When it comes to female generals in Chinese history, the first thing that often comes to mind is Mulan Mu Guiying's generation. Their stories, whether they are folk novels or television interpretations, show that Hua Mulan went out in place of her father, and Mu Guiying followed Yang Zongbao's conquest of the Liao Kingdom to the fullest. In recent years, historians have examined that these two characters are only fictional, and real history does not exist. But in the history of China, there was once such a legendary female general, who looked bright and beautiful and predate the two more than a thousand years, and this person was a good woman. First: character introduction, the legendary experience of the woman's good personal
Women are good, women are attributes, and surnames are reversed. Surname Zi, female is a honorific title, the first legendary female military commander in Chinese history to have a history of kecha (oracle bone), but also an outstanding female politician, the bronze inscription is also called "Houmu Xin" because her temple name is Xin, also known as "Yi Xin" "It was one of the more than sixty wives of Emperor Wuding of Shang Gaozong, zu Yiyin's mother.
Women's good mainly lived in the first half of the twelfth century during the reorganization of the Shang Dynasty by Wuding, and the national strength of the Shang Dynasty ruled by Wuding pushed the dynasty to its peak in many aspects. She was a very outstanding military figure in Chinese history, a female general who was good at fighting. The oracle bones of Yin Ruins all record that Women Hao conquered many surrounding Fang kingdoms, which is extremely rare in history.
The first female general in history was the wife of King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty.
If according to the system after qin, a good woman is equal to an empress, and her status is noble.
In 1976, archaeologists excavated the tomb of Women's Hao in Anyang, Henan Province, which contains many bronzes and jade objects, as well as a large sword symbolizing power and force. Later, according to the analysis of experts, Nühao was the queen of wuding, the king of shang, and also a female general, and the first female general in Chinese history.
So, as a military general, what wars did she participate in or command, and what were her achievements?
During the reign of Wu Ding, the Shang king, the Zhou people in the west were not yet fierce enemies, and the enemies of the Shang Dynasty at that time were mainly Qiang. Wu Ding once rebelled against the Qiang, and he first ordered Nu Hao to lead 13,000 people to attack the Qiang. 13,000 people may be a little less than the later war of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, but it was not available at the time. Because most of the wars at that time were hundreds of people and thousands of people, tens of thousands of people were big battles.
In this campaign against the Qiang, The Woman Hao won a great victory and took many prisoners. Wu Ding was very happy and ordered a speech to be engraved on the oracle bone in recognition of the good deeds of the woman.
During The reign of Wu Ding, he also repeatedly impressed foreign wars and expanded the territory. In the northwest of the Shang Dynasty, there was a country called Tufang, which often plundered the population and livestock on the border, and Wu Ding once sent a woman to lead a large army, and this time the woman was alone, rushed a thousand miles away, and won the victory.
In today's northern Sichuan, more than 3,300 years ago, there was a country called Bafang, which was not under the jurisdiction of the Shang Dynasty, so Wu Ding and His Wife Hao went to consult again. This time it was an ambush battle, and Wu Hao and Wu Ding's subordinates laid an ambush in advance, and then Wu Ding defeated the Ba side and drove them into the ambush circle of The Woman, and then Nü Hao and the others, together with Wu Ding, completely annihilated the Ba side.
The eastern part of the Shang Dynasty was a country of the Dongyi people, and at that time it was a major problem for the Shang Dynasty. Wu Ding fought many wars with the Dongyi people, and once it was also Lady Hao who led Hou Jiao (a fierce general under Wu Ding) to defeat it. However, due to the many wars between the two sides, the Shang Dynasty gradually went from prosperity to decline.
It can be seen that women have participated in many wars, and most of them have won.
In the tomb of Nühao excavated in the last century, more than 130 bronze weapons have also been excavated, including two large copper cymbals, which are nearly 40 centimeters long and weigh 18 kilograms. The cymbal is one of the ancient weapons, more powerful than the axe, and those who can use this weapon on the battlefield are fierce. This may indicate that The woman herself is also very skilled in martial arts.
Based on this, when future generations restore the good image of women, they are all wearing a crown on their heads and holding a large cymbal.
In fact, the status of women is likely to be second only to Wu Ding, and in the oracle bone bu, there are sentences such as "Calling women good to see more women in the yang" and "women are good to see old people", which means that women are good to meet Wu Ding's other wives, as well as elders who were very famous at that time. With such a high status, it is no wonder that she can have a personal fief, and there are about 3,000 private armed people in the fiefdom.