Chapter 93: About the Emperor
My mind was full of doubts. Tang Yi saw that I didn't speak again, so he didn't ask anymore, turned his face sideways to the blurred inscription of the stone tablet, I saw that Tang Yi's face was extremely serious, and it was inconvenient to disturb here, so I quietly got up and walked towards the Yao Pond, at this time, the water of the Yao Pond was like boiling water in the Yao Pond, and the layers of white mist spread rapidly in the main hall with the tumbling pool water.
Walking to the edge of the Yao Pond, I suddenly found that the air here was completely different from the air on the white jade steps of the main hall, the air on the white jade steps was foggy, everything was wet, and the edge of the Yao Pond where we were now was extremely cool and dry.
It seems that it has not been affected by the white fog of Yao Pond. Tang Yi looked at it for a while, and walked up to me without finding anything, glanced at the tumbling pool of Yao Pond, and said, "I didn't expect that there is such a strange pool of water in the world!" I nodded and said, "If my guess is correct, this water must be ancient lacquer water!" Tang Yi looked sideways at my face and said, "Why is Tang Shaoxia so sure that this water is ancient lacquer water?" Could it be that Tang Shaoxia has discovered something? I said aloud, "Yes! Can the castle owner remember the three divine pictures used by Dayu on the stele to control the water? Tang Yi lowered his head and thought about it: "What Tang Shaoxia said is that the legend of the river map is the river map given to Dayu by the Yellow River water god Hebo; Kaishan axe; Water-repellent sword. Dayu used the sacred objects of the past three years to suppress the flooding of the Yellow River? I nodded and said: "Yes, Dayu relied on these three artifacts to suppress the flooding of the Yellow River, but in my opinion, the reason why the flood of the Yellow River occurred back then may be caused by this ancient lacquer water!" Tang Yi said: "Why is this? I lowered my head and thought for a moment and said, "Does the castle master know the legend of the Yan and Huang Emperors?" Tang Yi nodded and said: "The Second Emperor of Yan and Huang is the originator of my China, although he is not talented, he also knows a little bit about it!" ”
"Oh, then the castle lord might as well tell me about it, maybe we can find the answer to the water of the Yao Pond from the castle master's story!" Tang Yi nodded and said, "According to legend, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor's mother is called Fubao. Legend has it that one night, Fu Bao saw an electric light surrounding the Big Dipper. Immediately, the pivot star fell, and the attached treasure was conceived by induction. After being pregnant for 24 months, she gave birth to a child, who was later the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was born with an unusual deity. Not long after birth, he was able to speak. By the age of 15, he knew everything. Later, he inherited the throne of Arikuma. Because he invented the Xuan crown, it is called Xuanyuan. And because he called the king with Tude, and the color of the soil was yellow, he was called the Yellow Emperor. According to legend, when the Yellow Emperor ascended the throne, there were 81 Chiyou brothers, who claimed to be the descendants of the gods. These 81 people are all beasts and human faces, with copper heads and iron foreheads, without grains, and only eat river stones. They disobeyed the orders of the Yellow Emperor, brutalized Li Shu, and killed innocents. He also made a scepter and a sword to carry a crossbow, and made the Yellow Emperor an enemy. The Yellow Emperor then obeyed the will of the people and recruited soldiers and horses from all walks of life to crusade against Chiyou. After 15 decades, he failed to defeat Chi You, so he had to retreat. For this reason, the Yellow Emperor was worried about Zhongzhong, and hoped day and night that he could have a sage to assist him to destroy Chiyou. One night, he dreamed that a strong wind blew away the dirt of the world. Then he dreamed that a man with a crossbow in his hand drove tens of thousands of sheep. When I woke up, I felt strange. Secretly thought, the wind, the command and the Lord; Dirt, it is the soil that is dissolved and cleared, is there a person in the world who has a surname? The crossbow of a thousand jun is to hope to go far, drive tens of thousands of sheep, and be a shepherd for goodness. So he sent his subordinates to search for these two people everywhere in the world. As a result, after finding the wind in the sea corner, he found Riki in the riverside. The Yellow Emperor took the queen of the wind as the phase and the force as the general, and began to attack Chiyou on a large scale. In the suburbs of Zhuolu, the two armies set up a battle in formation. Chiyoubu fell a hundred miles of fog, and it did not disperse for three days and three nights, so that the soldiers could not distinguish the direction. The Yellow Emperor ordered the wind queen to build a guide car. At the same time, the Queen Mother of the West also sent a Xuannu to teach him the secret of the three palaces and the foundation of the five-tone strategy. After the wind, it evolved the method of Dunjia. At this point, the war resumed in Jizhou. Chi You led the charm of the dragon, invited the wind and the rain, and ordered the dragon to store water to attack the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor invited the world's female servants to stop the rain in the eastern wilderness, and the Li Shiqiang soldiers of the northern mountains drove the dragon to the South Pole. In the end, he killed Chiyou, but Chiyou was immortal, so he was buried everywhere so that he could not finish the corpse. Later, after Shennong, Yugang and the Yellow Emperor competed for the world. The Yellow Emperor used the Zhou bird and the eagle trembling as the