My understanding of the character of Jiang Ziya at first stemmed from the image of the dao master and the wind and rain in the "Fengshen Yanyi", and later as my understanding of this character deepened, I found that although the real Jiang Ziya could not call the wind and rain, he was also a very powerful figure in history.
What kind of character is Jiang Ziya in real history?
Jiang Ziya, the name Shang, whose ancestors were the officials of the Four Yues during the Dayu period, because they assisted Dayu in the great cause of water control, the Shun and Yu periods were divided into Lüdi, so they were also known as the Lü clan, and Jiang Shang was also known as Lü Shang.
When Jiang Ziya was born, the family road had fallen, and life was not rich, but people were not short-minded, and Jiang Ziya liked to read very much when he was a teenager, and studied diligently and diligently.
When he was young, Jiang Ziya has not been developed, his livelihood has been forced, he has run a restaurant, and he has also been a butcher who slaughters pigs and sheep, and has experienced many difficult things.
However, these complicated trivialities in life could not erase his ambition, during which he insisted on studying and learning hard, and this life lasted until the ancient age of Jiang Ziya.
When Jiang Ziya was seventy-two years old, he met his Bole, Ji Chang, the King of Zhouwen. According to records, Ji Chang was thirsty for talents and eager to recruit talents from all over the world and strengthen his own strength, just as Cao Cao said in the poem: "Zhou Gong spits out his heart, and the world returns to his heart." ”
Ji Chang made a calculation before his trip, and said in his words: "The prey obtained is not a dragon or a mantis, not a tiger or a bear; the result is an auxiliary minister who has achieved the cause of the overlord." ”
Ji Chang went out happily and met Jiang Ziya, who was fishing, on the shore of Weishui. This is also the origin of the proverbial "Jiang Taigong fishing - willing to be hooked".
After the two talked for a while, Ji Chang was deeply impressed by Jiang Ziya's knowledge, so he asked him to assist him and honor him as a taishi.
At that time, the position of Taishi was the highest-ranking official, who could not only manage the government, but also control the military force, which can be said to be a pivotal position.
No one dared to steal Jiang Ziya's tomb for three thousand years, most likely because Jiang Ziya was deified
After Jiang Ziya became a taishi, he did his best to assist Ji Chang, and he asked Ji Chang to administer benevolence, treat the people kindly and kindly, exempt them from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and let the people live in peace of mind.
In order to oppose the powerful Shang Dynasty at that time, Jiang Ziya helped Ji Chang to contact other forces oppressed by the Shang King and join forces to rebel against the shang dynasty's rule.
In addition to showing a genius foreign policy, Jiang Ziya was also very capable militarily, strategizing in large and small wars, and helping Ji Chang's army to win many wars.
After Jiang Ziya's business planning, the Zhou Dynasty won the support of two-thirds of the princes of the world at that time.
A few years later, Ji Chang died, and after his son Ji Fa succeeded to the throne, with the help of Jiang Ziya, he successfully overthrew the rule of the King of Shang and established the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In the process of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Ziya can be said to be the first hero. Later generations evaluated him as the founder of the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which shows that his merits are outstanding and very comparable.
Sima Qian also spoke highly of Jiang Ziya, saying that he "has a lot of military power and strange plans, so the words of the soldiers and the yin power of the later generations are all the conspiracies of Emperor Taigong" Which means that the strategic countermeasures of the later generations of soldiers are all originated from Jiang Ziya, and Jiang Ziya can be regarded as the originator of the bing family.
Because of this, the image of Jiang Taigong in people's hearts is more deified, simply a god figure who calls the wind and rain and is omnipotent, while the ancient people's thinking is more feudal and superstitious, and there is generally a kind of worship and reverence for this magical figure.
Successive emperors have respected Jiang Ziya and made him a martial saint, so that whether it is a high-ranking official or a commoner, the reverence for Jiang Taigong will only deepen, and few people have the courage to steal the cemetery.
Why did no one dare to steal Jiang Ziya's tomb? It's been a long time, I don't know which one is true!
According to the available information, Jiang Ziya's life at the age of 139 was finally the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Hojing, which itself has a certain degree of distortion, and it is doubtful whether people in ancient times could really live to the age of 139.
There is no authoritative record of where Jiang Ziya's tomb is buried, which is also one of the important reasons why no one dares to steal Jiang Ziya's tomb.
According to the Book of Rites and Tan Bows, "Taigong was sealed in Yingqiu, and bi and V were buried in Zhou. This means that Jiang Taigong was sealed in Yingqiu and eventually buried in Zhoudi. Zhoudi is the area around present-day Shandong, which is the origin of the location of the Fengjingtai Cemetery.
However, according to the "Great Qing Dynasty Unity Chronicle , Xi'an Fu • Ancient Monuments", the Tai Cemetery is located in the northeast of Xianyang County, that is, in the present-day Zhouling Town of Xianyang City, in the east of the tomb of King Wen of Zhou in ZhouWu, there is a stone stele more than one meter high, on which the three words "Qi Taigong" are written, which is believed to be the location of the Tai cemetery. This is mainly because the name of Jiang Ziya's fief is called "Qi", so Jiang Ziya is also called Qi Taigong.
In addition to the above records, there are also hokage jingtai cemetery, Weihui Jiang tai cemetery, etc., due to the age, the record is not clear enough.
Therefore, for thousands of years, Jiang Taigong's tomb has not been stolen, in large part because no one can find Jiang Taigong's real tomb.
Of course, as far as historical records are concerned, Jiang Ziya's tomb may not have any treasures, although Jiang Ziya is under one person, above ten thousand people, but he does not like extravagance and waste in his life, so the tomb after death also requires everything to be simple, which is also one of the reasons why tomb robbers are not interested in it.
To sum up, no one has dared to steal Jiang Taigong's tomb for three thousand years because of the mythological color of Jiang Taigong itself, and the tomb robbers do not dare to do it at will, so as not to offend the gods and bring bad luck to themselves.
Moreover, objectively no one can be sure where the real Tomb of the Taigong is, so it is impossible to judge whether there is a treasure worth doing in the Cemetery, so I think the ancient tomb robbers are not willing to risk a tomb that cannot be determined to be valuable.