As mentioned above, Yi Yin, as the founding hero of the Shang Dynasty, served as Yin during the Shang Tang dynasty; after the death of Shang Tang, he assisted the three generations of Shang kings of Wai Bing, Zhongren, and Taijia, and performed the regency office; and during the reign of Tai Jia, he educated Tai Jia to become a generation of Ming monarchs; after Tai Jia's death, his son Wo Ding succeeded to the throne, Yi Yin died, and Wo Ding was buried with the courtesy of the Son of Heaven; after Wo Ding's death, his brother Tai Geng succeeded to the throne; after Tai Geng's death, his son Xiao Jia succeeded to the throne; after Xiao Jia's death, his brother Yong had succeeded to the throne, and the Shang Dynasty began to decline, and the princes did not dynasty; after Yong's death, his brother Tai Peng succeeded to the throne, and Tai Peng appointed a sage. Diligent administration and moral cultivation, governance of the country and the people, the restoration of the princes, the revival of the Shang Dynasty, after the death of Tai Peng, he was honored as Shang Zhongzong.
At the beginning of Wouddin's succession, he still took Yi Yin as his counterpart and assisted in the state affairs; in the eighth year of Wodin, Yi Yin died, and it is said that Yi Yin died at the age of 100. Wodin buried Yi Yin near Bodu according to the funeral specifications of the Son of Heaven, and sacrificed Yi Yin with the ceremony of the Son of Heaven, which was a tai prison, and sacrificed cattle, sheep, and pigs during the sacrifice, and served him for three years. As for the location of Yi Yin's tomb, there are many opinions today, and it is generally believed that it is three kilometers south of Gushu Town, Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province.
Yi Yin
Wodding
After Yi Yin's death, Wodin was made a secretary of state, equivalent to a chancellor, and assisted in the administration of the country. As early as the Shang Tang Dynasty, Hefan had done Sikong and written the "Mingju" chapter as a legal norm to regulate the people's residence; after assisting the government, Hedan also wrote "Wodin", using Yi Yin's deeds to discipline Wodin, follow the ancestral system, and rule the people with benevolence. The government of Yi Yin was still followed, and the edicts of the Shang Tang Dynasty were still followed, which also enabled the Shang Dynasty to maintain prosperity during Wodin's reign.
Wodin died after twenty-nine years on the throne, and was given the title of King Zhao. He was succeeded by his younger brother Tai Geng.
Historical Records:
"History of Yin Benji": Taizong Beng, Ziwo Dingli. At the time of Tivoding, Yi Yin died. After burying Yi Yin yu, he blamed Yi Yin and became Wodin. "Century of Kings": The Eighth Year of Tivodin, Yi Yin's Death. More than 100 years old, foggy for three days. Wodin was buried with the gift of the Son of Heaven, enshrined in a great prison, and personally mourned for three years to repay the great virtue. "Bamboo Book Chronicle": Wodin, famous. In the first year of the reign, the king took the throne, juju, and ordered the secretary of state to blame. For eight years, the temple was balanced. Nineteen years, Shi.
After Woddin's death, he was succeeded by his brother Tai Geng. Tai Geng is also known as Da Geng in the Oracle Bone Bu Ci, and during Tai Geng's reign, he was still able to follow the commercial law and keep more than enough. Tai Geng reigned for twenty-five years and collapsed (the Bamboo Book Chronicle says that he reigned for five years), and was given the title of King Xuan. His son Xiao Jia succeeded to the throne.
Tai Geng
Small A, high name. XiaoJia is the temple number used in oracle bone sacrifices, and is often referred to as Xiaojia in later generations. Xiao Jia's actions during his reign are not recorded in the history books, and he collapsed after reigning for seventeen years, and his title was honored as king. His younger brother Yong had succeeded to the throne.