banner, and the bear, the black tiger and the leopard as the forerunner, and fought with Yugang in the field of Banquan. After three battles, he defeated Yugang. Later, he personally led his troops and horses to conquer the princes who refused to submit to the great court. After a total of 52 wars, the world began to be unified. So the Yellow Emperor divided the state and the wilderness, made rituals and rejoiced, and educated the people. At the same time, various utensils and materials were also invented to facilitate daily use. Among them, the minister Cao Hu invented the top, Bo Yu made the bottom, and Yu made shoes. The people no longer wore animal skins and barks. The Yellow Emperor also made a boat according to the principle that the floating leaves floated on the water, and the drum was matched with the boat to travel on the water. According to the principle of turning the canopy, the car auxiliary was invented to facilitate transportation. Huang Yong's father invented spring, and the Yellow Emperor then made a kettle retort, so that the people could steam rice and cook porridge. After that, he built houses and cities, so that the people would no longer dwell in their nests. The Yellow Emperor also made internal and external scriptures with Qi Bo, so that the people's diseases could be cured. He also determined the names of all things under heaven, dividing them into 28 nakshatras. Ten days of the first and second days of the dry day, the twelfth day of the son of the ugly to the month, and sixty years for one Jiazi. So there is a concept of time and space. History says that the people at that time were willing to eat, beautiful clothes, happy customs, and live in peace. It's a peaceful scene. One day, the Yellow Emperor was on Luoshui, enjoying the scenery with his ministers; Suddenly, he saw a big bird holding Bian Tu and putting it in front of him, and the Yellow Emperor hurriedly bowed down. Look at the bird, the shape is like a crane, the head of a chicken, the beak of a swallow, the neck of a turtle, the shape of a dragon, the wings, the tail of a fish, all five colors. The words in the picture are the six words of prudence, benevolence and righteousness, and benevolence. The Yellow Emperor had never seen this bird, so he went to ask the elders. The elder told him that the male of this bird is called a phoenix, and the female is called a phoenix. The morning is called Dengchen, the day is Shangxiang, the evening is Guichang, and the night is Baochang. As soon as the phoenix comes out, it shows that the world is peaceful. It is a sign of great auspiciousness. Later, the Yellow Emperor dreamed that two dragons came out of the Yellow River with a white picture and offered it to him. The Yellow Emperor was puzzled and came to ask Tian Lao again. Tian Lao replied that this was a precursor to the coming out of the Hetu Luo book. So the Yellow Emperor and the elders swam between the rivers and Luo, sank in the river, killed three animals and fasted. It started with three days of fog. After that, it rained heavily for seven days and seven nights. Then there was a yellow dragon holding a picture from the river, and the Yellow Emperor knelt down to take it. I saw the five-color Bi Gu on the picture, the white picture and the blue leaf Zhu Wen, which is the river Tuluo book. So the Yellow Emperor began to tour the world and enshrine Mount Tai. He heard that there was an immortal named Guangchengzi in Kongtong Mountain, so he went to ask him for advice. Guangchengzi said: Since you ruled the world, the clouds do not gather and the rain falls, and the grass and trees do not wither. The sun and the moon are shining, and there is more and more scarcity. And if the heart of a man is enlightened, where are you worthy of me talking to you about the way? After the Yellow Emperor returned, he no longer bothered with political affairs. I built a hut with a mat in it, and I spent 3 months reflecting there. Then he went to Guang Chengzi and asked. At that time, Guangchengzi was lying with his head facing south, and the Yellow Emperor walked up to him on his knees and asked him how to achieve immortality. Guang Chengzi suddenly got up and said; That's a great question! Then he told him the essence of the Dao: the essence of the Dao, the essence of the Dao, the Secret of the Dark, the Extreme of the Dao, the faint and silent. Ignore and listen, hold your mind and be quiet. The form will be self-correct, and it will be quiet and clear; No labor makeup, no shake makeup, can live forever. The eyes see nothing, the ears hear nothing, and the heart knows nothing, so that the gods and forms are one, and then they can live forever. After speaking, Guang Chengzi gave him a volume of "The Book of Nature". After the Yellow Emperor asked Guangchengzi, he climbed Wangwu Mountain and got the Danjing. And asked the Xuannu and the plain girl about the method of cultivating and maintaining health. Then, back to Jinyun Hall to practice, he picked the first mountain copper, cast nine tripods under Jing Mountain, the tripod was just cast, there was a dragon, long beard hanging to welcome the Yellow Emperor into the fairyland. The Yellow Emperor immediately mounted the dragon body and flew away. A few ministers also wanted to ascend to immortality with him, so they hurriedly grabbed the dragon beard. As a result, the dragon's whiskers broke, and the ministers fell to the ground again. It is said that the dragon's whiskers were transformed by those dragon's whiskers. After hearing what Tang Yi said, I smiled and said: "The castle master is really knowledgeable, but I don't know that the ancient lacquer water is the Yellow Emperor tempered from the "Book of Nature"!" Tang Yi was shocked and said, "How can Tang Shaoxia say this?" I sighed for a moment and said: "The ancient sage of the Yellow Emperor, since Guangchengzi gave him a volume of the "Book of Nature", he followed the "Book of Nature".
