Yi Yin is a famous figure in the history of China. His first name is Yi, and his official name is Yin. At first, he was called Zhi, and later his official name was Ah Heng. According to Shangshu and Mozi. Shang Xian ","Chu Ci. Tian Wen, Mencius and Lu Chunqiu. According to the ancient books such as Ben Wei and Historical Records, he was a domestic slave of the Xin family (now Cao County, Shandong Province) at the end of the Xia Dynasty. He was full of strategy. As a courtier, he went to Shang Tang with the daughter of the Xin family, and Tang Xian appointed him as a junior chef. Later, he used his intelligence to be appreciated and reused by Tang, and entrusted him with the national government and made suggestions for Tang. Finally, he made a bid (now Anyi County, Shanxi Province).
after Tang's death, he successively helped Tang's sons, Waibing and Zhongren. After Zhong Ren's death, he helped Tang's grandson Tai Jia to be king, and taught Tai Jia to be diligent in political affairs and govern the country with Tang's achievements and the fact that Xia Jie was in a state of sudden death. However, after Tai Jia acceded to the throne, he blindly indulged in singing, dancing, drinking, and ignoring political affairs, and also took the lead in destroying the laws and regulations set by Tang Li. Yi Yin earnestly remonstrated many times, but Tai Jia was indifferent. Seeing that Taijia is getting worse and worse, it will become the second in Xia Jie. Yi Yin built a palace next to the tomb of Tang Yutong (now southwest of Yanshi County, Henan Province); Resolutely sent Tai Jia to live there, let him reflect, and Yi Yin took charge of the state affairs. This matter, history says "Yi Yin put too much armor". Tai Jia thought twice and finally repented. Three years later, Yi Yin personally carried the crown costume of the king, went to Tung Palace to welcome him back to the capital, and returned to the national government. He still made a photo and carefully assisted him. Since then, Tai Jia has been diligent and loving the people, modest and prudent, and has become a wise monarch. Yi Yin is also very happy, and he has made three articles including Tai Jia Xun to praise him.
The Century of Emperors says that Yi Yin helped the five emperors of Shang Dynasty all his life, and he didn't die until the reign of Woding, the son of Tai Jia, who was over 1 years old. When he died, it was foggy for three days. In order to repay his loyalty and support to the Shang royal family, Woding buried him in Bo with the gift of the Emperor. According to Historical Records. Justice. Kuozhizhi said that Bo is the northwest of Yanshi County (now the northwest of Jiangshi County, Henan Province).
according to the above records, because Yi Yin helped Tang destroy Xia Jianshang and transformed Tai Jia, he did not fool the absurd king or seize the opportunity to usurp the throne, and he was sincere for the country. Therefore, future generations respected him as the first sage in the history of China, and regarded him as a model of officials together with Lu Shang (Jiang Taigong), Zhou Gong and Guan Zhong. I didn't know that more than 1 years after Yi Yin's death, during Sima Yan's reign of Taikang, Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty, an ancient book "Annals of Bamboo Books" was found in the tomb of the Warring States in Jijun County, in which there was such a record: "When Zhong Ren collapsed, Yi Yin magnified Jia Yutong, which was self-reliant. Yi Yin acceded to the throne, seven years, Tai Jia sneaked from Tong and killed Yi Yin; It is to set up his sons, Yi Yi and Yi Fen, to restore their father's farmland and divide it. " This caused a great uproar. Yi Yin, who has always been highly regarded, was not a sage, but a giant traitor who usurped the throne one by one. From then on, the question of whether Yi Yin was a sage or a rebel and a thief made the scholars of the past dynasties argue endlessly.
one school of thought thinks that the chronicle of bamboo slips recounts the historical events of Xia and Shang dynasties, which is quite reliable after textual research, and the historical materials are of great value, so the statement that "Tai Jia killed Yi Yin" should be credible. Yi Yin's theory of remoulding Tai Jia and returning the state government is just a Confucian view of worshipping the past. Yi Yin was a rebel who was killed after usurping the throne.