Dreaming of the ancient Zhougong's detailed introduction

Zhou Gong, namely Zhou Gongdan, was the uncle of King Zhou Cheng, and he made great contributions to the establishment and improvement of the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Gong enjoys a lofty status in Confucian culture. Confucius's words "I will never dream of Zhou Gong," metaphors the loss of the etiquette culture of the Zhou Dynasty.
　　Zhou Gong is a character who frequently appears in Confucius’ dreams. In China where Confucianism has long dominated the culture, Zhou Gong is inevitably directly connected with the dream. Dreams are often referred to as "Dream of Zhou Gong" or "Dream of Zhou Gong". Therefore, Zhou Gong in Dreams meaning Book is Zhou Gongdan.

Zhou Gongdan is the mother and brother of Zhou Wu Wang Jifa. In the battle between Zhou and Shang, he "changed the left-wing King Wu and used things mostly." Two years after the destruction of Shang, King Wu died of illness, and his son became a young king and was reigned by Zhou Gong. Wu Wang's other two younger brothers, Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai, were dissatisfied. They spread rumors, saying that Gong Zhou had ambitions and might murder the king and usurp the throne. When Zhou Gong heard this, he said to Taigongwang and Zhaogongshuang: "So I assume the responsibility of regent regardless of personal gains and losses, because I am afraid that the world will be unstable. If the country is in chaos and the people will be destroyed, how can I be worthy of the ancestors and the king of Wu. What about my trust?” Zhou Gongdan said to his son Boqin, who is about to be a nobleman and will live in the fiefdom of Lu, “I am the son of King Wen, the younger brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng. In terms of identity and status, I am in the middle of the country. Very high. But I always pay attention to being diligent and frugal, and treating people humbly, lest I lose the sages of the world. When you go to Lu, don’t be arrogant.";

The nobility of the Zhou dynasty, the winner of the nobility assisted the king of Zhou to rule the world. There is usually only one Zhougong, but there is a chaotic situation where there are two Zhougongs in the Eastern Weekend.
　　The first generation of Zhou Gong was surnamed Ji Mingdan, also known as Shudan, the fourth son of Zhouwen Wang Jichang. Because the fief was in Zhou (now north of Qishan, Shaanxi), it was called Zhougong or Zhougongdan. He was an outstanding statesman and military strategist in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

Soon, Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai colluded with Wu Geng, the son of King Zhou, and united with the Dongyi tribe to rebel against the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Gong was entrusted with the king's order and led his teacher to the east. After three years of arduous fighting, the rebellion was finally settled, the eastern countries were conquered, a large number of Shang nobles were subdued, and Guan Shu, Wu Geng, and Cai Shu were beheaded at the same time. Consolidated the rule of the Zhou Dynasty (see Zhougong's Eastern Campaign).

After Zhou Gongdan put down the rebellion, in order to strengthen the control of the east, he formally suggested that the king move the capital to Luoyi (now Luoyang). At the same time , a large number of Shang dynasty aristocrats captured in the war , namely "Yin Wanmin", moved to Luoyi, and dispatched Gongshuang to garrison the 8th Division in Luoyi to strengthen supervision over them. In addition, Zhou Gongdan named his younger brother Kang Shu as Weijun and ordered him to station in the old Shangxu to manage the Shang Dynasty survivors there. He warned the young Uncle Kang: The demise of the Shang dynasty was because the king of Zhou was drunk and adulterous with his wife, so that the dynasty was chaotic and the princes acted up righteousness. He instructed: "When you arrive at the Yin Ruins, you first ask to visit the sages and elders there to ask them about the reasons for the rise and fall of the Shang Dynasty; secondly, you must love the people." Zhou Gongdan wrote the above words as Kang Gao and Jiu. The three chapters of Gao and Zicai were given to Uncle Kang as a rule. After Uncle Kang arrived at the Yin Ruins, he kept in mind Zhou Gongdan's instructions to live frugally and cherish the people, so that the local officials and people could live and work in peace and contentment.

After the establishment of the capital Luoyi, Zhou Gongdan began to implement the policy of feudal state-building. He successively established 71 feudal states, and entrusted 15 brothers and 16 heroes of King Wu to the feudal country as vassals, as a screen to defend the royal family. In addition, the well-field system was widely implemented in the closed country, and the land was unified planning, which consolidated and strengthened the economic foundation of the Zhou Dynasty.

In order to further consolidate the Zhou dynasty, Zhou Gongdan also "made rituals and pleasures" and formulated and implemented a system of ordinances to safeguard the clan system of emperors and ministers and upper and lower levels. There are mainly the "Jifu" system, the "Noble Post" system, the "Law" system, the "Inheritance of the eldest son" system and the "Le" system. The most important of these is the eldest son's inheritance system and the hierarchical system of honor and inferiority. In the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the succession to the throne was mostly the brothers and last brothers, and the throne was uncertain. The eldest son's inheritance system established by the Lord Zhou, that is, the blood is used as a link, and the throne of the emperor Zhou is inherited by the first son. At the same time, the other concubines were entrusted as princes and doctors. The relationship between them and the emperor is the relationship between the local government and the central government, and the relationship between the small family and the big family. Zhou Gongdan also formulated a series of strict etiquette systems for emperors, fathers and sons, brothers, relatives, respect and inferiority, and noble and inferior to adjust the relationship between the central and local governments, princes and subjects, and strengthen the central government's rule.

Zhou Gongdan was regent for 6 years, and he had grown up as a king, so he decided to return the power to the king. Before also political, as Duke no Yi , as a lesson to the demise of the Shang, Wang warned to be prophet "of farming difficult" and not indulge in sensual, comfortable, play and hunting. Then "policy was lost, and the north was in charge."

After Zhou Gongdan abdicated, he devoted his main energy to making rituals and making fun, and continued to improve various laws and regulations. Before the end of old age and sickness, he told him: "I must be buried in Luoyi, to show that I can't leave to become a king until I die." Passed away soon. ；

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