Wu Ding was the twenty-third monarch of the Shang Dynasty. The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties set his reign from 1250 BC to 1192 BC. According to this, Wu Ding reigned for 58 years, close to 60 years.

Still based on the time determined by the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the establishment of the Shang Dynasty should be in 1556 BC; Then until Wu Ding ascended the throne, the Shang Dynasty had been running for 306 years. The conclusion of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties project is that the Shang Dynasty existed for 510 years (Dong Zuobin, a historian in the early years of the Republic of China, calculated according to the calendar, the time of the Shang Dynasty should be from 1766 BC to 1111 BC, a total of 655 years; Shao Yong, a historian of the Northern Song Dynasty, estimated the time of the Shang Dynasty from 1766 to 1122 BC, a total of 645 years). It can be seen from this that the era of Wu Ding was the middle of the Shang Dynasty. After 300 years of development, by the time of Wuding, the Shang Dynasty had flourished and declined several times in the river of history. Wu Ding was unlucky, just in time for the decline of the Shang Dynasty.

After Wu Ding ascended the throne, he remembered the difficulty of the ancestors in starting a business, and remembered the prosperity of the Shang Dynasty, so he had the ambition to revive Yin Shang. Historically, the rejuvenation of the country has not been accomplished by the so-called "Holy Son of Heaven" alone, and there must be a core team. The decline of the previous dynasty left Wu Ding not only with economic decline and a withering mess of people's livelihood; What's even worse is that in Wu Ding's heart, among the ruling group left by the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty, there is not even a minister who is worthy of the task. The difficulties after Wu Ding's accession to the throne, guess, may not be because there are no auxiliary ministers who are worthy of great responsibilities, but because the former ministers of the first dynasty do not listen to the call at all, the "remnants" of the first dynasty are still troubled, the "poison" of the first dynasty has not been cleared, and the influence of the ruling group of the first dynasty is still there. Therefore, in the first three years of his ascension to the throne, Wu Ding adopted an attitude of ignoring the country's major policies and resigning them to their own devices. Guess, on the one hand, he is in Taoguang and obscurity; On the one hand, he is secretly familiar with government affairs; On the one hand, he is observing the mysteries of the current situation; On the one hand, he is understanding social customs and people's aspirations; On the one hand, he is privately checking whether there are any available talents around him; Perhaps, he is still saving his life and protecting the throne, which is unknown.

Wise people, when they use their wisdom, are all boats that cross the water without a trace; People who are not smart have already seen through everyone's hands and feet when their self-righteous actions have not been done enough. That's the difference between people.

Three years after Wu Ding's accession to the throne, when he was already well aware of the internal affairs of the Shang Dynasty and the external social trends, he suddenly gathered his ministers, saying that he had a dream that a person named "Xu" could assist me, set an example for the ministers, govern the country, and revive the people's livelihood. Come to think of it, Wu Ding is really smart, and he doesn't blush when he lies. He fooled the ministers with a big dream, and also won the hearts of the people with a big dream. Why is it a big dream to win the hearts of the people? It is because this "saying" is a folk person, a grassroots "saint", and a person recognized by the people. Perhaps, in the hearts of the people, only this sage who is deeply involved in the people can best understand the needs of the people. Wu Ding's dream, is it a dream or not? Probably only Wu Ding knows best in his heart. "Saying" is Wu Ding's "dark pile", whether it is Wu Ding's "folk friend", or Wu Ding's hearsay, only Wu Ding himself knows best.

Because this "sage" - "Say", he lived in seclusion in Fu Wei (also said to be "Fu Yan", that is, the area of the stone cave with the place name "Fu"), so later he simply let his surname "Fu", and everyone called him Fu Yu. It is guessed that the reason why Wu Ding wanted Fu Zhi as the tomb was that one reason was to cultivate his cronies, and the other reason was to use heavy grace to obtain Fu Qi's allegiance. The former ministers of the previous dynasty were proud of assisting the emperor, and there should be many things that deceived the master. If someone doesn't cooperate, since you can't, everyone will change people. Fu said that before Wu Ding dreamed, he was coping with his career as a plasterer. Overnight, under one person, above ten thousand, such a grace, on whomever it is placed, who will not be grateful. Fu said that he was a "saint", not a "thief" with the ambition of a wolf. Of course, he will remember Wu Ding's goodness, and of course he will repay the Lord's mighty imperial kindness.

Of course, writing here, you can say that this is Wu Ding's cleverness, or it can be said that Wu Ding's conspiracy. In any case, only smart people can play trickery; The unintelligent will only turn their self-righteous "schemes" into a farce. We have to admire Wu Ding.

After Fu said that he became a prime minister, Yin Shang's national politics were in good order, and he became a generation of virtuous ministers, which was praised by future generations.

The first dream in the official history, Wu Ding has to say. The original intention of this dream was not to deceive the people, not to fool the people, not to sleep the people...... It is to jump out of the quagmire of the powerful and seek talents among the people.

This dream is a good dream.