Chapter 6: The Death of Yi Yin
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The "Bamboo Book Chronicle" unearthed in the Western Jin Dynasty (recorded by the historians of the Wei State during the Warring States Period) has another judgment about Yi Yin and Taijia. Since the ancient book "Bamboo Book Chronicle" has been scattered in the Song Dynasty, all that can be seen in modern times are the compilations of the Qing Dynasty and the present people. Fang Shiming and Wang Xiuling's "Ancient Bamboo Book Chronicles", from the "Taiping Yulan", "Jin Shu", "Shi Tong", "Anthology", "Tongjian Outer Chronicle" and other bibliographies, contain the text of "Bamboo Book Chronicle":
Yi Yin put Taijia in Tong Nai to stand on his own. About press: Yi Yin is self-reliant, and Gai mistakenly thinks that the regent is true.
In the seventh year, Wang sneaked out of Tong, killed Yi Yin, and for three days of heavy fog, he set up his sons Yi Zhi and Yi Fen, and ordered his father's field house to be divided into parts.
Ten years, feasting in the Taimiao.
The first worship Fang Ming.
That is to say, the early period is basically consistent with the record of the previous Confucian "Shangshu", but the later "Zhushu Chronicle" is different from the "Shangshu", according to the "Zhushu Chronicle": Taijia secretly escaped from the exile of the Tonggong (possibly under house arrest), got the support of the ministers of the court, and attacked and killed Yi Yin, but because of Yi Yin's virtuous name, he set up his son to inherit his title and property.
If it is not credible, why so many people have recorded the accounts of the Bamboo Book Chronicle, and the Bamboo Book Chronicle is a first-hand written source and has no motive to fabricate it. In addition, because the ancient book "Bamboo Book Chronicle" did not conform to the Confucian scriptures, it was scattered in the Song Dynasty, and it was precisely in the Song Dynasty that Confucianism was quite advocated that people were suspicious. It is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and I hope that future generations of students will verify it.
The logic of the former is in line with Confucianism, and the logic of the latter is in line with Legalism, and at that time the Wei State was in power for Legalism. At that time, hundreds of schools of thought used ancient stories to prove the correctness of their doctrines, so they made up a lot of ancient history. Therefore, the information at that time was half true and false.
The author draws several conclusions from these two statements:
First, Yi Yin did not kill Taijia, but put it in Tang's cemetery, it is not like an intention to usurp the throne, and the regent is real, but his desire for power must also be great, but he has no ambition to usurp the throne;
Second, with Yi Yin in power and in good order, even if Taijia leaves the penal colony, it is unlikely that he will be supported by his subjects, because he does not have enough prestige to compete with Yi Yin, the prime minister who has ruled the country for 30 years, so it seems that he is not strong enough to attack Yi Yin, and it is not a wise choice to attack rashly;
Third, the Shangshu clearly mentions the time of its reinstatement in the third year of Taijia (BC1717) December Shuo (the first day of the first month), and mentions a clear date, which is clearer than the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", so it also has a certain basis. The time recorded in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" is the seventh year of Taijia (BC1713), and the specific date is not stated, perhaps it is a dead rank.
From the third point combined with the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", it can be inferred that:
Taijia should have killed Yi Yin after he was reinstated, and he was ostensibly grateful to Yi Yin for his help, but in fact, he had already held a grudge, and the situation of a weak monarch and a strong minister could not last too long. He was just waiting for the right moment, until after a period of successful resumption, he executed Yi Yin and took back power. However, because Yi Yin's merits were too great, he was punished without fault, and there was a heavenly phenomenon and fog for three days, indicating that the people and subjects remembered him, so Taijia had to divide Yi Yin's fields to his two sons to appease the courtiers and the people.
After his death, Yi Yin was buried in Yucheng, Henan, and there is a tomb of Yi Yin in the southwest of Yucheng. Yi Yin wrote many texts during his lifetime, and the "Book of Han" recorded fifty-one articles of "Yi Yin" and twenty-seven articles of "Yi Yin Said", which were lost early. "Yuhan Mountain House Collection" has a volume of "Yiyin". In 1973, the silk book unearthed from the No. 3 Han Tomb of Mawangdui in Changsha had 64 lines of "Yiyin".
