In " Historical Records - Xia Benji ", Tai Shigong did say something superfluous, that is Dayu After his death, he "benefited the world." After three years of mourning, Emperor Yu's son Qi was allowed to live in the sun of Jishan Mountain. Yu's son enlightened the virtuous, and the world followed his wishes. When Yu died, although he benefited, the benefits were not enough to help Yu, and the world was not harmonious. So the princes all left. Yi then went to Qi and said, "My lord is the son of Emperor Yu." ’ So Qisui became the emperor, and he was Qi, the Queen of Xia. Among them, the sentence "Although benefited, benefited from Yu's daylight, the world is not harmonious, so the princes all went to benefit and worship Qi" is an explanatory sentence, depicting the wisdom of benefiting without merit but receiving the world and Qi through literary form. It has to be said that Tai Shigong had good intentions and resolved a dispute for the throne, and he was gentle and courteous.
Is this actually the case? Let’s first take a look at the so-called abdication system. In the era of abdication system, there was no state, but a tribal alliance-style rule. Who would be the “leader” depended on the strength of the tribe behind him. Without sufficient strength, he would definitely not be a “permanent member”. Once he entered the center of the tribal alliance, his tribal leader would enter the center of political power and could control a certain amount of alliance power. Only with the strong tribal strength behind him could he become the next leader.
Yao's surrender to Shun was something decided before Yao's death, and Shun assumed power. Even if Shun did not banish Emperor Yao's son Danzhu and "prison" Yao, it was because the power had been transferred from Yao's tribe to Shun's tribe, and the transfer of power between the alliance leaders had been implemented. And Shun's surrender to Yu was also accomplished by relying on the legal system. Gao Tao , who presided over the punishment, "therefore respected Yu's virtues and ordered the people to follow Yu. It is better to follow the punishment." I'm afraid he was not the only one who promoted the rule of virtue.
In fact, before Yu gave up the benefits, he gave them to the Gaotao tribe, but he died. There must have been something wrong with the tribe behind him. At the same time, Yu also had different opinions on the issue of abdication. "Warring States Policy: Yan Ce" records: "Yu taught him benefits, and made Qi an official. When he was old, he took Qi as an incompetent official to the world, and passed on the benefits. Qi and his branch attacked Yi and captured the world. This is how Yu's name was passed down to the world. In fact, Qi took it from himself. "This is very clear. Although it was not passed on to his son, it was passed on to him as a benefit that "Zuo Yu is weak and the world is not harmonious." And letting his son become a high official in the "United Nations" is really letting him "take it for himself."
So, is it true that as Tai Shigong said, this Boyi was "Zuo Yu Riqian" that prevented it from happening? Probably not. This Boyi was an assistant to Dayu in flood control. He also taught people how to grow rice and invented the technology of digging wells. Later generations even believed that he was the first author of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", so he should have meritorious service.
Let's take a look at other different sayings: 1. " Bamboo Chronicles " records: "Yi replaced Yu, detained and imprisoned him, initiated the rebellion and killed Yi to inherit Yu's sacrifice." 2. "Han Feizi: Wai Chu Shuo Lower Right" records: "After the death of the ancient Yu, the world will be passed on to Yi, and the people of Qi will establish Qi because of their mutual support and attack on Yi." 3. The Warring States Period The "Rong Chengshi" on the Chu State's Shangbo Slips records that "Yu gave in to the gains, and Qi took the gains by attacking." Of course, there are many similar sayings. It is not difficult to see that Qi's succession was not as smooth as Tai Shigong said, at least there was a war. Until Qi succeeded to the throne, the Youhu family was still aggrieved.
After Boyi fell from power, history records that in the second year after he succeeded to the throne, "Feihou Boyi went to the country", and then the Battle of Gan and conquered the Youhu clan. Boyi died four years later, and the Xia Hou clan "shrined it". So, did Mr. Boyi participate in or support the Youhu clan's war? It is unknown, but he died, or as the historian Mr. Lu Simian said: "It is quite doubtful whether Duke Zhou died a good death. Killing a person, and then seeking to flatter his ghost due to superstition is a common thing in barbaric times, so it is not surprising."
