I am a descendant of Shu Yu

King Zhou Wu had a young son named Tang Shuyu, who was the founder of the Jin Kingdom in the Zhou Dynasty and the younger brother of King Zhou Cheng. He is the blood ancestor of the Han and Tang surnames. After King Wu died, King Cheng was young and was regent by King Wu's younger brother, Duke Zhou. After Zhou Gong destroyed the Tang Dynasty (today's west of Yicheng, Shanxi), he granted the Tang Dynasty title to Shu Yu.

The founding ancestor of the Jin Kingdom was Tang Shuyu, named Ziyu, who was the youngest son of King Wu of Zhou and the younger brother of King Cheng of Zhou. His surname was Ji. According to the enfeoffment system of "conferring states and establishing states" in the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was enfeoffed to present-day Shanxi. He first granted a title to the Tang Dynasty and took Tang as his surname, so he was also called Tang Shuyu, and the country's name was probably also called Tang Guo. Later, his son Xiefu moved the capital to Jinshui and changed its name to Jin. His descendants moved the capital to Xintian (today's west of Houma City, Shanxi) and other places, but the country's name remained Jin. After Tang Shuyu, father and son followed successively, including Jinhou Xiefu, Wuhou Ningzu, Chenghou Furen, Lihou Fu, and Jinghou Yijiu. The records of these generations are missing, and there is no chronology and historical events to base on. In 842 BC (the seventeenth year of Jinghou and the thirty-seventh year of King Li of Zhou Dynasty), the "countrymen" in Zhou capital rioted, and King Zhou Li fled to Zhe (today's Huozhou City, Shanxi Province). In 841 BC, the "***" began "He Administration" is called the first year of "He". This is the beginning of China's clear chronology and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty's precise chronology.

There are two issues that people have been debating about Shu Yu’s appointment to the Tang Dynasty. The first is the myth and legend of the birthplace of Tang Shuyu, and the second is how Shuyu was able to seal the Tang Dynasty? Is the story of "Tongye Fendi" credible? And where is the Tang Dynasty? Understanding these two questions will help us understand the development of the Jin Dynasty. I now have a clearer and more correct understanding of national history.

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The myth of Shu Yu’s birth can be found in "Historical Records: Jin Family": "Shu Yu of Jin and Tang Dynasties, Prince Wu of Zhou became the younger brother of the king. In the early days, King Wu and his uncle When Yu's mother met, Mengtian said to King Wu: "I ordered you to give birth to a son, named Yu, and I gave him the name Tang." When he gave birth to a son, he wrote in his hand the name "Yu", so he named it because of his fate. Yu. "There is no doubt that this is a myth of inspiration, which is very common in ancient Chinese books, from "Shangshu" and "Book of Songs" to the Twenty-Four Histories. Its purpose is nothing more than to describe the emperors and generals as the sons of gods, so as to increase their status and make the people respect them and believe that they are destined by nature.

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On the issue of Shu Yu granting the title of Tang Dynasty, literati and scholars in the past dynasties have made many textual researches. "Tongye

Tang Shuyu

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Feng Di" was first seen in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals·Chongyan". The original text is as follows: "King Cheng and Tang Shuyu Yu Yan" When he was living, he gave Tong Ye as Si, and conferred it to Tang Shu Yu, saying, "I will grant you this title." Uncle Yu was so happy that he told the Duke of Zhou, and the Duke of Zhou asked, "Sir, will you grant Yu Xie?" King Cheng said, "I will grant you the title." The Duke of Zhou said to the emperor, "When the emperor heard about it, he wrote it in history, and the emperor recited it, and the scholars named him." This statement can also be found in "Historical Records of Jin". "Aristocratic Family" and Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan·Jun Dao".

The story of Uncle Yu’s mother being granted the title of Tongye’s younger brother due to a dream in “Historical Records of the Jin Family” and “Lu’s Spring and Autumn Annals” is explained by the theory of dream interpretation and children’s play. The great enfeoffment in the early Zhou Dynasty was obviously attributed to the novelist. Later generations have also verified these two things, saying that the ancient Chinese character for "Yu" is "congcong". The writing is in his palm, and the lines may be similar to it, so it may be as recorded by Sima Qian. There is also a lot of controversy about Tong Ye Fengdi. The more convincing one is the explanation given by Mr. Zhang Qi from the perspective of ancient characters. He believes that the shape of the word "Tong" in the bronze inscriptions is similar to the word "Tang", and the theory of cutting Tong may be Jian. Tang's mistake. According to this theory, it is reasonable for King Zhou Cheng to entrust his younger brother Shu Yu here after he eliminated the old Tang Dynasty.