Sima Qian said in the "Records of History" that the Xiongnu were descendants of the Xia Dynasty, where did this come from? The Xia Dynasty was the first hereditary slave dynasty in Chinese history, the first king of the Xia Dynasty was Dayu's son Qi, and the ancient Saint King Yao ceded the throne to Shun when he was old, and Shun gave up the throne to Dayu when he was old.
Dayu was a very prestigious person at that time, and after Dayu began to pass the throne to his son, starting a new dynasty, the Xia Dynasty.
The Shang clan lived in the Shangqiu generation in the eastern region of present-day Henan Province, the ancestors of the Shang people were the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the Emperor Gaoxin, the merchant surname Zi, their ancestor was called Qi, was born of the concubine of the Emperor Zhao, who was born of the Jian Di of the Liao clan, and it is said that the Qi, who was conceived and born after the Jian Di swallowed the eggs of the Xuan Bird, so the totem of the Shang clan was the Xuan Bird.
Qi lived in Shangqiu, Qi was a contemporary of Dayu, and participated in the management of water, through the management of the five generations of shang leaders, the activity area of the Shang clan extended from eastern Henan to northern Henan, and the fifth generation leader was called Mu, who was a water official of the Shang clan, who died while controlling water.
Therefore, his son Wang Hai inherited the position of chief, and during Wang Hai's tenure as chief, the economy of the Shang clan developed rapidly, Wang Hai had tamed bison, began to raise cattle, and manufactured ox carts, used ox carts to transport goods, and developed commerce, which greatly promoted the development of the Shang economy, and they would also use cattle to cultivate the land, which also promoted the development of Shang agriculture.
At that time, the Shang clan killed 50 cattle in a single sacrifice, which was a very large wealth in the slave society with a very low level of productivity at that time, which showed that the animal husbandry of the Shang clan at that time was very developed, and the number of livestock grazed was very large, otherwise it would not be possible to kill so many cattle in one sacrifice.
At that time, Wang Hai had too many cattle and sheep to carry the existing pasture, so he put some of them in the other two tribes, the Hebo clan and the Youyi clan, and the leader of the Yi tribe was called Mianchen, and he actually asked Wang Hai to hand over all the cattle and sheep, Wang Hai of course did not agree, so Mianchen killed Wang Hai and took away the cattle and sheep.
Later, Wang Hai's younger brother Wang Heng recaptured the cattle and sheep, wang Heng's son Shangjia Wei united with the Hebo clan to defeat the Youyi clan and kill mianchen, at this time the strength of the Shang clan gradually became stronger, and the surrounding tribes showed a decline trend, the Shang clan continued to expand their territory, while further uniting the surrounding tribes, and gradually expanded their sphere of influence to the territory of the Xia Hou clan.
After Shang Tang became the leader, he paid attention to recruiting talents, developing production, expanding trade, and implementing a relatively relaxed and moderate policy at home, so that the internal oppression and contradictions of the Shang clan were relatively relaxed, and the unity within the Shang clan was promoted.
At this time, the Xia Dynasty had entered the Xia Dynasty, and this king was very cruel, and he despised the lives of the common people, just like cutting down grass and trees, and killing the people at will, and the people were very dissatisfied with this king.
The activities of the Shang clan attracted the attention of Xia Jie, but the strength of the Shang clan was not enough to fight against Xia Jie, so Shang Tang submitted to Xia Jie, and Xia Jie summoned Shang Tang to Xia Tai and imprisoned him, Shang Tang deliberately expressed his submission to Xia Jie, and later Xia Jie released Shang Tang.
After Shang Tang returned, he tentatively stopped paying tribute, Xia Jie was furious, and the soldiers of Jiuyi cut down Shang Tang, Shang Tang quickly submitted and paid tribute, and the next year he did not pay tribute, at this time Xia Jie was still very angry, but the soldiers of Jiuyi did not listen to his command.
After the fall of the Xia Dynasty, Xia Jie's son fled with a group of people to western China, and even further into Central Asia, and in the process of moving west, he fused the White race of Ghost Fang, YueShi, Loulan, Wusun, Hujie and the twenty-six kingdoms next to them, and finally formed the Xiongnu, according to this logic, the Han-Hungarian war included a part of the war of the same ethnic group.