Jiang Ziya was a Taoist in Kunlun and knew the secrets of heaven. When he was over 10 years old, he was fishing with a straight hook on the Wei River. He met King Wen of Zhou, the ruler of the Ming Dynasty, and became his imperial master. He offered the "Jian Shang" strategy to help King Wen make great efforts to govern, and Xiqi prospered greatly. After the death of King Wen, King Wu succeeded to the throne and built a golden platform to worship Jiang Ziya as the general in charge of defeating Zhou and commanding the three armies.
Faced with the tyranny of Shang Zhou and the key to the five passes, Jiang Ziya decided on the strategy of "conquering people with virtue and winning with wisdom": externally linking up with the rebel armies in the east and south, intimidating the Chonghou Tiger in the north, and training elite troops internally. He personally created a powerful force of three thousand black armor "Tiger Ben" and innovated the tactics. In the decisive battle of Muye, Hu Ben acted as the vanguard and tore apart the Shang army, and even instigated slaves to defect. In the end, the weak defeated the strong, King Zhou set himself on fire, and the Yin and Shang Dynasties were destroyed.
When the Zhou Dynasty was established, Jiang Ziya presided over the founding of the country: he implemented the "feudal system" to screen the vassal royal family with the clan's heroes; he created the "well field system" to equalize the land and ensure people's livelihood, laying the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty for eight hundred years. Later, he built the God's Tower according to the destiny, and conferred the 365 righteous gods on the God's List, establishing the order of heaven. However, he selflessly gave up his throne and returned to the seclusion of Qi State. In his later years, he wrote the military book "Six Tao", which is a masterpiece of country governance, strategy and military tactics. He is revered as the "originator of military strategists". His wisdom of "fishing with a straight hook" and his open-mindedness of "whoever is willing to take the bait" have become the eternal totem of Chinese strategic culture.
