Traditional beliefs in Zhou dynasty

In China, many things in the Zhou Dynasty can only be decided by divination. Why is this happening? Because this is related to the beliefs of the people of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou people believed that there was a God above the son of heaven, and God chose the son of heaven. In this social belief, many things are obtained through divination. Even the national affairs related to people's livelihood should be divined, which shows how much people loved divination at that time. This custom existed in the Zhou Dynasty because people believed in God, and monarchical power was endowed by God, and monarchical power was combined with divine power.

People in the Zhou Dynasty attached great importance to God and liked divination very much. Divination occupies a large proportion in their lives. Even if they choose a monarch, they will do divination. If the divination result is not ideal, then they think this person is not suitable to be their monarch. This is a very ridiculous thing now, but it was very reasonable at that time, so many people in the Zhou Dynasty divined. So why did Zhou people have such a custom?

First, people believe in God just like people who believed in the Zhou Dynasty. They think that God's will is everything, so they should do divination. Divination is a common practice for them, and many things need divination to reach a conclusion.

Second, the monarchy is given by God. We all know that the king of the Zhou Dynasty was connected with God, that is, we chose the king mainly because of God's will. The so-called monarch is the person who conveys God's will. In this way, in the eyes of the people of the Zhou Dynasty, the legitimacy of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty was guaranteed, and they believed that only the kings elected in this way were orthodox.

Third, the combination of theocracy and kingship shows that H theocracy and kingship are inseparable, and only the combination of theocracy and kingship can rule the whole country. Rulers often choose fortune tellers according to their own needs and order fortune tellers to perform divination according to their own wishes, so as to ensure that their theocracy is permanent.

In the Zhou Dynasty, everything was divined, and divination came from their respect for God. In this way, they want to understand the nature of God and maintain the stability of the country at that time.