The Complete System of Ancient Chinese Mythology (Part 2): Three Emperors and Five Emperors

We have already told the story of the age of mythology in the last issue In this issue, we will continue to tell the story of the Heroic Age. I also recommend it to friends who haven’t watched the previous episode. can review a little Because of the ancient myths The lineage relationships and conflicts between the characters are continuing and it's complicated Basically, it’s between those big families. Stories of power struggles, conspiracies, and intrigues So the story of the heroic age also in the age of mythology A continuation of character relationships and power struggles Okay, then let's officially start After the end of the rule of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Xuandi Zhuanxu took the throne Passed it on to his eldest nephew Di Ku Emperor Ku has followed Emperor Zhuan Xu since he was a child. Learn how to rule the world And he was highly regarded by Emperor Xuan But what about the relationship between these two people? a bit subtle Because of the many disasters in the heroic age It's all related to their relationship Under the rule of Emperor Ku On the surface The world seems calm and peaceful But behind the scenes But there are many conspiracies waiting in the wings. For example, you The 10 sons of the sun born to Emperor Ku and Xihe The wings are hard now Transform into ten three-legged golden crows He's pretty honest now They are all squatting on the sacred hibiscus tree in the east But Di Ku always felt that something was wrong. There is also the Gonggong tribe of the Southern Yan Emperor. I was beaten long ago But now I feel like I can do it again I want to cause trouble again and start a rebellion. Although Emperor Ku had already sent Zhuanxu’s great-grandson Fire God Chongli went to quell the rebellion. But this Chongli is not very powerful. The rebellion has never been settled. Emperor Ku was furious So he killed Chongli who was not doing things well. He also appointed Chongli’s younger brother My dear brother, Wu Hui became the new God of Fire Let him go with Chongli's son Prince Changqin Continue to fight the rebellion So you see, Emperor Ku can kill Zhongli painfully. It should have something to do with the conflict between his uncle Zhuanxu Not long after, Di Ku also flew back to the sky The throne was passed to his son Di Zhi But this Emperor Zhi is not too ambitious Not a good reputation either After 9 years on the throne no way He had no choice but to give up the throne to his younger brother Emperor Yao. Emperor Yao needs no further introduction. Very famous The legendary era of Emperor Yao It’s officially kicked off As it turned out, it hadn’t been long since Emperor Yao came to power. Something big happened that's what we just said The 10 sons of the sun born to Emperor Ku and Xihe They are also half-brothers of Emperor Yao 10 suns It turned out that their old mother Xihe Drive one every day to shine on the world But I don’t know what’s wrong These ten brothers appeared on the tenth day and came to the world at the same time The result is a severe drought and the people are in dire straits And come out to make trouble at the same time There are also Jiao Jiao, Chisel Teeth, Jiuying, Dafeng Feng Xi, snake cultivators, these ancient fierce gods The world immediately turned into a purgatory on earth So Emperor Yao found a young man This young man is not simple In the early years when Emperor Ku ruled Because of the superb archery Emperor Ku was very optimistic about him Moreover, he was also given the ancient artifact-level Tong Gong Su Kui put him in the army This promising young man is Yi Emperor Yao was also very optimistic about Yi I think he can solve this problem with his strength That's the drill you hold in your hand. So Yi went home and took out his bow and arrow. All the way to the east, climbed the mountain in the east Looking at the sun in the form of ten three-legged golden crows in the sky A bow is like a full moon, but a bow is like a long rainbow Di Ku's nine sons were all shot down by Yi. Just a single seedling was left Still trembling in the sky After that, he went to Ruoshui to kill Jiao Jiao Go to Chouhua and kill Chisel Tooth Go to the fierce water and kill Jiu Ying Killed Dafeng in the water lake of Qingqiu country Killed Feng Xi in the mulberry forest in the south Finally, he killed the snake repairer in Dongting Lake I can't accept this fighting power It's definitely the ceiling of combat power. But these gods and demons are not given in vain. Many of them are with a background and a backer It's not something you can kill if you want We should all have the impression of Journey to the West Monster with background It's okay to mess around The grassroots monster must be beaten to death with a stick For example, this turtle He is the son of Zhu Jiuyin we mentioned in the last issue And the nine