Does anyone know why Jiang Shang is called Lu Shang? Why change the name?

Lu Shang, whose surname is Jiang, given name is Shang, and whose courtesy name is Ziya, was born in Dongluli, Donglu Township (today’s east of Zhaoshi). His ancestor Boyi was in charge of the Four Mountains for his meritorious service, and was granted the title of Lu (today’s Wan County, Henan Province). ), his descendants changed their surname from the fiefdom, so they were named Lu Shang.

Lü Shang was well-educated and well versed in the art of war and tactics, but his family was extremely poor. He once went to Chaoge, the capital of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, to seek an official position, but failed, so he moved to Shaanxi and made a living fishing at the source of the Weishui River. Around 1123 BC (the thirty-first year of Emperor Xin's reign), when he was 80 years old, he met Jichang, the Marquis of Xibo. Jichang recognized that he was a rare talent in the contemporary era and hired him as a "division" specializing in military affairs. And because Lu Shang was the person his grandfather longed for day and night during his lifetime, he was also respectfully called "Tai Gong Wang". After Ji Chang died, his son Ji Fa succeeded him as Xibohou and respected Lu Shang as "Master Shangfu". In the eleventh year of Ji Fa's reign, with the assistance of Lu Shang, he destroyed King Zhou of Yin, established the Western Zhou Dynasty, and ascended the throne as King Wu of Zhou. In order to suppress the Pugu (today's Boxing), Yan (today's east of the old city of Qufu), Lai (today's Gaomi, Changle), Ji (today's Shouguang) and other barbarian states in the east and expand the territory of Shandong, Lu Shang was granted the title of Marquis of Qi. Du Yingqiu is the Taigong of Qi.

After Lu Shang arrived in Qi, he simplified etiquette, followed folk customs, promoted industry and commerce, and developed fishing and salt. The people of Qi were attached to the country.

Lu Shang wrote 3 volumes of "Conspiracy" (one theory is 36 volumes), 1 volume of "Yin Fu Qian Lu", 2 volumes of "Golden Chamber", and 6 volumes of "Six Tao".

Lu Shang is Jiang Ziya, a native of the East China Sea. His ancestor once assisted Yu in controlling floods and was granted the title of Lu because of his merits, so he took Lu as his surname, and his surname was Jiang. The surnames in ancient China were the product of the matrilineal clan, so the "surname" meant "girls". Later, men were the main surnames and surnames were added. After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, there were more and more surnames, and the surnames and surnames gradually merged into two. Weiyi is what is now called the surname.

Lü Shang was named "Lü Shang" because he served as a grand master in the early Zhou Dynasty and was honored as "Master Shangfu". Because of the influence of "The Romance of the Gods", we still like to call him Jiang Ziya.

Lu Shang was once very poor and very old. He often went fishing on the shores of the Weishui River. One day, King Wen was about to go hunting, and he got a divination: "What is captured is not a dragon, a tiger, or a tiger, but a minister who dominates the world." So King Wen went west to hunt, and he met Lu Shang on the creek. After the two talked, King Wen was overjoyed and said: "My ancestors once prophesied: 'A saint will arrive in the future to help the Zhou Dynasty revitalize.' Could it be you? My ancestor Taigong has been looking forward to you for a long time." ” So he called Lu Shang “Tai Gong Wang” and established him as the imperial advisor of Zhou Dynasty. This is the story of Taigong fishing.

Soon, King Zhou of Shang suspected that King Wen of Zhou was planning to conquer the Shang Dynasty, so he arrested King Wen of Zhou in the prison in the capital. At this time, Lu Shang solicited beauties and rare treasures from all over the world to offer to King Zhou and redeem King Wen.

After King Wen returned to the country, he secretly planned with Lu Shang how to overthrow the Shang Dynasty. For this reason, Lu Shang planned many military strategies and new and wonderful strategies. For this reason, later generations gave priority to Lu Shang when it came to military strategies, and he became the ancestor of military strategists, or the originator.

King Wen died and King Wu came to the throne. Nine years later, King Wen's career began to be carried forward. In order to detect whether the princes would gather to discuss the Shang Kingdom eastward, Lu Shang led an army to travel and meet with other princes at Mengjin as agreed in advance. Lu Shang held the yellow ax in his left hand and the white jade in his right hand and swore an oath: "The princes from all sides, bring your armies and your boats, come together and gather together. If the deadline is not met, we will raise an army and massacre." When he led his army to Mengjin, , there were as many as eight hundred princes who came to gather, which shows the high prestige of Zhou State at that time. The vassal states at that time were all very small, with more than 1,800 in the territory of the Shang Dynasty. Later, the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Hegemons of the Warring States Period were larger vassal states formed in mergers and melees.

Two years later, King Zhou of Shang killed Bigan and imprisoned Qizi. King Wu wanted to attack King Zhou, but the divination results were unlucky, and before the soldiers could go out, they encountered a storm. All the ministers were frightened, but Lu Shang insisted on sending troops. He said that the tortoise shells and yarrow used for divination had no idea of ??good or bad luck. King Wu finally listened to Lu Shang's advice, lectured the army in Muye, and then began to attack King Zhou of Shang. In this war, Lu Shang's strategic and tactical command was very good.

In terms of strategic guidance, Lu Shang was good at seizing opportunities. He chose the main force of the merchant army to expedition to Dongyi. King Zhou led the troops to fight at a favorable opportunity when the capital Chaoge was isolated and helpless, and everyone was rebellious.

The Zhou army, with 45,000 armored soldiers, plus the armies of other vassal states, launched a fierce battle with the merchant army in Muye, seventy miles south of Chaoge (southwest of today's Qixian County, Henan Province). The correct choice of strategic timing is an important prerequisite for the Zhou army's final victory.

In terms of tactical use, Lu Shang focused on attacking the heart. He personally led a hundred elites to attack the merchant army's position. Because the front line were slaves, after Lu Shang won the first battle, King Wu led the main force to follow up and annihilate him. Coupled with the defection of the slave soldiers in the Shang army, the Zhou army quickly won a complete victory and the Shang Dynasty was destroyed.

After the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, Lu Shang was granted the title of Qi and his capital was Yingqiu (today's Linzi). Lu Shang traveled east to his fiefdom, staying every night on the way and walking very slowly. Someone said to him: "I have heard that opportunities are rare and easy to lose. As a guest, I am afraid that I am not like taking office in my own fiefdom as a guest. OK, he arrived at the camp at dawn, and happened to meet people from Lai who came to compete with him for the camp.

After the political situation in Qi was stabilized, Lu Shang began to reform the political system. He complied with local customs and simplified the red tape of the Zhou Dynasty. Vigorously develop commerce and let the people enjoy the benefits of fish and salt. As a result, many people from the world came to Qi, and Qi became one of the rich countries at that time. During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty, Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai rebelled, and the ethnic minorities in the Huai River Basin also took the opportunity to rebel. King Zhou ordered Lu Shang to say: "To the east is the sea, to the west is the Yellow River, to the south is Muling, and to the north is Wudi. Whether they are princes or uncles, if they don't obey, you have the power to conquer them." From then on, Qi became a great country and its territory became increasingly wider.