"The red water comes out of the Yan, and the southeast flows into the water of the sky. And take
"Bailongling, Immortal Mountain, Changshou Hill, Yanran Mountain, Xuanyuan Hill, Fusang, Menggu, Penglai Mountain, Bitian Mountain, Riyue Mountain, Jishi Mountain, Longmen Mountain, Yanghua Mountain, Duyang Mountain, Red Nixian" Eighteen Mountains out of the white water, green water, weak water, red water, black water returned to the south, with more than 100,000 troops, passing by Qiaoshan.
When he saw the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, he suddenly remembered a question and said to his subordinates: "I heard that the Yellow Emperor is not dead, and now his grave has appeared again, what is the reason for this?" His Majesty replied, "The Yellow Emperor has gone to heaven as an immortal." This mausoleum was the Yellow Emperor's subordinates to commemorate him and bury his clothes."
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty also personally wrote sacrifices to Huangling.
This all shows that China's dynasties have been worshipping the ancestor Yellow Emperor for a long time. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, on the Qingming Festival in 1937, the government of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region also had a grand sacrifice to the Huangling Tomb.
On April 6 of this year, the "New China Daily" published in northern Shaanxi at that time had a very eye-catching report on this event: The central government of the Chinese Soviet Republic specially sent Lin Boqu as a representative to participate in this grand ceremony of national tomb sweeping, in order to express its determination to be a pioneer in resisting Japan and saving the country.
Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu also jointly wrote the "Tribute to the Yellow Emperor", in which he praised the merits of the Yellow Emperor: "The great ancestor, I Huazhao; Xuan Yan Shemian, Yue Ehe Hao. Wise and wise, the light is deserted; Build this great cause and stand majestically in the East".
The memorial text regards the Yellow Emperor as a spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation to resist foreign aggression and revitalize the motherland. Lu Xun also regarded the Yellow Emperor as a great national symbol.
In one of his poems, he said: "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood", that is, he will use his own blood to defend the Chinese nation.
In recent years, every Qingming Festival, the people of our country have come to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum to pay homage to the ancestor of the nation with reverence.
When Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese come to the mainland, they almost all come here to find their roots and show their future generations' respect for their ancestors.
People regard the Yellow Emperor as a symbol of the Chinese nation. Five thousand years have passed, and the image of the Yellow Emperor has always inspired the Chinese nation to work hard and make more contributions to mankind.
What kind of person was the Yellow Emperor? What has he done to our nation? It's a pity that the Yellow Emperor is too far away from us, and it is difficult to ask for a letter about his deeds, only with the help of ancient myths and legends to outline his great image.
Why is the Yellow Emperor called
What about the "Yellow" Emperor? This is explained in the ancient books. The book "Huainanzi" says: "The central soil is also, its emperor Yellow Emperor, its Zuohou soil, holding the rope and controlling the Quartet."
This is because the Yellow Emperor is the head of the central government that governs the Quartet, and he is in charge of the land, and the soil is yellow, hence the name
"The Yellow Emperor". Why is the Yellow Emperor also called Xuanyuan? According to historical records, the Yellow Emperor once invented a chariot warfare method, when fighting, the soldiers are standing on the chariot; During the truce break, the chariots were connected and formed in a circle, with the commander in the middle, leaving only an empty space as a door to enter and exit, which played the role of protecting the commander.
The ancients called chariots with curtains
"Xuan", the empty space between the two chariots is called
"Yuan", because the Yellow Emperor is the inventor of this car combat method, so later generations called the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan.
From a scientific point of view, it is likely that the Yellow Emperor was the leader of a tribal alliance in the era of patrilineal clan communes at the end of China's primitive society.