suns that were shot That would be even more remarkable That's Emperor Ku's son And he is also the envoy of the Queen Mother of the West Let me say a little more about the Queen Mother of the West What is the origin of this Queen Mother of the West? I really can’t find any authoritative information now. But in ancient mythology The status of Queen Mother of the West is very transcendent He is the Lord of Kunlun According to folklore, she was born from the innate chaotic energy. That part of the Yin Qi transformed If that's the case That's really amazing Because the Queen Mother of the West can be regarded as The eldest daughter of God Haotian God Haotian is in ancient mythology The highest level god, there is no one Anyway, the Queen Mother of the West has a distinguished family background. The counterpart to the Queen Mother of the West is called the Duke of the East. Not the Jade Emperor The Queen Mother of the West is not a Queen Mother It is said that Duke Dongwang was born in the innate chaotic energy. That part of Yang Qi transformed Equivalent to the eldest son of Haotian God The leader is Penglai Immortal Island These two people are the masters who can't be provoked There is also a record of Queen Mother of the West in Shan Hai Jing Said she lived on the Kunlun Mountains in the west The ancestor of all demons And it's still on Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea Planted a big peach tree You can live forever if you eat it There is a ghost gate in the northeast of the flat peach tree It's a place where ghosts haunt There are two great gods guarding One is Shen Tu and the other is Yu Lei After Jinwu was shot The Queen Mother of the West was the first to summon Yi. but don't know why Not only did the Queen Mother of the West not punish Yi, He also agreed to Yi's request. Gave him the elixir of life After Yi came home He gave the elixir to his wife Chang'e Last time we talked about One of Emperor Ku's two concubines was named Chang Yi Chang Xi Plus this Chang'e They are all saintesses of the Chang clan But Yi would not dare to take this elixir even if he was beaten to death. why Because the old father of 9 golden crows Di Ku is squatting on him in the sky And what is the identity of Emperor Ku? what are you Therefore, even if Yi was beaten to death, he would not dare to fly to heaven. Finally, Chang'e took advantage of Yi not being at home I secretly took the elixir Ascend to heaven Poor Yi can only stay alone in the world After Chang'e ascended, she went to the Moon Palace Turned into a toad The earlier legends are basically written like this But the legend a little further back Become more tolerant It is said that after Chang'e arrived at the Moon Palace, Didn't turn into a toad Still the beautiful goddess But the desertedness of the Moon Palace was beyond her expectation There is only one Jade Rabbit There is also an osmanthus tree Later there was another Wu Gang Yi's ending is not good either I used to read his stories I always feel that he was tricked by the black-bellied Emperor Yao You see you killed so many gods and demons He has made such a great contribution In the end, the wife and children were separated. Not tolerated by heaven and earth All the fame was given to Emperor Yao If you do the work, others will take your reputation. Finally, I will send you a certificate and a trophy After Yi died Just go to the flat peach tree we just talked about The ghost gate in the northeast Continue to help people eradicate demons Became the god Zongbu Zongbu God is equivalent to the head of all ghosts Ten thousand ghosts who rule the world It is a bit similar to Chi Guo and Zhong Kui later One more thing to say here There are actually two Yi in the myth People often confuse One is what we are talking about now The great god who shoots the sun, Yi He is a god not a man Another one is Hou Yi who wanted to usurp Xia Jun's throne Hou Yi was not a god, he was just a man But it’s also because he’s good at shooting But it’s also because he’s good at shooting Everyone gave him the title of Yi So Yi is an honorable title It is said that Hou Yi once passed by the Yellow River I saw the beautiful Luo Shen So I drew my bow and set an arrow One arrow hit He Bo He Bo is the river god of the Yellow River He also abducted Luo Shen. Where can the unfortunate He Bo go to reason? That's a long way off, let's get back to it After destroying the sun and those evil gods, Emperor Yao's reputation is getting bigger and bigger The position becomes more stable the more you sit on it Everyone in the world is called the Son of Heaven Yi met such a leader It's bad luck The remaining Golden Crow will be honest. His mother drives to pick him up every day Starting from the sacred fuso tree in the east down to Yuyuan in the west This Yuyuan also has a great background. It was the place where his nine brothers died. Because when 9 golden crows were shot Feather falls