Do you think Shang Zhouwang is evil and Zhou Wuwang is just? Why?

"King Wu attacked Zhou", a famous event in the history of China, not only showed the justice of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but also profoundly interpreted the ferocity of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and became synonymous with "tyrant".

Especially in the novel Romance of Gods with the King of Wu as the background, the author consciously shaped Zhou Wuwang into a virtuous and upright monarch, while Shang Zhouwang directly became a tyrant who was punished by everyone.

But I think that "success or failure", history has always been the spokesman of the winner. In addition, after textual research, we found that Zhou Wang named Di Xin was not as cruel and incompetent as described in history books, but a capable and effective king. The failure of Shang and Zhou Dynasties was actually the result of the interaction of external and internal factors.

When Shang Zhouwang expanded its territory, the Western Zhou Dynasty secretly became more and more powerful. Shang Zhouwang and Di Xin are not only talented, but also born with the ability to fight tigers. After Di Xin became emperor, he was proficient in martial arts, diligent and loving the people, and his national strength was booming. Subsequently, ambitious Shang Zhouwang embarked on the road of territorial expansion and began to conquer foreign countries.

After a series of crusade wars, Di Xin finally pacified the foreigners. But just as he led the exhausted army to victory, Zhou Wuwang joined forces with the governor of eight hundred towns to rebel and attacked the capital of Shang and Zhou Dynasties to sing.

At this time, the Shang army had just finished fighting for many years, with few personnel, many wounded people and low combat effectiveness. Most of them stayed in the newly conquered land to rectify order and manage things, and there were not many military forces. In desperation, Shang Zhouwang and Di Xin had to drive the ducks to the shelves in the drought, and used170,000 ineffective slaves to suppress the rebellion in the Western Zhou Dynasty. As a result, it is conceivable that the war was defeated at the first touch, and Shang Zhouwang Di Xin set himself on fire and died.

Internal disunity is also one of the reasons for the demise of Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The disunity within the Shang and Zhou Dynasties appeared long ago, because Zhou Wang's father, Di Yi, didn't like his eldest son at that time, but liked Di Xin, so it was later passed on to Di Xin, that is, Shang Zhouwang.

This made Wei Zi always resentful, and the forces he led always wanted to overthrow Zhou Wang's rule. Therefore, when Zhou Wang led the army to conquer Dongyi, Zhou Wang, who was absorbed in the war, didn't notice the emptiness at home. At this time, the forces headed by Weizi actually joined forces with the Western Zhou Dynasty, hoping to help them seize power with the help of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Unexpectedly, driving the tiger to swallow the wolf turned into inviting the wolf into the room, which harmed the whole Shang Dynasty.

History has always been synonymous with winners. Now, according to the etiquette of Zhou, the Western Zhou Dynasty, as a vassal of Shang Dynasty for 600 years, secretly formed an alliance with the prince who fell out of power at home, and took advantage of foreign invasion to become a vassal. His perfidious behavior is actually a shameful way to slap his mouth. At this time, talking about Zhou's justice and Shang's evil is simply an ironic joke.

That is to say, after the victory of the Western Zhou Dynasty, history will be judged by them, and Shang Zhouwang will certainly be described as a cruel "tyrant", which has become the main reason why Zhou Wuwang wants to crusade against him!

To sum up, I think we can't simply think that Shang Zhouwang is evil and Zhou Wuwang is just, but we should treat it dialectically in combination with history. After all, there are still great differences between historical figures in novel romance and historical figures in reality.