In 606 A.D., King Chuzhuang, who was ranked as the "Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period", led a large army to the southern suburbs of Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and held a grand military parade. The royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty sent people to work the army, and the king of Chuzhuang actually came to inquire about the importance of the Jiuding, which fully exposed his ambition to plot the world, and also left an allusion to later generations of "winning the Central Plains". The Jiuding coveted by King Chuzhuang was cast in the early years of the Xia Dynasty.
Dayu controls the water and wins the world
At that time, Dayu had a good way to control the water, and according to the direction of the mountains and rivers, the world was divided into nine states, including Hebei, Henan, Yong, Yang, Yan, Xu, Liang, Qing, and Jing, and each state set up the governor and the governor. The people of the states were grateful for the kindness of Dayu, so under the leadership of the state pastor, the famous mountains and rivers, the places of beauty and the rare products of the state were drawn into an album, and the precious gold (bronze) was presented to him together. Dayu will these tributes cast into 9 tripods, each tripod represents a state, and appointed craftsmen according to the things depicted on the atlas, respectively engraved on the tripod on behalf of the states, so that these 9 tripods become the symbol of the world's Kyushu.
Casting Jiuding represents Kyushu
According to the "Dinglu" and "Mozi" and other documents, Jiuding is under the Jing Mountain, the ruins of the Kunwu clan drum casting, there are three legs under it, it is said that it can "cook without cooking, hide without lifting, and move by itself", which is very magical. The size of these tripods is also very large, according to the "Warring States Policy, Eastern Zhou Policy" said: "In the past, the Zhou Dynasty won nine tripods, and where one tripod and 90,000 people saved it, 99.81 million people." Such a description is naturally very exaggerated, but it also highlights the huge size of Jiuding.
The change of dynasties inherits Jiuding
After the death of Dayu, his son Xia Qi ended the "Zen system" of the primitive society and established the Xia Dynasty. The rulers of the Xia Dynasty placed these giant tripods in the capital, which were supported by all the people and passed down from generation to generation. But at the end of the Xia Dynasty, due to Xia Wei's mediocrity, his rule was overthrown by Shang Tang, and Jiuding was also taken away and moved to Boyi, the capital of the Shang Dynasty at that time, as his own heirloom. After more than 600 years, he encountered the tyrannical and unscrupulous Shang King, and King Wu of Zhou took the opportunity to defeat the Shang and establish the Zhou Dynasty. The following year, King Wu of Zhou died of illness, and the successor King Cheng of Zhou built a palace in Luoyang and served Jiuding.
The Qin Dynasty fell, and Jiuding disappeared
After the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou royal family moved the capital to Luoyang, gradually declining, Qi, Jin, Chu, Qin and other princes are becoming stronger and stronger, have coveted Jiuding, the size of the king of Chu Zhuang is polite, in 307 BC, King Wu of Qin actually relied on his strength, lifted the tripod, but in the end he died of exhaustion. Nearly 50 years later, the powerful Qin State directly attacked Luoyang, destroyed the Zhou royal family, and Jiuding also entered Qin. But when the Qin Dynasty fell in 207 BC, Jiuding's whereabouts were unknown.