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When it comes to the word Huaxia, I believe that every person in China will never feel unfamiliar.

However, even though this term has been used by countless people to refer to themselves for thousands of years, it is rare to know its origin.

The so-called Huaxia, also known as Hua, Xia or Zhuxia, etc., this word was first seen in the "Book of Shang", the so-called "Huaxia barbarian, reckless." That's where it came from.

According to legend, the Battle of Hanquan broke out between the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor in ancient times for the leader of the tribal alliance, and the Yandi tribe was defeated and merged into the Yellow Emperor tribe, and the Yanhuang Alliance began to take shape.

Later, the Yanhuang Alliance fought against Chiyou together, because Chiyou was too powerful, so they formed a more powerful Huaxia Alliance, and at this time, although the word Huaxia did not appear in a clear record, the origin of the Huaxia tribe was basically fixed.

In later generations, the descendants of Emperor Xuanyuan successively established the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty, and began the change of dynasties from the Xia Dynasty.

This also means that the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties are all descendants of the Huaxia tribe.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that the Xia Dynasty simply took Xia as its name, and when it came to the Zhou Dynasty, it began to call itself Huaxia, and the territory of the Zhou Dynasty in the Western Zhou Dynasty was Huaxia, and the world was divided into four Yi.

The so-called China, the people get their lives, the country gets their prosperity, the government gets its far, the king gets its name, and the people get its benefits, so the land of China still calls itself Huaxia after the Zhou Dynasty, and is proud of it.

As soon as I thought of this, I shook my head self-deprecatingly.

Obviously, the origin of the word Huaxia is not the focus of our attention, and the only direction we can start in today is the Xia Dynasty that Candle Dragon just mentioned.

If according to Sima Qian's records, then the so-called "Xia" is actually the name of the tribe composed of twelve clans headed by Xia Hou.

As we all know, the Xia Dynasty was the first hereditary dynasty recorded in the history books of Shenzhou, and generally speaking, the public generally believes that the Xia Dynasty lasted for 14 generations, successively produced 17 emperors, lasted for about 471 years, and was finally destroyed by the Shang Dynasty.

However, if you want to mention when the beginning of the Xia Dynasty was, in fact, the public has not been in a common opinion, but there are two completely different theories.

The first argument goes? The beginning of the Xia Dynasty began with the legendary Dayu.

The second theory believes that the beginning of the Xia Dynasty should actually be calculated from Dayu's son Xia Qi.

In the legend, Dayu has a merit in controlling water? He was designated as the successor by Di Shun, and after Yu came to power, he also arranged a successor according to the custom.

Because in that era, the way to choose the throne was not the general father-to-son in later generations, but the so-called Zen concession.

Documented? In the Yaoshun period, the supreme leader of the tribal alliance had to go through a certain procedure, and the many tribal leaders on behalf of the clan members jointly elected to be established? This is the Zen concession system of democratically elected leaders, which was quite popular in the later period of primitive society.

And if you carefully interpret the word Zen? It refers to the ruler giving up the position of leader to others during his lifetime, where the Zen word means to strongly recommend in front of the ancestors? And the word let refers to giving up the throne.

For example, Yao was the leader of the more famous tribal alliance after the Yellow Emperor, and Yao died before his death? He has already given up the position of the leader of the tribal alliance to Yu Shun? Pushing Shun as the emperor, this kind of abdication is the so-called Zen concession.

Since Dayu is a person of that era? Of course, this system will not be violated, so Dayu also arranged his chosen successor? However, the successor designated by Dayu either died early or was not recognized by everyone, and in the end, the throne went around and around and fell to his son Xia Qi.

And after Xia Qi? Xia Qi passed the throne to his son? And his son passed on to his grandson? The replacement of the Shenzhou emperor has since changed from the Zen concession system to the family hereditary system for later generations.

It is precisely because the Xia Dynasty changed the Zen concession system to the family hereditary system, so many dynasties in later generations have invariably followed this template and have never changed.

Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that the Xia Dynasty is the beginning of the Shenzhou Dynasty recognized by scholars throughout history.

"Predecessors, Shenzhou has always taken the Xia Dynasty as a dividing line, before the Xia Dynasty was the period of ancient mythology, and after the Xia Dynasty was undoubtedly the period of dynasty change."

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the candle dragon, and at the same time tentatively said my thoughts in my mouth.

"If I guess correctly, then perhaps the reason for using the Xia Dynasty as the dividing line is because the Xia Dynasty created a hereditary system, and because later dynasties followed this system without exception, so the Xia Dynasty naturally became the beginning of the Shenzhou Dynasty."

"That's true, that's one of the reasons, but that's only one of them."

After hearing my speculation, a little incomprehensible meaning appeared on the candle dragon's face again, and he nodded at me and shook his head slightly.

"Before the Xia Dynasty, there were many tribes in Shenzhou, and if you want to become the leader, you must be jointly elected by the clan members and get the Zen concession of the previous leader, but after the Xia Dynasty, the prerequisite for ascending to the throne is no longer personal talent, but the family hereditary that relies on blood and kinship."

"However, this point is not the most essential reason, if you want to talk about the real reason for this matter, you must first talk about the withering of Shenzhou's aura."

As if sensing our confusion at this time, the candle dragon smiled slightly and asked a question again.

"I don't know if you have noticed that in the ancient mythological era before the Xia Dynasty, there were many powerful gods, and there were many people who moved mountains and reclaimed the sea, and those who flew to the sky and the earth abounded, but after the Xia Dynasty, except for the battle of the gods, there seemed to be no more legends of these powers, as if Shenzhou entered the era of the end of the law overnight."

Over the years, whether it is a mythical story or a rumor, as long as this kind of legendary story is mentioned, Shen Lang must be the most interested.

And the so-called nature is difficult to change, even if he is facing the legendary candle dragon now, Shen Lang still maintains the same interest as before.

"Senior, I did have some curiosity about this matter."

Because of this, as soon as he heard Candle Dragon's inquiry, Shen Lang immediately had the spirit and responded happily.

"Seniors, let's not talk about the authenticity of the story, since I was a child, I have heard countless legends about the mythological era, such as Jingwei reclamation, Nuwa mending the sky, praising the father day by day, Houyi shooting the sun, are all familiar stories."

"But after the change of dynasty, these stories will never be seen again, except for the battle of the gods and the road to the west, it seems that there are no more great supernatural powers in the land of Shenzhou, everything seems to be nothing, in the face of such obvious changes, I believe that I am not the only one who has paid attention."

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