It is often said that the victor writes history, and the new rulers of ancient times will dress up the history books that record history. Although we can recover some of the truth from wild history or later exploration, how much of the completely true ancient history has been recorded? The story of ancient kings and harem concubines has been recorded in many dynasties in history books. If this kind of love story takes place in the prosperous world, then it is a beautiful story, but if it happens at the end of the dynasty, the woman will definitely be crowned with the title of "Evil Country Demon" and "Red Face Disaster Water". For example, the famous Yang Yuhuan, Su Daji, Zhao Feiyan, Zhao Ji and so on.
Among them, Su Daji is more magical, in the novel "List of Fengshen Gods", Su Daji is assigned by Nuwa to seduce the fox demon of Emperor Xin, the king of The Shang Dynasty, and finally the Shang Dynasty collapsed, and her role is too great to be ignored. More than 3600 years have passed since the Shang Dynasty, and there is less history related to the Shang Dynasty, so is Su Daji really one of the culprits in the demise of the Shang Dynasty? At the end of the 20th century, the tomb of the King of Shang was found on the banks of the river in Qi County, Henan, and there were also the tombs of Su Daji and Empress Jiang on both sides, and an epitaph unearthed in the tomb of the King of Shang clearly recorded the past of the King of Shang, and even restored many real situations according to it.
According to the epitaph, King Wu of Zhou allowed Wu Geng to bury king Shang, and Wu Geng also buried him in Qishui according to Di Xin's will. The mystery of history is slowly uncovered after the tomb is discovered. The epitaph indicates that Dai Ji was actually the result of the battle that Emperor Xin of The Sui Dynasty was fond of conquest, and when he attacked the Su tribe in Henan in 1047 BC! At that time, Di Xin was almost 60 years old, but Su Daji was less than 20.
Flipping through the history books, the fall of the Shang Dynasty was in 1046 BC, and careful readers may find problems, 1047 BC to 1046 BC only passed a short year, which means that Su Daji entered the palace for only one year at most, ushering in the destruction of the Shang Dynasty. Dai Ji is beautiful and moving, and the song and dance are also very good, so she is very much loved by the King of Shang. But imagine how a young woman, who entered the palace as a victim, would be in the mood to seduce a man who was nearly forty years older than her? I'm afraid she only has infinite fear and longing for her hometown in the deep palace!
And how could a woman, even if she was pampered, let the emperor who had been a scheming emperor for 30 years in one year completely obey him? The real reason for the collapse of the Shang Dynasty can be found in the epitaph excavated from the tomb of the King of Lu, di Xin's continuous conquests not only made many enemies, but also labored and hurt the people, which was very unpopular. In the end, it was defeated by the rising Zhou Dynasty. In the patriarchal society, it is almost impossible for a woman to overthrow the dynasty, not only herself, but many concubines in history have been described as the bane of the destruction of the country because of their beauty, but they do not know that this is just a means of excusing the emperor, which is really sad and lamentable!