In the recently popular new version of "Fengshen Yanyi", although the Shang King Di Xin is not like the other versions of the King of Sui, in the beginning is the wine pond meat forest, more torture of the tyrant, but he appeared on the scene is not willing to listen to the priest about the division of the emperor star, the Shang Dynasty will die and the priest will be killed, and then he also because of the offense of Hou Suhu of Jizhou and slaughter the city of Jizhou, and even after marrying Daji into the palace, he ignores the government, but enjoys himself in the harem, which shows that the image of Di Xin is still fixed on fainting and cruelty. It's just that di xin's deterioration is a matter of time. In the recently broadcast plot, Daji suddenly mentioned the punishment of cannon burning at the clan banquet held by Queen Jiang, which made Di Xin very interested, he also seemed to hope that the people of the world were afraid and afraid of him because of torture, so he could reduce or even eliminate those who disobeyed himself, it can be seen that in the bones, Di Xin is still brutal, then in history, is Di Xin an absurd tyrant?
In the historical record, Di Xin died of self-immolation due to the defeat at the Battle of Makino, when King Wu of Zhou, in order to show the legitimacy of his crusade against Di Xin, listed six of Di Xin's crimes, namely, liking fine wine, not reusing noble relatives, reusing villains, listening to women's words, believing in fate in heaven, and not paying attention to sacrifices. But in fact, these crimes are just imposed on Di Xin, after all, although wine needs grain, but Di Xin as an emperor, like to drink is not too much of a sin. And to say that Di Xin did not use old subjects, mainly because Di Xin opened the road of meritocracy, he reused middle and inferior people, and dared to reuse imperial relatives, such as his uncle Bigan and others, which was not a mistake. And Di Xin's liking for Dai Ji is only a favor for a woman, and he may not lose his country to such a trophy as Daji. The most crucial thing is that Di Xin's performance of not believing in ghosts and gods and refusing to hand over state affairs to religious theocracy should be recognized by the world. King Wu of Zhou carefully sorted out these crimes and selected them to rebuke Di Xin, but it was just a bone in the egg.
It is not difficult to see that King Wu of Zhou did not take the throne correctly, and although it was unfair to reprimand Di Xin for his crimes, these were indeed "mistakes" made by Di Xin, so it is understandable to be recorded in the annals of history, but after this, Di Xin's crimes have increased, which is somewhat incomprehensible. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Di Xin was added a crime, the specific situation is that Bigan died because of the advice, at that time, such a sentence, did not explain how Bigan died, but in the Warring States period, Qu Yuan said that Bigan threw water, and Lü Buwei's disciples said that Bigan was dug up, and in the Han Dynasty, this rumor became Di Xin in order to satisfy His curiosity to see the sage's Seven Tricks Linglong Heart, so he forced his loyal subjects to die.
During the Jin Dynasty, an official continued to add details on the basis of the Han Dynasty, and this official processed this part of the "history" again, which became Di Xin's inducement by Dai Ji, who dissected Bigan's heart on the spot, and also dissected pregnant women to see the fetal form, and the description of the crimes on Di Xin's body became more and more unmanageable. In addition to the death of Bigan, there is also the famous "Wine Pond Meat Forest", which is also obtained by the step-by-step processing of later generations.
But in fact, Di Xin was quite talented and strategic, and he was superior in force and could lead his army to conquer everything, so with his courage and courage to pacify the southeast and expand the territory, the reason why he became the king of the country was only because of his bad luck. When Di Xin succeeded to the throne, the Shang Dynasty was already fragmented, and at the same time, the external magnates were also surrounding this already dangerous empire, that is to say, the Shang Dynasty at that time was already a mess, and under the insistence of Di Xin, the Shang Dynasty continued for decades.
The author believes that Di Xin is talented, very sensitive, talented, even if he is not called a famous monarch throughout the ages, but it can be said that he is an excellent king who can open up the territory and dare to innovate, but unfortunately he has bad luck, coupled with being framed by King Wu of Zhou, and the fabrications of posterity, Di Xin has the name of a faint tyrant.