Chapter 238: Five Elements and Five Emperors

1. The official of the five elements

"Imperial Century" Emperor Yu "takes Jumang as Muzheng, Zhurong as Huozheng, Harvest as Jinzheng, Xuanming as Shuizheng, and Houtu as Tuzheng." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is the official division of the five elements and the rule of the princes, "when there are "Nan Zhengzhong" and "Huo Zhengli", the emperor set up "the official of the five elements" credible. "Left Biography. In the twenty-ninth year of Zhao Gong, the five rituals mentioned in the "Five Rituals of Sheji" are the origins of the officials of the five elements. The four uncles of the Shaohui clan are heavy, the, Xiu, and Xi "can be gold, wood and water", so the emphasis is a sentence, it should be harvested, and Xiu and Xi are Xuanming, which is the name of Muzheng, Jinzheng, and Shuizheng. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is the god of the four directions, the eastern jumang, the southern Zhurong, the western harvest, and the northern Yujiang. It can be seen that these official names and god names were originally real people, and because of their merits, they were sacrificed by later people, and their titles were official names. Xihe is the wife of Shaohao, Yao Shixi, and is divided into four, and Xihe in the Xia Dynasty is the official name. The same is true for Houtu, which is the Yan Emperor long before the Yellow Emperor, and then the official name, we forget its original identity, only called "Tian Guan", not comprehensive.

2. "The Five Gods"

1, the emperor of the East

The emperor of the East is too bright, should future generations equate him with Fuxi, there are many disputes in the academic world that will not be repeated, just from the perspective of telling myths and stories, it is not appropriate to mix them. According to the research of Xu Xusheng and other gentlemen, Taihao is the great god of the Dongyi Chongniao clan, and his status is supreme in his clan (there is also speculation that Taihao is the emperor), which is equivalent to Fuxi's status in the Miao Yao system. Therefore, the combination of Taihui and Fuxi is not simply the Dongyi God ≥, w¤ww. words into Chinese mythology, but the Chinese people made a fusion of the two equal gods of different races, and then placed them in a position second only to the Yellow Emperor, the great god of their own tribe - the East. We will now strip these two and put Fuxi's position in the "Three Emperors". The question of Taihao's surname is left blank.

Taihui's divine sentence (hook) mang also has nothing to do with Fuxi. Jumang is the god of wood and the god of spring. Supervisor tree growth. "Bird body and human face, riding two dragons" ("Overseas East Longitude"). His image is a human-headed bird, indicating that he is also from the Bird Clan, and the dragon is a mount. And Fuxi is a snake, even if Fuxi's god is not a snake body, at least he can't serve a snake (that is, a dragon).

2, the bottom emperor of the south

The Emperor of the South, in the pre-Qin and Shennong clans, were two people, and they were gradually equated after the Han and Wei dynasties. Let's talk about myths and stories, it's better to keep them separate. It is said that Emperor Yan's surname is Jiang, and he is a brother to the Yellow Emperor. The two also fought, which reflects the events of the patrilineal clan period. And Shennong's deeds are based on farming, "the world of Shennong...... The people know their mothers, but they don't know their fathers" (Zhuangzi. "Criminal politics does not need to be governed, and a soldier is not worthy of the king" ("Shang Junshu. Album"), reflecting the scene of matrilineal clan society. Emperor Yan also has several famous daughters (Nuwa, Yaoji, etc.), and they generally mention "the daughter of Emperor Yan", not "the daughter of Shennong". It can be seen that there is a difference in the source.

Emperor Yan's god is Zhu Rong. Zhu Rong is the god of fire, said to be a descendant of Emperor Yan, "Overseas Southern Classic" said "Southern Zhu Rong, beast body and human face." Multiply two dragons". The south is hot and there is fire, and the two gods are very compatible.

