In the ancient masterpiece "List of Fengshen Gods", there is a person named Jiang Shang, ziya, who studied under the original Tianzun and was the holder of the list of fengshen gods. At the age of 80, he went out of the mountains to assist King Wen of Zhou in defeating Di Xin and establishing the Zhou Dynasty. In ordinary life, we have many allusions that are derived from his stories, such as Jiang Taigong fishing wishers on the hook, Taigong here, the abdication of the gods and other allusions deeply rooted in the folk, ordinary people almost know his story, in ancient times there were customs of offering Taigong Temple in many places. Although the character of Jiang Ziya is a character in the mythological novel "List of Fengshen Gods", this person in history is real, and he did assist King Wen of Zhou in establishing the Zhou Dynasty, but it is not so mysterious.
Jiang Ziya (c. 1156 BC – c. 1017 BC), surnamed Jiang, Lü Shi, Ming Shang, Yi Wang, Zi Ya, or Shan Hu Ya, also known as Lü Shang, nicknamed Flying Bear. A man of the last years of the Shang Dynasty. Jiang Ziya was the founder of the State of Qi, the King of Zhou Wen, the chief strategist of King Kelu of Wu, the supreme military commander and the founding father of Western Zhou, the founder of Qi culture, and an outstanding strategist, military and statesman with a long influence in ancient China. Successive classics have recognized his historical status, and the Confucian, Fa, Bing, and Zongheng families have all pursued him as their own family figures and are respected as "Hundred Masters of the Hundred Schools". Jiang Ziya, also known as Jiang Shang. It is a man from the East Sea. His ancestors served as the officials of the Four Mountains and assisted Xia Yu in the management of water and soil. Shun and Yu shi were sealed in Lü, and some were sealed in letters, surnamed Jiang. In the Xia and Shang dynasties, some of Shen and Lü were given to the descendants of the side branches, and some of the descendants became commoners, and Lü Shang was his distant descendant. Lü Shang's original surname was Jiang, and because of his fiefdom, he was called Lü Shang.
Lü Shang was once poor, and when he was old, he took the opportunity to fish and asked to see Zhou Xibo. Before going out hunting, Siber gave a fortune telling, saying, "The prey obtained is not a dragon or a mantis, nor a tiger nor a bear; the result is an auxiliary subject who has achieved the cause of the overlord." Xi Bo then went out hunting, and sure enough, he met Taigong on the north bank of the Wei River, and after talking with Taigong, Xi Bo was very happy, saying: "Since the ancestors of our country, Taigong, have said: 'There will be saints coming to Zhou, and Zhou will prosper because of this.'" 'That's you,' We have been looking forward to you for a long time. Therefore, Lü Shang was called "Taigong Wang", and the two returned by car together and were honored as Taishi. Some people say that Taigong is knowledgeable and has done things for Shang. Shang Yi had no way, and Taigong left. Lobbying the princes of the nations, he did not know of the king of the encounter, and finally went west to return to Zhou Xibo. Some people say that Lu Shang was a gentleman who lived in seclusion on the seashore. When Zhou Xibo was imprisoned in Qili, Xi bo's ministers San yisheng and Hong Yaojiu heard of Lü Shang's name and summoned him. Lu Shang also believes that "I heard that Xi BoXiande has always respected and cared for the elderly, so why not go?" "In order to rescue Siber, these three people searched for the treasure of beauty and offered it to the king of Xi to redeem Siber. Siber was thus released and returned to the Zhou Kingdom. Although the legends of Lü Shanggui Zhou vary, it is generally believed that he was the master of King Wu of Wen.
After Zhou Xibochang escaped from Qili and returned to China, he secretly plotted with Taigong how to implement the virtue government to overthrow the Shang regime, many of which were the plots and tricks of the use of soldiers, so the descendants talked about the basic strategy of using soldiers and the secret power of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Xibo was Zheng Qingping, especially after the land dispute between the Ming Dynasty and The Rui Kingdom, and was known to the world as the King of Wen who received the Mandate of Heaven. Xi Bo also attacked Chongguo, Mishu and Inuyi, and built Fengyi on a large scale. Two-thirds of the princes of the world all turned to Zhou, mostly as a result of Taigong's planning and planning. After King Wen's death, King Wu took the throne. In the ninth year, King Wu wanted to continue to complete the great cause of King Wen, and the Eastern Expedition Shang Inspected to see if the princes gathered to respond. When the army was discharged, Lü Shang, who was revered as "Shi Shang's father," held Huang Yu in his left hand and a Bai Xu oath in his right hand, saying: "Cang Wu Cang, lead the troops, assemble ships, and behead those who are late." So the soldiers went to Mengjin. There are as many as eight hundred princes from all over the world. The princes all said, "It is time to conquer the merchants." King Wu said, "Not yet." "The class teacher returned, and wrote the "Tai Oath" with Taigong.
