It is said that King Zhou of Yin died by self-immolation. It is said that there is no evidence. No one knew what he thought at the time, and no one explained why King Wu of Zhou was able to find King Zhou's body in a sea of ​​flames and scorched earth, and cut off his head.This is just as no one knows why Queen Cleopatra of Egypt suddenly withdrew her fleet when she was fighting Octavian evenly, abandoned her lover Anthony, and hurried back to the palace to commit suicide.History is written by the victors.Losers are like fish in water, no one cares even if they shed tears, let alone leave traces.

We only know that King Wu of Zhou didn't even have time to take off his battle robe, so he borrowed the merchant's ancestral temple to declare victory to the Emperor God and the ancestors, and announced that he would take over the power, calling himself "China". Of course, the real founding ceremony must be held in Zhou's capital with a grander and more solemn sacrificial ceremony.At that time, they will see the long-dead ancestor King Wen beside the Emperor of Heaven, and see the spirit of his old man in heaven looking at his descendants who have performed outstandingly with gratifying eyes.

However, Duke Zhou felt his heart tighten. Duke Zhou is the son of King Wen, the younger brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng. He is also one of the most important founders of Zhou Culture and Zhou System.In such a ceremony, it is possible for him to be sincere and fearful, it is possible to be in awe, and it is even more possible to be solemn and solemn. How can he be horrified?Did you see something? Exactly. He saw the defeated nobles of the Yin and Shang dynasties, and saw those masters from the past, lining up respectfully and filing in. A sense of sadness welled up in Duke Zhou's heart.

And maybe bitterness. yes!I think back then, how magnificent and luxurious the sacrifices of the Yin and Shang Dynasties were.Hundreds of cattle and sheep, countless drinking utensils, dazzling array of jewels, and living sacrifices.As a vassal of a small country, Zhou, didn't he also have to send a representative to help the altar, and behaved like a ritual, and even watched them kill them?But now, these well-dressed and dignified Yin Shang nobles can only serve as assistants, worshiping the ancestors of the Zhou people. God, it really changes as soon as it is said! According to Zhou Gong himself later said, at that moment, he thought a lot.He thought, weren't Shang's ancestors also glorious and great?Aren't there thousands of descendants of Shang?However, once the destiny changes, they become this virtue.Then, will our descendants of Zhou wear other people's dresses and top hats one day, follow others, and worship other people's ancestors?

entirely possible. Duke Zhou clearly remembered that when King Wu defeated Zhou, he dispatched troops in the first month (Zi month) and won in February (the ugly month), which actually took only more than 30 days.This is really fast!If he knew that it took fifty-six days for the US-British coalition forces, which were heavily armed with modern weapons, to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime, he would have taken a deep breath. Towering towers, why do they fall down?Why is the country made of copper so vulnerable?Will the tragedy of history repeat itself?Can the new regime achieve long-term stability?

Zhou Gong was very worried. That's right, no one can guess the mind of the emperor.He loved Xia, cared for Shang, and now he is optimistic about Zhou. This is really "fate is impermanent".It seems that no nation is "naturally chosen by God", and no monarch is "certainly favored by heaven".Everything changes.The only constant is change. This must not be careless. We must learn from the demise of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, be modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and be prepared for danger in times of peace.Obviously, in the face of the sudden victory, Zhou people were not as proud as a victorious bull, but as if they were standing on thin ice and in front of an abyss, cautiously and tremblingly.

This is a sense of worry. Yes, worry.Afterwards, in his hymn "King Wen", Duke Zhou warned his clansmen and allies in this way—— The nobles of Yin came to Zhou Jing, God's mind is really uncertain. Please regard Yin Shang as a mirror, Think about how to keep your destiny, Keep the trust of all nations. Zhou Ren, why are you so rational and calm? Perhaps, because they are agricultural peoples.

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