There is a character in "Feng Shen Bang" who is a traitor under King Zhou. He offered to slander King Zhou Jin, causing Xibo Hou Jichang to be imprisoned and later killed by Jiang Ziya. This person was Chonghou Tiger.
So is there really a person named Chonghouhu in history? Did he really slander King Zhou again?
[古邦 Chongguo]
Chonghou tiger is actually not a name, Chong is an ancient country in the Xia and Shang period, the marquis is the title, and the tiger is the name. Therefore, Chonghou Tiger refers to the monarch of Chongguo, a man named Tiger as a Marquis. It's not that the name described in "Fengshen Bang" is Chonghouhu.
Chongguo is an ancient state. In the Yao and Shun era, Dayu's father Gun was very good at building the city, so Yao sealed him in Chongdi and established Chongguo.
"Guoyu·Zhouyu" refers to Gun as "Chongbo Gun", and the source of the word "sublime" is also here. "Zhu Shu Ji Nian · Juan Shang": "(Emperor Yao) in sixty-one years, ordered Chong Bo Gun to rule the river." This statement is also corroborated.
The Chongguo of the Xia Dynasty was located in the Songshan generation. It is speculated that Chongguo moved to Fenggao in the late summer and early Shang Dynasty.
"The Book of Songs·Daya": "It is both in Chong and Yu Feng." It describes the historical events of Zhou Wenwang's attack on Chongguo and his move to Fengyi.
[Black and White Chonghou Tiger]
About Chonghou Tiger, there are actually two people in history, both of whom are the Chongguo monarch. The former lived in the time of Shang Wang Wu Ding, and the latter was the Chonghou Tiger of Emperor Zhou. The age of the two is very different, so they are by no means the same person.
As the Wuding era entered the Little Ice Age, northern nomads went south to plunder. At this stage, many ancient civilizations, including ancient India, were wiped out, but under the leadership of Wu Ding, China defeated the invading nomads by taking the narrative as the prime minister and the good women as the generals.
Among them, Chonghou Tiger is a local general Wuding reused. He once assisted Wuding to fight the invasion of local nomads. In the oracle bone inscriptions left in the Wuding era, there are more than 30 records of (Hou Hu, Chonghou).
It can be seen that this Chonghou Tiger in the Wuding era was a hero who maintained the stability of the Shang Dynasty border and defended the civilization of the Central Plains.
And the Chonghou tiger in the Emperor Zhou era, there is such a record in the "Historical Records": "The Chonghou Tiger confessed to Xibo Yu Yin Chong said: Xibo accumulates virtues and all the lords will go to it, which will not benefit the emperor."
It can be seen that Chonghou Hujin's slander is really recorded in history books.
[The true Chongguo in history]
Why does Chonghouhu offer slander to King Zhou? Is it really because Chonghouhu is a treacherous minister? In fact, this is closely related to the status of Chongguo at that time.
Chonghou Tiger is described as Beibohou in "Fengshen Bang", and Ji Chang is Xibohou. In fact, in history, it is likely that Chonghouhu and Ji Chang fought for the position of Xibo.
As mentioned earlier, in the Wuding era, Chongguo was active and helped Wuding defeat the invading nomads. At that time, Chongguo was located in the Fenghao generation, so Chongguo was a traditional power in the Guanzhong area.
In the late Shang Dynasty, Chongguo had become an important feudal state for merchants to suppress Xiqiang, helping Yin and Shang to sit in the west, so if there is Xibohou at this time, it is also Chongguo.
[Qi Zhou Rise]
Zhou people only developed when Gu Gongfu's father moved to Zhouyuan, this time is the late Shang Dynasty. Ji Li, the son of Gu Gong's father, was powerful and conquered the barbarians everywhere, greatly developing the power of Zhou people.
Although Zhou people became stronger, in the eyes of Yin and Shang, Qi Zhou was still a branch of Xiqiang, a barbaric Yidi, and Chongguo was a traditional ally of Yin and Shang.
