Why do Koreans call Jiang Ziya the father of our country?

Throughout the ages, we have respected Confucius. However, anyone who knows Koreans knows that they have an ancient man whom they admire very much, not Confucius, but Jiang Taigong Jiang Ziya, who pretends to be a "willing person" on the list of gods. Koreans respectfully call him the father of the country. Why?

Jiang Ziya (about1156-about 10 17), surnamed Jiang, was born in Jixian County, Hanoi County (now Weihui City, Henan Province). China was an outstanding statesman, strategist and strategist in ancient times. He was the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty and the founder of military science in the late Shang Dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty. When Jiang Ziya was born, his family had declined, so Jiang Ziya worked as a butcher and sold wine when he was young, and occasionally talked about "cooking without rice". But Jiang Ziya's ambition is not short. He studied astronomy, geography, military strategy, and the way of governing the country and keeping it safe, hoping to serve the country. But at the age of 70, he was still useless. At the age of 72, Jiang Ziya came to see Ji Chang by fishing, so there was a saying that "Jiang Taigong fished, and those who wished took the bait".

Speaking of Jiang Ziya, we will think of Xu Fu, who are all representatives of Qi culture in China (Qi culture mainly inherits Ji culture). Taoism, represented by Jiang Taigong, came into being in the State of Qi, and absorbed the local indigenous culture (Dongyi culture) to develop it. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucianism represented by Confucius came into being in Lu. There are differences between the two ancient cultures. Qi culture attaches importance to utility, while Lu culture attaches importance to ethics. Qi culture attaches importance to innovation, while Lu culture respects tradition.

South Korea praised Qi culture through Jiang Taigong, and Japan praised Qi culture through Xu Fu. There are several reasons why Koreans admire Qi culture so much.

First, since the first generation of monarchs in Qi, there have been 102 people derived from Jiang's surname, including 64 single surnames such as Lu, Xu, Xie, Ji, Qiu and Lu, plus 38 compound surnames such as Chunyu, Dongguo, Gaotang, Ziya, and Bull. In the long years, these surnames have been distributed in many countries and regions. More and more overseas descendants of Jiang came to Linzi, the ancient capital of Qi State, to worship their ancestors.

Secondly, according to South Korea's Lu's Origin, South Korea's Lu's roots are in Shandong, which was crossed to South Korea by Lu You, a scholar of Hanlin in the late Tang Dynasty, and Lu was a branch of Chiang Kai-shek. After the Anshi Rebellion and the Uprising in Wang Xianzhi, Zhu Wen and Huang Chao, Lu Ai also came to the Korean Peninsula with his nine sons and seven bachelors. At this time, the 52nd King Silla of the Korean Peninsula acceded to the throne. Because Lushi is a noble family in China, they named the Lushi nine brothers Bo respectively.