This chapter selects some famous people in ancient China to pose, all of whom are familiar "big names". They are active advocates and advocates of posing, but most of them end in failure. Here, this book is just an objective evaluation, because success or failure has its own conclusion in everyone's heart. However, in the end, there will still be some "wise men" who will grasp the right balance, not only realize their goals and values, but also make their stories beautiful. What is more commendable is that his thoughts and wisdom have stood the test of thousands of years and have great enlightenment to future generations. So, what kind of attitude do we take to face the posing behavior of our ancestors? Is that a compliment? Is it a curse? Is admiration? Or hate it? None of this matters. All we have to do is to understand the ancients, the history and the genealogy of China.
On this "big stage", the first "shining" figure is Shang Zhouwang. He was also the earliest emperor in history who was keen on playing. In the past, influenced by some film and television dramas, we seemed to think that Shang Zhouwang was a heinous tyrant, fatuous and cruel, and useless. In fact, Zhou Wang was not like this at the beginning of his reign. According to historical records, Zhou Wang was gifted and powerful, and he was an all-rounder. Legend has it that he can hang nine cows upside down, and he can also support housing beams and change columns. Such an emperor, even on the battlefield, must be a valiant soldier who dares to do wrong. It is not difficult to imagine that people who can ascend the throne of the emperor must not be idle. In addition to their extraordinary talents, they have to stand the strict selection at all levels in the "Emperor Talent Show" in which many brothers and sisters participated, and they have to bear the trust of the former emperors, bear the test of royalty and national interests, and know how to govern the country. Zhou Wang lived up to expectations. After he succeeded to the throne, he attached importance to agriculture and mulberry and built water conservancy projects, which made the social productive forces develop continuously, the national strength became stronger and stronger, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Zhou Wang has also received strong support and support from the people.
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Militarily, following the strategy of the former emperor, Zhou Wang continued to wage war against the barbarians in the East, repelled the expansion of the barbarians in the East to the Central Plains, and extended the influence of the Shang Dynasty to the Jianghuai area. In particular, the victory of the crusade against Xu Yi extended the territory of Shang Dynasty to the coastal areas of Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian. Zhou Wang fought in the southeast to protect the security of Shang Dynasty. Mao Zedong said of Zhou Wang: "In fact, Zhou Wang is a very capable person. He unified the southeast and consolidated the unity of Dongyi and the plain, which was meritorious in history. " After Zhou Wang unified the southeast, it spread the advanced production technology and culture of the Central Plains there, promoted the local social progress and economic development, and promoted national integration. Guo Moruo wrote in a poem: "Only the life of Dongyi has been removed, and the Yin people gathered in the rivers and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River, so the south was ashamed and civilized, and the state-owned Song Jing and Shu." It is also praising Zhou Wang's achievements.
Zhou Wang also dared to get rid of the disadvantages of the former king and stop killing slaves and prisoners. Instead, let them take part in productive labor, replenish their troops and join the army. He despised prejudice and did not sacrifice to ghosts and gods; He selects and appoints talents, regardless of position; In choosing a concubine, he is no longer divided into high and low origins. His favorite concubine, da ji, is a slave's daughter.
However, how did such a wise emperor end up? What's more sad is that not only the rivers and mountains are broken, but they also end up with an eternal stigma. When it comes to Shang Zhouwang, later generations always gnash their teeth. Even today, thousands of years later, most people's impression of Shang Zhouwang has not changed, so that in all kinds of film and television dramas, he is invariably portrayed as a bad king that people hate. The reasons are all caused by "putting on airs". It was because Zhou Wang made gratifying achievements in the early days of his administration that he began to take credit for himself. As a result, he stepped into the "quagmire of showing off" step by step and could not extricate himself.
In order to show off his wealth, Zhou Wang spared no expense to renovate the palace halls and decorate them with jewels. The palace he built in Fiona Fang is three miles high. There are 100 large palaces and 73 small palaces. As we all know, the Shang Dynasty was the second dynasty in the history of China, which was a long time ago. At that time, social productivity was extremely low and material wealth was extremely poor. However, in those days, Zhou Wang dared to build such a large-scale building and flaunt it, which naturally resulted in a serious waste of people and property and laid a deep curse for the country's demise.
For fun, Zhou Wang also built a wine pool and meat forest, and ordered a large number of men and women to chase and play in it, while he was drinking and having fun with his beloved da ji all day. In order to satisfy his weird hobby, he cut off the human tibia and smashed it just to see the bone marrow; He cut open the pregnant woman's belly just to "appreciate" the curled-up fetus with his eyes closed; He also likes to push people into the tiger pen and watch how tigers bite. He killed the cook himself because a bear's paw was not cooked. Wang Shubi earnestly persuaded Zhou Wang to change course and ordered him to cut out his own heart. All kinds of misdeeds show that Zhou Wang did whatever it took to satisfy the emperor's "lofty desire" and consolidate his "lofty majesty".
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Moreover, in order to show off its military strength, Zhou Wang forced a large number of slaves to join the army, and even fought for western minorities all the year round, exhausting the country's wealth. In order to vent their anger and dissatisfaction, they used torture such as "branding" to suppress loyal ministers, and finally they rebelled. All this shows that Shang Zhouwang is too self-righteous. He believes that as a generation of emperors, he can do whatever he wants by rewarding the country. His dissolute behavior masked all his past achievements. As a result, the former Ming Lord became a bad king because of his great joy, and the "spectrum" was so great that the people of the whole country could not stand it. Finally, there was a "defection" incident in the battle of Makino. Poor Shang Zhouwang can only set himself on fire in Lutai at the moment when he destroyed the country.