Gu Jiegang Lectures on National History
by Gu Jiegang
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In ancient times, in ordinary people's minds, there were all kinds of magnificent and moving myths and legends, such as Pangu created the world, Nuwa skillfully mended the sky, Fuxi created the Eight Trigrams, Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs, Yao and Shun abdicated, Dayu controlled the floods, etc. For thousands of years, these legends have been regarded as trustworthy history and influenced generations of people. What is the situation close to reality? During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, apart from the stories of Xia Qi seizing the throne, Shang Tang annihilating Jie, King Wen defeating Zhou, and the stories of Bigan gouging out his heart, Jiang Shang fishing, and Zhou Gong spitting out food, as well as the specious characterization of a "slave society", there seems to be no other deep imprint in the memory. Is this period of history that lasts almost two thousand years really nothing more than that? It is said that there were many assassins during the Spring and Autumn Period. For example, in 712 BC, Minister Yu Fu of the State of Lu sent an assassin to stab Duke Yin of Lu to death; in 611 BC, Mrs. Xiang sent an assassin to stab to death her grandson Duke Zhao of Song; in 607 BC, members of the powerful minister Zhao Dun of Jin stabbed Duke Ling of Jin to death; however, why were similar regicide scenes frequently staged during the Spring and Autumn Period? ... Qian Mu's Bole, the teacher of masters of history such as Tan Qixiang, Tong Shuye, Yang Xiangkui, and Bai Shouyi, and the historian Gu Jiegang, who has long held the top position in the field of ancient history in the Republic of China, started his lectures with sincerity and relaxed, telling the truth and falsehood of ancient legends, the division and convergence of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the fierce conquests of Song and Mongolia.
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