First of all, the Wu mentioned here is not the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, but the state of the Western Zhou Dynasty
Wu Taibo
TaiBo, also known as Taibo (太伯), surnamed Ji (姬), was the eldest son of king Tai of Zhou (the father of the ancient gong) of the Zhou tribe.
Taibo's mother, named Tai Jiang, was the daughter of the Youtai clan and the wife of Gu Gong's father.
Wu Taibo and his younger brother Zhongyong were both sons of King Tai of Zhou and the elder brother of Wang Jili.
The ji calendar was very virtuous, and there was a son Chang with holy virtue, and the king wanted to establish a ji calendar in order to pass the throne to Ji Chang (King Wen of Zhou).
Taibo Ben Wu (picture from Wuxi "Taibo Temple")
Therefore, Taibo and Zhongyong fled to Jingman, and like the local barbarians, they were tattooed with patterns and cut their hair to show that they would not succeed to the throne and cede the inheritance to Ji Li.
It is said that on the way, it once passed through The Nine Springs Mountain of Taihang (present-day Wuwang Mountain in Jincheng), which was renamed WuwangShan in commemoration.
After hiding from Jingman with Zhongyong, Taibo settled in Meili (present-day Meicun, Wuxi, Jiangsu).
The indigenous people believed that Taibo had virtue and righteousness, and there were more than a thousand families who followed Taibo, and they supported Taibo as the local monarch, honoring him as Wu Taibo and calling himself "Sentence Wu".
In the last years of the Shang Dynasty, the princes of the Central Plains used frequent troops, and Taibo was deeply afraid of the disaster of soldiers.
The castle was built at Meiliping Ruins and named "Gu Wu", but there is no historical record of this statement.
After The capital of Taiboding Meili, he vigorously built water conservancy and developed agricultural production, and once "wore a blasphemy to prepare for drought and flooding."
Taibo excavated the Bodu River, which flows through Fangqian, Meicun, Dangkou and until Caohu Lake, with a total length of 43 kilometers, and is the first river artificially excavated in ancient Chinese history.
A section of Wuxi Qingming Bridge is commonly known as "Bodu Port", which is a Baidu Port.
The excavation of the Bodu River has benefited the local people.
Confucius wrote in the Analects of Tabor: "Tabor can be described as the supreme virtue, and the three are called the people who have nothing to gain." ”
The merits of TaiBosan in making the world and developing Jiangnan were admired by future generations.
Tabor was childless and was succeeded by his brother Zhongyong after his death.
Taibo was buried at the southern foot of Huangshan (later known as Hongshan) in Meilidong (present-day Hongsheng Town).
After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang, he sent someone to find Zhou Zhang, a descendant of Zhongyong, and officially crowned Zhou Zhang as the monarch of the State of Wu.
Tabor is regarded by later generations as the originator of Wu culture.