At this time, White Emperor City and Xiao Tanhua both looked at Feng Qingyan.

And Feng Qingyan thought about it for a while, and said: "If it is said that the era of the gods represented by Heavenly Court appeared in the era of ignorance. Then, the time of ten thousand ghosts, represented by the underworld, appeared in the barbaric era. ”

"Barbaric times?"

Xiao Tanhua was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know much about the barbaric era.

"The Barbarian Age, basically the period when the primitive clan society grew and developed until it was at its peak. It is further divided into three stages: low, intermediate, and advanced. The lower stage refers to the Neolithic period, the intermediate stage belongs to the Bronze Age, and the higher stage belongs to the Iron Age. ”

"Actually, in the beginning, human beings did not have any ghosts and gods. ”

At this time, Feng Qingyan paused, thought for a while, and said: "However, in the late Paleolithic Age, clan communes were born, and human society was formed into relatively stable blood groups. ”

At this time, people's physique and thinking ability have made great progress, the language within the group has developed, and certain taboos and norms have been formed. People struggle against the natural world with collective strength and rudimentary tools, and on the one hand, they gradually realize the connection between people's production activities and certain natural phenomena......"

On the other hand, they are heavily oppressed by the natural world, and they do not have a correct understanding of the myriad forms and changes of the natural world. As a result, fear and hope are intertwined, and many natural phenomena are distorted and inverted, and natural phenomena are deified, and primitive ghosts and gods are born. ”

"When ghosts and gods are born, there will naturally be an institution to manage ghosts and gods, that is, the underworld. ”

After Feng Qingyan finished speaking, he fell silent, his brain still running at a high speed. After a while, he looked at the White Emperor City and Xiao Tanhua again, and said, "The Heavenly Destiny Xuanniao descended to give birth to Shang, so the mission fell on Shang......

White Emperor City and Xiao Tanhua looked at each other.

"Merchants value ghosts and gods, and they are good at divination. Feng Qingyan seemed to be recalling something, and said after a while: "In the Shang Dynasty, whether it was princes and nobles, or peddlers and pawns, they all admired divination and believed in ghosts and gods. Therefore, all sacrifices, expeditions, field hunting, entry and exit, annual growth, wind and rain, diseases, etc., everything is sought from ghosts and gods. The most commonly used method is to use tortoise shells, animal bones, etc. to divinate good fortune and evil. After divination, the tortoiseshell bones are engraved with the time of the divination, the name of the diviner, the events of the divination, and the results of the divination......"

"In the daily life of a merchant, it is almost impossible to pray to the spirits ......"

"This is, don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods?" said the White Emperor City.

Feng Qingyan smiled, continued to analyze and speculate, and said, "Actually, there is a big difference between Heavenly Court and Earthly Mansion. ”

"What's the difference?"

Xiao Tanhua asked curiously, gradually becoming interested in the birth of ghosts and gods.

Although I don't know if it's true or not, what the young palace master said seems to be quite reasonable, at least logically reasonable.

"Make gods. Feng Qingyan said.

"Create a god?" Xiao Tanhua was a little surprised, "How to make a god?"

Feng Qingyan sorted out the information in his mind and said, "Although the gods of the Heavenly Court in the era of ignorance were born after human beings. However, in terms of birth, it can be regarded as an innate god. ”

"That's right. ”

Xiao Tanhua nodded, because the gods of the heavenly court in the era of ignorance were all natural gods such as water gods, fire gods, wind gods, and thunder gods.

And in the Barbaric Age, especially in the second stage of the Bronze Age, humans began to create gods. ”

Feng Qingyan stopped and thought again, but the White Emperor City and Xiao Tanhua did not rush, and then heard, "And to create a god, you must follow a criterion, that is, you have merit in life and become a god after death." ”

"That's true. White Emperor City thought for a while and said.

"Many ghosts and gods were created, so the dwelling place of ghosts and gods was built, and then the underworld or the underworld appeared. Feng Qingyan said with some enlightenment, "Since the underworld has appeared, then there will naturally be a fairly complete set of management institutions, so there are ...... such as Yama, Chenghuang, judge, impermanence, etc."

Because fear and hope are intertwined, the folk often use Yama and hell to educate people, persuade people to be good, and preach that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded. Feng Qingyan raised his head and stared at the night sky, his gaze seemed to travel back to the Great Shang Empire, back to the era when ghosts and gods were prevalent.

"Therefore, among the people, the belief in ghosts and gods has a deeper and wider influence than the belief in gods......"

"In that case, why did the underworld lose?"

White Emperor Cheng asked, this is the most important point, and said: "If the belief in ghosts and gods has a deeper and wider influence than the belief in gods, the underworld will not be defeated." ”

Tonight, Feng Qingyan said so much, constantly speculating about the origin of Heaven and Earth.

In fact, I also want to find the reason for the failure of the underworld, it stands to reason that the underworld has the great killing weapon of the six reincarnations, and it should not be defeated.

Moreover, in the era of ten thousand ghosts represented by the underworld, they already know how to create gods......

However, the underworld was defeated in the end, at the hands of the Heavenly Court, at least on the surface.

"I don't know, I'm looking for real answers. ”

Feng Qingyan shook his head and said, after a moment of silence, he said, "The only answer I can think of is the development of the times......

"The development of the times?"

"Not bad. ”

Feng Qingyan nodded, and then said: "The birth of the gods is because the ancestors of the era of ignorance dealt with the worship of nature. And the birth of ten thousand ghosts is because in the Bronze Age, taboos and norms were formed and matured, and ...... was born in the intertwining of fear and hope."

"If the age of ignorance is the infantile period of mankind, then the age of barbarism is the juvenile period of mankind. Feng Qingyan thought about it and said, but it didn't seem so appropriate to describe it as "adolescence".

However, he didn't think much about it, and said: "After adolescence, it is naturally youth. ”

"And the thinking ability of youth develops to the peak of individual thinking development and reaches maturity. At this time, a self-concept arises, which is a perception of self-image. So, they will explore and try to build ...... A stable sense of self-identity, i.e., a sense of self-identity......"

At this time, Xiao Tanhua and White Emperor Cheng looked confused again, and they couldn't understand it at all.

Doesn't it say the origin of the underworld?

How did it get involved in what adolescence and adolescence?

"Manager Bai, you read a lot of books, can you understand?" asked Xiao Tanhua in a low voice.

"I don't read much. Bai Dicheng's face was expressionless, and he hesitated for a moment and said: "If it is a military advisor, you will definitely be able to understand it......"

"How do I feel that the young palace master is a little taken for granted?" Xiao Tanhua said.

Therefore, adolescence is a period of formation and stability of outlook on life and values, and it is also a period when emotions have tended to mature and stable. Feng Qingyan thought for a while and said, looking at Xiao Tanhua and Bai Dicheng's blank expressions, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Is your own metaphor so abstract?

"Young Palace Master, you continue, we're listening. Xiao Tanhua said while making tea.

"To put it simply, the age of obscurantism is followed by the age of barbarism, and after the age of barbarism is the age of civilization. ”

"Oh, then what does this have to do with heaven and earth?"

Xiao Tanhua asked.

"Yes!"

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