Zhou Wang, the third youngest son of Di Yi, the last monarch of Shang Dynasty, is a character in the novel Romance of Gods in Ming Dynasty. His original match was Queen Jiang, and his sons were Yin Jiao, Wu Geng. The Princess of Love is from Shouxian Palace (Kyubi no Youko Fox), Hu (nine-headed pheasant essence), Wang Guiren (jade pipa essence), Huang Fei from Xigong and Xin Qing Palace.
At first, when Zhou Wang came to the temple to burn incense, he desecrated the gods of Nu Wa with obscene poems, angered the empress of Nu Wa, and sent three demons from Xuanyuan Powder to confuse Zhou Wang. Although the three banshees were ordered to destroy the country, they repeatedly encouraged Zhou Wang to kill innocent people, ignore human lives, kill Zhongliang and treat the people with violence. In the end, Zhou Wang was destroyed and died.
Zhou Wang's evaluation
With the spread of The Romance of Gods, Zhou Wang is well known. In addition, he often appears in some modern film and television works of God, which is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Due to the influence of some historical records from ancient times to the present and the reputation of various versions of movies, he is often passed down as a fatuous and cruel villain king. Some key words, such as tyrant and bad king, are implicated in Zhou Wang, and they are tied with Su Daji as a pair of villains.
But in fact, Zhou Wang is not as cruel and fatuous as described in The Romance of Gods. In fact, Zhou Wang was a good king in history. He established worship songs, increased taxes and levies, changed employment policies, imposed severe punishments and laws, and sent troops to attack Dongyi many times. However, they also pushed back the princes, and their actions not only caused contradictions within the ruling group, but also were overthrown.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhou Wang