"Jiang Ziya" is one of the most watched movies on National Day Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020. The movie protagonist Jiang Ziya draws on the historical Jiang Taigong and Jiang Shang from "The Romance of the Gods". This kind of reference can be regarded as allowing the audience to enter the theater faster, because Jiang Taigong is a household name in China.
What is interesting is that Jiang Ziya has several names or names in various documents, such as Jiang Shang, Jiang Ziya, Jiang Taigong, Qi Taigong, Lu Wang, Taigongwang and so on. Other things are understandable, so why is Jiang Ziya (Jiang Taigong) also called "Taigongwang" or "Luwang"?
The first thing to explain is that due to the time when Jiang Taigong lived and lack of historical data, many deeds of Jiang Taigong's life are still controversial in academic circles, and the same is true for Jiang Taigong's name. The following text of this ghost is basically based on the mainstream views recorded in "Historical Records".
The talented Jiang Taigong was ineffective in the first half of his life, and had to wait for his last chance on the Weishui River. After Zhou Wenwang returned from Yili, he has been working hard to rule out the Shang Dynasty. For Zhou Wenwang at this time, the biggest obstacle to the destruction of the Shang Dynasty was the assistance of the great wise man.
So the thirsty Zhou Wenwang and Jiang Taigong hit it off and staged the historical story of "Jiang Taigong is fishing, those who wish to get the bait". Zhou Wenwang was very pleased to meet Jiang Taigong and said: "Since my first ruler and Taigong said,'When there is a saint, Zhou Yixing'. Is the son really evil? My Taigong has a long time."
The phrase "long time" gave Jiang Taigong a name-Taigongwang, and "Wang" became Jiang Taigong's name. Because Jiang Taigong is Jiang's surname Lu, Jiang Taigong is also called "Lu Wang".
