Chapter 44: King Wen of Zhou's Reformation

King Wen of Zhou" training: The ancestors of the past passed on the treasure, and they must be reprimanded. Now I am sick and sick, I am afraid not to think about the end. Women should accept it, and do not commit adultery. Xi Shun used to be a villain, and he cultivated in Liqiu. In the fear of seeking, self-examination and ambition do not violate the many desires of the surname, and they are applied to the upper and lower distances. It is a translocation, a thing that measures yin and yang, and it is salty and undisturbed. Shun has been successful, it is not easy to say, he has changed his name, and his body is only allowed. The wings are unremitting, and they are used as the virtue of three descents. Emperor Yao Jiazhi, with the convulsion. In the past, it was easy to recover and easy to accept the crime. It is harmless, but it is returned to the river. Micro Zhi forgets, pass on to the descendants. As for the soup, it is only unremittingly prepared and used to receive great orders. Yu Hufa, respectfully! I have heard that my life has not been extended. Now the woman is not slack, and she has a reason, but she is not in time, and she has received a great order. Respectfully, no lewdness. ”

Translation: In the past, the precious skills passed on by the predecessors were passed on to the moral people with the same ideals in their peers. Now that my illness is indeed serious, I am afraid that the "I have heard and nourished" in my book "Zhou Yi", that is, the belief in the Tao Yili in the "news", can no longer be realized in my life. Fa'er, although you are not skilled in the art of Zheng Zhan and Vision, you can use my writings ready-made, and admire and apply the Tao Yili like the sages of our ancestors, and do not lose it.

And that's not all. In the past, the six ancestors of Yin Shang Chengtang, whose name was Jiawei, relied on the traditional culture of the Fuxi clan to learn and Yu Shun's "Fear of Seeking Zhong" book "Lianshan" Yi, and derived the "Hetu" sequence system of "Zhong" Dao Yili, which benefited the local people, and was able to apply Yili's strategy to mobilize and lead the people to take revenge for their father's revenge "Youyi", so that Youyi gave in and confessed. The preface of the authentic "Hetu" is the mutual change of the way of heaven, and the harmony of heaven and earth yin and yang returns to the center, which does not damage the Tao Yili in the traditional culture of yin and yang gossip, but becomes the later Shang Dynasty as the national law, etiquette concept, and calendar, and implements the "Gui Zang" Yi "Hetu" sequence system. It is a micro work, and never forget to pass it on to the descendants, as for the respectful and unremitting middle way of the soup, to guide the success of the "Shang Revolution Summer Life", there must be the world.

Appeal to Fa'er to admire Zhi Xueshun and Tang in the application of Taoism. My book "Zhou Yi" has new content, using the historical materials of the Ji family clan and the gains and losses of my personal experience as materials, following the rules of "hexagram change", embedding hexagrams, and alluding and analyzing words because of being trapped in the harsh environment of Yili Prison. But the essence of the middle way is not extended. Now you are respectful and unremitting in preparing the new middle way of the "Zhou Yi", which is enough for you to encounter the application of all the reasons for things, and there is no need for you to use its skills in detail, the key is to lead the revolution to success, to achieve "the great destiny", and to govern the world. Be respectful and cautious!

From the "Bao Xun" Jane, we can further understand the intricate relationship between Shang and Zhou, understand the Shang strategy of King Wen of Zhou, understand the governing concept of the Zhou people, and also understand the origin and development process of Confucianism.

The religious outlook established by King Wen of Zhou was different from that of the Shang period.

Shang Tang established a monistic system of religion that was different from later generations, and was a development of primitive polytheism, with ancestor worship as the core.

That is, the first king (ancestor) and the "emperor" (the current king) are unified in the worship of the ancestral gods, so the spokesmen of the ancestral gods in the present world will also be promoted to gods in the future, and the current kings are connected with the ancestral gods through the priestly class, and the system established by Shang Tang ***** make the situation of the Shang Dynasty similar to that of ancient Egypt.

