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Chang'e is a fairy in ancient Chinese mythology.

Chang'e, whose real name is Chang'e (renamed Chang'e because of the taboo of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty), according to historical records, was the daughter of Emperor Yu (Emperor Jun), one of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times, and the wife of Hou Yi (Dayi). It is said that Chang'e and Yi created a precedent for monogamy, and in order to commemorate them, later generations deduced the story of Chang'e running to the moon, and there are many folk legends and poems and songs. In myths and legends, Chang'e became an immortal by stealing the immortal medicine that Yi obtained from the Queen Mother of the West and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon.

The wife of the emperor

Chang Yi was the fourth concubine of Emperor Yu, one of the Five Emperors. According to legend, Chang'e and Chang Yi are the same person, Chang Yi is also known as Chang Xi, Chang'e, Chang Xi was originally the same name, E and Xi, in the ancient Chinese characters in the shape and sound are the same, it is a derivation of one word. But the story of Chang'e running to the moon comes from the era of Emperor Yao's son Di Yao (Tang Yao), and Chang Yi died before Emperor Yu, so Chang Yi is not Chang'e.

Fairy Empress

There is a story of fairy love in the collection "Collected Memories" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the heroine of the story is called Huang'e, who is Shaohao's mother.

The first point, according to some terms, seems to have some kind of connection. Taihao is the sun, Shaohao is naturally the moon, and Huang'e is the mother of Shaohao, of course, the mother of the moon, that is, Chang Xi in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

The second point is that Huang'e is the mother of Shaohao, and aside from the myth, just look at history, in the literature, there is no record that Shaohao's mother is Changyi, that is to say, Huang'e and Changyi, Changyi and Changxi, Chang'e are all the same shape and sound, and they may all be different from the same person.

The third point is that in this story, Huang'e and Bai Dizi were given mulberries that could live forever on the shore of the West Sea, and Chang'e ran to the moon because she took the immortal medicine that Hou Yi asked for from the Queen Mother of the West, which can prove that Huang'e is not Chang'e.

Daughter of the Emperor

According to historical records, Chang Yi only gave birth to two children for the emperor, the boy was the unkind emperor and the girl was the emperor's daughter Chang'e.

There is another record in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": Chang Xi is also known as Chang Yi, she and Di Yu (Di Jun) gave birth to twelve moons, and "Chang Xi" literally has the meaning of giving birth to the moon, indicating that the daughter of Emperor Yu and Chang Yi is Chang'e, the god of the moon. Chang'e is also known as Chang'e, that is, although Chang Xi's pronunciation is similar to Chang'e, it may not be the same person. In ancient times, whether male or female, there were not a few people who inherited the names of their ancestors, since Yi and Houyi could be two people, if Chang Xi and Chang E were also separated, it is very likely that Chang Xi was born of these twelve moons. Emperor Yu's son Shao Hao (Shao Hao) gave birth to Wei, and Wei invented the bow and arrow, and Emperor Yu's courtier Yi is famous for archery, Yi is older than usual, and Emperor Yu's peer Hou Yi can be proficient in the bow and arrow invented by Shao Hao's son, shooting down nine suns, so the mercy for his courtiers is to marry his daughter to Yi, which is in line with the situation at the time. Therefore, Chang'e is the daughter of Chang Yi and Di Yu.

Forced to be helpless, Hou Yi shot down nine suns, respected and loved by the people, and many people with lofty ideals came to study art. The treacherous and unscrupulous Feng Meng also mixed in. Hou Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for a packet of immortal medicine and handed it over to Chang'e for safekeeping. Fengmeng took advantage of Houyi to go out and forced Chang'e to hand over the elixir of immortality, Chang'e swallowed the elixir of immortality when she was in danger, and after a short time, she floated off the ground and flew down to the moon and became an immortal. Hou Yi went home to find his wife, beat his chest, looked up at the moon and called Chang'e's name for a thousand times. His call alarmed the heavens, and on the bright moon, Chang'e's figure really appeared. Hou Yi hurriedly put on the incense table, put her favorite honey and fresh fruits, and sacrificed to Chang'e in the Moon Palace. After the people heard the news that Chang'e went to the moon and became an immortal, they also set up incense tables under the moon to worship Chang'e. Later, the Moon Mother was moved by Yi's true feelings and allowed Chang'e to meet Yi under the laurel tree on the day of the full moon. Since then, the custom of worshipping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people, and this version of the legend has been passed down to this day.

Chang'e knew that her husband Hou Yi had asked for the medicine of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, so she became an immortal. One day, taking advantage of Hou Yi's inattention, he stole and ate the elixir of immortality, and then flew to the Moon Palace.

Save the Li Min version

Hou Yi was the king of a poor country in ancient times, with infinite strength, brave and good at shooting, but he had a violent personality and indiscriminate administration, which made the people miserable. But Hou Yi also wanted to live forever, and he happened to get an elixir from the Queen Mother that could become an immortal. When the beautiful and kind wife Chang'e learned of this, in order to save the people from Hou Yi's long-term brutal rule, she secretly ate the immortal medicine, turned into a fairy and floated to the Moon Palace, becoming the moon god. There is a poor country that is a Fang country in the Xia Dynasty, and Hou Yi, who shoots the sun, has never been a king.

Hou Yi unfaithful version

Qu Yuan's "Tianwen" said: After Hou Yi became a hero who shot the sun, he was unfaithful to Chang'e and had an ambiguous relationship with Hebo's wife, which caused Chang'e to be extremely dissatisfied, and left Hou Yi in a fit of anger and ran to the sky. This may be a reason why Wu Chengen later asked Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Bajie to play Chang'e in "Journey to the West".

The ending is weird

The ending of the story of Chang'e running to the moon in the Han Dynasty is very strange, the people of the Han Dynasty believed that there were jade rabbits and toads in the moon, and the jade rabbits did not know where they came from, and they all said that Chang'e later became a toad. The story of Chang'e taking immortal medicine and running to the moon has been revealed in the divination book "Guizang" in the late Warring States period at the latest, and it is widely known in the Han Dynasty, and the story of Chang'e running to the moon in the "Huainanzi" of Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, and the "Lingxian" of the Eastern Han Dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng has been quite full of stories. "Lingxian" also mentioned that after Chang'e stole Hou Yi's immortal medicine, before leaving, she also went to a fortune teller named Youhuang to ask for good luck, and the fortune teller made a hexagram and told her that it was an auspicious hexagram, but it was okay, and also predicted that when she went to the west, she might encounter dark and gloomy weather when she first went on the road, so there was no need to be afraid, and the descendants would definitely be prosperous. Later, Chang'e after the moon became a toad.

Perhaps because the ending of Chang'e becoming a toad is too perverse and unhumane, the story of Chang'e running to the moon has become a pure sad story of joy and sorrow.

"Returning to the Sister" of "Yi Zhan" records Chang'e stealing the elixir and Bu Benyue. "Qin Jian": 'Gui Mei said: The former is always stealing from me and not dying, running to the moon and occupying it. This can be seen in the words of the biography "Returning to Tibet", which shows that Chang'e was known to the world as early as the Shang Dynasty. The author of "Sou Shen Ji" has not only seen "Guizang", but may even have seen "Lianshan", at least it can be said that there is a possibility of indirect benefit, and the story of Chang'e running to the moon can be pushed forward to the Xia Dynasty when it is seen in the text. I want to talk about "Glory of Kings: Sanction System" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~