What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Shun was a tribal leader in ancient times, and his descendants honored Shun as emperor and was listed as one of the five emperors. The following will bring you a detailed introduction, and then look down on it~
Shun's historical exploits
One. Cultivate the law to rule the world. The first thing Shun did after ascending the throne was to amend the law and promulgate uniform regulations to the whole country. Shun ordered Gao Tao to unify the formulation of laws and let the people of the world act according to law.
Shun engraved the commonly used punishment patterns on various utensils, publicized to the people, and used exile to lenient criminals who deserved five punishments, with whipping as an official punishment and plate beating as a teaching punishment. Emperor Shun's stipulation that crimes could be atonened for, which has been used in the later national legal system.
After Shun promulgated the law, there was a unified law in the four seas, and the people of the world, happy and convinced, praised Shun's way of ruling the world.
Two. The selection of meritocracy can establish official positions. Shun broke the old restrictions that Emperor Yao did not use, and used the eight Kai, used the eight yuan, flowed the four evils, and made things clear, and used Yu, Gao Tao, Qi, Hou Ying, Boyi, Kui, Long, Chu, Yi, and Peng Zu as many as possible, and appointed them according to people.
Shun appointed Yu as Sikong; Hou Ji was in charge of agriculture; Deed supervisor indoctrination; Gao Tao is in charge of the judiciary; Vertical in charge of hundreds of craftsmanship; Yi wei Yu guan; Bo Yi presided over ceremonies and sacrifices; He is in charge of instrumental music production; Long is in charge of eavesdropping on the deliberations.
Three. Sympathize with the people's feelings and govern for the people. After Shun ascended the throne, he was able to bow down to himself, to be a corporal, to open up the way of speech, to discuss politics in an open and sincere manner, to govern the world meticulously, to govern with goodness, to set a precedent for the ming emperors to be good at strategy, to make the princes of the four directions happy and convinced, and within the four seas, an unprecedented unity of the Chinese nation was formed.
According to the ShunDian, Shun ordered the chiefs of all parties who presided over political affairs to improve the transparency of government affairs with the people of the four sides, and let the people clearly see whether the administrative measures of the four parties were appropriate or not, and listen to the opinions of the people of the four sides in detail.
Fourth, The fate of Yu ZhiShui Ying is famous. During the reign of Emperor Yao, there was a great flood in the world, which raged for eight years. After Emperor Shun ascended the throne, he ordered Yu to be in charge of controlling the flood, and also assigned his ministers Gao Tao and Boyi to assist Yu in the implementation of water control work. Gathered the strength of the world, and finally made concerted efforts to quell the flood. Social development can develop peacefully, and Shun and Yu have also been praised by the world.
Fifth, the development of agriculture in a unified time sequence. Shun's formulation of a unified chronological calendar, agricultural production followed the calendar, which played a very important role in the world's entry into a large-scale agricultural society and orderly farming at that time.
Sixth, the development of music to promote art. It is recorded in the Shundian that Shun's life was in charge of instrumental music. Confucius said: "Listening to the music handed down by Shunshi, I was so drunk that I could not eat the taste of meat for three months. This shows Shun's great contribution to the development of culture and art.
7. Serve the world with virtue and be friendly to all ethnic groups. "Zhou Song" Yun: "The virtue of the saints, if the heavens are high, if the earth is universal, its existence is also known in the world; If the earth is solid, if the mountain is inherited, it will not collapse; If the light of the sun, if the light of the moon, is the same as the heavens and the earth. "The virtue of Yu Shun, the mountains are high and the waters are long, and the light of the sun and the moon is with the heavens and the earth." VIII. Carry out ritual indoctrination. Shun pays attention to moral norms and cultivation, and preaches to his people the moral concepts of fatherhood, motherly kindness, filial piety, and brotherhood, and Shun has determined the standards of people's behavior, that is, "wide and chestnut, soft and standing, willing and respectful, chaotic and respectful, disturbing and winning, true and contained, simple and incorruptible, sharp and plugged, strong and righteous." "Make the world wise and good, so that society will move in the direction of civilization step by step."
Shun's influence
Shun was an ancient saint king respected by the Confucian and Mo families in the pre-Qin period. Shun has a special influence on Confucianism. Confucian doctrine values filial piety, and Shun is known for moving the heavens with filial piety, so Shun just serves as a symbolic model of Confucian ethics.
Mencius made great contributions to the development of Confucianism after Confucius, and he strongly admired Shun's filial piety and advocated that people strive to be on par with Shun and be a filial piety like Shun. Said: "Shun, man also; I, too, am also a man. Shun is the law in the world, can be passed on to future generations, I am inevitable to be a villager, but I can also be worried. How worried? Just like Shun. "As a result of Confucian propaganda, the legendary deeds about Shun have left a profound influence on the Chinese cultural tradition.
During Shun's reign, he promulgated a unified law, selected talents to govern the world together, calmed the floods, taught the people etiquette, united the princes and tribes, and united the Chinese nation. Shun's historical merits to the Chinese nation will be forever praised by us.