When it comes to the demise of the Shang Dynasty, we all think of a woman: Su Daji. After the hype of the TV series "List of Fengshen Gods", Su Daji's bad guy image has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and some people even believe that the demise of the Shang Dynasty was caused by her.
But is this really the case? It is obvious nonsense that a country can be destroyed by taking the power of others alone.
So what was the real reason for the demise of the Shang Dynasty?
Let's first understand Su Daji on the screen. In the "List of Fengshen Gods", the author focuses on four things about DaiJi. First, in order to please Daji, the king sent people to collect the treasures of the world, put them in Lutai, drank and had fun every day, and stayed up all night; second, in winter, Daji saw someone walking on ice, thought that his physiological structure was special, cut off his feet, and studied the reason why he was not afraid of cold; third, Daji saw a pregnant woman with a big belly, in order to satisfy his curiosity, he did not hesitate to open the pregnant woman's belly and see the end of the abdomen; fourth, in order to confirm the saying that "the saint has seven tricks", Daji instigated the king to kill Bigan and cut his abdomen to dig his heart. Nothing could be seen as a result.
At the end of the "List of Fengshen Gods", the king's inability to finally arouse the people's resistance, the king of Zhou Wu destroyed the shang in one fell swoop, and both the king of the king and the daiji committed suicide.
Therefore, later, as soon as people mentioned DaiJi, they called her a fox spirit, and fell on the charge of red face and water.
But in fact, she is very wronged.
According to the historical records, Dai Ji was only the life partner of the King of Shang in his later years, and only lived with the King of Shang for one year, and for Dai Ji, the King of Gong was at most very fond of him, but he was definitely not obedient.
In that era, the status of women was very humble, and their role was to pass on the inheritance for their husbands and win their husbands' hearts. Dai Ji is only a concubine of the King of Sui, her world is only the world of the harem, even if she is favored, it will not affect the major affairs of the country, let alone determine the fate of a country.
If it must be said that she is guilty, it is at most that after she entered the palace, many concubines fell out of favor, and those concubines who fell out of favor had their own clan backgrounds, thus deepening the conflict between the king and the princes, and it was definitely not a disaster for the country.
It is absurd that a large country with a lot of talents is destroyed by a small country, and people blame all this on a woman. According to historical records, in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, the King of Lu focused his main energy on the southeast region and ignored the Central Plains, which was the main reason why the Zhou people took advantage of the void to enter; then there was the fact that the King of Lu was absurd, ignored the government, and neglected the management of the princely states, so that the princely states fought openly and secretly, and the people's hearts were scattered, and eventually caused the people to be indignant. This is the real reason for the demise of the Shang Dynasty.