The rise of Zhou people made both Yin Shang and Chongguo feel threatened, so Shang Wang Wending, the grandfather of Zhou Wang, summoned Jili to the capital of Yin and Shang, and named it Xibohou, but actually imprisoned him. Dead season calendar.
After Ji Li's death, Ji Chang, the son of Ji Li, succeeded to the throne. "Bamboo Book Chronicles"In the second year of Jae Jichang's succession, he attacked Yin Shang but failed. Then Ji Chang began a long dormancy and development.
When King Zhou was reigning, Ji Chang was already broadcasting the world in the name of benevolence and righteousness. A large number of tribes who were determined to subvert the Yin and Shang dynasties had gathered and formed a great momentum.
【Zhou Chong fights】
The most directly facing the rise of Qi Zhou is the traditional power of Chongguo in the west, and Chongguo was placed in the west by Yin and Shang to suppress Xiqiang. An important armed force.
So it is a natural mission for Chongguo to suppress Qi Zhou's rise, and Chongguo might have been doing this when Ji Chang was dormant. This also made Ji Chang wait until his hair was gray, and he failed to eliminate Chongguo and control the western region.
But King Zhou had great ambitions. After he succeeded to the throne, he placed his troops in the east and conquered Dongyi several times. Although he achieved fruitful results, the Yin and Shang's defenses against Western Qizhou were relaxed. .
may be the existence of Chongguo, King Zhou put all his strength into the east, but this period is also the stage of rapid development of Qi Zhou.
【Imprisoned Ji Chang】
Maybe Chongguo faces Qi Zhou alone and feels unable to support it. When King Zhou was conquering Dongyi, he was really afraid that Qi Zhou would make trouble behind his back.
So there is the matter of Chonghou Tiger offering slander to King Zhou. In fact, the essence of this matter is that both of them have the need to suppress the rise of Qi Zhou. Therefore, imprisoning Ji Chang is the common cause of King Zhou and Chonghou Tiger. seek.
But Ji Chang knew that he was still unable to fight Yin Shang at this time, so he had to compromise and was forced to accept the treatment of imprisonment.
Later, King Zhou’s Dongzheng achieved great success. At this time, King Zhou was so proud that he might not put Ji Chang, who seemed submissive, in his eyes, and then released Ji Chang who was imprisoned in Yili.
But Ji Chang’s release indicates that Shang and Zhou reached a temporary settlement. In other words, after Ji Chang returns to Qi Zhou, Chongguo will face Zhou's anger alone.
[Attack on Chongguo]
"Historical Records" "The king of Wen will want to attack the Chong, first declare: "Yu Wen Chonghou Hu scorned his father and brother, disrespect the elders, listen to prison In, uneven distribution of wealth. The people are exhausted and have no food and clothing. The rest will be levied for the people. "Naifa Chong, do not kill people, do not destroy rooms, do not fill wells, do not cut trees, do not move six animals, and those who are inferior to the order will die without pardon." "
Wen Wang Fa Chong arrived at this time, and it was a matter of course. In fact, the relationship between the two is that the country is strong and the weak is different, but the relationship between the strengths and weaknesses of the two is reversed. Starting from Jili, troops were sent to attack Yidi. It began.
With Ji Chang’s decades of painstaking development, Chongguo stayed in place, even in order to curb the rise of Qi Zhou, but lost the morale of the people. As a result, Ji Chang easily attacked. .
【Summary】
Chongguo is actually an important stepping stone to the rise of Zhou people. The demise of Chongguo means that Zhou people finally wiped out the Shang forces in the western region. The necessary preparations were made for the subsequent elimination of Yin and Shang.
From the perspective of Chonghouhu, he is not a pure whistleblower. In fact, he is only performing his duties against Ji Chang. But Chongguo Finally failed, as a loser, he can only let posterity comment.
