
CIVILIZATION DOSSIER
Wen Zhong闻仲
Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty, disciple of Jinling Shengmu, fiery temper, returned to court to support the young ruler.
- DIRECT FIGURES
- 47
- RELATION RECORDS
- 65
- SOURCE WORKS
- 1
RELATIONSHIP COMPASS
Wen Zhong, and the people around them.
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01MENTORSHIPMentorship
Teachers, disciples and transmission
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Mentorship
Teachers, disciples and transmission
Jin Ling ShengmuisWen Zhong’s teacher
Wen ZhongisJi Li’s teacher
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02ALLEGIANCEAllegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
14 figures · 17 records+
Allegiance
Rulers, appointments and allegiance
Wen Zhong→King Zhou (Di Xin)obey order
Jiang Ziya→Wen Zhongdeify
Zhang Guifang→Wen Zhongrequest aid
Wen Zhong→Ji Licommand
03CONFLICTConflict
Battles, captures and defeat
13 figures · 18 records+
Conflict
Battles, captures and defeat
Jiang Ziya—Wen Zhongbattle
Wen Zhong→Huang Feihupursue and capture
Nezha—Wen Zhongbattle
04THE UNSEENMythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
3 figures · 3 records+
Mythic acts
Transformation, aid and divine punishment
Wen Zhong→Xin Huansubdue
Bai Jian→Wen Zhongguide soul
Wen Zhong→Deng Zhongsubdue
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In fiction · Investiture of the Gods
Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty, disciple of Jinling Shengmu of the Jie Sect, rides a black qilin. After returning from a campaign against the northern barbarians, he presented ten strategies to admonish King Zhou, led a large army to attack Xiqi, sought help from the Four Sages of Nine Dragon Island and the Ten Heavenly Lords, but ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat at Juelong Ridge, where he was burned to death by Yunzhongzi using the Divine Fire Pillar. Later, he was enfeoffed as the Thunder Ancestor of the Nine Heavens, Responding to the Primordial.
History vs. fiction
The pillar of the Shang Dynasty, Grand Tutor Wen Zhong
「封神演义」极力刻画了闻仲作为商朝三朝元老、托孤太师的忠烈形象,他手持蛟龙金鞭,统帅商朝大军四处平叛,最终在绝龙岭壮烈殉国。「史记·殷本纪」载商末重臣为微子、箕子、比干等,并无闻太师其人。小说虚构此忠臣仙将,旨在为姜子牙树立对手,非历史真实。据「封神演义·第043回」,原文称:“吾因为国事烦琐,先王托孤之重,何日能脱却烦恼”
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- battle← Jiang Ziya → Wen ZhonglitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 42Investiture of the Gods, ch. 43Investiture of the Gods, ch. 51Investiture of the Gods, ch. 52
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子牙复祭打神鞭起去。闻太师难逃这一鞭之祸,一声响,把闻太师打下骑来。
子牙劫闻太师行营
子牙大战闻太师
子牙祭起打神鞭。闻太师当中神目看见,疾忙躲时,早中左肩臂
Original relation: injure · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 51
见山上是姜子牙同武王在马上饮酒
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特敕封尔为九天应元雷声普化天尊之职
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命邓忠往子牙处来下战书
- obey orderWen Zhong → King Zhou (Di Xin)litInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 5Investiture of the Gods, ch. 30Investiture of the Gods, ch. 41Investiture of the Gods, ch. 52Investiture of the Gods, ch. 53
Original text (5)
已令太师闻仲剿除奸党
太师听罢,厉声言曰……此一件事,据老臣愚见,还是陛下有负于臣子!
Original relation: remonstrate · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 30
太师要伐西岐,为孤代理。
Original relation: ruler-subject · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 41
老臣奉敕西征,屡战失利,枉劳无功,今已绝于西土
Original relation: admonish · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 52
闻太师的事奏启一遍
Original relation: subordinate · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 53
- orphan entrust← King Zhou (Di Xin) → Wen ZhonglitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 1Investiture of the Gods, ch. 30
Original text (2)
托孤与太师闻仲
太师奏捷,乞与朕擒来,以正国法!
Original relation: ruler-subject · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 30
- pursue and captureWen Zhong → Huang FeihulitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 31Investiture of the Gods, ch. 35
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话说闻太师驱兵追赶,出西门
闻太师自从追赶黄飞虎至临潼关
Original relation: pursue and attack · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 35
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闻太师喝曰:“满朝富贵,尽在黄门,一旦负君,造反助恶,杀害命官,逆恶贯盈,还来强辩!”
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朝纲无人,全赖将军
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哪吒登风火轮,摇枪大叫:“勿要伤吾师叔!”照闻太师面上一枪
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太师大怒,急得三只眼中射出金光
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杨戬在侧,看见闻太师好鞭,只打得落花流水,才把银合马飞走出阵,使枪便刺。
杨戬烧了粮草
Original relation: 烧粮 · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 51
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闻太师见黄天化阻住去路,大怒
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黄天化催开玉麒麟,用两柄银锤挡住闻太师
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只不许你过桃花岭
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在此阻你,不许你进五关
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话说闻太师见赤精子拿出阴阳镜
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闻太师沉吟半晌,曰:“前有火牌令箭,韩荣为何不发粮草应付?
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奉敕炼通天神火柱,绝龙岭等候闻太师
云中子在外面发雷,四处有霹雳之声,火势凶猛
Original relation: 烧死 · Investiture of the Gods, ch. 52
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把你营中大汉子选六百名来与吾
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把闻太师说得默默无言
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将手一拳,把费仲打下丹墀
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命费仲、尤浑为参军
- master-disciple← Jin Ling Shengmu → Wen ZhonglitInvestiture of the Gods, ch. 35Investiture of the Gods, ch. 42
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在碧游宫拜金灵圣母为师之时,学艺五十年。
太师乃碧游宫金灵圣母门下
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只一掌打去,把那奸臣翻斤斗跌下丹墀
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命费仲、尤浑为参军
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差官用告急文书,往朝歌见闻太师求援
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辛环曰:“如太师不弃,忠等愿随鞭镫。”
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太师把鞭一指,黄巾力士将山石揭去;辛环站不起来,半晌方能站立,拜倒在地。
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门人吉立上前言曰
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被道德真君一捏神砂退了闻太师兵回
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闻太师见晁田欲往,大悦。点人马三万
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柏鉴引进其魂,安于台内
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晁雷,你点三千人马,粮一千,星夜往西岐接济
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你等肯随吾征伐西岐,候有功之日,俱是朝廷臣子。
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把金鞭一指,平地现出一座金墙,把这一员大将围裹在内,用金遁遁了。