The nine-tailed fox is a four-legged monster in ancient mythology and legend, with red fuzz on its body, which is varied and good at seducing people. However, the white nine-tailed fox is considered to be the ancestor of the Tushan clan, and the totem of the Tushan tribe is the nine-tailed fox.
There is always a song in Tushan, which means that whoever sees a white nine-tailed fox can become a king; Whoever marries the daughter of the Tushan clan will become more and more prosperous and the descendants will flourish.
It is said that Dayu's father Cang died because of the flood control, Dayu inherited his father's legacy of controlling the flood, concentrated on controlling the water, running around all day long, not daring to have a trace of slack, in the unconscious busyness, Dayu soon reached the age of thirty, but because the flood has not been properly managed, so even if he reaches the age of thirty, he has not thought of marrying a wife and starting a family. Until one day, when he arrived at Tu Shan, a white nine-tailed fox appeared in front of him, introduced Tu Shan's female jiao to Dayu, and persuaded Dayu to marry Tu Shan's female jiao in advance, because Tu Shan's clan was very powerful in Dongyi at that time, and could help Dayu in the future when he was fighting for the throne, and Tu Shan's female jiao herself was virtuous, and marrying back would inevitably become a virtuous wife and mother, for a man, a virtuous helper was equivalent to an accelerator towards success.
After Dayu saw Tu Shan's female petite, she was deeply attracted by the beauty of Tu Shan's female petite, and Tu Shan's female petite was also attracted by Dayu's burly handsomeness and his personality quality, the two fell in love at first sight, held hands, said many love words, and the white nine-tailed fox saw that his matchmaker was a successful red thread, so he happily jumped between Dayu and Tushan's female petite, and this legend was called "Nine-tailed Fox Kiss".
What are the legends associated with Dayu?
Regarding the birth of Dayu, it is said that Cang yu was not Dayu's father, but Dayu's mother, who was executed by Shun after failing to control the flood of the Yellow River, but Cang was already pregnant with Dayu in her stomach at that time, and after her death, people cut open her stomach and took out Dayu, which was later known as "dissecting Yu".
Regarding Dayu's wife, it is said that Dayu, in order to control the flood, was not married until he was thirty years old, and he never considered marrying a wife and starting a family. However, when Tu Shan was in Tu Mountain, Dayu met a white nine-tailed fox, and the white nine-tailed fox led the red line for it, so that Dayu met Tu Shan's female petite and fell in love with each other, and finally the two became intimate after being separated for a while. Later, in another accident, Tu Shan's female jiao found that Dayu was actually an incomparably ferocious dog bear, and immediately fled, Dayu chased after her in the form of a bear, causing Tu Shan's female jiao to finally exhaust her strength and turn into a stone under Song Mountain, and later the stone shattered, and Dayu's son was born.
Regarding Dayu's rule of water, after the death of his mother, Dayu inherited his mother's legacy and continued to control water, he summed up all the lessons learned by Cang in controlling the flood, and for thirteen years he has been diligent and sincere, not daring to have the slightest slackness, not to speak of hard work, and even to go through the house three times without entering, but also traveled all over the world, memorizing the characteristics of different terrains in various places, and finally solved the flood. After Dayu ascended the throne, the world was transformed into nine major states, and the direction of flooding into the sea in each place was clearly defined.
In the tenth year after he ascended the throne, Dayu died in Huiji. After his death, his son Kai seized the throne, turned the Zen system into a succession system, and founded the first slave state, Xia.
Brief introduction of Dayu, the tribal leader of the Xia Hou clan
Dayu was the tribal leader of the Xia Hou clan during the ancient legendary period, with the surname Ji and the name Wen Ming, who was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and Huan Huan. According to rumors, Dayu spent thirteen years painstakingly, without fear of hardship, and did not dare to delay in the slightest, and even gave up his rest time to control the monstrous flood of the Yellow River and make great achievements.
Dayu was consecrated by Shun to inherit Shun's throne, and with the support of princes and ministers from all over the world, Dayu took over the throne, designating Yangcheng as the capital city, and the founding name was Xia, the first son of the Xia Dynasty, known as Emperor Yu by posterity, and the two wise emperors of the ancient era, Yao and Shun.
When he was curing the flood, tu shan fell in love with tu shan's daughter at first sight, but in order to cure the water, he chose to give up love at the age of thirty. Later, because Tu Shan's daughter Jiao Silang became ill, she abandoned the worldly rules and followed to Dayu's hometown and married Dayu. Later, in an unexpected delivery of food, Tu Shan's daughter Found out that her husband Dayu was actually a big black bear with a vicious face and a huge ugly face, so she fled and turned into a large stone under the Song Mountain due to exhaustion. Dayu was anxious, and then the people who rushed to Dayu heard a voice in the stone and informed Dayu, only to find that Tushan's daughter was pregnant, and Dayu shouted to the stone, "Return my son", Shi Kai, Dayu's son was born. In the process of controlling the flood, Dayu traveled all over the world, and he knew very well what kind of terrain, customs, and main products were in various parts of the world, so he re-transformed the world into nine states. In the tenth year of Dayu's succession to the throne, he died after traveling east to Huiji, at the age of more than one hundred.
