Brief introduction of taijia
After the establishment of Shang Dynasty, Shang Tang died after thirty years in office. The inheritance law of Shang Dynasty is that brother dies and brother dies. If you have no brothers, pass them on to your son. Shang Tang had no younger brother, so his eldest son, Tai Ding, should inherit the throne, but Tai Ding died before his father, so Tai Ding's younger brother, Wai Bing, inherited his throne. Waibing died after three years in office, and his younger brother Zhong Ren succeeded him. Zhong Ren died after four years in office. At this time, Yi Yin, the founding elder, was in office, and Tai Jia, the son of Tai Ding, succeeded to the throne. When Tai Jia succeeded to the throne, Yi Yin wrote three articles for Tai Jia to teach him how to be a good monarch. There is an article called "Despair", which focuses on how to distinguish right from wrong and what not to do and what to do. There is also an article called Empress Dowager, which is about the legal system in Shang Tang. The education of Taijia must follow the rules set by the ancestors, and it is not allowed to betray the ancestral teachings. You can do whatever you like.
"Historical Records" records in more detail: "Emperor Taijia lived in Tonggong for three years, repented and blamed himself, and turned against goodness. So, Yi Yin was granted an official to see the Emperor Tai Jia. Xiu De, the emperor of Tai Jia, was a salty vassal and the people were well-off. Yi Yin Jiaji wrote three Tai Jia instructions, praising Emperor Tai Jia and calling him "Taizong". " (Three years later, Yi Yin saw Tai Jia turn over a new leaf and solemnly handed over the political power to him. After the restoration of Taijia, he learned from a bitter experience and became a diligent and loving saint. The name of Taijia Temple is Taizong. ) "Tai Jia's Confession", Xiu De was born in a noble family and eventually became a monarch. Mencius honored Taijia as one of the "sages of Shang Dynasty".
Yi Yin's Tai Jia Xun has been lost. According to legend, "Heaven is guilty of evil, and it must be done; Self-immolation, no life "comes from" Tai Jia Xun ". The word "live" is evaded as "parallel" in the Book of Rites.
In the picturesque southeast of Zhonggong Wohushan Reservoir in Jinan, there stands a Taijia Mountain. Located in the throat where Jinxiu, Jinyang and Jinyun converge, surrounded by mountains and flowing springs. The name of Taijiashan comes from Guli Mountain. Huang Lanyun is noted in the Records of the Later Han Dynasty: "There is a tomb of Tai Jia on Mount Li", which belongs to "Licheng of Jinan in China". "Tongdian" also said: "There is a tomb of Taijia in Lishan." Later, when Guli Mountain disappeared, the folk transferred the legend, and the mausoleum was placed in Taijia Mountain, more than 40 miles south of the city.
According to folklore, the son of Tai Jia is very unfilial and never listens to his father. When Tai Jia told him to go east, he turned west, told him to hit the dog, and he turned the chicken away. In order to educate this son well, Taijia has been angry with him all his life, but in the end it is useless. Until Taijia died, he asked Mr. Feng Shui to choose a good cemetery for him, just beside Nanquan at the foot of the mountain. Tai Jia also took a fancy to the confluence of the three rivers and wanted to be buried at the foot of the mountain. Considering that his son is always against him, he told his son that he must build his grave on the top of the mountain, which implied that he expected his son to bury him at the south spring at the foot of the mountain. Hand over to treat, taijia safely closed his eyes. Unexpectedly, my son suddenly repented after his father's death and was ashamed of his father for most of his life. He thought, "My father never heard of him once when he was alive, so listen to him this time when he is dead!" " So, according to Tai Jia's "entrustment", he buried Tai Jia in the highest mountain. This is why the Taijia Mausoleum was built on the highest mountain, and later this mountain became Taijia Mountain. In the end, the villagers were convinced that there was no Taijia Mausoleum on Taijia Mountain. But experts hold another view. Fang Daoguo, a research librarian at Jinan Archaeological Research Institute, said that although the saying that there is Taijia Mausoleum on Taijia Mountain has been widely circulated by villagers, whether it really happened remains to be verified by the archaeological department. Later, according to a reporter's investigation, there were only two big holes on the top of the mountain. According to the situation, these two holes are probably dug by a grave robber. As for what they dug, it is unknown. The villagers nearby said that a few years ago, someone went up the mountain to rob the tomb and dug a hole at the top of the mountain. As a result, the deeper you dig, the more serious the earth collapses. Later, people stopped digging. But some people say that Taijialing has long been stolen. Apart from these two potholes, no other evidence has been found in the whole mountain that can indicate the existence of the Taijia Mausoleum. Predecessors have long suspected the above legend. Sun Xingyan thought that this statement was "wrong" in "Examination of Taijia Mausoleum", and he pointed out that Taijia Mausoleum should be located in Lishan in the northeast of Heze. Qing Qianlong's Li Cheng County Records and poet Dong Yun also disagreed with Tai Jialing, saying that "there is no tomb in this mountain" is actually "nothing". Dong Yun once wrote "Debate on Taijia Mausoleum" and wrote a poem "Taijia Mausoleum", saying: "Whoever leans on the stone path and loosens the snow will be a monk at sunset. There are no traces of ancient empty mountains here. Who hung the Tai Jia Mausoleum in those days? " It is this mountain that has no mausoleum since ancient times. How can it involve Tai Jia? Later, Qiao Yue, a poet from Jinan, made another unsuccessful investigation. He said that "Tai Jialing could not be found". To sum up the above statement, the legend of Tai Jialing is still caused by predecessors' mistaken classification of Tai Jialing as "the national calendar city of Jinan". In addition, the ancient Li in Jinan is so famous that "Nanshan is called the calendar", while Taijiashan and Wang Shangling are far away.
As the king in the early Shang Dynasty, Tai Jia made great achievements. Judging from Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Yin Ruins, the later Shang kings still kept away from the monarch and made a grand sacrifice to him. According to some Oracle Bone Inscriptions records, it was also sacrificed with other meritorious monarchs in Shang Dynasty.
At the beginning of his succession, he gave orders at will, enjoyed himself, oppressed the people, and was in chaos, undermining the laws and regulations formulated by the Tang Dynasty. It was useless for Yi Yin to persuade him, so he was banished to Tonggong. After three years in public service, he repented and blamed himself, and then returned to power. All the governors surrendered to the king and the people lived in peace.