Shang Zhouwang, named Di Xin, was the last monarch of Shang Dynasty. "Righteousness" means "damaging righteousness", and "Zhou Wang" is a derogatory evaluation of him by later generations. Zhou Wang's crimes recorded in history books are: debauchery, extravagance and corruption.
It is said that Zhou Wang likes drinking. He chiseled the ground into a pool, poured wine into it, and sailed on it. Zhou Wang and his concubines and ladies-in-waiting were boating by the pool, drinking and having fun.
It is said that he erected a stake like a forest in the palace, covered with cooked meat, and told some handsome men and beautiful women who accompanied him to fight naked in this "meat forest". Eat when you are hungry, play when you eat, day and night.
It is said that he also built a large building and spent seven years building a deer platform. The foundation is three miles square and over 100 feet high. He gathered all the gold, silver, jewels and beautiful women on the stage, and feasted for seven days and seven nights, making his ministers, concubines and concubines forget the sun, moon and time.
Cruel and tyrannical, poisoning the world.
It is said that he burned the hollow copper column with charcoal fire, and then let the slaughtered people crawl on it, burned the skin into a paste and died.
It is said that in order to observe what the growing fetus looks like, he cruelly let people cut open the pregnant woman's stomach and bleed to death. He wanted to know why the farmer who crossed the river barefoot in winter was not afraid of freezing, so he had his feet cut off, his bones smashed and his bone marrow examined. What other crimes are there, favoring traitors, reusing villains, disrespecting ancestors, not believing in loyalty, and so on.
Later, Zhou Wang lost his morale and popular support, and was finally defeated by King Wu. He burned himself to death with a torch, and his wife da ji was guillotined by King Wu.
Will Shang Zhouwang really be so cruel?
It is said that Zi Gong, a student of Confucius, once doubted. I think someone deliberately put all the evils in the world on him. A famous modern scientist, after investigating more than 70 crimes committed by Shang Zhouwang, found that his crimes increased with the passage of time. In other words, it was made up by later generations. The authenticity and credibility are greatly reduced. So, why deliberately vilify Shang Zhouwang?
One of the reasons is that his political opponents have ulterior motives in propaganda.
So extravagant and corrupt, tyrannical and dissolute, suppressing rebellion and cutting off dissidents, this is the common fault of emperors in past dynasties, not unique to Shang Zhouwang. Why are Shang Zhouwang's evil deeds so appalling and outrageous? It should be said that his political opponents are engaged in ugly propaganda. The winner is king, and the loser is a thief. It is no exaggeration to say that he wiped out the Western Zhou Emperor and later emperors and literati in Shang Zhouwang. And then arrange it casually according to political needs.
The second reason is to lead the source of evil to women.
Da ji was originally the spoils of the Soviet Union, but it was a plaything. The Biography of Women was written 1000 years after King Wu was attacked, but all the misdeeds were blamed on da ji. This is the theory of "the female is the bane of the country". In fact, in the feudal society where men are superior to women, vicious emperors are arbitrary and not influenced by women. Once women die, how can they treat them as scapegoats? Therefore, there are sisters-in-law, da ji in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and Yang Guifei in Tang Dynasty. It seems that without these women, they would be "heavenly emperors". Therefore, confusing da ji with Shang Zhouwang's story is not only a condiment for novelists, but also a manifestation of feudal literati's dark psychology of excusing the bad king and fooling the people.
The third reason is to obliterate Shang Zhouwang's achievements.
According to some books, Shang Zhouwang is well-read, quick-thinking, tall and muscular. His intelligence is enough to make quick and accurate judgments on complex things, and his strength is enough to change the column and kill the tiger with his bare hands. He grabbed the tail of nine cows in one hand and pulled back, so nine cows had to walk back. He once conquered Dongyi, expanded its territory to the southeast of China, and developed the Yangtze River valley.
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Shang Zhouwang, named Di Xin, was the last monarch of Shang Dynasty. "Righteousness" means "damaging righteousness", and "Zhou Wang" is a derogatory evaluation of him by later generations. Zhou Wang's crimes recorded in history books are: debauchery, extravagance and corruption.
It is said that Zhou Wang likes drinking. He chiseled the ground into a pool, poured wine into it, and sailed on it. Zhou Wang and his concubines and ladies-in-waiting were boating by the pool, drinking and having fun.
