Major discovery! 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 it's 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 indication from the literature records?
During the Yao and Shun periods, 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
The worldly scholars say that Yao and Shun were good at giving in, but this is not the case
The emperor's bodyguard is supreme and 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
status of emperor
That is the most powerful and invincible person 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
The span before and after is 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 Tang
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 has already formed an area
1 million square meters of cultural area
A closed palace area was built
Fully functional handicraft workshop and symbol
The Observatory of the Imperial Fist
The ruler used to measure the world was unearthed
In time, it corresponds to the Taotang Temple of Emperor Yao
When it comes to the middle period of Taosi
Taosi received great support from
Sanliqiao Culture in Southwest Shanxi and Western Henan
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
However, due to the fact that between the three phases of Peach Sacrifice
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 time the intersection
It has not changed the Tao Si ritual in the Yellow River Basin
status of political center
It still governs Zhejiang, including the Xiahou clan.
Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi
Many clans and tribes in the vast area bordering the three provinces
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
Shun Shan was located 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 literature says
Yu forced Shun's benevolent ministers to kill his king
The so-called transfer of power is 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 indeed smacks of peaceful concessions
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?
group and night
During the second transfer of power of the period group
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 with obvious
Marked by blunt objects
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
It shows that a large number of outside groups have entered Peach Color
In addition, in terms of burial customs
The layout of small cemeteries in the late period also occurred
significant changes
Taosi
29 late tombs have been excavated in the third area
All appear in the form of groups
Acupuncture points scattered
It is different from the tomb pattern in the early Tao Si period.
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
violence
after massive destruction of large tombs
For the jade artifacts excavated
Jade and other valuables
and the funerary objects were discarded 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
However, the late ceramic groups treated them equally
Destroyed all royal tombs
This indicates
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 would members of the society destroy the palace and demolish the ancestral temple.
Violent behavior such as disturbing 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
There is such a record in historical records
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
Combined with the records in history books
We will sort out the facts
What about after Dayu succeeded to the throne?
Jin Nanhe
Western Henan has been 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 said 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?
Chronological records in ancient bamboo books
Shun Qiu 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
This made Yao's son Danzhu
Unable to return to his hometown in Tang Dynasty to escape sacrifice
After the Yao tribe lost its status as co-leader of the alliance,
Then he lost control of Tao Si.
this record
It is also related to the archaeological discovery of the middle period of Tao Si
It coincides with the replacement of the early royal family by the royal family.
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.
Gather Tao Si to fight with force
So much so that Dayu had to avoid the Shang army in Yangcheng
A new capital was built in the town of Dengfeng, Henan today.
The area of the Yangcheng ruins is only that of the Taosi ruins.
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From this point of view
Violent invasions encountered in late ceramics
That's a logical reason
It should have been done by the Xiahou clan of Dayu
Only by completely annihilating the forces entrenched in southern Shanxi
powerful hostile forces
Only then could Dayu truly become the king of the world
But
Archaeological findings do not support the above speculation.
According to the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences, late ceramic
Research on typical artifacts shows
Late ceramics
original main
The impetuousness of blowing air is completely replaced by ceramic particles
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 for
A strange group of people who developed political ambitions in the royal family of Yao and Shun
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.
The other branch is from Jinzhong people located in Jinzhong, Shanxi
The latter is the main ethnic origin of merchants and state 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
Integrated with the Guanzhong cultural groups to form the Xianzhou culture
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
Toser's late
Tomb pattern and the later layout of the western area of Yinxu
Approximately
also supports this speculation
so what
The main founders of the Xia Dynasty were except Dayu
Still inseparable
These political allies who attacked the city on behalf of Dayu
Okay, that’s the content of this issue
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