However, as the priest class gradually generated its own interests, and began to be independent of the royal power, and encroached on the royal power, so in the Wuyi period, the royal power began to break the worship of the gods (ancestors), which was actually breaking the privileges of the priest class, and the **** system of the Shang Dynasty gradually disintegrated.

"Poetry Daming" "Heavenly Position Yin Shi" and "Shangshu Summoning" "Emperor God changed the Yuan Zi" words: Shang kings are the sons and daughters of Emperor God, and Emperor God is the ancestor god of merchants.

Shang was the son of Huangtian God (the ancestral god of the Shang Dynasty), and the king of Zhou was also the son of Huangtian God; here the concepts of "Son of Heaven" and "Emperor Son" are not abstract and illusory, but are indeed related by blood: Shang Wang is the patriarchal god - the descendant of the ancestral god; the king of Zhou is the god from the matrilineal point of view - the grandson of the ancestral god.

From the perspective of matrilineal, the ancestors of the Shang people are also the ancestors of the Zhou people, and they are the maternal grandfather and father-in-law of King Wen of Zhou. King Wen and King Wu are also descendants of the first king of the Shang clan, "God", and have a blood relationship with the Shang royal family, so they can also build the Wending Shrine and the Emperor Yizong Temple in Zhou.

In this way, a big secret of the Zhou people's revolution can be revealed: the tyrannical reign of King Wen of the Zhou Dynasty was only the result of the "Emperor Reform of the Yuan Son", who was a descendant of the Shang ancestral god "God" and believed that he was born with "destiny in heaven" (Shangshu Xibo Jili), while King Wen and King Wu were also descendants of the Shang ancestor god "God". Therefore, King Wen and King Wu were only God-ancestor gods who were mandated by Heaven to establish "Yuanzi", and the right to inherit the throne was not transferred. King Wen and King Wu are the descendants of Wen Ding and Emperor Yi, so they can naturally inherit their rank and name.

"Mencius: Ten Thousand Chapters" describes Mencius's explanation to King Xuan of Qi about the difference between the Qing of noble relatives and the Qing of different surnames, which was introduced earlier.

After the king made a mistake, the secretary of the noble relatives and the secretary of the different surname began to treat it in the same way, which was to admonish. If the king does not listen, the final way of dealing with it is different: the secretary with a different surname has to leave disappointed, and the secretary of the noble relatives can take his place.

Mencius's words reflect the characteristics of the dictatorship of the clan aristocracy in the early state stage. King Wen of Zhou and King Wu were ordered by the Mandate of Heaven to change the position of King Yin, that is, God changed the son and the nobles changed their positions.

At that time, people believed that the change of the throne and power was a matter between royal families and nobles with the same surname, and outsiders were not allowed to interfere. Therefore, in the literature Jin Wen, it is said that the Zhou people's revolution is "reform" and "generation", and King Wen of Zhou is the appointed king.

Since Ji Li and King Wen have intermarried with the Shang people, there has been "Shengrui", who has inherited the rank and title of the Shang royal family, is the descendant and grandson of King Yin Xian, and is also the noble relative of the Shang family, of course, it can be replaced, which is why King Wen and King Wu of Zhou sacrificed to King Yin Xian on the one hand, and actively prepared to recruit merchants and replace them.

King Wen of Zhou fully considered the interests and disadvantages of the priestly class and began to implement a new religious outlook.

The religious view of the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty was dualistic, the first king was separated from God, and the first king was ordered by God. In addition to the previous kings, a God was created, and then God appointed the previous kings to make the former kings "worthy of God." This religious view is similar to that of the Sumerian divine right of kingship. That is to say, although the religious sacrifice ceremonies of the Zhou Dynasty were more solemn and gave more jobs to religion, it actually completely destroyed the **** system of the Shang Dynasty, which was a further step in the religious reform of Wuyi and was revolutionary.