Fusheng protected the book and preached the book, convinced that the "Book of Shang" must be "a book and a thousand worlds"

Fusheng (伏生), a man of fusheng,birth and death date unknown, with a low character, was a native of Zhangqiu City [now Jinan]. Fusheng is a descendant of the disciples of Confucius. After the unification of Qin, the imperial court set up 70 doctors to prepare advisers, and Fusheng was one of them. Peerless Genealogy praises "Ho Ru Na, the scholar is still passing on the scriptures in his old age." ”

Fusheng - Life Deeds

Namely Fu Sheng, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty. A native of Jinan, Han Dynasty (present-day Sujia Village, Handian Town, Zouping City, Binzhou City, Shandong). In his early years, dr. Qin was the first lecturer of the Western Han Dynasty's Shangshu, and the twenty-eight articles of the Shangshu of the Present-Day Text were preserved by him and have been passed down to this day.

Fusheng was a descendant of Confucius's disciple, Zi Zibei. In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms and established the great unified Qin Empire. In the political, economic, cultural, military, agricultural and other aspects, Qin Shi Huang formulated corresponding policies. The Court of the Qin Dynasty also set up a doctoral advisory group of 70 people to facilitate the answer of a series of political questions in the annals of classical history. FuSheng was fortunate to be selected and became a doctor who studied hard.

In the "History of the First Emperor of Qin", it is recorded that the chancellor Li Sisong asked the first emperor: "The subject asks the historian to burn all the non-Qin records." Those who are not doctoral officials, those who dare to have poems, books, and hundreds of languages in the world, are kept by the yi and the lieutenants. There are those who dare to even write poetry and books abandon the city. The ancient and non-modern people. The official who sees that he who does not do so is guilty of the same sin. Order the next thirty days not to burn, the tuo for the city. If you don't go, the book of medicine and planting trees. If you want to learn the law, take the official as your teacher. It was Li Si's request that prompted Qin Shi Huang to "burn books."

From this passage of Li Si's words, it can be seen that Fu sheng, who is a doctor, has a certain "privilege", that is, he can keep books at home.

Fusheng Guardian Book

In 213 BC, in order to preserve the precious classic Book of Shang, Fu Sheng risked being killed and secretly excavated a mezzanine in the wall of his home and secretly hid the book.

The Book of Shang is a book that records the history of Yao, Shun, Xia, Shang, and Zhou, among which there are many thoughts and insights of ancestors, and is a rare "encyclopedia".

After the abolition of the Law of The Book of Books in the early Han Dynasty, it was taken out of the wall, and dozens of articles were lost, and only more than twenty were obtained. Began to teach between Qi and Lu. It is said that he did not have the Book of Shang, but only dictated it from memory. When Emperor Wen of Han was in search of people who could read the Book of Shang, he was more than ninety years old and could not go to Beijing at the time, so the imperial court sent Tai Chang to go to Beijing to receive employment. However, it was his students Zhang Sheng and Ouyang Sheng in Jinan who passed on the Book of Shang. Later, the study of Shangshu developed into three schools, namely the "Ouyang Clan Study" established by Ouyang Gao, the "Great Xiahou Clan Study" established by Xiahou Sheng, and the "Little Xiahou Clan Study" established by Xiahou Jian, which were successively established as academic officials when Emperor Wu of Han went to Emperor Xuan of Han. The Book of Shang, which Fu Sheng collected, was originally written in the small seal commonly used by the Qin Dynasty, but when he taught it, he used the Lishu commonly used in the Han Dynasty, so when the scriptures written in "ancient text" appeared, they were called "jinwen".

According to legend, Fu Sheng also wrote the "Great Biography of Shang Shu", which was actually compiled and heard by Zhang Sheng, Ouyang Sheng or later doctors after his death. This book is a summary of the doctrine of the Western Han Dynasty's "Shang Shu", mainly in telling stories, making empty talk, making the "Shang Shu" all sacred, and establishing a solid foundation for the Dao system of Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Zhou, and Zhao, and is an important material for studying the ancient history of the Western Han Dynasty. The original book has been written, Qing Chen Shouqi has an edition, and Pi Xirui has written the "Shangshu Great Biography".