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Chapter 53 The Power Seizure Mystery 1
The Unknown Truth About the Massacre of Yao, Shun and Yu
The so-called "Zen Ren" system in ancient China is similar to the current voting. The candidate with the highest voice will take over the power and become the next leader. This has nothing to do with blood and identity, and it is a method of peaceful transfer of power.

"Zhuangzi?"Miscellaneous Pian" said: "If you don't say that the sun rises, or the sky, which one will get the longest! All things are born, and they are Zen in different shapes. The beginning and death are like a circle, and there is no way to get it. It is called the balance of the sky. The average of the sky The person, Tian Ni also."

The "Xiangchan" mentioned here is the meaning of substitution. The peaceful transfer of power is best talked about by Yao, Shun and Yu. Since ancient times, people have praised these three monarchs. In fact, it is not what Confucian scholars say.

It is recorded in the history books: "Yao Dian", "Shun Dian" and "Da Yumo" in "Shang Shu" wrote that after 70 years of Yao's reign, his son Zhu Dan was incompetent and not loved by the people. At that time, Shun was already regent, but he still recommended Danzhu to govern Nanhe for 8 years.It wasn't until the courtiers and the common people thought that Danzhu was not a talent for governing the country that they moved closer to the "sage" Shun, and let Yao know that his son's rotten wood could not be carved. the throne.From this point of view, it seems that it was not Yao who abdicated, but Shun himself who replaced Danzhu.so.Han Feizi, the ancestor of the Legalists, commented: "Shun forced Yao, and Yu forced Shun." Yao had no choice but to pass the throne to Shun. In fact, Shun was completely loved by the people, so what about Yao who was nearly a hundred years old.

"Shangshu" also said: Yao made Shun succeed to the throne, on the first day of the first month, received the final Wenzu, exiled Gonggong in Youzhou, released Huandou in Chongshan, ran three seedlings in Sanwei, killed Gun in Yushan, four crimes And the world serves.

After Shun came to the throne, he immediately removed Gonggong, Zhong, Gun, Huandou and other famous officials in Yao's reign, and finally made the world submit.Obviously, Gonggong and other people's congresses may have threatened Shun's smooth accession to the throne, so it ended dismal.This trick "killing chickens to scare monkeys" couldn't be more obvious.Political maneuvering and interest relations are not so clear and clear in one word.However, Shun's position was still terrified in the end, because the person who was about to replace him in the hearts of the people was Gun's son Dayu.

Shun was Yu's father-killer and enemy, there is no doubt about it, so after Yu successfully controlled the water, would he be willing to be used by Shun?At this time, when I look at Han Feizi's sentence "Yu forced Shun", I suddenly feel the essence of it.Although it is said in "Historical Records", Shun unfortunately died of illness during his southern tour.However, it is recorded in the history book "Bamboo Book Chronicles" of the Wei State that Shun was old and weak, so Yu forced Shun to go to the south for inspection, but he was actually "exiled". Shun died on the way, and his two concubines, Ehuang and Nvying, were not by his side.Shun died so lonely, so there was a tragic ending recorded in Zhang Hua's "Natural History" in the Jin Dynasty: "Yao's daughter, Shun's second concubine, said: "Mrs. Xiang". Swipe the bamboo, and the bamboo will be all spotted." The play "Xiangfei with Bamboo" ended sadly after Ehuang and Nvying cried to death.

Whether the records in "Historical Records" are more in line with real history, or the "Bamboo Book Chronicles" known as "unofficial history" is closer to the real situation, in short, Shun's death is actually strange.No matter how we speculate today, it is impossible to reproduce the scene at that time, so how do we know whether there is an inside story about Shun's passing on the throne of Yu?

In fact, apart from Yao, Shun, and Yu who passed on the throne in the name of "abdication" in primitive society, "abdication" did not exist at all before.It is an indisputable fact that since Xuanyuan Huangdi has followed the rule that the son inherits the father's throne, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor's dynasty passed down a total of seven monarchs.

Confucius rummaged through history, only to find that Yao, Shun, and Yu were not examples of sons inheriting their father's career, so he educated his children as "virtuous men in the world", went to various countries to lobby various monarchs, and put rites, music, and Taoism on the shelf.In fact, Confucius and his disciples have spent more than 2000 years practicing the governance system that hopes to turn the monarch into a sage, rather than the system of governance that turns the sage into a monarch.The moral ideal of Confucianism has been used by the monarch from the beginning to the end.

In Confucian orthodoxy, abdication is a symbol of the wisdom of ancient sages and the most correct political move.Yao gave way to Shun, and Shun gave way to Yu... These are undoubtedly the signs that Taoism is superior to politics.Only those who are virtuous live in the world. This is the sage's strategy of governing the country and the moral ideal pursued by Confucius. Even Lu Buwei once said this, implying that the tyranny of Qin Shihuang was about to fall.

Therefore, some people think that the unity of politics and morality and the Confucian moral norms become political means are the permanent way of ruling, but unfortunately the ancient abdication and rule of virtue have unfortunately been shattered.The real fact is that the "abdication" that people have always believed to exist is nothing but a political lie.

We may learn a thing or two from Wei Wendi Cao Pi who peeled off the lie of "abdication".After Cao Pi accepted the abdication status of the puppet Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty with peace of mind, he blurted out: "Shun Yu accepts Zen, I just know it now." One sentence revealed the essence behind the ancient "abdication". "Residence", in fact, it should be changed to only "power" in the world, whoever is strong enough and whose position is stable enough can ascend to the throne of God.Although Cao Pi's view of the ancients was biased, it may not be groundless.

Looking at the thousands of years of struggle in the world, the more troubled the world is, the more exciting the performance of "Zen Ren" will be.The above content is about the change of regime, which makes the ancient "peaceful heterosexual surname seizure" out of the mythical circle of "abdication", and makes people realize how sad the political lies idealized by history and people are.

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