In the tenth year of Taijia (BC1710), Yiyin's spiritual seat was welcomed into the Taimiao Temple with the gift of the ether prison for solemn sacrifice.
In ancient times, when the emperor sacrificed, the three animals of cattle, sheep and pigs were all prepared as the prison, and the princes sacrificed only sheep and pigs, which were called the Shaojiao. So sometimes too firmly refers to cattle. In addition to sacrificing to heaven and earth, the Son of Heaven can also use some small sacrifices.
At the beginning of the sacrifice, the heavens and the earth were bright, indicating that the act of sacrificing Yiyin was congratulated by the gods and men, and it also showed that justice was in the hearts of the people.
Although Yi Yin was executed, Taijia's exile life was not in vain, and he experienced the life of the poor people, and did not change the system established by Yi Yin that had been effective before, and actively improved it. His approach was similar to the execution of Shang Ying's newly ascended Qin king, who was executed not because he opposed his actions, but because he could not be in a situation where the monarch was weak and the minister was strong, which was the source of the country's troubles. This opened the prelude to the killing of powerful ministers in history, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, regardless of whether the minister has the ambition to seize the throne, the minister has a way to die.
Taijia was a teacher in the past, according to the rules and regulations handed down from the Shang Tang period, followed the good words and good policies of the ministers around him, and governed everything from national affairs to the lives of the people in an orderly manner, and the Shang Dynasty entered a period of stable development. Mencius respected Taijia as one of the "sages and sages" of the Shang Dynasty.
Taijia reigned for a total of 12 years and died of illness. After his death, he was called Shang Taizong.
In the southeast of the picturesque Jinan Zhonggong Wohu Mountain Reservoir, there is a Taijia Mountain standing. It is located at the throat of the confluence of the three rivers of Jinxiu, Jinyang and Jinyun, and is surrounded by mountains and springs. The origin of the name of Taijia Mountain is derived from the ancient Li Mountain. "Later Han Shu Junguo Chronicles" notes "Huanglan" cloud: "Taijia has a mound on the mountain", and is attached to the "Jinan National Calendar City". The "General Dictionary" also says: "There is a Taijia mound in Lishan." Later, the ancient Lishan disappeared, and the folk transferred the legend and installed the mausoleum in the Taijia Mountain of "more than 40 miles south of the city".
According to folklore, Taijia's son was very unfilial and never refused to listen to his father. Taijia asked him to go east, and he went west, and when he asked him to beat dogs, he favored chickens. In order to educate this son well, Taijia was angry with him all his life, but in the end it was still fruitless.
Until Taijia was dying, he found Mr. Feng Shui (belonging to the later Yin and Yang family) to pick a good cemetery for him, which was on the edge of the South Spring at the foot of the mountain. Taijia took a fancy to this place where the three rivers converged and wanted to be buried at the foot of the mountain. Considering that his son was always working against him, he told him that he must build his grave on the top of the mountain, implying that he was expecting his son to bury him on the edge of the south spring at the bottom of the mountain. After explaining, Taijia closed his eyes with confidence.
Unexpectedly, the son repented after his father's death, and felt that he had been ashamed of his father for most of his life, thinking: "My father never heard of him once when he was alive, so listen to him this time when he died!" So, he buried Taijia on the highest mountain according to Taijia's "instructions". That's why the Taijia Mausoleum was built on the highest peak, and later this mountain became Taijia Mountain.
In the end, whether there is a Taijia Mausoleum on Taijia Mountain, the villagers are convinced of this. Experts take a different view. Fang Daoguo, a research librarian at the Jinan Institute of Archaeology, said that although the theory of the Taijia Mausoleum on Taijia Mountain has been spread by the villagers, whether it is really true remains to be verified by the archaeological department. Later, according to the reporter's investigation, there were only two large holes on the top of the mountain, and judging from the situation, these two holes were most likely dug by people to rob the tombs, and it is unknown what they dug up. Nearby villagers said that a few years ago, some people went up the mountain to rob the tomb and dig a hole on the top of the mountain, but the deeper they dug, the more the soil collapsed, and then people did not dare to dig again. But some people say that the Taijia Mausoleum has long been stolen.