here That's why it's called Yuyuan fucking hard Take him to visit the graves of his nine brothers every day At this time another person appeared we mentioned last time Emperor Ku sealed the five priests Houtu is the God of Earth This back soil is The son of Gonggong who hit Buzhoushan back then He is a descendant of Emperor Yan's lineage. Houtu gave birth to a son named Xin Shin gave birth to another son Kuafu Kuafu feels good about himself, great I just want to fight the Golden Crow But Xihe likes to drive fast Even if Kuafu tries his best to chase him, he still can’t catch him. So he's thinking Block Xihe's car in front of Yuyuan It's a pity that strength is not worthy of ambition In the end, he was killed by the Golden Crow in Daze in the north. This is actually the lineage of the Yellow Emperor A continuation of the struggle with Emperor Yan's lineage This is the end of Yi's story Let's continue with Yu's story just now we mentioned The Gonggong clan of the southern lineage of Emperor Yan made trouble Chong Li failed to suppress the rebellion and was executed Emperor Ku sent Chongli's younger brother Wu back to and his son Prince Changqin took over from his class Continue to fight the rebellion Finally, in the later years of Emperor Yao The gang of rebels finally made a big move is the flood The flood flooded the earth Purgatory on earth comes again So Emperor Yao came to find him Gun, son of Emperor Zhuanxu Gun usually likes to travel in mountains and rivers It is said that he is very good at controlling water. So Emperor Yao asked him to control the flood Gun is also unambiguous Gun is also unambiguous After receiving the task, I immediately ran to control the water. But this flood is very unusual Gun has repeatedly ruled but the effect is not obvious no way Gun had no choice but to go back to Emperor Yao brazenly. Want to borrow interest from Emperor Yao This soil is an artifact Quite magical It should be regarded as a kind of soil But dams built with soil if the river rises The dams also rose with it. It is an artifact of water control But Emperor Yao was not willing to lend Xiyang to Gun. Gun is really out of luck. Finally when leaving He stole Xiyang Emperor Yao soon found out about it. blown up Command Vulcan Wu Hui He killed Gun on the outskirts of Yushan Later generations said that Gun only knows how to control water Don't know how to unblock That's why the flood control failed But judging from earlier data This statement is complete nonsense This statement is complete nonsense Of course, there are also documents from later generations that say Gun was not killed simply because he stole the soil. But he was killed because he opposed Emperor Shun's ascension to the throne. Anyway, let’s say it anyway The ending is the same It’s Gun who’s dead After Gun died The soul turned into a yellow bear He sank into Yuyuan But in his belly But gave birth to a new life It's Yu If you look at it this way Yu should be a posthumous son It may be a continuation of Gun's obsession with water control. Emperor Yao ordered Yu to take over his father's position. Continue to control the water And he didn’t ask for Xirang back either. And he didn’t ask for Xirang back either. I found Emperor Yao I especially like to serve the whole family in one pot. His father didn't do it well, so his son continued to do it Until done So Yu took Boyi and Houji with him Go everywhere to measure the terrain of mountains and rivers and dredge rivers. In the 13 years of flood control, I have only dared to enter the house after passing through it three times. His wife is the daughter of Tushan clan Very sad In the end, it turned into a Wangfu stone There is a lot of gossip You haven’t been home for more than ten years Where did that son come from? Very simple The son was born before he controlled the flood. We mentioned Houji last time Let’s talk about Boyi again This Boyi is the great-grandson of Bai Emperor Xuanxiao His grandfather, Ye Fu, and Di Ku were brothers. They are all very delicate sons Boyi is also a capable person It is said that one can understand the language of birds and beasts Still Yu’s teacher He and Yu worked together to control the floods. Measure the rivers and the land together They are a pair of good friends It is said that he wrote Shan Hai Jing Yu controlled floods for so many years Traveled almost all the mountains and rivers There are still many folklore For example, when the subordinates of the Gonggong rebelled Yu beheaded Xiangliu in the north of Kunlun Xiang Liu, we talked about it before Xiang Liu, we talked about it before He is a demon with the body of a hydra What he spit and where he stayed Soon it will turn into a swamp where nothing will grow After Xiang Liu died Blood is fishy and smelly, and not a single blade of grass grows And it keeps flooding Yu originally wanted to fill in this space But I can't fill it in Finally pull it down Just dig this