Is “Secretly colluded with Jiang Ziya to plot rebellion” true?
novel invention
The Records of the Grand Historian records that Weizi discussed with the Grand Tutor and Junior Tutor whether to stay or leave, in order to preserve the Shang ancestral sacrifices, and there is no such act of secretly collaborating with immortals to rebel as depicted in the novel.
Weizi
In official history, he is a virtuous member of the Shang royal house and the founding ruler of the state of Song, while in the novel he is portrayed as a representative of internal opposition to King Zhou.