Preface
Whether in history books or literary works, Daji has always been named "disaster for the country and the people" and "disaster for the country", we cannot be sure how much influence Daji had on the fall of the Shang Dynasty, what can be determined is that her beauty is indeed unattainable.
According to legend, Daji had a bad habit before going to bed, and it was this habit that made her more favored by the king of Shang, but for those girls who wanted to learn from Daji and become good-looking, they did not dare to imitate it easily.
What is it that makes the king of Shang like it so much, but makes the girls dare not imitate it easily?
1. A woman abandoned by the tribe
According to relevant information, Daji grew up in the Su tribe, and she has been very delicate since she was a child, and she is very popular in the tribe, but this beautiful face has also brought trouble to her.
After Emperor Xin, the king of Shang, ascended the throne and traveled to conquer Yifang, in the process, the Su tribe inevitably became the target of conquest, and soon fell.
The leader of the Su tribe had to give in to the Shang king Di Xin, and in order to show his sincerity, the tribe almost emptied his own family and offered many cattle, sheep, horses and the beauties of the tribe, and Daji was selected by the tribe to be dedicated to the Shang king at this time.
At that time, because of the brutality of the king of Shang, almost everyone knew that there was no return after leaving this time, and the sacrificed Daji was also abandoned by the tribe to some extent.
When she learns of her impending fate, Daji makes a decision that she wants to fight for herself and fight for a way out of life.
The king of Shang likes beauty for all to see, and Da Ji thinks that she is a rare beauty, and beauty is her greatest advantage. If you can win the love of the king of Shang because of this, you can not only avoid the fate of death, but also obtain supreme glory and wealth.
Daji, who figured this out, breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, at this time she was just an ordinary woman who carefully planned her future, who would have thought that she would later become a typical example of "disaster to the country and the people".
Second, the most favored concubine
Daji was indeed beautiful, so beautiful that the King of Xuan could no longer take his eyes off her at the first sight of her, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with the gift offered by the Su tribe.
Under Daji's deliberate curry-eye, the Shang King soon fell, and he took Daji back to his palace, where he frolicked with her all day, sometimes even for days.
Because of the love of the Shang King, Da Ji has transformed from a woman abandoned by the tribe to the favorite concubine of the Shang King, enjoying treatment that she has never had before.
Not only that, Daji is very good at coaxing the king of Shang to be happy, she always follows the king of Shang's wishes, no matter whether his decision is correct or not, she will support him wholeheartedly, which makes the king of Shang feel very satisfied, thinking that Daji is the woman who understands him the most.
In order to curry favor with the Shang King, Da Ji would carefully rehearse and prepare various performances, and sometimes in order to create a perfect stage, she would need all kinds of expensive jewelry, which the Shang King never stopped.
With the acquiescence of the Shang king, Daji acted more and more fearlessly. She was extravagant, pampered and arrogant, pulling the king of Shang to enjoy and play games together, and in such a gentle township, the king of Shang gradually forgot his responsibilities as a king.
In order to make the king of Shang love him more, Daji has made a lot of efforts. For example, she has a small habit before going to bed - eat some fruity fruits or sweets, which can make her body stained with the natural fragrance of fruits.
Accustomed to the smell of ordinary rouge gouache, the king of Shang loved the natural fruity fragrance of Daji, and he believed that this was the unique feature of Daji, and it was a manifestation of her difference from ordinary women, so the more he loved Daji.
Compared with spending a lot of money to build a performance stage, eating fruit before going to bed is obviously much simpler, but except for Daji, few people really dare to try it easily, especially some modern girls.
Because the calories of fruits and sweets are too high, eating fruits or sweets before going to bed is a thing that is easy to gain weight, Daji may have a special physique, and she is not easy to gain weight by nature, but ordinary girls still can't try it easily.
From the fact that he eats fruit before going to bed just to contaminate his body with the aroma of fruit, it can also be seen that Daji's curry favor with the king of Shang has involved all aspects, and he refuses to let go of even the smallest details.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the king of Shang would favor Daji so much, all of this was obtained by Daji's efforts. However, if Daji only flattered the Shang king, she would not have left such an infamy in history, and her most common mistake was to lure an emperor into having fun.
3. Aiding and abetting
King Shang was originally a person with a brutal personality and addicted to alcohol, and after meeting Daji, the two of them indulged in fun all day long.
In order to make Daji happy, the king of Shang also sent people to collect many rare treasures, raised taxes many times, and used the collected money to build pavilions and pavilions, so that he could play with Daji.
Legend has it that the two of them were so lascivious that they built a huge pool in the palace to hold wine, slaughtered several livestock, and hung the most tender part of their meat on the branches of the trees around the wine pool.
If it was just a little more luxurious, it wouldn't be accused of aiding and abusing, but Daji became more and more unbridled in the favor of the king of Shang.
Legend has it that she once saw a large tree burned by lightning during a walk, and ants that could not stand the heat kept falling from the tree, and Daji told the king of Shang that she was curious about what it would be like if people were tied to a hot pillar, so the famous torture in history - cannon burning was born.
Not only that, in the later period of his reign, the king of Shang mutilated his loyal ministers, Bigan was dissected, Jizi was imprisoned, he personally killed the courtiers who were loyal to him, and he mercilessly killed all those who were dissatisfied with his rule.
At that time, the only person who could persuade him to wake up was Daji, but Daji was only bent on currying favor with King Shang, everything she did was to make King Shang happy, and the more indulgent King Shang was, the better her life would be, so Daji would only do everything possible to make King Shang indulge in Gentle Country, and would not persuade him to wake up.
The brutality of the Emperor of Wu eventually led to his death, and in 1046 BC, King Wu was beheaded, and then Daji was also beheaded by King Wu, and the Shang Dynasty was overthrown.
epilogue
The fall of the Shang Dynasty may have been fueled by Daji, but the main reason was the incompetence and brutality of the rulers.