Chapter 90: A Review of History (2)
The official history of Chi Youjian is contained in the Yellow Emperor Chronicle of the Five Emperors. It is famous for its experience of losing the battle with the Yellow Emperor. Historians of the past dynasties have made annotations to it. Pei Qian wrote "Interpretation of Historical Records" and quoted Shao as saying: "Chiyou, the ancient son of heaven"; He also conveyed the quotation from "Hanshu Yinyi" and Chen Zan quoted from "Confucius Three Dynasties": "Chiyou, the greedy person of the common people." Two different versions are cited. After that, Sima Zhen wrote "Historical Records Suoyin", questioning the two theories of "Son of Heaven" and "Shuren". First quotes the original text of Taishi Gong "The princes invade each other, and Chiyou is the most violent", analyze its meaning, Chiyou is not the Son of Heaven, and quote the "Guanzi Di Shu" said "Chiyou is subject to the gold of Lushan and made five soldiers", indicating that Chiyou is not a concubine. And then put forward the theory of "Chi Yougai Princes".
However, Zhang Shoujie wrote "Historical Records of Justice", quoting the cloud of "Arowana Picture": "The regent of the Yellow Emperor, there are eighty-one Chiyou brothers, and the body of the beast and the human language, the copper head and iron forehead, the sand and stones, the construction of swords and halberds, the crossbow, the power of the world, the killing of the unreasonable, unmerciful. All the people want to make the Yellow Emperor do the things of the Son of Heaven. The Yellow Emperor could not prohibit Chi You with benevolence and righteousness, but looked up to the sky and sighed. Heaven sent Xuannu to grant the Yellow Emperor soldiers the letter rune to subdue Chiyou. Emperor Yin made the main army to control the eight directions. After Chi You is gone, the world is in chaos. The Yellow Emperor then painted the image of Chiyou to dominate the world. The prestige of the world is especially immortal, and all the countries in all directions are subdued".
It can be seen that in the historical records, the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chi You has many subjective colors, but it is certain that the Yellow Emperor invited the Nine Heavens Xuannu to help fight and defeat Chi You in the battle of the deer, which is enough to show that the battle of the deer was fought with the help of the power of God, but this is precisely a doubt, because the Queen Mother of the West did not appear!
Could it be that the Queen Mother of the West disdains to participate in this, so she chooses to be alone?
Liu Fugui and Mo Shaoling were puzzled, and finally found the answer in the Mo family's secret vault!
In the 27th century B.C., there were more than 10,000 tribes in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and the lower reaches of the Fenshui River alone. Among them, three tribes are the most powerful, and one is a descendant of the Shennong clan, one of the five clans. One is the strong and warlike Jiuli tribe, based in Jiangxi, with the chief Chiyou; He had nine sons, all warriors of the Mighty Warriors, and the nearby tribes were all under his control.
the other is the emerging Youxiong tribe that seems to have a high level of education, based in Youxiong (in Xinzheng City, Henan Province), the chief Ji Xuanyuan; He had great intelligence and great ability, and was a statesman, a scientist, a military strategist, and a magician.
The three tribes are vying for hegemony, and in terms of the situation, the bear tribe is sandwiched between the Shennong tribe and the Jiuli tribe, and there is a danger of fighting on both sides. So Ji Xuanyuan decided to strike first, he first raided the Shennong tribe, and in the battle of Hanquan (Hanquan, Zhuolu County, Hebei Province), he defeated the Shennong tribe and captured the entire population of the enemy, cattle and sheep.
Then Ji Xuanyuan defeated Yu Wei, waved his army across the Fuchun River, and advanced to Zhuolu, the base of the Jiuli tribe. The battle was fought in the suburbs of Zhuolu, which was one of the earliest and most famous battles in history, and the two armies were deadlocked.
Chi You, like Ji Xuanyuan, is also a divine figure. He opened his mouth wide and spewed out a thick fog that lasted for three days and three nights, and the soldiers of the bear tribe were lost. Ji Xuanyuan invented a guide car, so that his troops could still recognize the road even though they were in the thick fog.
