Abstract:
On abdication, academic circles held three opinions. Firstly Gu Jiegang holds that the addication legend derived from Mo Zi. Secondly Qiu Xigui and other hold that the abdication legend had existed before the Xia Dynasty. Thirdly the abdication legend doesn’t exist. All these ideas were formed by basic evidence and twofold evidence, namely the literature handed down from ancient times and unearthed literature. However, with the emergence of the quadrupleevidencearchaeological discovery and a large number of jade weapons in central China about four thousand years ago, Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou, the four dynasties generations and the jade age were confirmed. So, the abdication legend from Mo Zi was constructed, its purpose was to promote attaching importance to intelligence.
