Nu Hao was a well-known figure in the Shang Dynasty.
Saying that she is famous, we can prove it from three aspects.
First of all, because of the more than 10,000 oracle bone fragments excavated from the Anyang Yin Ruins, there are more than 200 oracle bone fragments, recording the good things of women. The fragments found here are not a complete oracle account, but only a sample. However, from this sample, the probability of a good woman's record is already quite high. After all, in the hundreds of years of the Shang Dynasty, so many things have happened and countless characters have appeared. There are more than 10,000 pages of history books about the Shang Dynasty, of which more than 200 pages are about women. It can be seen that the exposure rate of women's good is indeed quite high.
Secondly, after the tomb of the woman was discovered in 1976, a large number of burial items were found from the tomb, including 1928 items, more than 440 bronzes, more than 590 jade objects, and more than 560 bone objects. In addition, there are a variety of stone tools, ivory products, pottery, and more than 6,000 shells. What does so much mean? It shows that this person is indeed real in history and is certainly unchanged.
The tomb of the woman is very luxurious, such a luxurious tomb, it was not stolen, of course, the good luck of the woman, but also shows that the protection technology of the tomb of the woman is very high.
Third, from the perspective of world history, women have also played an important role. It can be said that she is not only a Chinese-level figure, but also a world-class figure. After the Aryans encountered extremely cold weather, they crossed the Hindukus Pass and migrated in four directions in search of a new home. The Aryan branches in three directions wiped out the ancient Kingdom of Babylon, the Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, and the Kingdom of Ancient India. The last remaining Aryan branch, crossed the mountains and mountains to the Gansu region, where a tribe called the Ghost Fang was established. The tribe then continued to migrate along the Yellow River valley to the place where the Shang Dynasty lived, and vigorously attacked the Shang Dynasty, hoping to seize the Shang Dynasty's homeland and establish their country.
But it was in this situation that Nühao led a huge army of more than 10,000 people, the largest at that time (it was a huge army, because it was the largest army recorded in that era, and the number of troops accounted for more than half of the entire Shang Dynasty army), resisting the fierce attack of the Aryans. In the end, the women defeated this aryan tribe, so they fled in all directions, some becoming the Ōtsuki clan, and some becoming the Loulan people. Of course, those who were captured also became Central Plains people.
In short, due to the actions of women to protect their families and defend the country, the Shang Dynasty was preserved and continued to the Zhou Dynasty. As a result, the blood of the Chinese nation has not been broken, and unlike the other three ancient civilizations in the world, the root vein has been broken, and the civilization has lost its inheritance.
From the above three points, it can be seen that Nühao is indeed a very important figure in history, and its significance is great not only for Chinese history but also for world history.
However, it is very strange that there is no record of her situation in the "Records of History", or in the Later Unearthed Qinghua Jane and the Bamboo Book Chronicle or various Han Janes.
It is understandable that there is no record of women's good women in the "Records of History", because after Xiang Yu burned the Qin Palace and Qin Shi Huang's burning of books, there were indeed many history books that were burned, and it was normal for the part of the history books that recorded women's good books to be burned. However, many of the "Bamboo Book Chronicles" and other Han Jian were excavated from tombs and escaped the destruction of Qin Shi Huang's book burning pit and the end of Qin. Supposedly, there should be, but there is no, which is a very strange thing.
This situation once puzzled many historians and archaeologists. They believe that there may be a mistake in the interpretation of the oracle in later generations, and that the woman may not be a woman, but a man-king. And this man king is the man king who was once recorded in the history books. It is only because linguists and archaeologists still have limitations in their interpretation of the oracle bone that they regard the woman as a woman. Of course, this claim cannot be said to be unreasonable, but at present, no relevant proof has been found, that is, it is only a guess.
If we study the fragments of oracle bones that record women well, if we analyze them carefully, we will find that some of the records are particularly interesting.
For example, as a woman, Shehao actually wore a strong and sharp and led the soldiers out to fight. Moreover, the army under his command accounted for almost half of the entire Shang Dynasty at that time. For example, as Wu Ding's wife, Shehao did not live with Wu Ding, but lived in her fiefdom, she had property, her own army and escort, and this situation almost did not occur in history. For example, although Wu Ding and his wife were in love, they also had conflicts and even fought wars. For example, Nü Hao once led an army to attack many times, in addition to chasing the ghost side in the north, she also attacked Bashu. The reason why the land area of the Shang Dynasty was able to become very large had a lot to do with the women's good southern conquest and northern warfare, and the expansion of territory. For example, after her death, she was not buried with Wu Ding, and the scale of her tomb was even larger than That of Wu Ding.
In short, what a good woman does is entirely the image of a man, not the image of a woman. Why some archaeologists and historians will think that a woman may be a man, a king, is because the image of a woman is completely the image of a man king, so there is such a doubt.
In fact, a big reason why women's good does not appear in the "Records of History" or in those classics of the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period is that these classics deliberately circumvented women's goodness. Why deliberately circumvent it?
When the Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty, it had already established a set of value orders. The Zhou Dynasty believed that they were ordained by heaven and were on the side of justice, so they led the princes to rebel and replace the Shang Dynasty and become the co-lords of the world. Then, in order to maintain their rule, they vigorously promoted this value order and established a hierarchical order called Zhou Li. In this hierarchical order, Zhou Tianzi was at the top of the pyramid, followed by princes, qing masters, soldiers, commoners, and slaves. In this hierarchical order, no one can go beyond his own class, cannot do anything beyond class. Even hunting, you can only fight the prey you should hit. "Chasing deer in the Central Plains" means that only the princes are qualified to "chase deer", and the lower classes are not qualified.
However, this order is actually only the order of men, not the order of women. Women have no status at all, not at all within the scope of the discussion of this order. If a woman does what a man can do, it would be ridiculous and terrible. Because this is a direct impact on the order of the Zhou Li.
Back in time, let's look at the woman again. None of the records of women's goodness in the oracle fragments are in line with zhou li. Can a woman lead a soldier to war? Can a woman go in half of the national army? Can a woman have her own fiefdom? Can a woman leave her husband and live elsewhere? Can a woman argue with her husband and fight? Can a woman's tomb surpass her husband's? Can a woman take an army to invade another country? If this is done, will the benevolence of the co-lord of the world still exist?
In short, everything that The Woman did before she was born did not meet the value standards of the Zhou Dynasty. If the various texts of the Zhou Dynasty record the good things of women, it will definitely be a huge impact on the Zhou rites. Even during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were hundreds of sons and hundreds of families. These thinkers are only men, no women thinking about these questions. Therefore, in the writings of the sons and hundreds of families, they will not record the deeds of the good women, and they will not think about the way the good women behave. Therefore, in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" and various excavated Han Jian, there will be no women's good.
In terms of values, the "Records of History" is in line with the Zhou rites of the Zhou Dynasty, and it also establishes a value vein from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Chengtang Zhou Wu, from the Zhou Gong to Confucius. In such a value vein, there is no room for women to exist. Therefore, whether or not the "Records of History" has seen records of women's goodness, it seems that she cannot appear in the "Records of History".