Jiang Ziya is a mythical figure. Why has no one dared to steal his tomb for thousands of years?
I believe many people think Jiang Ziya is a mythical figure. Because most of them made this person a household name through "The Romance of the Gods" and film and television dramas. However, literature, film and television have overly deified him and made him the first of the gods. It is said that Jiang Ziya is here, and the gods abdicated, which shows his great influence.
There are real people in history. Jiang Ziya, a native of Ji County, Hanoi County, was an outstanding politician, military strategist and strategist in ancient times. He was the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty. He was a late bloomer and did not establish his meritorious service until he was in his 70s. He lived to be 139 years old.
His family is prominent, and his ancestors were all officials. But when he came here, his family fell into decline. When he was young, he worked as a butcher and sold wine. No matter when, he never gave up studying knowledge, so he practiced his skills.
When he was 72 years old, he met Jichang while fishing on the shore of the Weishui River. Ji Chang knows people well and uses them well, and respects his master. Jiang Ziya assisted him in creating hegemony and establishing the Zhou Dynasty.
Later "the feudal relatives used vassal power to screen Zhou", he was granted the title of Yingqiu in Qidi and established the Qi State. Jiang Ziya managed the land well, respected the virtuous and meritorious service, stabilized the country, and made great contributions to the stability of the Zhou Dynasty.
But he was a man after all, not a god. He died in Haojing, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, at the age of 139. Then the question comes. The ancients regarded death as a waiter, and someone like Jiang Ziya must be buried with a rich burial. Then why has no one dared to steal his tomb for thousands of years?
There is a saying that Jiang Ziya has a transcendent status among the people, a god-like existence. Later generations also highly praised him. Emperors and literary and historical books of all dynasties respected Jiang Ziya as the originator of military strategists, martial arts sage, and master of hundreds of schools of thought. Jiang Ziya also knew astronomy and geography, so the feng shui of his tomb was extraordinary.
And tomb robbers are extremely superstitious and would not dare to rashly attack such fairy-level tombs for fear of encountering unexpected events. So Jiang Ziya escaped the tomb robbers.
But this is not the case at all. Tomb robbers are extremely arrogant. Which ancient emperor's tomb had bad feng shui? But did people like Cao Cao, Sun Dianying and others care about this? Aren't there no ambiguities at all about what should be stolen?
I think Jiang Ziya’s tomb was not stolen for two main reasons.
1. No one knows where Jiang Ziya’s tomb is. "The Unification of the Qing Dynasty·Xi'an Prefecture·Historical Sites" records that Taigong Cemetery is located in the northeast of Xianyang County.
"Book of Rites Tan Gong" records that the Taigong was granted the title of Yingqiu, and for the fifth generation, they were all buried in the Zhou Dynasty.
"Yuanhe Zhi" records that the tomb is ten miles northeast of the county.
"Huanyu Ji" records that it is twenty-five miles northeast of the county.
"Tongzhi": Northeast of King Wen's Mausoleum.
"Henan Tongzhi" records: "In the Taigong Spring in the northwest of Fucheng, I lived on the coast of the East China Sea to avoid Zhou. Later, I moved to Weibin, sealed the country in Qi, and was buried here.
< p>The specific location is still controversial. Even if the tomb robber breaks his leg, he may not be able to find it.2. Although Jiang Ziya was a monarch, he did not care much about fame and fortune in his life. Therefore, he requested to be buried sparingly after his death. If this were the case, his tomb would be simple to maintain, and there would probably be nothing valuable in it.
Although there is no basis for this theory, the tomb robbers are having trouble finding the tomb. The exact location, so I deceived myself and chose to believe this statement and no longer bothered to look for it.
The main reason why Jiang Ziya’s tomb has not been stolen for thousands of years is because the tomb robbers have nothing to gain. It's been a long time, and there are many theories about the location of his tomb, and the tomb robbers can't find it at all, not for other reasons.