Jiang Ziya in the "List of Fengshen Gods" is a powerful character, who lived for 139 years from the worldly master of the straight hook hook fish to the overthrow of the Shang King chengshen. So does Jiang Ziya exist in history? What kind of person is the real Jiang Ziya? This problem was not revealed until the discovery of a large ancient tomb in Shandong, jiang Ziya's mysterious identity was revealed, but his god position may not be guaranteed...
In 2003, the quiet Village of Chenzhuang in Gaoguo County, Shandong Province, became unsettled by the intrusion of archaeological teams, television stations and others, because the southeast of the village found the ruins of the ancient city of the Zhou Dynasty 3,000 years ago. According to the archaeological team that arrived first, because the south-to-north water diversion project had to pass through a field in the east of Chenzhuang Village, workers dug up a small amount of pottery during the construction, so the archaeological team was notified to rush to this ancient site with a total area of more than 90,000 square meters.
When experts cleaned up, 9 tombs from the Western Zhou Dynasty were found, of which 2 were monarch-level tombs. A large number of bronzes, jades, etc. have been excavated from these burial chambers, of which 8 bronzes have inscriptions on them. In the eyes of experts, the inscriptions of bronzes are sometimes more valuable than the bronzes themselves, because this is evidence for studying historical truths.
On the bronze ware excavated this time, there is a bronze pendant, which is favored by experts because it is engraved with 9 large characters of "Feng Qiao Composition Zu Jia Qi Gong". So what secrets are hidden in these words?
Archaeologist Li Boqian said that the title of "Duke of Qi" in the inscription is still the first time in the archaeological community, and the Duke of Qi represents Jiang Ziya, the first monarch of the State of Qi. Later, according to the study of inscriptions, historians also determined that during the Zhou Dynasty, all those who added the name of the country before the "gong" should be the first monarch of the country, such as the monarch of the State of Lu was a marquis, and the inscription was all called Lu Hou, not Lu Gong. Only the first monarch was called "Duke of Wenxiaolu". Therefore, the Duke of Qi who appears here should be Jiang Ziya, the first monarch of the State of Qi.
Most of the records of what has been known about Jiang Ziya are myths and legends, and this bronze inscription unearthed in the ancient tomb in Shandong proves that Jiang Ziya really exists. It's just that he is just an ordinary monarch, not a god with special powers.