At that time, it was still a state of tribe and clan settlement, and classes and states had not yet emerged. The historical records of the places where the tribes of the Yellow Emperor lived varied.
Some say that the Yellow Emperor once lived in the mountain bend of Zhuolu County, Hebei Province, which is called in the history books
"Zhuolu no No". It is also said that his tribe lived in the area of Xinzheng in present-day Henan, and was named
"Regulus Hill". This shows that at that time, the tribes were not completely settled, and the tribes often migrated, and the Yellow Emperor tribe was generally active along the Yellow River in today's Shaanxi, Henan, and Hebei.
In legend, the Yellow Emperor was a very intelligent and capable figure. He could calculate astronomy and develop the earliest Chinese calendar, as well as cars, boats, and guide cars.
He was also proficient in medical skills, and worked with the divine doctor Qi Bo to develop a set of diagnosis and treatment methods. The dialogue between him and Qi Bo on medicine was compiled into one of the earliest medical books in China - "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing".
The wife of the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor, was also very capable, she taught the people to raise silkworms, and summed up a set of experience in feeding silkworms, reeling silk, and weaving silk.
Since then, people have been able to make clothes, crowns, and shoes, and dress up from top to bottom, completely changing the primitive habit of wearing leaves and animal skins in ancient times.
In ancient times, people were limited by drinking water, and the dwellers relied on the river, and the herders chased water and grass, which was very inconvenient. The Yellow Emperor invented the well, so that people could go to a place far away from the river to develop.
At that time, people did not know how to build houses, burrowing in the wilderness, and building trees as nests; It was the Yellow Emperor who taught people again
"Cut down timber and build palace treasures, and build upper and lower buildings to shelter from wind and rain." The Yellow Emperor has concentrated a large number of talented people, and they can all play their own strengths.
For example, the philologist Cangjie created hieroglyphs, and the musician Linglun divided the twelve-tone scale and composed music; He was proficient in mathematics and developed various weights and measures.
Of course, these inventions are mixed with many myths and legends, and in fact, any one invention will never be the work of one or two people.
These historical records only reflect the ingenuity of our ancestors in the time of the Yellow Emperor.
The Yellow Emperor, because he is unanimously recognized by ancient scholars as the ancestor of China, people attribute all civilization systems to him. "The Yellow Emperor is also a representative of the ancient forces that presided over justice.
Ancient books say that he was fair and was embraced by many of the neighboring tribes around him. At that time, there was a leader of a southern tribe, Chiyou, who was brave and good at fighting, and often relied on his strong strength to attack other tribes, burning, killing and looting, so that people could not live a stable life.
Chi You pointed the finger at the Yandi tribe that had formed an alliance with the Yellow Emperor, and drove the Yandi tribe to the Zhuolu region of Hebei Province, which was controlled by the Yellow Emperor.
Chiyou took advantage of the victory to pursue and followed Zhuolu again. Here, a fierce battle finally started with the Yellow Emperor tribe.
The Battle of Zhuolu was a rather fierce battle in the ancient legends of our country. Legend has it that Chiyou invited Feng Bo and Yu Shi to cast spells, and suddenly the wind and rain were blowing, so that the Yellow Emperor's people lost their way.
The Yellow Emperor laid out a surprisingly winning formation, and used the guide car made by the queen of the wind to identify the direction of the wind, so as to defeat Chiyou.
The Yellow Emperor took advantage of the victory to chase him to Shandong, caught Chi You and killed him, and brought Chi You's head back to Zhuolu and buried it there.
So far, in Zhuolu County, southeast of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, there is also a Chiyou tomb. After the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, his prestige became higher, and he was respected as a common leader by the tribes of the Central Plains.
Later, the Yellow Emperor tribe and the Yandi tribe merged and were collectively known as the Huaxia tribe. The Huaxia ethnic group is the predecessor of the Chinese nation.
The Chinese nation has called itself for generations
"Descendants of Yan and Huang". Ancient books record that after the Yellow Emperor, the Yao, Shun, and Yu in the history of our country, and the later Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, are all descendants of Yan and Huang.
Not only the Han people in the Central Plains said this, but also the Xiongnu in the north, the Qiang in the west, and some ethnic minorities in the south also claimed to be the descendants of Yan and Huang.
There is also a beautiful myth about the death of the Yellow Emperor. It is said that he did not die, and his final destination was to ascend to heaven by dragon.
Therefore, now in front of the wall in front of the Huangling Tomb in Shaanxi, there is a stone tablet engraved with four big characters, called
"Hashiyama Dragon" refers to this story. This shows that the Yellow Emperor is extremely revered by people, and people do not want him to die, but hope that he will live forever.
This myth expresses the good wishes of his tribe and his descendants.