Daji, the daughter of the princes of the Su State, and the favorite concubine of the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, King Shang.
The legend of Daji was already a household name in ancient China, but at that time, Daji could only be called a red face and a curse, not a fox spirit.
It was not until modern times that many archaeological discoveries made people know more about the Shang King and Daji.
The king of Shang was not called the king of the Shang, but his original name was "Di Xin", and the king of Shang was a nickname imposed on him by his descendants, which means "cruelty and goodness", in order to express his ridicule and hatred for the cruelty of Di Xin.
In 1047 BC, the king of Shang sent troops to attack the Yousu tribe. As the Fang State, the Yousu tribe naturally could not resist the powerful merchant army, and bent their knees to sue for peace, sacrificing a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and the beautiful Daji.
The king of Xuan was very fond of Daji, and it is recorded in the "Historical Records": "Good wine and lewd pleasures, and indulge in women." Love Daji, Daji's words are from".
Daji supports the ** and torture of the king. He also instigated the king to use cannon branding and other means to brutalize the ministers and the people, causing panic in the people and the instability of the Shang Dynasty's rule.
Later, in the battle of Muye of the Zhou Dynasty, the Shang army was defeated, and the king of Zhou ran to Lutai**, and Daji hanged himself. King Wu of Zhou symbolically cut off the head of the king of Shang, and a centuries-old dynasty came to an end, and Daji, a beauty, also disappeared.
Before the Ming Dynasty, in many historical records, Daji was just a bewitching and bewitching lord, and the image of calamity to the country and the people, not a thousand-year-old fox spirit.
It wasn't until the Ming Dynasty's "Romance of the Sealed Kingdom" that such a best-selling film of gods and demons became popular.
* describes Daji as follows: Cheng Enlu, the daughter of the princes, jade silk and gold silk embroidered clothes. is as delicate as a nine-fold heavenly fairy, but it is actually a fox of Yin Shang's dead country.
It means that Daji is possessed by a thousand-year-old fox spirit, and was ordered by Nuwa to cause trouble to Yin Shang. In modern society, there are more and more film and television works with this as the theme, and the image of Daji fox spirit is becoming more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
For example, Fu Yiwei's version of Daji in 1990, Wen Bixia's version of Daji in 2001, Fan Bingbing's version of Daji in 2006, Zhang Xinyu's version of Daji in 2014, and Wang Likun's version of Daji in 2019.
I have to say that after the wonderful performances of many stars, different versions have different characteristics and entry points, but the fact that Daji is a thousand-year-old fox spirit has not changed, so that the image of Daji fox spirit is well-known and unshakable.
An ordinary tribal beauty, who aided in the abuse, became a model of disaster to the country and the people, and was remembered by history for so long after the careful modification and interpretation of later generations, it is amazing!