The last king of the Shang Dynasty was named Tho Tan (the story called An Tho), which means Tru Vuong. King Tru has more strength than humans, and can kill a fierce tiger with his bare hands.
After Zhou King heard the slander of his courtiers, Vu Hon, Bi Trong forced To Ho to let his son, To Dac Ky, enter the palace. From the day he received Dac Ky, Zhou King became darkly passionate. During the day, they feasted on banquets and drinks, at night they traveled with Dac Ky and his concubines, abandoned government affairs, stayed close to flatterers, and avoided servants. Zhou King listened to Dac Ky’s words and executed Queen Khuong’s chief palace so that she could take the throne as chief queen.
He also gave Thuong Phuong sword to kill the young army. Zhou King’s crimes are unspeakable; Who killed Prime Minister Thuong Dung, cut out the heart of King’s Uncle Ty Can, shaved Co Tu’s head, imprisoned Western Marquis Van Vuong for seven years in Du Ly, and lured vassals into court and then dismembered Eastern Marquis Khuong Hoang So and Southern Marquis Ngat Sung Vo. Zhou King also set up Bao Lac to kill the mandarin Giap Nghi, created a tank to kill the Russian palace, and collected all the wine and meat from the world to make wine ponds and meat forests: “The meat is like a forest, the wine is like a pond, Zhou heard how toxic Dac Ky was, Raising snakes is extremely painful, How miserable it is to grind peanuts into ash!”.
Which is the release of funds to build Loc Dai, causing a loss in the public treasury, and the people having to pay heavy taxes and hardships. Listening to Dac Ky’s words, he chopped off people’s legs to see the fat, and cut open a pregnant woman’s abdomen to see the fetus. The people’s lamentations reached the sky. Because of King Tru’s brutality, Khuong Thuong supported Vo Vuong Co Phat (son of King Van) to mobilize troops to punish Tru, and all 800 vassals responded to help. King Tru could not resist and had to burn himself on the Trich Tinh building and die
Oracle Commentary (1975)
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