It is said that he erected a stake like a forest in the palace, covered with cooked meat, and told some handsome men and beautiful women who accompanied him to fight naked in this "meat forest". Eat when you are hungry, play when you eat, day and night.
It is said that he also built a large building and spent seven years building a deer platform. The foundation is three miles square and over 100 feet high. He gathered all the gold, silver, jewels and beautiful women on the stage, and feasted for seven days and seven nights, making his ministers, concubines and concubines forget the sun, moon and time.
Cruel and tyrannical, poisoning the world.
It is said that he burned the hollow copper column with charcoal fire, and then let the slaughtered people crawl on it, burned the skin into a paste and died.
It is said that in order to observe what the growing fetus looks like, he cruelly let people cut open the pregnant woman's stomach and bleed to death. He wanted to know why the farmer who crossed the river barefoot in winter was not afraid of freezing, so he had his feet cut off, his bones smashed and his bone marrow examined. What other crimes are there, favoring traitors, reusing villains, disrespecting ancestors, not believing in loyalty, and so on.
Later, Zhou Wang lost his morale and popular support, and was finally defeated by King Wu. He burned himself to death with a torch, and his wife da ji was guillotined by King Wu.
Will Shang Zhouwang really be so cruel?
It is said that Zi Gong, a student of Confucius, once doubted. I think someone deliberately put all the evils in the world on him. A famous modern scientist, after investigating more than 70 crimes committed by Shang Zhouwang, found that his crimes increased with the passage of time. In other words, it was made up by later generations. The authenticity and credibility are greatly reduced. So, why deliberately vilify Shang Zhouwang?
One of the reasons is that his political opponents have ulterior motives in propaganda.
So extravagant and corrupt, tyrannical and dissolute, suppressing rebellion and cutting off dissidents, this is the common fault of emperors in past dynasties, not unique to Shang Zhouwang. Why are Shang Zhouwang's evil deeds so appalling and outrageous? It should be said that his political opponents are engaged in ugly propaganda. The winner is king, and the loser is a thief. It is no exaggeration to say that he wiped out the Western Zhou Emperor and later emperors and literati in Shang Zhouwang. And then arrange it casually according to political needs.
The second reason is to lead the source of evil to women.
Da ji was originally the spoils of the Soviet Union, but it was a plaything. The Biography of Women was written 1000 years after King Wu was attacked, but all the misdeeds were blamed on da ji. This is the theory of "the female is the bane of the country". In fact, in the feudal society where men are superior to women, vicious emperors are arbitrary and not influenced by women. Once women die, how can they treat them as scapegoats? Therefore, there are sisters-in-law, da ji in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and Yang Guifei in Tang Dynasty. It seems that without these women, they would be "heavenly emperors". Therefore, confusing da ji with Shang Zhouwang's story is not only a condiment for novelists, but also a manifestation of feudal literati's dark psychology of excusing the bad king and fooling the people.
The third reason is to obliterate Shang Zhouwang's achievements.
According to some books, Shang Zhouwang is well-read, quick-thinking, tall and muscular. His intelligence is enough to make quick and accurate judgments on complex things, and his strength is enough to change the column and kill the tiger with his bare hands. He grabbed the tail of nine cows in one hand and pulled back, so nine cows had to walk back. He once conquered Dongyi, expanded its territory to the southeast of China, and developed the Yangtze River valley.
At that time, Dongyi often attacked the Shang Dynasty and plundered a large number of people as slaves, which was a threat to the Shang Dynasty. Zhou Wang's father B fought against Dongyi, but he didn't win. After Zhou Wang ascended the throne, he cast a large number of weapons and led an army to the East. The ministries of Dongyi jointly resisted, unable to resist Zhou Wang's attack.
Zhou Wang's arrow is made of bronze, exquisite and sharp, with long range and great lethality. When the two armies confronted each other, the troops of Dongyi fell in batches, surrounded by the commercial armies under their command, and most of them were captured. It is said that the Shang army, like the autumn wind sweeping away leaves, has been hitting the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, subduing most Dongyi tribes, capturing thousands of Dongyi people and winning a great victory. Since then, the traffic between the Central Plains and the Southeast has developed, and the relationship between the Central Plains and the Southeast has been close. The culture of the Central Plains gradually spread to the southeast, enabling local people to make use of superior natural and geographical conditions to develop production. In fact, this contribution should be attributed to Zhou Wang.