About the book of songs at the turn of October: "At the turn of October, the bright moon is in the sky. It is ugly to have food every day. The moon is very small, and this day is also very small; Today, the people are also very sad. The sun and the moon tell you that you don't have to do this. The four countries have no politics, so there is no need to be good. If you eat it every month, it will be normal; The record of "Eat Today, Why Don't Hide" is called "East Zhou Pingwang" because the relevant solar eclipse records are inconsistent with the actual observation at that time, although the content directly refers to the ruling corruption of the rulers in the late Western Zhou Dynasty.

1, the rationality of Wang You's theory

Obviously, as far as "The Turn of October" is concerned, it is about a state in which natural disasters occur frequently and the kingdom is becoming more and more unbearable. This is in sequence with the situation after Pingtung moved eastward. It was the malpractice of Zhou Youwang's rule that eventually led to the intensification of various contradictions and further led to the infighting of his own ruling class. As a result, the Western Zhou Dynasty ceased to exist, and Shen Hou and Gou Yin Gou attacked the king of seclusion. Moreover, in Historical Records, Tai Shi Boyang once said: "Zhou will die. The spirit of heaven and earth, without losing its order; If it goes beyond its order, the people will fall into chaos. The sun is too strong to come out, and the shade is too strong to steam, so there will be an earthquake. The real earthquake in Sanchuan today is that the yang is out of position and the yin is full. Yang loses in Yin, and it will be blocked; The original plug, the country will die. Husband's soil and water are played by the people. There is nothing to do in the soil, and the people are miserable. What can we do if we don't die? Yesterday, Yi and Luo died in the summer, and the river died in the business. This is the season of the second generation of Zhou Deruo, and his Sichuan is blocked again, and it will be exhausting to be blocked. The country will be surrounded by mountains and rivers, landslides and rivers will run out, and the country will die. Sichuan poverty will collapse. Those who have been dead for less than ten years are counted. Abandoned by heaven is its discipline. " It can be seen that Zhou Guo was already facing very serious natural and man-made disasters. At this time, it is very natural to have an early warning of the eclipse. Wang Ping Shuo is not only incompatible in content, but also rare in classics, showing substantial differences.

2. Discrimination of the six-year solar eclipse in Wang You.

Many scholars at home and abroad questioned the time of the total solar eclipse in Xinmao on September 6, 776 BC, because the solar eclipse belt was close to the Arctic Ocean and could not be observed in Haojing and other places. It is more inclined to the annular eclipse that occurred in Xinmao on165438+1October 30 BC. As shown in the picture, from the point of view of the solar eclipse, the observation in the first 735 years is very convincing. But its age is related to the historical facts described by time. It's obviously late Is this the problem of the Book of Songs itself? Or Zhou Zhou people's post-satire on the former dynasty? Looking at the content of "The Turn of October", without personal experience and feelings, it is impossible to make the kind of irony at that time. Therefore, there is reason to believe that this poem was written for the middle and small aristocrats in Wang You at that time.

So, how to understand the theory of solar eclipse? According to the actual calculation, the partial solar eclipse could not be observed on1September 6, 1996, although it was on the first line of Xi 'an and Luo Yang. However, it doesn't mean that it can't be observed in China. In fact, a partial solar eclipse above 0.05 can still be observed in Datong, northern Shaanxi and Beijing. As the birthplace of the Zhou Dynasty, the solar eclipse observed in Kelly Y Zhou, combined with earthquakes and other influences, suddenly sounded the alarm for the rulers at that time. Then, there was the prophecy of Bai Yang's father.

As the birthplace, northern Shaanxi has special feelings in the hearts of Zhou people. At that time, people who were afraid of natural forces were more concerned about natural phenomena that happened in their places. Therefore, it is natural for Joo Won? to issue a warning that "Wenda will go to court". This is not without evidence. In fact, there were astronomical reports in some places during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. For example, the tortoise shellNo. 1 1485 in Oracle Bone Inscriptions Collection suffered from the disaster of "losing one's virginity for ten days"? On the third day, there was food in the evening, and there was moon fragrance in August. Mr. Dong Zuobin once gave a very incisive description of this "smell" and thought that "Wen Da is in court".

So far, it can be said that this reasonably explains the matching problem between the solar eclipse at the turn of October and the six years in Wang You.