The story of King Zhou and Daji

The story of King Zhou of Shang and Daji is as follows:

King Zhou of Shang was born intelligent, eloquent, quick in action and receptive. Strong and capable of fighting humans and unarmed beasts. He was wise enough to refuse the advice of his subjects, and his words were enough to cover up his faults.

Boasting about his talents in front of ministers, and about his power everywhere, thinking that everyone in the world is inferior to him. King Zhou of Shang indulged in drinking, debauchery and pampering women. King Zhou of Shang was very fond of Daji and listened to Daji's words in everything.

King Zhou of Shang Dynasty asked musician Huan to compose new folk music, Beili dance music and soft songs for Daji. He increased taxes, piled money on road platforms, and piled grain on giant bridges.

He filled the palace with dogs, horses, and strange things, and expanded the dune garden terraces to capture the abundant wildlife and birds. He is arrogant and disrespectful to ghosts and gods. He collected many plays on the dunes.

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Allusions between King Zhou of Shang and Daji:

"Historical Records·Yin Benji" records that Emperor Xin was angry at Bigan's advice, He said, "I heard that the saint's heart has seven holes." So he cut open Bigan's chest and took out the heart to see.

"The Biography of Lienv" states that Bigan came to remonstrate because Emperor Xin favored Daji, but he was considered by Emperor Xin to be uttering evil words. Daji said: "I heard that the heart of a saint has seven orifices." So he cut open Bigan's chest and dug out his heart.

"Feng Shen Yan Yi" further interprets the historical records. In the twenty-sixth chapter "Da Ji Designed to Harm Bigan", it is narrated that Da Ji and Hu Ximei teamed up to obtain the heart of Ling Long's Seven Apertures. , the story of forcing Bigan to cut open his chest.

"Xunzi·Yi Bing" stated that Emperor Xin once set up "cannon and burning punishment". They were forced to hold red-hot copper pillars and burned to death. "The Biography of Lienu" holds this view and says that this is the way King Zhou of Shang Dynasty pleased Daji.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Emperor Xin

The true history of Daji and King Zhou

The true history of Daji, King of Shang Zhou:

Shang Zhou Wang is a derogatory posthumous title given by the Zhou Dynasty, and his official name is Di Xin. At that time, it was the obligation of all countries to present beautiful women to the King of Shang. "Historical Records of the Yin Dynasty" said: There was a good daughter in the Nine Marquises, and she entered the Zhou Dynasty. It can be seen that at that time, King Zhou of Yin attacked Su, and the Su tribe dedicated all their food and livestock, including Daji, to Emperor Xin in order to survive.

After Daji became Emperor Xin's concubine, the "Bamboo Book Annals" records that Emperor Xin built a palace for her and built a jade gate for her. One of the reasons why King Wu defeated Zhou was that the king of Shang now accepted it, but only women's words were used. It can be seen that Emperor Xin doted on Daji to the extreme, and even participated deeply in the politics of the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

In fact, the Yousu clan has been wavering between Shang and Zhou. The arrival of Daji eased the relationship between Shang and Zhou. The King of Shang first released Ji Chang and then granted the Western Zhou the right to conquer. However, internally, Emperor Xin's brutal suppression of dissidents caused people's hearts to be in chaos and all the sages to turn away.

In 1046 BC, King Wu of Zhou Jifa led the allies from Mengjin and defeated the Yin and Shang army in Muye, which was several times the size of Zhou. Not long after, the coalition forces broke through Chaoge, Emperor Xin climbed to Lutai, burned himself to death, and Daji was also killed by King Wu of Zhou on charges of harming the country.

At this time, another unusual thing happened. After the defeat of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, King Wu appointed Su Ansheng, a descendant of the Su Kingdom, to be the Sikou, ranked among the Six Ministers, and was in charge of criminal and prison proceedings across the country. Born from the same clan, Daji was executed for crimes while Su Ansheng held a high position.

The setting of Su Daji in film and television works

Su Daji is pure and kind, lively and pleasant, intelligent in nature, knowledgeable in books and etiquette, a simple boudoir, and aloof from the world. . Naturally beautiful and charming, she could have captivated a country and confounded all sentient beings, but she had a deep love for Boyikao.

After entering the palace, her personality changed drastically. She became depressed, suspicious and jealous, ruthless, power-loving, scheming, courteous, and able to please King Zhou in everything she did. In order to consolidate her position in King Zhou's mind He uses whatever means necessary to harm Zhongliang.

Daji confused King Zhou

The reason why Daji confused King Zhou:

The beginning of the novel "The Romance of the Gods" states that King Zhou entered the Xiang Nuwa Palace and met his daughter. The statue of Wa was beautiful, but the poem he wrote was blasphemous. Empress Nuwa wanted to teach him a lesson, but found that the Shang Dynasty still had many years of good luck, so she used the Ten Thousand Demon Banners to summon the three demons of Xuanyuan Tomb and asked them to confuse King Zhou and exhaust the Shang Dynasty. National destiny.

