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Revealing the truth about Zhou's extermination of Shang: the death of the king and the tactics of "three indiscriminate".
Throughout history, the Battle of the Zhou Dynasty against the Shang Dynasty has often been portrayed as a contest between good and evil, with the Shang Dynasty overthrown due to brutality and the Zhou Wu King following the will of Heaven to establish the Zhou Dynasty. However, as archaeological research deepens, the excavated artifacts reveal a different picture behind this historical upheaval. This article will take you to reinterpret this history and explore the truth in it.
1. King Shang and King Wu of Zhou in the history books
In the history books, King Shang is portrayed as a tyrannical and unscrupulous monarch, while King Wu of Zhou is a hero who overthrows tyranny with a righteous army. However, such descriptions often have a strong subjective color, and it is difficult to restore the true face of history.
2. The historical truth revealed by the unearthed cultural relics
With the deepening of archaeological research, more and more unearthed cultural relics reveal the truth of history for us. Newly unearthed documents such as the Bamboo Book Chronicle provide us with another interpretation of the battle of the Zhou Dynasty to destroy the Shang.
3. Grievances and hatreds between Shang and Zhou
The grievances and hatred between King Shang and King Wu of Zhou are far more complicated than we imagined. King Shang's grandfather, Wen Ding, had killed King Wu of Zhou's grandfather, Ji Li, and this feud made the struggle between the two dynasties even more intense.
Fourth, King Wu of Zhou's "three indiscriminate" tactics
In the Battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou did not directly confront the Shang Dynasty, but adopted tactics such as sneak attacks. Although this tactic was not above board, it effectively weakened the fighting power of the Shang dynasty and laid the foundation for the victory of the Zhou dynasty.
5. The death of the king: It was not self-immolation
According to the excavated cultural relics, the king of Shang did not burn himself to death on Lutai, but was brutally killed by the Zhou Dynasty army. This discovery subverts our understanding of history and gives us a deeper understanding of the truth of the battle between Zhou and Shang.
VI. Conclusions
The battle of Zhou and Shang was not a simple contest between good and evil, but the outbreak of long-standing grievances and hatreds between the two dynasties. In this war, King Wu of Zhou adopted the tactics of "three indiscriminate" such as sneak attacks, and finally won the victory. And the king of Shang did not die by self-immolation, but was killed by the Zhou army. The revelation of these historical truths has given us a deeper understanding of this period of history.