At the grand festival, the king of Shang ordered priests to divination of the nation's fortunes, sacrifice to the gods, and slaughter people and animals, which was brutal and inhuman.
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At the grand festival, the king of Shang ordered priests to divination of the nation's fortunes, sacrifice to the gods, and slaughter people and animals, which was brutal and inhuman. Loyal officials such as Wang Shu Bigan and Wu Cheng Wang Huang Feihu were worried, and because they were unable to act in accordance with the gods, they could only attract the evil spirits of gluttony and smoke, and increase the hostility of the Shang dynasty. Huang Feihu wanted to bluntly persuade him, but he was not easy to persuade him, and he was secretly distressed. Unexpectedly, on the spot of the sacrifice, a star in the night sky flashed and dimmed before it fell and landed in a mountain village. The king of Shang asked the zhenren who was in charge of divination by burning tortoise shells: what is the sign of this celestial phenomenon.