3, the emperor of the West, Shaohao

Shaohao, the emperor of the West, the king of birds. It is homologous with Oriental Taihui. The difference between too much and less may indicate that Shaohao is from Taihao. There is also a chronological distinction. Shao Hao is passed on as the Qingyang clan and the Jin Tian clan. and poor Sang. "Qing" and "Yang" both expose oriental genes, "Jintian" seems to be a name added later to match the Five Elements Theory, and "Poor Sang" is the legendary place of his birth.

Shao Hao's divine harvest is said to be his son (or uncle). "There is a snake in the left ear, riding two dragons" ("Overseas Western Longitude"), "human face, white hair, tiger claws, holding the Yue" ("Jin Yu II"), which reminds us of the image of the ancient Queen Mother of the West as the god of punishment. It is the meaning of the revival of old grass, which means that the grass is lush, and harvesting is harvesting and harvesting. Harvesting, which means cutting grass, can be extended to cut off the head, and can also be extended to the harvest in autumn.

4. The Emperor of the North

The emperor of the north, who originated from the Northeast Yi, was wronged and said to be a descendant of the Yellow Emperor after being included in the Chinese system. It is said that Gaoyang is his land, so he is called Gaoyang. According to Mr. Xiao Bing's research, the totems of the Zhuan tribe are fish and snake - both are related to water, yin, and fertility.

The god of 颛顼 is the god of water. Xuan Ming is also called Yu Qiang (Guo Pu's note "Overseas North Classic": "Yu Qiang word Xuan Ming"), according to a series of seven bends and eight turns of the equivalent relationship, Mr. Yuan Ke verified that he is also the god of wind, the god of the sea, and the master of rain. Lo and behold, a basket of cold elements is in its bag.

5. Central Yellow Emperor

The Central Yellow Emperor, surnamed Ji, is said to have been born with a treasure sense of thunder and lightning, and it is said that he is a half-brother with Emperor Yan (Emperor Yan is the son of the Shaodian clan, so is the Yellow Emperor, this part of the legend "human king" sense is obvious, not much to discuss). There are many names of the Yellow Emperor, such as Xuanyuan, Xiong, Dihong, etc. ("Historical Justice" "Yellow Emperor...... There are Xiong's, and Jinyun's, also known as Dihong's, also known as Dixuan's). On the one hand, his deeds have led to a rich source of fame, and on the other hand, after the Yellow Emperor clan has merged with many other tribes, he may also have taken the names of other people. Xuanyuan, one said that it originated from the seventeen stars of Xuanyuan in the shape of a dragon and the main thunderstorm (we said that thunder and lightning are the standard configuration of the main god), one said that it originated from the "Xuanyuan Hill" of the earth, and one said that it originated from the Yellow Emperor who invented the car (Xuanyuan), in short, this is the most resounding name of the Yellow Emperor. There is the Xiong family, which is said to originate from the feudal country. But the Yellow Emperor is the boss, who will seal him? I think it may be from a Chu tribe with a bear as a totem. Dihong is the emperor of the river, the central emperor in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". The Jinyun clan may have come from a conquered tribe surnamed Jiang (Jia Kui is quoted as saying in the "Collection of Explanations": "Jinyun clan, surnamed Jiang, the Miao descendant of Emperor Yan"), and later became a subordinate official of the Yellow Emperor, Yiyun Chronicle.

The "yellow" of the Yellow Emperor has at least three sources: the outer color of the Chaos God of the ancient Emperor Yang ("Yellow Capsule"); the color of the land; Through the "Emperor" of "Emperor God".

The mythical Yellow Emperor has four faces, which makes it easy for him to supervise the governance of the Heavenly Emperor of the Four Directions at any time ("Corpse": "The Yellow Emperor of the Ancients is on all sides, and he believes it?"). ”)

The god of the Yellow Emperor is Houtu. Houtu is the god of the land, and is said to be a descendant of Emperor Yan and the ruler of the underground world (Wang Yi's note "Chu Ci. The Conjuring": "The secluded capital, the underground and the earth are also governed"), then he is also the king of Hades.

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