Was the Xia Dynasty founded by Dayu?

Yu the Great
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It is an indisputable fact that Dayu established the Xia Dynasty
But another unavoidable question is
Xia Dynasty
Although it is the first hereditary dynasty in the history of our country,
but
But it is not the first political entity with royal power.
In other words
Before Dayu established the Xia Dynasty
There already exists a state above a state in the Yellow River Basin
Rule over all the princes
This is the Tang Dynasty of Emperor Yao
Also known as the Tao Tang clan and the Yu Kingdom of Emperor Shun
Is there any foreshadowing from the literature records?
Yao and Shun period
It happened separately that Yao stood at Danshui Po
Shofusanban
Stay in Youling
Release the capital to Chongshan
Moving three acres to Sanwei and a series of wars
What does this mean?
The alliance system of Fang states led by Yao and Shun
Already has regional core influence
and strong military strength
Therefore, under the new rising political power
later generations
Want to replace the core of the previous military alliance?
and become the new co-owner of the world
will inevitably face the issue of rights transfer
But as Xunzi said, secular knowledge is the speaker
It is said that Yao and Shun were good at giving way.
Otherwise, the Son of Heaven
Supreme bodyguard
Invincible in the world
Who will give in to my husband?
What does this sentence mean?
A legend among the world
It was wrong for Yao and Shun to give in
The status of emperor is that of the Quan family
Supreme and invincible in the world
Who would take the initiative to be humble?
Let’s first take a look at the Xia Hou family
The world situation after Yu succeeded to the throne and Emperor Qian
According to the conclusion given by the Xia, Shang and Zhou chronology project in my country
When was the Xia Dynasty established?
The upper limit is around 2070 BC
And in the nearly 300 years before that,
In the Linfen area in southern Shanxi
A Tang and Yu regime has been formed
This is the ancient site of Taosi discovered by archeology.
The ancient name of this Taosi Temple is ruins
The absolute date is 2300 BC to 1900 BC
What about the front and rear span?
about 400 years
About 100 of them fall into the summer year category
What needs special explanation here is that Yu Nian
Yao and Shun were not a single person
But Tao Tangshi
The title is unified by the highest leader of each generation of the Yu family.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the generally long lifespans of Yao, Shun, and Yu.
In terms of archaeological staging?
Taosi Temple is divided into early
That is, from 2300 AD to 2100 BC
2100 before 2000 nights
The first 2000 to the first 19003 issues
In the early days
Taosi Temple has already been formed
A cultural area of 1 million square meters
A closed palace area was built
Fully functional handicraft workshop
and the observatory, which symbolizes the handle of the emperor’s fist.
The ruler used to measure the world was unearthed
What about time?
Corresponding to the Taotang Temple of Emperor Yao
When it comes to the middle period of Taosi
Taosi Temple was influenced by people from southwestern Shanxi and western Henan.
Sanliqiao Culture
That is to say, there is a strong takeover of the cultural relics of the Yu family.
The scale of power supply is further expanded
A new group of royal cemeteries was formed
What are the mid-term cemeteries and early cemeteries?
belong to different branches
On the funeral ritual vessels?
It also changed from tomb pottery ritual vessels to advocating jade vessels
The time corresponds to Emperor Shun's Youyu clan.
Apparently between the early and middle stages of Momoji
The royal family has changed
But because between the three periods of Momoji
There is cultural continuity
So this change is only limited to the upper-class returnees.
As a common people group who occupy the capital
no big changes
This shows
About 300 years before the establishment of the Xia Dynasty
Tao Si experienced a change of kingship
But this intersection has not changed
Tao Si's status as the political center of the Yellow River Basin
Still governs Zhejiang
Including the Xiahou clan
The vast area at the junction of Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi provinces
Many clans and tribes
Correspondingly consistent with Yao and Shun recorded in literature
until late ceramics
Expect
That is, at the time point of 2,000 BC
The second succession of royal power occurred in the ruling class
The Xiahou clan rose in western Henan
Tao Si surrendered to Ge
An ordinary second-level residence belonging to the Xia Dynasty
From the original king to the capital
To the auxiliary cities of Xia Dynasty
Corresponding to the transfer of status between Shun and Yu
But what about the history books?
Conceding power this time
But there are two completely opposite records
Confucian and Mohist literature records that Shun Shan was in Yu
belong to peace concession
He also praised Tang Yu in ancient times for being kind but not expert in his teachings.
However, Legalist documents say that Yu forced Shunren to
A minister kills his king
The so-called transfer of power?
Full of violence
Archaeological discoveries have confirmed
Between mid and early peach color
The royal family has changed
However, the early tombs were not destroyed in the mid-term
This is true
Smells like a peaceful concession
Of course, we have no way of knowing about this peaceful transfer.
After all, is it due to self-selection of talents?
Or a forced compromise?
But at least after he succeeds to the throne,
Indeed, there was no research on groups including early royal families
There have been large-scale retaliatory measures
But in the middle of Momoji’s career?
groups and late groups
During the second transfer of power
This scene of relative peace no longer exists.
First in the late ceramic period
All royal tombs from the early and middle periods
All were destroyed by the organization
Tomb owner's coffin
Burial objects were randomly discarded and smashed
Original palace, ancestral temple and city wall
Ash pits filled with construction waste
Where is Ash Pit No. 8?