Yong Has, according to the history books, faint and incompetent, indulged in wine, did not ask about the government, and there was no sage around to assist, during the reign of Yong, the Shang Dynasty's national strength declined, and its external influence was much worse than before. Many princes everywhere no longer worshiped the Shang king and cut off tribute, and the Yong could no longer conquer and change the status quo, and the Shang Dynasty began to decline. Yong had collapsed during the ninth year of his reign (also said to have been twelve or seventeen years), and his brother Tai Peng succeeded to the throne.
"History of Yin Benji": Wo Ding Beng, brother Tai Geng Li, is for Emperor Tai Geng. Emperor Tai Geng collapsed, and the sub-emperor Xiao Jia Li. Emperor Xiaojia collapsed, and the younger brother Yong Ji lied, for Emperor Yong Himself. Yin Dao declined, and the princes may not arrive. "Bamboo Book Chronicle": Xiao Geng (i.e. Tai Geng), name discernment. In the first year of the year, the king took the throne and lived in the throne. Five years, Shih. Koko, famous. In the first year, Ding-mi, Wang ascended the throne, and lived. Seventeen years,陟. Yong Ji, famous. In the first year of the first year, the king took the throne and lived in the throne. Twelve years, Shih.
Tai Peng, known in oracle bones as Da Tai Peng and Tian Peng, is the grandson of Tai Jia, the son of Tai Geng, and the younger brother of Xiao Jia and Yong Ji.
Tai Peng
In the year of Tai Peng's succession, he appointed Yi Yin's son Yi Zhi as a chancellor; at the same time, he appointed a minister as a ruling minister; and Wu Xian was appointed as a grand wizard to assist the government, and to manage sacrifices and medicine. These three are known as the "Shang Liuchen" in the Shang Shu and Yi Yin, Wu Xian, and Gan Pan, and these six are all sages who assisted the Ming Emperor of the Shang Dynasty, Yi Yin was the founder of the Shang Dynasty, and regent and assisted the Four Dynasties; Wu Xian was the son of Wu Xian, who later assisted Zu Yi in reviving the Shang Dynasty; and Gan Pan assisted Wu Ding in the Xing Shang Dynasty.
Wu Xian
In the seventh year of Tai Peng, mulberry trees and symbiotic trees were born in the imperial hall, and overnight they grew as thick as the folding of their hands. Tai Peng was very frightened, thinking that it was an ominous omen, so he went to ask Yi Zhi, who said, "The minister heard that the demon cannot defeat the virtuous, and when this demon appears, is it not that there is something missing in your administration?" The king should cultivate his own virtue diligently and exercise moral integrity widely. Tai Peng followed Yi Zhi's advice and practiced virtue diligently, and the strange tree died indeed.
Yi Zhi praised Tai Peng Xiu Dezheng and told Wu Xian. Wu Xian was successful in governing the country, so he wrote two articles, "Xian Ai" and "Tai Peng", one to summarize the experience of governing the country, and the other to praise Tai Peng and record the history of the Tai Peng period, and the two books were lost. Tai Peng once praised Yi Zhi during the ancestral temple sacrifice and did not regard him as a courtier. Izan humbled and composed "Original Destiny".
In the eleventh year of Tai Peng, Wu Xian sacrificed and prayed to the mountains and rivers in order to obtain the blessings of the mountains and rivers.
In the twenty-sixth year of Tai Peng, the Xi Rong tribe sent envoys to worship Tai Peng. Tai Peng sent Wang Meng to visit Xi Rong. This incident shows that in the Tai Peng period, contacts with the Sai Rong tribe had begun. The story of Tai Peng sending Wang Meng to Xi Rong was deified in later life as Tai Peng asking the Queen Mother of the West for immortal medicine in order to live forever, and Wang Meng's descendants established a husband country in the West. This is recorded in the "Bracket Map".
In the thirty-first year of Tai Peng, He ordered Fei Hou Zhongyan to become Che Zheng. Che Zhengying was the official who managed the foundry industry and handicraft industry, which illustrates the prosperity of handicrafts and bronze casting at that time, and there were bronze casting workshops dedicated to the royal family.
