(Author: Zhao Hui) Five thousand years of Chinese civilization, with a long history and continuous inheritance, is the only human civilization in the world with orderly inheritance and continuity to this day. The Xia Shang Dynasty was a critical period in the formation of Chinese civilization, and the Book of Poetry was the original gene of Chinese culture, which gave birth to the idea of Chinese civilization and was the source of Chinese civilization. In order to Chinese the four-word idiom that the people are familiar with is directly derived from the literary form of the Book of Poetry, and at the same time, the Book of Poetry also records the history of China truthfully and reliably, and is the original historical material for us to decipher the code of Chinese history.
[Sui Gongyi] "The Mandate of Heaven Yu Shi Soil, with the Mountains and Rivers, Nai Cha Set Up a Conscription, Descend the People's Supervision, Be Self-Worthy of the People, Become Parents", "Yu Chiseled the Gorge of the Two Mountains, So that Huai Came out of the Middle, the Water is Anliu", Dayu Zhishui successfully established the Xia Dynasty that benefited all the people; Xia Jie lost virtue and was destroyed by the Shang Tang, and established the Shang Dynasty; "King Ke Yin of Xiwu, King Jing of Cheng, King Kang of the People, and built his mother and brother, to Ping Zhou" ("Left Biography"), King Wu of Zhou established the Western Zhou Dynasty, and King Kang of Chengwang realized the "Prosperous Age of Chengkang", Effectively managing the descendants of the Xia Shang royal family, achieving great national unity; because the Zhou clan was located in the western land, in order to effectively manage and rule the eastern princes, the Western Zhou Dynasty built the "Zhou Dao" connecting Zongzhou and Chengzhou to the east. Therefore, the "Zhou Dao" became the main passage for the princes and nobles of the Western Zhou Dynasty to travel between the Zhou Fenghao and the Eastern Capital Chengzhou region, and became a witness to the historical and cultural development of the Western Zhou, recording the joys, sorrows, honors and humiliations of the princes and nobles of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and also recording the rise and fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the sorrows and joys of the remnants of the Xia Shang.
"Zuo Chuan" quotes yi poems from "Zuo Biao" and is included in the "Ancient Poetry Sources". It is quoted in the Zuo Chuan as an article in the Book of Poetry, explaining the importance of the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the rule of the remnants of the Xia Shang, but there is no such poem in the Book of Poetry, so it is called "Zuo Chuan". From the "poetry" of his statement, it can be seen that it should be a passage in the Book of Poetry. Through the study of the quotation poems of the "Zuo Zhuan", a historical picture of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the historical changes of the Xia and Shang Zhou Dynasties are vividly presented to us.
The full text of the quotation poem in the "Left Biography" is as follows: Cocking the car, beckoning me to bow. Do not you want to go, fear my friends? I have nothing to supervise, after the summer and the business. For the sake of chaos, the people went into exile. The clarity of the river, the geometry of life. Zhaoyun inquired a lot, and the job competition was Luo. Although there is silk and hemp, there is no discarded pipe. Although there is ginger, there is no abandonment of banana extract. All the gentlemen, do not take the place. Zhou Dao was very strong, and my heart was pounding. The lecture is not ordered, and the people are gathered to decide. Etiquette and righteousness are not ashamed, and what compassion is said. Shu Shu Er Stop, No Carrier False.
The Dongyi region in the middle and lower reaches of the Huai River, because of its superior climate, geography, natural environment, and rich products, became the cradle for nurturing the Chinese ancestors and established the Xia Dynasty. "The East is yi. Yi, Yi Ye, benevolent and good life, all things come out of the ground. Therefore, the nature is soft, easy to be the emperor, to the prince, the immortal country. Therefore, Confucius wanted to live in Jiuyiye. It has become the source of the "Book of Poetry" and the birthplace of Taoism and Confucianism in Chinese civilization.
Shang Tang from the north replaced the Xia Dynasty, inherited the territory, history and culture of the Xia Dynasty's rule, and established the Shang Dynasty; the Western Zhou Dynasty established by the Wu Dynasty and the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, effectively managing the Huaiyi region in the east, became the main task of the princes and nobles of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and also the material and cultural basis for maintaining the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Traveling back and forth between Zong Zhou and Cheng Zhou became a major affair of the western Zhou emperor's zhou nobles, in order to realize the Western Zhou Dynasty's "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom and faith" governing ideological measures.