Nearly 50 objects were also unearthed
There are obvious marks of being struck by a blunt instrument
scattered human bones
The skeleton of a 35-year-old woman had her neck broken
A horn was also inserted into the lower body
Secondly, the individual bud quality of the late peach-colored people
Silk ketone flavor ratio
Outside the local silk ketone flavor ratio range
Show it
There are a large number of outside groups entering Peach Color
In addition, in terms of burial customs
The layout of small cemeteries in the late period
Significant changes have also occurred
Taosi District 3
29 late tombs have been excavated
All appear in the form of groups
Acupuncture points scattered
It is different from the tomb pattern in the early and middle period of Taosi Temple.
On the contrary, it is similar to the layout of the later Yinxu West District.
We will talk about the reason below
The third and most noteworthy point is
perpetrator
After massive destruction of large tombs
For the jade artifacts excavated
Jade and other valuables and funerary objects
They are all thrown away casually
It seems to indicate
Digging graves is not about money
Just out of pure political ambition
Already mentioned above
There was a change of royal power in the early and mid-term period of Tao Si.
Two places were formed
A group of royal cemeteries with no direct blood relationship
The late ceramic groups
But he destroyed all royal tombs without distinction.
This shows
The people in the late ceramic period are not descendants of the Yao tribe.
Nor are they descendants of the Shun tribe
Throughout ancient history
As long as there is foreign invasion
Only then will members appear and destroy the palace
Violent acts such as demolishing ancestral temples and disturbing the spirits of the dead
This person has a hatred of Yao and Shun.
A strange group of people who specialized in killing the nobles of Yao and Shun
Who is he?
Dayu is obviously the biggest suspect
It's in historical records
There was such a record that Emperor Shun died in seventeen years.
Bi Yu died three years ago
Bi Shun's son Shang Jun came to Yangcheng
What does the historical record say?
Xia Yu Du Yangcheng
You must be Shangjun
Also in Pingyang
or in Anyi
Or in Jinyang
Records in Czech history books
We will sort out the facts
What about after Dayu succeeded to the throne?
Southern Shanxi and Western Henan
All are included in the scope of Xixia's control
Both places were the capitals of Dayu
But what about Shannan?
In fact, it’s only in name
His actual controller was Emperor Shun's son Shang Jun
We have already said it above
The so-called Yao and Shun are not a single person
It is a unified title for the most powerful people of several generations.
Therefore, Shun succeeded Yao
Inherited the status of co-leader of the tribal alliance
Rather than the throne of the Tao Tang clan
That is to say, the Tang Dynasty still exists
Nothing more
The original state above the state was transferred from the Tang State to the Yu State
So how did Shun deal with the Tang Dynasty's political power?
The ancient bamboo book records Shun and Yao
Fuyanzhidanzhu
It doesn’t start from seeing each other again
It can be seen that after Na Yao died,
The successor Shun took some coercive measures
As a result, Yao's son Danzhu could not return to his hometown in Tang Dynasty.
What about the tribe of Yao who fled to worship?
After losing its co-leadership status in the alliance
Immediately afterwards, he lost control of Peach Color again.
this record
It is also related to archaeological discoveries
It coincides with the replacement of the early royal family by the royal family in the middle period of Momoshiki
When Yu succeeded to the throne
Also faced with the problem of dealing with Yu State
As per usual
Dayu succeeded to the throne
The emperor should also perform pottery sacrifices in the holy land to complete
But Shun’s son Shang Jun
Apparently he learned Danzhu’s lesson.
Gathering with Tao Si
armed confrontation
So much so that Dayu
Had to avoid the merchant army in Yangcheng
A new capital was built in the town of Dengfeng, Henan today.
The area of the Yangcheng ruins
Only one 280th of the Taosi ruins
From this point of view
What about the violent invasions encountered in the late ceramic period?
logical reasons
It should be the Xiahou clan of Dayu.
It can only be completely eliminated
This powerful hostile force entrenched in southern Shanxi
Only then could Dayu truly become the king of the world
But what about archaeological discoveries?
However, it does not support the above speculation.
According to the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences
Research on typical late ceramic artifacts shows
Late ceramics
The original main blowing impatience
Completely replaced by ceramsite
The grain is not a typical artifact of Xia culture.
Among the remains of the late Taoshi period
No cultural factors were found
In other words
This one is specifically aimed at the royal family of Yao and Shun.
A strange ethnic group with political ambitions
Is a group that uses pottery officials
offline period
There are mainly two groups that use pottery hats.
One group is the Shimao people located in Shimao, Yulin, Shaanxi Province.
Where is the other one?
He is from Jinzhong, located in Jinzhong, Shanxi
The latter were merchants and the main members of the Zhou people
The famous archaeologist Mr. Zou Heng once said
Ceramsite as the main blowing agent
It is the most prominent feature of business culture
During the Second Period of Erlitou Culture
After the Jinzhong people entered Handan, Hebei
Integrate with the local Jiangou cultural group in Hebei
Formed a business-first culture
That is, Xia Qiyuan culture
And the other one
After passing through southern Shanxi and entering Guanzhong, Shaanxi
Integration with Guanzhong cultural groups
Xianzhou culture was formed
This is also the origin of the Shang and Zhou clans
Destroy Tao Si's alien tribes
Was it the Shimao people or the Shang and Zhou ethnic groups who did it?
There is no direct evidence yet
However, from historical records
Qi, the ancestor of the merchants, and the successors of the ancestors of the Zhou people
They all assisted Dayu in flood control.
The possibility of the Shang and Zhou ethnic groups becoming allies of Yu the Great
Obviously higher than Mr. Shi
The tomb pattern of the late Toser period
Similar to the layout of the later Yinxu West District
also supports this speculation
so what
The main founders of the Xia Dynasty were except Dayu
It is also inseparable from those who attacked the city and built the stronghold for Dayu.
these political allies