place into a big pool The emperors also used the dug soil Zhudi Terrace was built on the north side of Kunlun Mountain This is how the Zhudi Terrace came about Yu beheaded Wuzhi Qi in Huai River This Wuzhiqi is an ape with a green body and a white head It is said that he is a hundred feet tall and can pull nine elephants Many people think that there is no support It was the prototype of Sun Wukong later. Just when Yu was running around doing business Emperor Yao is dead Emperor Yao was succeeded by Emperor Shun But how did Emperor Shun come to power? This statement is not very consistent. According to the Green Youth Edition It was Emperor Yao who brought Shun here. Shun was already very famous at that time. Especially Xiao Shun, Xiao Shun's father Everyone said that Shun was a good comrade So Emperor Yao also valued Shun very much. to what extent I value it to the point of being crazy. Not only did he take his two daughters Emperor E and Nvying married him Simply virtuous But why is it not noble to treat Yi? And Emperor Shun did live up to expectations Character and ability fly together It went well after taking over Ministers support the people to love Self-cultivation, governing the country, keeping the family in balance nothing falls And later Yu It's about the same Yao, Shun and Yu give way to each other friendly end the age of mythology Join hands in the era of faith and history The above statement mainly comes from the Confucian classics But this set of rhetoric is too plain Human nature is too beautiful Beautiful makes people feel a little fake Therefore, many scholars in later generations I really don't buy this rhetoric. For example, Yuan Xingpei thinks that For example, Yuan Xingpei thinks that historians and confucians alike Historicize the myth Those in ancient mythology Half-human, half-beast divinity In the classics of orthodox Confucianism and historians Basically wiped out because of this image It's hard to write in the genealogy of history There are also some myths that violate the principle of rationalization was directly deleted The famous mythological scholar is Yuan Ke Similar views were also put forward And he goes one step further He said that in order to adapt to their own ideas and doctrines, Confucianism We must transform God into humans Understand myths in a rational way In fact, the deeper reason Or for the benefit of the rulers? The rulers can take the heroes created by the working people as their own Treat it as your own ancestor and carry it to the sky Of course they also hope These ancestors who were written into history It's all grand Those images that are not very elegant I have to trouble Old Master Confucius to give dialectical arguments. For example, let's take an example It is said that the Yellow Emperor had four faces How did Confucius explain it? He said Huangdi didn’t have four faces Instead, he sent four people to divide and conquer the four sides. There is also a monster recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas called Kui Kui has only one foot Wait until we get to "Shu Yao Dian" This Kui became Shun's Music Officer. Duke Ai of Lu was also puzzled. to ask Confucius He said that he heard that Kui had only one foot is this real Confucius explained Kui Yizu It's not that Kui only has one foot but people like Kui one is enough Historicization of Myths The advantage is that the history is lengthened Because myths are included in history Of course the history is long But the destructiveness is also obvious It’s just that many precious myths have been lost. But if Ah Q is a little bit more The historicization of mythology can also be seen as Another preservation of myth For example, we learn from "Zuo Zhuan" In "Shangshu", in "Guoyu" and "Book of Zhou" It cleared up a lot of myths and stories Although many people still don’t understand Many of them are just words But we can still continue our research, right? We're going too far again, let's get back to it There is actually another version of the abdication of Yao, Shun and Yu This version is not very mainstream Mainly from "Bamboo Chronicles" and "Jizhong Shu" "Xunzi", "Han Feizi" and other non-Confucian schools It is said that Emperor Yao promoted someone in his later years This person is Shun Moreover, Shun's moral character is really not good. Especially Xiaoshun’s father Gusou That's basically everyone knows But what about Shun? In fact, he is not an ordinary person. His true identity is a descendant of Emperor Xuan Xu We talked about it in the last issue Zhuanxu’s two sons, Qiongchan and Zhenxie In order to compete for the throne The poor cicada drove the monsters to Leize But in the end, neither of the two brothers came to the top. Because Zhuanxu passed the throne to his eldest nephew Di Ku After that, the Qiongchan lineage declined. Son Jingkang, grandson Juwang Then to Shun's grandfather Qiao Niu Father Gusou has basically already They