The Shang Dynasty has a long history, ruling for 554 years and reigning by 30 kings. Among them, Shang Tang, Pan Geng, and Di Xin (纣王) are the three monarchs known to later generations.
In traditional Chinese accounts, Emperor Xin is portrayed as a tyrant who was unbridled, extravagant, vain, and brutal.
In 1102 BC, the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Yi, ascended the throne, and he took the name Zixian. During the 26 years of Emperor Yi's reign, the Shang Dynasty had already declined, and the surrounding vassal states raised troops to attack the Shang Dynasty.
With the assistance of his younger brother Bigan, Jizi and others, Emperor Yi set out to build Shuofang City to resist the invasion of foreign Yi and barely maintain the rule of the Shang Dynasty. 26 years later, Di Yi was seriously ill, and before his death, he had planned to pass the throne to his eldest son, Wei Zi Qi, but because Wei Zi Qi was a concubine, he could only pass the throne to his youngest son Di Xin under the opposition of the ministers.
Therefore, after Di Xin ascended the throne, he was called "纣" by the people of the world, that is, the later king of Shang.
King Shang, a monarch known for his strength, his strength is enough to "drag nine oxen", and his body has been very strong since he was a child. This strength gives him the confidence that he is the best person in the world, so he will not listen to any advice.
In order to quell the chaos around him, he personally led his troops to fight, and a battle of the Huaishui Basin, which lasted nearly a year, allowed him to finally return victorious. However, the victory did not change him, but only made him more arrogant.
He went on a campaign and plundered treasures and beauties, overwhelming the people of the Shang Dynasty. Despite this, his life was even more extravagant.
The king's uncle, Kezi, admonished him that the monarch was luxurious and the people were hard, which foreshadowed the decline of the country. However, instead of listening to the advice, the king drank and had fun in the palace with his concubines, increasing the burden on the people, piling up his belongings, and even using wine as a pool and meat as a forest, and enjoying himself with his concubines.
It is a scene of extravagance and absurdity, which contrasts sharply with the prosperity of the country.
The King of the Rice Bowl indulged in the luxurious life of the wine pond meat forest and forgot the existence of time. He searched for people around him, but no one could tell him the date. Finally, he thought of his uncle Miko, so he sent someone to ask.
According to the Complete Works of the Wisdom Tank, the long night drink of the King of the Ring made him lose his sense of time, and he had to turn to his most diligent uncle.
Ancient China's calendar has a long history, dating back more than 4,000 years. From the records in the oracle bone inscriptions, it can be seen that there were already different epoch methods such as the "oracle bone calendar", "Yellow Emperor calendar", and "Xia calendar" at that time.
During the period of the Shang Dynasty, although the calendar already existed, many festivals had not yet been formed, and the role of etiquette for ordinary people may not be great, but for the imperial court, when it comes to major issues such as sacrifices, the question of "what month and day is today" still needs to be clarified.
Therefore, when the king of the Emperor forgot the specific date, he sent someone to ask for the basket. When Miko heard this question, he thought he was asking about government affairs, so he hurriedly got up to greet him.
As a famous minister in the last years of the Shang Dynasty, in the face of the envoy of the tyrant of Yin Shang, he cleverly used drunkenness as an excuse to say that he did not know the date. Actually, he knew the date, but he thought that if the whole country lost the concept of time, the world would be in crisis.
If only he knew the date, then he would also be in danger.
As the Son of Heaven, King Su has forgotten the passage of time, which is an extremely dangerous signal. Since his accession to the throne, he has repeatedly put pressure on me, and if no one in the world knows the date, but I know, then disaster will inevitably befall me.
Therefore, I could only confess to him: "I don't know. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan once said: "Everyone is drunk and I am sober." In fact, everyone is deceived by the world, and only the one who is awake is often ostracized and oppressed.
Jizi was hundreds of years earlier than Qu Yuan, and he knew the world better than Qu Yuan.