Yi Yin

Yī Yǐn (Chinese伊尹) (* 1648 BC; † 1549 BC), a famous politician and minister was in the earlier Shang Dynasty of China. Yǐn (Chinese尹) means minister to the right. He had come as a slave and part of the dowry from Youxin Shi Cheng Tang to. He is said to have been used as a cook for Cheng Tang. Yī Yǐn had great ambitions and did not want to spend his life as a slave. Therefore, he took every opportunity and whenever he delivered Cheng Tang eating, he analyzed for him the political situation in China. Cheng Tang valued him highly, finally freed him from slavery and appointed him minister. 1600 BC Yi Yin Cheng Tang helped to destroy the Xia Dynasty and justify the Shang Dynasty.

During his tenure, he shall have the management of the officials reorganized. He should have listened to the people and the development of economic and to a non- corrupt and just policy led.

After being crowned the king of the mentally disturbed Tai Jia was not able to govern. Yī Yǐn, with hard and soft political methods, Tai Jia exiled for three years after the town Tong (Chinese桐) (after the historical work Zhushu Jinian for seven years), and served the state as Regent. As Tai Jia repented of his former deeds, Yi Yǐn should have received him again to let him reign on. Tai Jia will then have become a wise king.

Yī Yǐn served for kings Cheng Tang, Da Ding, Zhong Ren, Tai Jia and Ding Where, for more than 50 years, and made great contributions to the Government of the Shang Dynasty. In the eighth year of Wo Ding ( 1549 BC), he died at the age of 100 years. Where thing buried him. Effort with all the style of the Son of Heaven ( ie with royal honors ) at Cheng Tang's grave to recognize his outstanding achievements

Influence on subsequent generations

Although Yi Yǐn to have made ​​many contributions to the Shang Dynasty, but was also his act, to exile the King Tai Jia, the format of similar acts of other powerful courtiers. During the Western Han Dynasty, the powerful courtier Huo Guang Yi Yǐn took as a model. He appointed emperor and put her down again, according to his pleasure.

Yi Yin is regarded by subsequent generations in China as the earliest ancestor of the chefs and the first minister of the people and of commoner origin.

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