became ordinary people. It's not much better in Shun's generation. Shun farmed in Lishan and fished in Leize. But because he is virtuous, he is famous Emperor Yao also heard about it There is such an expert in Emperor Xuan's lineage So I recruited Shun. And he was given an official position He also married both of his daughters to him Why was Emperor Yao so angry with Shun? No explanation is given in historical materials I guess Maybe the White Emperor's line owes too much to the Xuan Emperor's line. Did Emperor Yao just want to make amends? Of course, we don’t know what Emperor Yao was thinking. This is a complete guess But we can analyze For example, Emperor Bai’s grandson Di Ku Killed Emperor Xuan's great-grandson Chongli Emperor Yao, great-grandson of Bai Emperor He also beheaded Gun, the son of Emperor Xuan. And like the descendants of Emperor Xuan Like Chongli, Prince Changqin, Wu Hui, Lu Zhong In the end, these people failed to return to their hometown. They all stayed in the southern barbarian land at that time. Emperor Xuan’s other sons It won't end well either. Yongzhu became one of the four ferocious beasts and was exiled The poor cicadas were reduced to ordinary people After the monster dies Turned into a mountain spirit None of them got better So Emperor Yao wants to make up for it The injuries suffered by Emperor Xuan’s lineage I think it's understandable So it’s not easy for Xuan Emperor’s lineage A capable person emerged It can be regarded as regaining some face for Emperor Xuan. Wait until Emperor Yao gets old Shun took Emperor Yao's son Zhu Exiled to Danyuan as a prince So later Zhu was also called Danzhu. Later, Shun made Emperor Yao Imprisoned in Pingyang for 28 years Imprisoned until his death at the age of 118 After Yao died After Yao died Shun made Danzhu emperor I ran to Nanhe to live in seclusion It is said that Danzhu's brain is not very good It is said that Danzhu's brain is not very good Even Emperor Yao himself said that he was an unworthy descendant He also specially invented the game of Go to exercise his brain but it's useless After Danzhu came to power Because of being exiled for so many years no prestige Even the ministers were not convinced by him So they all ran to Nanhe to let Shun go out of the mountain Shun also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey. say providence Then Shun abolished Danzhu Established himself as emperor, became Emperor Shun, named Youyu And quickly wiped out all of Danzhu's old officials Emperor Shun is indeed very capable After taking the position, reuse Bakai People like Hou Qi, Hou Ji, and Yu Also exiled Qiongqi, Zhuo Chaos and gluttonous beasts Belonging to the Beast Terminator Because both Yu and Shun belong to the lineage of Emperor Xuan So at the beginning, Shun was very reassuring towards Yu. So at the beginning, Shun was very reassuring towards Yu. But then things went wrong Because Yu succeeded in controlling the water, and his achievements surpassed those of the Lord. The people are very supportive As a result, Emperor Shun also met As a result, Emperor Shun also met The miserable situation of Emperor Yao And it's so damn good Emperor Shun and Nvying had a son named Shangjun also a bad boy Not a good reputation either So slowly Yu took control of the government Emperor Shun reigned for 39 years In his later years, he was forced by Yu to go on a southern tour He died in the Cangwu Field Buried in the south of Jiuyi Mountain And Yu has some black humor He made Danzhu, who was abolished by Shun, Buried in the north of Jiuyi Mountain He Di Shun One South One North Branch I don't know what Emperor Shun thinks Cause and effect, your retribution is me After Yu ascended the throne of God Named Xia Houshi, collected the world's copper and cast the Jiuding Divide the world into Kyushu That's how Kyushu says When Yu is old Yu's teacher Boyi helped Yu go to regent After Yu died Passed the position to his son Qi Boyi resigned and went to Jishan to live in seclusion. After Yu came to power, he established the legendary Xia Dynasty Boyi was executed six years later The age of mythology has officially ended Finally, I want to reiterate Chinese ancient myths Because of the historicization of myths Much of the content in between has been lost. Now there are only a few words left Still scattered in ancient books Neither organized nor systematic The system context I sorted out here The main reference is the mainstream view of history And the principle is that they are not inconsistent with each other If it compares to some of the short stories you read before Small snippets are different and normal. Finally, I hope that these two programs can help everyone Re-understand the splendid culture left by our ancestors and rich imagination If it can still arouse it a little bit Everyone’s curiosity about our Chinese culture Then the purpose of these two programs has been achieved. OK, thank you all