We all know the ancient abdication system. Basically, those who know a little about history know that Yao abdicated the throne to Shun, and Shun abdicated the throne to Yu. So how did Yao's throne come from? Did he also rely on the abdication system? He inherited it from his father. This article discusses this issue.
Let’s first briefly learn about Yao’s life experience. Yao, also known as , Tang Yao, , surnamed Yi Qi, named Fangxun, was from the ancient Tang Kingdom (now Yaodu District, Linfen, Shanxi). It is said that the leader of the tribal alliance in the late tribes of the patriarchal clan society. Diyao is the fourth child of Diya , the third brother of Dizhi , and the mother is Chen Feng, one of the "Five Emperors" in Three Emperors and Five Emperors .
Emperor Yaotu
Before Yao Shun Yu , the regime was basically still "family world" rather than "public world". The ancestor of the "family world" regime was Huangdi . The regime in the Central Plains was basically descendants of the emperor. In fact, this "public world" regime was essentially a transfer of aristocratic power, but it was not the father who died and the son who succeeded, and the brothers who ended with the younger brothers, but the power was transferred to the more wise people among the nobles. The regimes before Yao, Shun and Yu were all descendants of Huangdi, and Yao, Shun and Yu themselves were descendants of Huangdi. In the "Book of the Five Emperors" record lineages, we can trace the ancestors of Yao, Shun and Yu.
Emperor Yao lineage: Huangdi → Xuanxiao → Cangji → Gao Xin (Emperor Kuan) → Emperor Yao;
Emperor Shun lineage: Huangdi → Changyi → Emperor Zhuanxu → Qingchan → Jingkang → Juwang → Qiaoniu → Yansou → Emperor Shun;
Emperor Yu lineage: Huangdi → Changyi → Emperor Zhuanxu → (Emperor) Gun → Emperor Yu;
From the above genealogical relationship, the beneficiaries of the three abdications of Yao, Shun and Yu are descendants of Huangdi, and ordinary civilians will not touch the throne at all, let alone other slaves.
"The Emperor's death was broken, and Zhi was established. Emperor Zhi was not good, but Emperor released his honors, and Emperor Yao." "The Book of the Five Emperors"
After Emperor Zhi died, his eldest son Zhi succeeded to the throne, which was Emperor Zhi. Zhi did not make political achievements, and Yao replaced him. From the records of the Grand Historian, we can see that Yao's throne was not obtained through abdication, but was inherited from his brother. From this we learned that Yao won the throne not by abdicating, but by coup. The specific situation is not clear. Even the news that Taishigong himself obtained by visiting around should not be very accurate.
