The distant Xia Dynasty, starting with Dayu's acceptance of Emperor Shun's Concessions, and later his own son Qi (Xia Qi) developed a pattern of family and world, which was the Xia Dynasty. After Xia Qi's death, he passed the throne to his eldest son Taikang.
Tai Kang was a clumsy boy who was blocked abroad by Hou Yi of the later poor country, some people said that Tai Kang was exiled, and some people said that Tai Kang was immediately eliminated by Hou Yi. This period of history is called "Taikang Lost Country".
Is that the end of the Summer Dynasty? Tai Kang's younger brothers, led by Zhongkang, cried loudly and counted the various bad deeds of the eldest brother emperor, which is the reason for the "loss of the country". The implication is that the people houyi represent the people and represent justice, and they all blame my eldest brother Taikang!
Hearing Zhongkang's voice, what did Houyi think? Houyi was originally going to be called emperor, but the people's opposition was very strong, and it was not necessarily a good thing to go up. It is better to support Zhongkang as a puppet and "blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes." So Zhongkang and Houyi reached some compromise. Zhongkang successfully returned to the capital and became a puppet new emperor.
The puppet Zhongkang was an aspiring emperor. He inherited the inheritance of his father and ancestors, how could he be allowed to be touched by Houyi?
Dealing with houyi's gang of villains, he has been looking for opportunities to do it, and finally one day there is a solar eclipse. This is the best time, although it is impossible to get rid of houyi for the time being, but it is also a great thing to be able to cut off the main henchmen of Houyi. After all, this is the first step towards success. Zhongkang's spearhead is directed at the Xihe family, which is in charge of celestial prediction.
The Xihe family, since the time of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan, has been responsible for the royal family to watch the heavens and set the calendar.
Observing celestial phenomena has been a technical activity since ancient times. It turned out to be one of the core technologies of the Party of Xuan you. After the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan fought against You, he still reused these scientists. Ancient science was not transmitted by schools, but mainly by father and son, so astronomy and calendar were always monopolized in the hands of the Xihe family.
Have other families not studied it? Not really. First, family monopoly, technology is not transmitted; second, knowledge such as astronomy and asking for information is directly controlled by the state level, except for people and families formulated by the state can study, others are not allowed to study. These technologies are highly sacred.
Even so, Zhongkang would kill him at all costs. Clearly the head of the thief of the Xihe family, the rest of the matter will be arranged. Unable to take care of much, Zhongkang sent Yin Guojun to lead the army, with the title of "Yin Zheng". The Book of Shang records the oath of this expedition with the same title.
Why conquest of the Xi and the family? Naturally, it cannot be said that he "followed Houyi to do bad things". At present, Zhongkang did not dare to say so. So, how can Xi He be convicted of a capital offense? The cognition of the ancients is unimaginable today.
Xi He's crime was "Xi He abolished his post, and the wine was wasted in Yue Yi". Xi He was derelict in his duties, only caring for himself to drink and have fun, and was unaware of such a large celestial phenomenon as the eclipse, let alone reporting it to Zhongkang.
Mere dereliction of duty is not a capital offense, but a capital offense in which his dereliction of duty involves a celestial phenomenon as large as an eclipse, and this celestial phenomenon had extraordinary significance for the ancients.
Yin Zheng Yun: "Holy King Mo Xun, Ming Zheng Ding Bao." The first king Ke Jing Tianjing, the courtier Ke Youchang Xian, the Hundred Officials Xiufu, the Queen Wei Mingming... It may not be disrespectful, and the state has a regular sentence. ”
According to the ancestral precepts of the previous kings: the heavens are normal, indicating that the king is strong enough to qualify the heavens. Once the celestial anomaly is encountered, the emperor should increase his virtue, seriously reflect on it, and act cautiously. The auxiliary ministers should help the king to restore the normal law of government, and the ministers and officials should be more conscientious. This is the ancient emperor's understanding of the celestial phenomenon.
The vision of the eclipse coincides with the urgent moment when the monarch should be on guard and reflect.
If Xi He did not play the news, it would be contemptuous and discard the Ancestral Dafa and refuse to cultivate the responsibility of the auxiliary king, is it not a capital offense?
Before the crusade against the army, the first to raise the first king's instructions, in order to clear the righteousness of the king, Zhongkang's plan is indeed desirable. "The Political Code says: Those who are in the first time will not be forgiven; those who are not in time will be killed without forgiveness."
Mistakes in eclipse observation have been unforgivable since ancient times.
Who doesn't know what it's like to deal with Xihe? But Zhongkang found this high-sounding reason, xihe natural death has more than enough to do. Hou Yi could not help immediately, but had to watch Xi He die.
Zhongkang pursued the matter with great fanfare, and there is another layer of meaning. Who blocks the sun's rays?
The sun is the symbol of the emperor. The eclipse of the sun is the image of the weak and the strong, Xi He does not hear of it, and wants the King of Xia not to know that there is a heavenly precept, and neglects the defense of the rebellious subjects, what is more hateful than to deceive the king?
This is Zhongkang's careful machine, the force is still weak, Houyi can not be quickly removed, let's talk about the "eclipse".
Reading the "Book of Shang" carefully, I can't help but worry about Zhongkang's schemes, the thief has always been captured, and Zhongkang's smug and smug wing cutting tactics are really available? The facts tell us that he killed Xi He, but he alarmed Hou Yi. Hou Yi simply removed Zhongkang. Zhongkang, who had the idea, eventually lost to the powerful Houyi.
After the Han Dynasty, there was another interpretation among scholars throughout the ages.
Some sinologists believe that Xi he was not a wing of Hou Yi, but a loyal fan of the Xia Dynasty. The reason for the war against Xihe and the family was entirely due to Houyi's control of the situation, and Houyi manipulated the puppet Zhongkang in order to ascend the throne and seize the world, and Zhongkang had no choice but to issue an order to eliminate Xihe against his will. So with Xi He's death, Zhongkang was also finished.
I prefer to believe that Xihe is the wing of Houyi.
There are three reasons for this:
First, the Confucius era is more complete, closer to the Yinzheng era. In Confucius's discourse, there is no obvious doubt. In other words, Confucius also believed that Yin Zheng was Zhongkang's will.
Second, judging from the tone of the article before and after, there is no flickering word in the whole text of "Shang Shu Yin Zheng". "However, Zhongkang zhao was in the four seas, and Yin Hou was in charge of the sixth division." The article sets up the banner of Zhongkang and highlights Zhongkang's will.
Third, if this matter is controlled by Houyi, and for the sake of Houyi's future claim to be emperor, there must be praise for Houyi in the text, who simply sent the mighty Houyi on a crusade. In the process of Yin Zheng, there was obviously no shadow of Houyi.
Comprehensive analysis shows that Zhongkang is better than Taikang in several points, he has the ideal of restoring the king's power, can strengthen the governance of officials, and nominally opposes Yiyu.
Another point was sung by later generations of Confucians. "Annihilate the Qu Kui, and coerce the obedience to the rule." The old is stained with dirt, salty and new. ”
First, accessories are not held too accountable; The Heavenly Son's Heavenly Heart, with good life as virtue, should not be too killing.
Confucianism here falls on the word "benevolence."
At this time, it is most important to be lenient and strict. The strike surface should not be too wide, is it not that there is such a big evil as Houyi that has not been dealt with. Highlighting the attack on Xi he is actually a henchman who attacked HouYi, and the clear-eyed people will know it at a glance. Xi He is not the chief evil, but he is doomed.
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