桐叶封弟新辨

The New Discussion of Tong Ye Feng Di

桐叶封弟的真伪历来是学术界的公案,学者们大都对故事的真实性持否定态度。然而只要从故事的本身出发,注意分析当时故事核心人物间的关系以及权力对比,就不难发现,桐叶封弟故事的真实性是非常高的。桐叶封弟实为成王以桐叶戏弟为虚,行封叔虞于唐为实的一个借口,也反映出成王当时确有难言之隐。桐叶封弟中周公对成王的真实想法其实也早已心知肚明,"周公成之"是作为臣子的周公在故意配合成王。桐叶封弟的背后隐藏着周初朝中君臣权力间的博弈,对于君臣来说,故事的结果也是双赢。

The authenticity of Tong Ye Feng Di is traditionally a complicated case in the academic field. Most of scholars take a negative attitude towards the authenticity of the story. However, when analyzing the relationship between the central figure in the story as well as the power of contrast, it is not difficult to find that the authenticity of the story Tong Ye Feng Di is very high. In the story , Cheng Wang actually made a joke with his brother by Tong Ye as an excuse instead of the real promotion of Shuyu. This also reflects that the king was indeed hiding something. In fact, Zhou Gong in the story Tong Ye Feng Di had a good understanding of Cheng Wang~ true idea. ＂Zhou Gong cheng zhi＂ shows that he intentionally cooperated The hidden meaning of the story shows the game playing of power between the chancellor For the chancellor and the monarch, the result is a win -win story.