Traversing King Zhou of Shang

Answer 1

If he transmigrated to the era of King Zhou of Shang, he would face a complicated and challenging environment.

From a political point of view, King Zhou of Shang faced many contradictions during his reign. Although he carried out some reforms, such as opposing theocracy, reforming old customs, and formulating a new employment system, he also carried out large-scale construction, militarism, increasing taxes, and refusing to remonstrate. These actions led to the increasingly serious phenomenon of people and slaves fleeing, and the vassals also rebelled. He also defended the royal power by killing the nobles of the Shang Dynasty. When the lack of resources caused social unrest, this practice intensified internal conflicts.

At that time, the global temperature plummeted, the rainfall line moved southward, and extreme weather occurred frequently. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, there was a drought that lasted for more than ten years. The crops were greatly reduced, and social resources were scarce. The entire social economy was in an unstable and declining state.

In terms of military affairs, although the Shang Dynasty seemed to be powerful when it was destroyed, the internal contradictions affected the effective use of military power. When King Zhou's elite field troops were attacking Dongyi, King Wu of Zhou took advantage of Zhaoge's weak defense to launch a sneak attack. Moreover, King Zhou's assessment of the combat strength of both sides in the Battle of Muye had a serious error. He thought that he could suppress the rebel army with his guards and slave soldiers, but in the end, they were all wiped out.

In terms of social culture, the Shang Dynasty was a very superstitious dynasty, and sacrifices played an important role in social life. However, King Zhou carried out a religious reform and announced the abolition of the system of living sacrifices to prisoners of war and slavery. This move was also one of the factors that caused controversy in the social context of the strong traditional superstitious atmosphere at that time.

If he transmigrated to become King Zhou of Shang, he would have to deal with many crises, such as solving the social and economic difficulties, easing internal contradictions, balancing the forces of all parties, and dealing with the relationship between military defense and foreign wars. This was a very difficult task.

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