We all know the story of Mulan's military service, can be called a generation of heroes, there are only a few women in history, and the woman we are talking about today can be called the first female general in China, and her life experience can be said to be very exciting!
This woman is a woman, she is the wife of King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty. Wu Ding was a very talented emperor in ancient times, although he married more than sixty wives in his lifetime, but the woman was the most favored of many wives and concubines, because the woman was not only a virtuous helper, but also could go to battle to kill the enemy and defend the country, in today's words, that is, she could not only teach her husband and children in front of the stove, but also work to earn money to support the family.
Wu Ding and The Woman Hao got married not long ago, they did not know each other very well, just in time for the enemy to invade the border, and the general sent to the conquest could not take the enemy for a long time, when Wu Ding was very worried, the wife and wife proposed to let themselves lead the army out, Wu Ding was hesitant at first, but the war was tight, only let the woman try it, did not expect that the woman good arrived at the front line after the dispatch of troops will be very set, and soon won the victory, this battle also laid the position of the woman in Wu Ding's mind.
After that, Nühao was named a military commander, participated in many battles large and small, and made great contributions to the expansion of the Territory of the Shang Dynasty, including a station in Heqiangfang, when Wuding dispatched more than half of the country's troops, and let it be very trusted to be led by Nühao, Nühao lived up to expectations and achieved the final victory, you must know that this battle was the largest in scale and difficulty in the Wuding period.
In ancient times, women's places were generally relatively low, but during the Shang Dynasty, women were rarely women who had their own fiefdoms. Wu Ding attached great importance to his wife, and after the wife won the victory, she did not have the status of a good wife and forgot to reward her for her merits and deeds, and gave her a fief. In her fiefdom, like other men, she could preside over all the affairs of the fief, while also paying tribute to her husband, and the fiefdom managed by the woman was one of the richest places in the Shang Dynasty at that time.
Wu Ding not only regarded Nuhao as his own general, but also knew that Nuhao was his wife and loved her very much. Every time he returned from the expedition, Wu Ding would personally go out of the city to greet him, the farthest time, Wu Ding just happened to have just returned from victory, learned that his wife also returned, did not rest and led the soldiers to meet, this greeting went out of more than eighty kilometers, and finally the two met in the suburbs, Wu Ding and the woman hao far away after seeing each other, as if the newlyweds, forgot to pay attention to identity, forgot to pay attention to etiquette, ran to each other, envious of others.
It is the husband and wife who have a strong feeling, so after the death of the woman, the blow to Wu Ding is very big, about how the woman died, some oracle bones record that the woman is good because of the war injury, and then the war wounds recurred and died, there are also records that died because of difficult childbirth, there are many women who died in difficult childbirth in ancient times, both of which are still more credible.
After the death of The Woman, Wu Ding specially placed the tomb of the Woman Hao next to his palace, because Wu Ding was busy with government affairs every day, so that he could accompany his wife and wife all the time. After that, Wu Ding felt that only his own company was not enough, and ordered his descendants to hold large-scale sacrifices for their wives again and again, so that their children and grandchildren would always remember their wives. Wu Ding thought that his wife was very pitiful when she arrived in the underworld, so he held a meditative marriage for his wife, and promised his wife to three Shang kings who had died, including Zu Yi, Tai Jia, and Cheng Tang. Ancient people were more superstitious, so Wu Ding was relieved that no matter where his wife went, someone took care of her.
Archaeologists found hundreds of sacrifices in the tombs of women, including more than 200 bronze ceremonial vessels headed by Houmu Xin Dafangding, hundreds of wine vessels, as well as sacrifices from all over the world, jade from Xinjiang, sea shell gems from Hainan, Taiwan and other places, and so on.
In addition to material sacrifices, we all know that in ancient times, there were also customs of burying livestock and burying people, and the degree of favor of Wuding for women was naturally indispensable, and there were 6 martyrs and 16 martyrs in the tomb of women. It also includes four children aged 8 to 12 years old, and experts speculate that these four children are also for the manchu women's wishes, because as we mentioned above, the women are likely to die due to difficult childbirth. When Shehao died, she was 33 years old, and she was considered an elderly mother, so it can be seen that Shehao took a huge risk before she died and wanted to give birth to a child for Wuding, so Wuding would use the child in the tomb to pay tribute.
The burial of servants now seems to be a very cruel thing, but in thousands of years of antiquity, this way can also be seen that Wu Ding was extremely fond of women.