Thirty-five years of Tai Peng, as a yin car. The Yin chariot is a chariot, which shows that tai peng was diligent in practicing martial arts during his reign at that time, and also shows that the chariot occupied an important position in the war at that time.
Schematic diagram of the restoration of chariots of the Shang Dynasty
Forty-six years, the world's grain harvest. This shows that Tai Peng attached importance to agricultural production during his reign, and that agricultural production and production scale at that time had developed to a certain level.
In the fifty-eighth year of Tai Peng, Pugu City was built. Pugu City was located 1,000 meters north of Zhaihao Township, Boxing County, Binzhou City, Shandong Province, and was located near the Jiuyi tribe at that time, and should have been built as a military fortress to fight against the Jiuyi tribe.
Ruins of Pugu City
In the sixty-first year of Tai Peng, the Jiuyi tribes in the east sent emissaries to the Shang capital, which was not a surrender, because after that, the Shang Dynasty and the Jiuyi tribe still had a long war.
Seventy-five years after Tai Peng, Tai Peng died. He was succeeded by his son Zhongding.
During the reign of Tai Peng, he diligently cultivated moral government, governed the country and the people, and with the assistance of Yi Zhi, Chen hu and Wu Xian, the Shang Dynasty, which began to decline, flourished again, and the princes of various places resumed worship, restored tribute, and ruled the world. Tai Peng was revered as Emperor Zhongzong in later generations, and of course in the Shang Dynasty, he was also revered as Emperor Zhongzong. The Later Market also referred to Taijia, TaiP, and Zuyi as the Ming Emperors of the Shang Dynasty and called them "Three Shows".
"History of Yin Benji": Emperor Yong Ji Collapsed, Brother Tai Peng Li, is for Emperor Tai Peng. Emperor Tai Peng Li Yi Zhi as a phase. Bo Youxiang Sang Valley was born in the Dynasty, a twilight arch. Emperor Tai was afraid and asked Yi Zhi. Yi Zhi yue: "The courtiers are invincible to the demons, and the emperor's government has a gap with it?" Diqi Xiude. Tai Peng went from there, and Xiang Sang withered and died. Yi Zhi praised Wu Xian. Wu Xianzhi Wang's family has success, as Xian Ai, as Tai Peng. Emperor Tai Peng praised Yi Zhi in the temple, Yan Fuchen, Yi Zhi Rang, as the original fate. Yin revived, the princes returned to it, so it was called Zhongzong. "Bamboo Book Chronicle": Big E, name secret. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Cheng, the king took the throne, ju bo, and ordered the secretary of state, Yi Zhi, and the subject. Seven years later, Sangya was born in the Dynasty. For eleven years, the fate of the witch prayed in the mountains. Twenty-six years later, Xi Rong was a guest, and Wang Meng, the envoy of the king, hired Xi Rong. Thirty-one years later, Fei Hou Zhongyan was appointed as Che Zheng. Thirty-five years, as a car. Forty-six years, a lot of years. Fifty-eight years, chengpugu. Sixty-one years, Dongjiuyi guests. Seventy-five years, Shih. Taiping Imperial Records · Siyibu Nanman quotes from the "Kuo Map": Emperor Yin made Wang Meng collect medicine from the Queen Mother of the West, and at this point he ran out of grain, ate wood, and clothed wood bark. He had no wife for life, and gave birth to a second son, who came out of the back, for the sake of her husband's people, and went to the Jade Gate for twenty thousand miles. "Shangshu Zhoushu Wuyi": Once upon a time, Emperor Zhongzong of Yin, Yan Gongyin was afraid, the Mandate of Heaven was self-sufficient, and the people were afraid, and did not dare to be desolate. Emperor Zhongzong enjoyed the kingdom for seventy years and five years.