According to legend, Yao Chan is located in Shun, but why is there a record in the chronicle of bamboo books that "Yao De was in decline and was imprisoned in Shun"?

The relationship between Yao Shunyu and them in the annals of bamboo books is still not as harmonious as that recorded in historical books. Zhu Shuji believed that Shun wanted to inherit the position of the leader, so he imprisoned Yao and set up a plot to destroy the relationship between Yao and his son, which eventually made Shun the leader.

Now, at this time, we have no way to prove whether they offered their seats voluntarily, or whether it is true that Shun did not pass on his seat to his son through certain means, as the bamboo annals said. Then we might as well look at how this history is said in the annals of bamboo books.

According to the Chronicle of Bamboo Books, Yao was going to pass on his position to his son, but Shun stopped him. He first told Danzhu that his father was disappointed in him and didn't intend to succeed him, so he found a reason to distribute Danzhu to a far place. At the same time, he told Yao that his son didn't want to inherit the throne and there were other messy conditions, which made Yao particularly angry. He doesn't think his son deserves the position. Therefore, he alienated the relationship between father and son, which made the contradiction between father and son deteriorate sharply. In the end, Yao gave his position to Shun in a rage, but not to his son.

But in any case, we would rather believe in a more harmonious history, so we still believe that Yao Shunyu and others passed this position down from generation to generation through the abdication system, instead of being as dark as described in the bamboo annals.