"Ride on a horse and invite me with a bow" reflects the scene in which the princes and nobles of Western Zhou led a large army to the east; "Do you not want to go, fear my friends and friends" reflects the responsibility and obligation of the ruling nobles to leave Zong Zhou; "I have no supervision, after summer and shang" reflects that the main purpose of the Western Zhou nobles leaving their hometowns and traveling around is to effectively manage the remnants of the Xia and Yin merchants; "For the sake of chaos, the people are exiled" reflects that once the measures of the Western Zhou Emperor Zhou nobles are improper or not timely, they will cause local chaos and the people to suffer; "The qing of the River, the geometry of life." Zhaoyun inquired a lot, and the job competition "reflected the due diligence of the Western Zhou nobles, to achieve the clarity of the river in the eastern region, and also reflected the geographical characteristics of the clear water of the river in the eastern region; "Although there is silk and hemp, there is no abandonment of the pipe." Although there is Ji Jiang, there is no abandonment of banana extract", reflecting that although the destination is rich in silk and exquisite linen, it is not possible to discard its own coarse clothes, although there are beautiful women, nor can it abandon the wife of chaff; "All the hundred gentlemen, do not do not do their best" reflects that as a gentleman, do not do your best; "Zhou Dao is very strong, my heart is broken" reflects the Zhou Dao of Zong Zhou to Chengzhou, although the road is far away, it is as ambitious and straight as my ambition; "Telling things is not ordered, gathering people to determine." Etiquette and righteousness are not ashamed, and what compassion is said. Shu Shen Er Stop, Wu Zai Er Pseudo" reflects that as a protagonist of hard work and state affairs, for the sake of the Zhou Dynasty and the people of Li, it is inevitable that he will be subjected to some unfair treatment and remarks.
The poems quoted in "Zuo Zhuan" contain a lot of historical information reflecting the history and culture of the Xia And Shang Dynasties, providing a rare basis for us to decipher the historical context of the development of Chinese civilization, which coincides with the author's historical research conclusions on the Xia and Shang Dynasties. In order to concisely reflect the author's research conclusions on the Xia Shang Three Dynasties, the "pluralistic integration" chart of the history of the Xia Shang Three Dynasties is specially made as follows:
Combining the "Zuo Chuan" quotation poem with the Xia Shang Zhou "Pluralistic Unity" diagram, a real historical picture is vividly displayed in front of us: a prince and nobleman who commanded the Western Zhou army, for a historical mission and for the sake of his friends' entrusted responsibility, galloped on the Zhou Road from Zong Zhou to the southeast of Chengzhou; in order to use the virtue of benevolence and righteousness to effectively manage the remnants of Xia and Shang; although there were gorgeous clothes made of silk that were abundant in the south, they could not throw away the simple clothes of the West; they should use the gentleman's style of the East. He reformed the people of the Eastern Li people; used the virtue of a gentleman to face the gossip from the nobles of Zong Zhou. Combined with the history of the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the complex situation faced by the Zhou Gong's Eastern Crusade, based on the scene and state of mind depicted in the "Zuo Zhuan" quotation poem, the author determines that this poem was composed by Zhou Gong, which is appropriate and seamless.
The key carrier that can carry the "multiple unity" diagram of Xia Shang Zhou and the quotation poem of "Zuo Zhuan" is the ancient city of Sifang Lake located in the Dongyi area. With its unique natural conditions, the ancient city of Sifang Lake provides a rich material basis and humanistic conditions for the development of the civilization of the Xia and Shang Dynasties - benevolence and good life, all things come out of the earth, so it is soft in nature, easy to be a taoist emperor, to a gentleman, an immortal country. "King Keyin of Wu, King Jing of Cheng, King Kang of Sifang, King Kang of The People", it is precisely because King Wu of Zhou ended the rule of the Shang Dynasty, and King Zhou Cheng built the ancient city of Sifang Lake, which was once the capital of the Xia Dynasty and the city of Shang of the Shang Dynasty, into Chengzhou City, inheriting the cultural heritage of Xia Shang, and King Kang of Zhou recuperated and recuperated the remnants of xia Merchants in the Sifang Lake area, thus creating the prosperity of the "rule of Chengkang" and becoming the cultural and spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation.
Therefore, from the perspective of the historical development of Xia Shang Zhou, the history of Chinese civilization of "pluralism and integration" is not composed of ancient cultural sites of many ages and regions to form a Chinese civilization, but a Chinese civilization that has been produced by the continuous inheritance of the history and culture of the Five Thousand Years of Xia Shang Zhou carried by the ancient city of Sifang Lake in Dongyi. (Author: Zhao Hui)