor old man fishing by the Weihe River, which can kill people." This story spread in the city for a period of time, from two to three. Jiang Ziya has a manic reputation. From the folk to the court, also reached the ears of Zhou Wenwang. "What can a poor old man do for the country?" So Zhou Wenwang didn't take it to heart.

As the days passed, Jiang Ziya still fished by the Wei River every day.

One day, Zhou Wenwang planned to go hunting, and the result of divination said, "What you get from hunting is not dragons, but tapirs, tigers or bears, but talents who can help you succeed." In his dream, Zhou Wenwang recalled the words of his ancestors: "The day when the sage appeared was a happy time for Zhou Zhengxing, so he was very happy to go out hunting. Inadvertently came to the bank of Weihe River.

From the silent forest came the neigh of horses, and the noisy sounds were far and near. Jiang Ziya saw a man dressed as a king coming this way.

King Wen saw the old fisherman's indifference and went forward to talk to him. Jiang Ziya lost no time in telling King Wen about his life experience, and they talked very speculatively. To Zhou Wenwang's surprise, a poor old man who delights in fishing every day has such a clear understanding of world events, national military attacks and sandwiches, so profound knowledge and original views. He also found that the poor old man who fished had deep attainments in the five-element arithmetic and the method of using troops.