Two years later, Shang Yi killed prince Bigan and imprisoned Mizi. The King of Wu will also conquer the Merchants, divination, turtle signs show unlucky, wind and rain suddenly arrived. The courtiers were terrified, and only Taigong forced King Wu to march, and King Wu sent troops. On the first day of the eleventh month, he swore an oath in Makino and entered the shang dynasty. The Shang army collapsed completely. Shang Yi turned around and escaped, boarded Lutai, and was chased and killed. The next day, King Wu stood on the altar of the society, the courtiers held Ming water in their hands, Uncle Wei Kang sealed the colored mat, Shi Shang's father brought the sacrificial animals, and Shi You prayed according to the strategy book, and told the gods about the rebellion against the evil merchants. Distribute coins accumulated in Lutai and distribute grain accumulated in Juqiao to help the poor. Build the tomb of Gao Gaobigan and release the imprisoned Miko. The Jiuding, which symbolizes the supreme power in the world, was moved to the Zhou Kingdom, the government affairs of the Zhou Dynasty were repaired, and a new era began to be created together with the people of the world. Most of the above things are based on the advice of Shi Shangfu. At this time, King Wu had already pacified Shangyi and became the king of the world, so he rewarded Shi Shangfu with the title of Qi Guoyingqiu. Shi Shang's father went east to his own fiefdom, living while walking, and the speed was very slow. The man in the guest house said of him: "I have heard that timing is rare and easy to lose. This guest slept so comfortably, I am afraid that he did not go to the feudal state to take up his post. Taigong heard this, dressed all night, and arrived in the country of Qi at dawn. Just as Lai Hou came to attack with his troops, he wanted to compete with Taigong for the camp hill. Yingqiu is adjacent to laiguo. The Lai people were of the Yi tribe, taking advantage of the shang rebellion and the Zhou Dynasty had just settled down, unable to pacify the distant places, so they competed with Taigong for land. When Taigong died, he was more than a hundred years old, and was succeeded by his son Lü Ling, Duke of Ding.
Jiang Ziya's life was bumpy and grinding, vigorous and mysterious. Throughout the achievements of Taigong's life, whether from the military, political, economic thought, etc., there have been outstanding contributions, especially the military as the most, so the Taishi Gongyan "the words of the future generations and the Yin power of the Zhou Dynasty are all Zong Taigong as the strategy", which can be called the originator of the military family and the military abyss. Jiang Ziya is an all-knowing and all-powerful figure in Chinese history, an image of "tall, big, and all-round" on the Chinese literary and art stage, and a god lord on the altar of China who is above the gods. As a religious deity, he is the god of martial arts and wisdom, and is worshipped as a protective deity who "is here to be taigong and has no taboos". From the time of the ancient Gong Gong's father, the Zhou Dynasty hoped to get a sage, a sage who could rule the country with martial ability and wen energy to assist the Zhou Kingdom in achieving the task of destroying Yin Xingzhou, so he called Taigong "Taigong Wang", and when King Wu was in power, he was also called "Shi Shang father", and the respect for the powerful was incomparable. King Wen appointed Taigong as "Taishi", the highest official among the "Three Dukes" of the Western Zhou Dynasty, that is, the main army, who also asked for political affairs. Sometimes there are sayings that "the world is divided into three parts, the second belongs to the Zhou, and the plots of the Taigong are the most", which shows the importance of the position of the Taigong in the Zhou Dynasty.
Jiang Ziya was half cold, choosing the Lord, and wandering uncertainly, but he could be patient, observe the wind and clouds, wait for the opportunity, and finally meet the Ming Lord, assist Ji Chang, and Xiu De Zhenwu in order to xingzhou. King Wu of Zhou cut down the silk, Taigong was a military division, the Great Battle of Makino, the destruction of Shang Chengzhou, and made the first contribution. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Ziya was named the monarch of the State of Qi, who ruled the country well and created the Yangyang Great Country, with the legacy still existing and successive generations, laying the foundation for the later Duke huan of Qi huan, "nine princes, one Kuang tianxia became the head of the five hegemons".