Chiyou asked the god of wind and rain for help, and immediately blew a strong wind that uprooted the mountains and trees, and rained like a waterfall, and the waves on the earth were monstrous, and there was an ocean. Ji Xuanyuan also exerted his magic power and summoned the goddess Drought to help. The appearance of the drought fish is hideous and terrifying, it is said that it is a zombie, the eyes are born on the top of the head, the hair is all small snakes, the body is covered with white hair, everywhere it goes, there will not even be a drop of rain, often a great drought for three years, thousands of miles of red land, all creatures, all thirsty and dying.
People would tremble when they heard her name, but it was most appropriate to ask her to come out to face the god of wind and rain. As soon as she appeared, the god of wind and rain fled in confusion, and in an instant the wind and rain stopped, the water disappeared, and the mud dried up. Ji Xuanyuan took the opportunity to counterattack, and the Jiuli tribe was defeated.
For example, "Historical Records of the Five Emperors" contains: "Xuanyuan is to cultivate virtue and revitalize the army, govern the five qi, five kinds of art, soothe the people, measure the Quartet, teach the bear to Pixiu and the tiger, and fight with the Yan Emperor in the field of Hanquan." Three wars and then got their will. Chi is especially chaotic, and there is no need for the emperor's order. It was the Yellow Emperor who was the prince of the army, and he fought with Chiyou in the field of Zhuolu, and then killed Chiyou. ”
Taishi said that the name of the Yellow Emperor is Xuanyuan, and the country name has Xiong Xuanyuan, which originally means car, which should refer to the name of the clan and its leader who invented the technology of making cars, such as the invention of the technology of making agricultural tools called Shennong's, the invention of the technology of making fishing tools and called Fuxi, and the invention of the technology of drilling and fire. There is the Bear Country. At that time, the "country" was actually a tribe. Bear, 罴, Pi, 貔, 貅, 貙, and Tiger are the names of the six beasts, which should be the names of the six clans in the bear tribe, or totems.
Since, started the totem tribe!
It was from this time that the Queen Mother of the West was no longer a god on the throne, but became the master of the tribe, that is, the leader of the Queen Mother of the West!
And those ancient demon gods, all who are alive, have also become the leaders of their respective tribes, among them is He Tao's tribe - Bifang Bird Totem Tribe!
Bi Fang Bird was originally born of the Phoenix, and then became a demon god in the flood era, after the golden crow and the golden toad left one after another, the melee of the gods in the flood period slowly stopped, including the demon gods including Bi Fang Bird went to the top of Kunlun, until the rise of the totem tribe had its own clan.
At this time, it was still nature worship, and in this nature worship, there was a god - Houtu!
Houtu, the central god in ancient Chinese mythology. One of the "Four Emperors" / "Six Emperors" in Taoist mythology.
In the early days of "Zuo Chuan", "Book of Rites" and "Huainanzi", Houtu was roughly called the son of the Gonggong clan and the god of the center, and the gender was not yet clear.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Wang Yi annotated the "Ci of Chu", he also called Houtu the king of the hidden capital. After the Han Dynasty, it was gradually established as a goddess, and it was recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty and Rites VII" that in the sixth year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Huizong of the Song Dynasty sealed the Houtu as "Chengtian imitated Houde Guangda Houhuang Diyi", and enjoyed the same ceremonial specifications as the Jade Emperor. Southern Song Dynasty Lu Element "Daomen Custom" Volume 2 Note: "Houtu is the imperial court to worship the emperor, and the land is only in Fangzhi." Respected by kings. God is the Father of heaven and Mother of earth. After the Song Dynasty, Taoism was listed as one of the "Four Emperors" gods, claiming that the earth god was in charge of yin and yang fertility, the beauty of all things and the beauty of the earth, mountains and rivers. At this point, the identity of the goddess of Houtu has been established, and the folk also call it "Houtu Niangniang".
Taoism reveres her as one of the Heavenly Emperors of the "Four Emperors/Six Emperors", who holds yin and yang and nurtures all things, so she is called the Mother Earth. Its duties are to control the changes in the mountains and lands, the gods of the mountains, the gods of the earth, and the emperor of the three mountains and five mountains, and to control the affairs of robbery.