When did the system of human sacrifice begin?

It is also inaccurate to say that there is no record at all. Although there is no detailed record of the system of human sacrifice in the historical materials, there are still some related records about the system of human sacrifice. Why are there so few records of human sacrifice? To put it bluntly, it is those in power who record history.

Since ancient times, which side has truth and justice stood on? There is no doubt that they all stood on the side of the winners of history. If you look through the historical books and authoritative historical books, you can find that several people in the past dynasties, for their own dynasty, their own country's emperors and social customs, would describe these tragically? The writers are all those literati and scholars Can ordinary people pass on history by word of mouth? Yes, but there will be a head. Ordinary people can never say one more word in history, because they have no culture, because they don't know big characters, because they don't have the right to write, so they can only be lambs to be slaughtered.

How long has the system of human sacrifice existed? I'm afraid such a backward, decadent and inhumane system only existed in ancient times? Wrong, the system of human sacrifice still existed in the late feudal dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

The system of human sacrifice was very popular in the slave age, and the life of slaves was worthless. In many tortoise shells left by the Shang Dynasty, we can see a lot of records about sacrifice. The objects used for sacrifice today may be chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, but at that time, they were all living human lives. Ordinary slaves would be used as the best sacrificial goods for non-existent gods, even tribal chiefs When necessary, it will also become a sacrifice, the thought is not yet civilized, the thought is stupid, which leads to the people's self-danger when the system of human sacrifice is popular.

The reason why the Shang Dynasty was defeated by King Wu of Zhou Dynasty is not only because of the cruelty of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, but also because the sacrificial activities of Shang Dynasty were too cruel. The eldest son of King Wen of Zhou, boyikao, was once divided among the people. When King Zhou of Shang was in a bad mood, he might take the prince of a certain country as a sacrifice at any time. This is not alarmist. Just look at the way the princes worked hard when Shang died.

History is written for the living. Most of the time, large-scale massacres and large-scale martyrdom are not recorded in history books, not because they can't be recorded, but because the person in charge of remembering didn't have the courage to record them. Even in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who seemed broad-minded, would come to the historian to ask if he had ever recorded his own mistakes in history books, Although his name is self-discipline, there is no need to explain how Li Shimin wants the historian to write.

History rarely directly records the history that has been infamous for so long that later generations abuse it, because the writers are all cultural people under the imperial power. Unless the imperial power declines, some things can only be told by the folk unofficial history.