Taibo of Wu
Wu Tai Bo (吴太伯) was the later name of Ji Tai Bo (姬 太 伯). Wu Tai Bo was the eldest son of Ji Dan Fu (姬 亶 父) ( posthumous name Tai Zhou Wang -周 太 王), this is one of the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty. He goes to twelfth generation in direct descent from back Huangdi, the legendary " Yellow Emperor " and the first great ruler of China.
Descent
Ji Fu Dan had three sons: Tai Bo Ji, Ji Zhong Yong (姬 虞仲) and Ji Ji Li (姬 季 历). The son of Ji Ji Ji Chang Li was (姬昌). Ji Chang (1152-1056 BC) fell in 1122 BC, the Shang Dynasty. The son of Ji Chang was again Ji Fa (姬发) (? -1043 BC), which then officially the Zhou dynasty founded. The son of Ji Fa Zhou was Zhang (周章).
Zhou Zhang was considered a very just king and had such a great respect and reverence for the brother of his great- grandfather Wu Tai Bo (吴太伯) that he calls the " kingdom of Zhou " in the " " Kingdom of Wu " " renamed shortly after taking power - the "kingdom of heaven ". At that time the kingdom of Wu corresponds roughly to the present-day Shanxi province.
Life
Wu Tai Bo was regarded as a very wise and just ruler of the " Golden Age " in the time of the "Old Heaven." He always avoided controversy or armed conflict. Although he was the eldest son and so went the right of succession to the throne to him, he avoided confrontation and waived three times in favor of the youngest favorite son Ji Ji Li of his father. Only when he saw that his government was not with the will of heaven in unison, he moved to the East, to go a feud with his younger brother Ji Ji Li out of the way. He founded his own kingdom - the kingdom WuGuo (吴国) - and was the ancestor of the Wu family.
" Wu " (吴) meant the "kingdom of heaven ". It is composed of the two words " Kou " (口) and "Tian " (天). " Kou " today, although only the meaning "mouth", but corresponded in ancient times also the meanings " kingdom ", " world", " level of consciousness " and " dimension ". " Wu " should be set as a sign for the people to live in harmony and be real with the " sky " one.
The respect of Confucius
In Confucius ' (孔夫子) book Lun Yu (论语) there are a total of 20 chapters. In the eighth chapter ( Lun Yu · Tai Bo -论语·泰伯) is already beginning about Wu Tai Bo (吴太伯) wrote: "Tai Bo is a truly noble man. He has a very high moral character. He had renounced the throne are three times. For the common people can not find right words to praise him " ( source code. :泰伯第八《论语·泰伯》“子曰:‘泰伯，其可谓至德也已矣!三以天下让，民无得而称焉。’)
Services
According to the family traditions, the legacy of knowledge about the secular backgrounds and medicine, as well as family recipes was always transferred to the respective successors since Huangdi. Every ruler of Wu was thus with the " knowledge of the First Ones ", ie the knowledge of the "Old Heaven" familiar and had extensive knowledge of the Chinese emperors Medicine - " Medicine of the Golden Phoenix ". The traditions remained so to this day alive, although the kingdom of Wu has gone through intrigue and corruption long.
Already in the time of Confucius (孔夫子- 551-479 BC) was subject to particularly the tonics of the Wu clan as the most important gift of the gods, next to the jade and tea. Their origin they had with Shen Nung (神农) directly. Especially in the more elite class they enjoyed great popularity and by taking a regular cult was operated, which was also reflected in the rites of Zhou. So it gave precise guidelines, which nobility rank certain materials ( jade, gold, silver, bronze or ceramic) and forms of drinking goblets ( Jue and Gu ) was allowed to use, such as rules of conduct were established, etc. The founder of Wu, Wu Tai Bo was, even in the eyes of Confucius as the only ruler of ancient times, before he had the highest respect. (Source: Lun Yu - Conversations of Confucius )
Although the kingdom of Wu by the neighboring kingdom of Yue Guo (越 国) was destroyed long ago, there is - the ravages of time despite - today descendants of this family, which kept the knowledge legacy since the fall of Wu Guo for thousands more secluded. The basic formulations of the Wu clan of " Jin Feng" were essentially never changed, but steadily expanded and monitors compliance with the extremely high quality standards. This Wu- recipes form the very essence of Chinese medicine and are thus the oldest medical treasure at all.