Words. Could you recommend a similar book? Can you recommend a similar novel that narrates the history, culture, military, and other non-mythological elements of the end of the Shang and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasties? The author was a blind writer from Shanghai, and the theme was King Wu's conquest of Zhou.

[I'm looking for a book. I can't remember the title. I read this book in junior high school, but I can't find it anymore. Please brainstorm and help me find the name of this book, the author's name, and where to buy it.]
This was a novel that recorded the decline of the Shang Dynasty and the rise of the Zhou Dynasty. It might have been published from the 1940s to the 1980s, or specifically from the 1950s to the 1960s. The story described the history, culture, and military affairs of the Shang Dynasty in a non-mythical way. The author was a blind writer from Shanghai (probably born before the founding of the People's Republic of China). With the help of friends and others, he extensively searched for historical materials, removed some myths and exaggerated descriptions in the novel, and wrote this Pinghua novel based on historical facts and the way of life at that time. Through oral narration and other people's records, he vividly described the history of the end of Shang and the beginning of Zhou.
The novel began with the tribe of Lu Wang (Jiang Ziya). It described the decline of the tribe, and the clansmen were demoted to slaves by the Shang Dynasty. From then on, the tribe began to go into exile. In order to revitalize the tribe and save his people, Lu Wang moved the tribe to a place near the sea and began to work hard. During this period, he defeated the crusade army of the Shang Dynasty (the army had actually used elephants to attack the stockade). In the end, he could not resist and fled (I can't remember this part clearly, it may be wrong). Finally, he boarded King Wen's ship. Tai Gong assisted King Wen in building the army, traded horses, suppressed and attacked the foreign tribes, attacked other vassals, and formed an alliance with the allied vassals to conquer Zhou. Finally, he defeated the Shang Dynasty.
The article described the trading methods at that time, such as using tortoiseshell and shells as currency, or using bronze ware and wine to barter. The article mentioned that Fei Lian and Er 'Lai, the warriors of the Shang Dynasty (who happened to have slaves from the Jiang tribe), were defeated and killed by Lu Wang, who also saved his own people. The article also mentioned that once, in order to obtain bronze to make weapons, the Lvwang family sneaked into Zhaoge and forged the bronze into weapons according to the proportion of the weapons, then brought them out of Zhaoge. There was no such thing as love, love triangle, or love and hatred in the book. It was so true that there were very few women in the historical records. Daji, who was in the Investiture of the Gods, did not seem to be in this book.
The general outline was already out. There were so many web novels nowadays, but most of them had mediocre writing style, sloppy history, and poor logic. If there were people who really understood history, could seriously search for information, and had good writing skills, they would write a copy.

Answer 1

😋I recommend to you "The Great Sage of Gods", the author is Ma Zhuan. This Xianxia-mythical cultivation novel is about the story of King Wu conquering King Zhou. The plot is very exciting and worth reading. I hope you like this fairy's recommendation. Muah ~😗