Daji and King Zhou are two characters in "The Romance of the Gods".

Daji was originally the daughter of Jizhou Hou Suhu, but was later killed and taken over by a thousand-year-old vixen. She was as gorgeous as a peach blossom, charming and beautiful, and was sent by the Empress Nuwa to seduce King Zhou. Later, he was captured and executed by Jiang Ziya together with the Pheasant Spirit and the Pipa Spirit.

King Zhou was Yin Shou, the son of Emperor Yi, and the last emperor of Shang Dynasty. During his reign, he acted perversely, which made the world angry and people resentful. Later, he had no choice but to burn himself to death in Zhaixing Tower. Later, the god was named "Tianxi Xing".

"The Romance of the Gods" is commonly known as the "Fengshen Bang", also known as "The Complete Biography of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties", "The Outer History of King Wu's Conquest of Zhou", and "The Story of the Fengshen". It is a novel written by Xu Zhonglin in the Ming Dynasty. It was written during the Longqing and Wanli years.

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"Feng Shen Yan Yi" uses historical concepts and political concepts as the ideological framework supporting the whole book, mixed with a lot of grand imagination, showing the author's view of benevolence and virtue. The support and praise of the Lord as well as the dissatisfaction and resistance to the unjust and foolish king.

The classic chapter novel "The Romance of the Gods" is well-known in China, and its international influence is gradually expanding. Since the beginning of the 20th century, there have been foreign language translations, all of which are selected translations.

For example, the German sinologist Gruber published a selected version of the German translation in 1912 at E.J. Brill Publishing House in Leiden, the Netherlands. The English translation was published by Harup Publishing House, and the Japanese translation was published by Kiyomichi Kiji, a Japanese sinologist, at Kenkosha in Tokyo in 1927.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Fengshen Romance

The real appearance of Daji in history

The real record of Daji in history is as follows:

Daji , whose surname is Da, she is a daughter of the Su tribe, and is known as "Su Daji" in the world. According to "Zuo Zhuan" records, in 1047 BC, King Zhou of Shang launched a large army to attack the Su tribe. Some Sioux tribes could not withstand the attack of the powerful merchant army. Between destruction and surrender, some Sioux tribe leaders chose to surrender and sacrificed their cattle, sheep, horses and the beautiful woman Daji.

Daji relied on King Zhou's favor to intervene in political affairs. The hen rooster is in the morning, bringing troubles to the government, leading to political darkness and weakened national power. After King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou and destroyed Shang, he gave it to Duke Zhou, but his fate is unknown.

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Daji in "Feng Shen Bang" is essentially a vixen. This is of course a fictional image in the novel, because such exaggeration can arouse readers' interest more. It makes the role of Daji more full and dramatic. Daji in history was of course a real human being, and she was a famous beauty among the Sioux people.

When King Zhou of Shang attacked the Yousu people, the weak and helpless Yousu people could not withstand the Shang Dynasty's cavalry. As the defeated party, they could only contribute their beautiful women and money to King Zhou of Shang in humiliation. Daji was a gift presented to King Zhou of Shang Dynasty.

Daji in history did have a beauty that captivated the country, otherwise King Zhou of Shang, who had met countless people, would not have fallen for Daji at a glance. The Daji on TV was a cute and kind-hearted girl before she was possessed by the vixen. She had a little fairy-like character.

Did King Zhou only love Daji?

Su Daji was so beautiful that the empresses in the harem could not compare to her. Moreover, she was possessed by a vixen and bewitched King Zhou. Technique, was confused.

In the original work "The Legend of the Gods", the one who left the deepest impression on people must be the heroine Su Da. Ever since Daji entered the palace, King Zhou only favored Daji, which is equivalent to meeting true love. So with so many empresses and concubines in the harem, why did King Zhou fall in love with Daji alone? If we analyze the plot now, it is mainly because she used magic to confuse King Zhou and made him happy every day. Until now, everyone compares bad female images with Daji.

This is written in the original book and the film and television drama. King Zhou did not like the harem empresses and concubines very much. In the Shang Dynasty at that time, most of the thousands of harem concubines did not dare to Close to King Zhou. They are all afraid of King Zhou, and King Zhou doesn't like them. Although there are a few who are not afraid of King Zhou, they are all too boring, and King Zhou is not willing to turn over cards for them. Therefore, under such circumstances, Daji did not take anyone in the harem seriously.

Daji showed no mercy even to Queen Jiang. In the end, she killed Queen Jiang with extremely cruel methods. After Queen Jiang died, King Zhou was not too sad and still treated Daji. Pampering is good. After that, Daji continued to confuse King Zhou and killed the ministers of the court one after another, including Empress Huang of the West Palace and Uncle Bigan.

Daji also brought one of her sisters, Hu Ximei, into the palace. King Zhou was very satisfied after seeing her, and he obeyed Daji even more.

Daji is beautiful by nature, and she knows how to please King Zhou, and is not afraid of his anger. She is a unique woman in the harem. With such a concubine, how could King Zhou not like her!