Is there really a person like Jiang Ziya in history?

There is a person named Jiang Ziya in history.

Jiang Ziya (about 1156 BC - about 1017 BC), surnamed Jiang, Lu family, famous, nicknamed Feixiong, was from Ji County, Hanoi County (now Weihui City, Henan Province). An outstanding statesman, military strategist, and strategist in ancient China, the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty, and the founder of military science in the late Shang and early Zhou dynasties.

Jiang Ziya’s life was full of ups and downs, yet dynamic and mysterious. Throughout Jiang Ziya's lifetime achievements, he has made outstanding contributions in terms of military, political, and economic thought, among which military is the most important. Therefore, Tai Shigong said, "The military affairs of later generations and the Yin power of Zhou are all based on Tai Gong." ", can be called the originator of military strategists and the source of military affairs.

Emperors and literary and historical books of all dynasties respected him as the originator of military strategists, martial sage, and master of hundreds of schools of thought. During the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was granted the title of King Wucheng and established a temple to worship him. During the Zhenzong period of Song Dynasty, he was posthumously named Zhaolie. ?

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Jiang Ziya’s ancestor once served as an official in the Four Mountains and assisted Xia Yu in managing water and soil. During the time of Shun and Yu, they were sealed in Lu Di (now west of Nanyang, Henan Province), so they were also called Lu Shang. Some were sealed in Shen, with the surname Jiang. In the Xia and Shang dynasties, some of Shen and Lu were granted titles to their descendants, and some of their descendants became commoners. Lu Shang was their distant descendant. Lu Shang's original surname was Jiang. Because he took the name of his fiefdom, he was called Lu Shang.

When Jiang Ziya was born, his family was already in decline, so when he was young, Jiang Ziya worked as a butcher who slaughtered cattle and sold meat, and also opened a hotel and sold wine to make ends meet. But Jiang Ziya was poor and ambitious. Whether he was slaughtering cattle or doing business, he always studied astronomy, geography, military strategy, and the methods of governing the country diligently, hoping that one day he could use his talents for the country. However, it was not until 70 I am still useless at the age of 18, living at home.

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