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People who have seen journey to the West must be very impressed by the Queen Mother’s flat peach club. It’s really a super big pany with immortals coming together, gathering “essence” and “God”, tasting countless delicacies and fine wines! As everyone knows, the queen mother actually prepared an incomparably rich and magnificent banquet for a mortal! Of course, this mortal is not an ordinary person. He is the most legendary monarch in Chinese history – Ji man, King Mu of Zhou, the fifth generation of the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
In 977 BC, 70 years after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, King Zhao of Zhou, the great grandson of King Wu, unfortunately fell into the water and died during the southern expedition to the state of Chu. His son Ji man succeeded to the throne and became the son of Zhou, known as King Mu of Zhou in history.
According to Liezi, Zhou Mugong was a different monarch, because his greatest hobby was neither power nor beauty, but travel. Although it is said that he was “fifty years old” when he ascended the throne, he was an out and out tourist enthusiast. To put it another way, he was called “super donkey friend”.
When King Mu of Zhou was young, he had the lofty ideal of “wanton ambition, Zhou Xing the world”. In today’s words, he wanted to travel all over the Zhou Dynasty and even all over the world at will. When he was crown prince, he should have achieved the grand goal of traveling all over the country. Therefore, as soon as he was promoted to become the prince of Zhou, he began to prepare for traveling abroad.
First of all, King Mu of Zhou invited zaofu, the best carriage driver in China at that time. The figure of zaofu is not famous enough, but speaking of his descendants, it is definitely a famous figure – the king of Zhao, represented by King Wuling of Zhao, is all his descendants. Zaofu is not only good at driving, but also an expert on Xiangma. He helped King Mu of Zhou find the eight best and top-notch horses in China, and trained them to be as obedient as his own body. The names of these eight horses are Chiji, Daoli, Baiyi, Yulun, Shanzi, Quhuang, Hualiu and green ear, which are called “eight steeds” in history.
Everything was well prepared. King Mu of Zhou took the eight steeds luxury carriage driven by his father and led a large number of followers known as the “seven talents” to leave ho Jing and head west. The reason why he chose the West as the first choice was because the western boundary line was closest to Ho Jing, and he could feel the exotic mountains, rivers, lands and customs as soon as possible.
King Mu of Zhou and his party first traveled westward along the Wei River, crossed the Yellow River, and then continued to advance through the Hexi corridor. Soon they arrived at the treacherous weak water, which is said to be unable to float even feathers. In legend, after accepting the sacrifice of King Mu of Zhou, the river god of weak water river ordered the fish, turtles, carp and other animals in the river to build a bridge for King Mu to let his car pass. But in fact, King Mu of Zhou successfully crossed the weak water should be the credit of following his “seven talents”, which may be that they built a pontoon overnight. After passing the weak water and moving westward, it is the legendary kingdom of the queen mother of the West.
The mysterious and noble West Queen Mother ceremoniously received the distinguished guest king Zhou Mu from afar on the yaochi lake. It is said that they ate all kinds of fairy fruits such as plain lotus, black jujube, green lotus root and white stick, and drank the absolutely pollution-free sweet snow water on the Kunlun Mountain and the good wine brought by King Zhou Mu through the dry mountain. The queen mother of the West was not only beautiful and hospitable, but also good at singing and dancing. King Mu of Zhou was deeply attracted by her exotic style and extraordinary talent. We don’t know how many days King Mu of Zhou stayed in the country of the West Queen Mother. What we can be sure of is that he was a little happy with the company of the West Queen Mother. Sima Qian wrote in the Zhao family in the records of the Historian: “when (King Mu of Zhou) saw the West Queen Mother, he was happy and forgot to return”. In a few words, King Mu of Zhou’s deep love for the West Queen Mother has jumped on paper, and the warm hospitality and deep retention of the West queen mother are enough to show her deep love for King Mu of Zhou. If the author said that they were the other party’s confidants of beauty and blue forehead, it should not be too much!
Just when King Mu of Zhou and the queen mother of the West were in love and could not bear to separate, the news of King Xu Yan’s rebellion came. King Mu of Zhou loved beauty more than mountains and rivers, and had to give up his love and leave the queen mother of the west to return home to fight the rebellion.
On the day of their separation, the queen mother of the West sent them one journey after another. At the moment when they really wanted to break up, she personally sang a beautiful and affectionate song for Zhou Muyu: “white clouds are in the sky, mountains and tombs come out of their own. The road is far away, between mountains and rivers. The son is not dead, and can still come back.” The lyrics are translated into modern Chinese, which means: there are long white clouds floating in the sky, and the road is endless. Countless mountains and rivers block us, and it will be difficult to get through from now on. However, you will live forever. I believe you can meet again in the future. King Mu of Zhou was also deeply infected and moved by the truth. He put down the frame of the son of heaven and sang a harmony song: “return to the eastern land and rule the summers with peace. All the people are equal. I look forward to seeing you. After three years, I will return to the wild.” It means: “after I return to the hometown of China, all countries in China will live in harmony and all people will live an equal and prosperous life. Then I will visit you again.” Subsequently, he returned to Chou capital nonstop to deploy the riot. Fortunately, King Xu Yan was a paper tiger like role, which seemed to be extraordinary and invincible, but he was soon won by King Mu of Zhou and the state of Chu.
According to the bamboo chronicle, when King Mu of Zhou was preparing to write a romantic “journey to the west” again, the queen mother of the West came to Haojing. King Mu of Zhou warmly entertained the queen mother of the West and her party in the Zhao palace and presented countless delicacies and famous specialties to his red forehead confidants in return for their original hospitality. This treatment is definitely at the level of diaoyutaistateguesthouse today.
Although King Mu and the West Queen Mother adore each other and have a deep love for each other, King Mu of Zhou will never leave Huanyan and go to the West Queen Mother’s country to become a son-in-law, and the West Queen Mother cannot give up her hometown to become King Mu’s concubine in Haojing. Therefore, the love between the leaders of the two countries is doomed to be a fruitless romance. The reason why the queen mother later became a hate role in folklore that separated the Cowherd and the weaver girl on both sides of the galaxy is likely to have something to do with her ill fated love with King Mu of Zhou. Disclaimer: the above content originates from the network, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.