China's history and culture have a long history, and Chinese civilization has a long history and is broad and profound. "Five Thousand Years of China" records the historical development of five thousand years. Our great ancestors created many splendid civilizations and left behind many precious treasures.
When it comes to classical literature, the most mysterious is the "Book of Shang", which has been circulated for more than 3,000 years. "Shang Shu" is known as "Book", it is a compilation of ancient historical documents and some ancient deeds in China, it can be said that "Shang Shu" is the earliest extant history book in China, not only preserving the important historical materials of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but also recording the most important ancient historical materials of the Spring and Autumn And Warring States period. Such a classic, but no one could understand the meaning of the book at that time.
In fact, the "Book of Shang" is not one, according to the division of time, it is four major parts, mainly the "Book of Yu", "Book of Xia", "Book of Shang" and "Book of Zhou", until the Western Han Dynasty" was renamed "Book of Shang". The Shang and "Shang" of the Book of Shang have the same meaning, and it has two main meanings, on the one hand, only ancient, and on the other hand, it means supreme.
It is rumored that the compiler of the Book of Shang was Confucius, and some of the later chapters were added by Confucianism. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Ancient Book of Shangshu was discovered from Confucius's residence. However, there are also relevant modern scholars who believe that "
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It was compiled during the Warring States period, and after Qin Shi Huang unified China, he issued the "Book Burning Order", which brought a devastating blow to the circulation of the "Book of Shang", and almost all the original "Book of Shang" manuscripts were burned.
There are many documents in the Book of Shang that no one knows what it means, and even Wang Guowei, a famous scholar of modern literature, does not know what some of the contents of the book are talking about. At most, you can only read up to one-third of it, and two-thirds is really incomprehensible.
It can be seen that the "Book of Shang" has a lot of mysterious colors, for example, part of the "Book of Shang" in the "Book of Yu" describes the relevant records that the lost dynasty "Yu Dynasty" has no historical data and cultural relics to testify, and there are many people who do not know what is said in it, so the "Book of Yu" is called a fiction, and the content inside is fictional.
However, in the eyes of the editor, we should not look at this book with colored glasses, although there is no record of the relevant "Yu Dynasty", but this does not allow us to kill with a pole, directly negating the authenticity of the existence of the "Book of Shang", after all, the "Book of Yu" in the "Book of Shang" is only a part of it, which does not represent what it says.
The "Book of Shang" has gone through many disasters in the process of circulation, the most typical is the "book burning pit Confucianism" movement of Qin Shi Huang, and the "text prison" of the Qing Dynasty, even so, the "Book of Shang" is also the oldest collection of imperial texts in China, preserving the shang zhou, especially the western zhou, particularly important historical materials.
The Book of Shang is an important symbol of ancient Chinese prose, and the content of the book is mysterious and deeply layered. Its development flourished during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was inherited and developed. However, after the Qin and Han dynasties, all the edicts and chapters of each dynasty were deeply influenced by the Book of Shang.
The Shang Shu is basically a statement of oath, fate, precept, and commandment, which has a very important influence on the speech and behavior of the emperor, and introduces a tendency to focus on thought.
In any case, the circulation and development of the Book of Shang has provided us with an important historical enlightenment, that is, in the five thousand years of Chinese historical civilization, what has changed is to carry forward and inherit the fine traditions of concord and all nations, and to safeguard our own dignity while defending national sovereignty. Only by improving our comprehensive national strength will we not be beaten by the world.