Where is Dayu?
A person's place of birth is different from the place where he lives, so how can we determine where this person is? For example, the current Chinese-Americans, etc., that is to say, where you were born, where your hukou is, generally you are where you are.
Everyone knows that China began to implement the county system in the Qin Dynasty, and the provincial system was only established in the Yuan Dynasty. Before that, how do you know where a person is, such as Dayu we are going to talk about today.
To determine whether a person really exists in history, you can use the records of relevant documents, in our country, every dynasty has a historian, but the records of historical officials can not be fully believed, because people have subjective emotions, and at the same time for some reasons will obliterate the existence of a person, so it is also necessary to go through archaeology. The combination of historical data and archaeological data generally leads to conclusions with high credibility.
There are many historical records about Dayu, such as Mencius, Shiji, Wuyue Chunqiu, Shuijing Notes, Shu Benji, etc. all mention that Dayu was a Qiang person, born in Shinu Township, Guangrou County, Wenshan In ancient Times. However, through the investigation of modern scholars, it is believed that Dayu was born in Mianchi Town, Wenchuan County, and this view is also supported in the "Dayu Zhi" compiled during the Republic of China. In addition, according to archaeological research in recent years, some people have put forward new opinions, they believe that Yu's hometown is near the current Mianyang City in Sichuan Province.
In short, there is a great controversy about where Dayu is from, and among the many accounts, the more reliable theory is that Dayu's original name was Ji Wenming, and he was a native of the ancient Tushan clan, which is now the Huaiyuan people of Anhui. His birthplace is near Mount Dengfeng song in Zhengzhou. If you want a definite statement, then only wait for further excavations of archaeology.
Who is the historical Dayu
Dayu, before it was not called Dayu, his name was Ji Wenming, because of his meritorious efforts in controlling water, he was revered as Dayu.
Legend has it that he was the grandson of Emperor Huan, his father was Cang, who was killed for failing to control the water under Yao, and his mother was a nun of the Xin clan. After Shun ascended the throne, he was elected as the heir because of his merits in controlling water. The most famous story about Dayu is that he passed by the door three times during the treatment of water and did not enter. What about his life?
In the Yao Shun era, the way the emperor was established was Zen, so after Shun's death, Dayu, who had passed the heavenly certification, should have obeyed the mandate of heaven, but he avoided yangcheng and wanted to cede the throne to Shun's son Shang Jun, but the princes of the world did not buy it and still went to see him. The so-called "world of those who win the hearts and minds of the people", with the support of the people of the world, Yu's succession is natural. After he succeeded to the throne, he established the capital city in Anyi, and the name of the country was Xia. And Danzhu was divided into seals to Tang, and Shang was evenly sealed to Yu. The calendar date was revised again, the month of Jianyin was set as the first month, and at the same time, all the copper under the world was confiscated and cast into jiuding, as a symbol of the co-lord of the world.
Yu, who became the Son of Heaven, thought that the burden on his shoulders was heavier, so he recruited sages and listened carefully to the advice of others, and was a generation of wise emperors, the most remarkable feats of which were to control water and demarcate the territory of China as Kyushu.
It can be said that the reason why Dayu was able to become the God King was because of his ability to control water and his heart for the world, and after he became the God King, he really did not disappoint the people, he was dedicated to the people, and made a lot of decisions that were beneficial to the people. Personally, I believe that the imperial Zen system during the Yao Shunyu period could select Ming Jun to a certain extent.
Information on Dayu's wife Tu Shan's female concubine
Dayu's wife was a tushan clan lady, whose original family was the powerful Tushan clan of Dongyi in ancient times. When Dayu was thirty years old, he passed through Tushan and met Tushan's female petite by chance, Tushan's female petite was born very beautiful, and Dayu was even more burly and handsome, and the two fell in love at first sight.
It's just that the Tushan clan is a matrilineal tribe, and generally men are into the family of the rich women, at that time, Dayu had ambitions in his heart, he wanted to get Shun's world, although he entered the Tushan clan, the powerful Tushan clan would support him behind him, but after entering the Tushan clan, he had to follow the Tushan clan to dongyi to live, and how could he realize his ambitions.
In the face of the world and love, Dayu chose the world, chose to give up the Tushan clan, and continued to rule the water. For Tu Shan's female jiao, love is heavier than the world, and the increasingly tormented thoughts finally made her abandon her worldly vision and rules, personally go to Dayu, and marry Dayu. On the fourth day after the marriage, Dayu, who was busy curing water, bid farewell to his newlywed wife Tu Shan's daughter Jiao, and hurried to the south to cure the water, and once passed through the door of the house three times without entering, which made Tu Shan's daughter Jiaosifu sick, so she went to Dayu's an Yi where Dayu was camped at that time to visit Dayu, and stayed behind to take care of Dayu.
Every day when the drum on the mountain sounded, he could deliver food to Dayu, but it was just an accident, Dayu accidentally touched a stone, making it ring the drum, Tu Shan rushed to deliver food, but found that her husband was a huge black bear, and fled in a hurry. Dayu hurried forward to chase after him, but Dayu, who had not yet recovered his body, made Tu Shan's female concubine dare not make a half-moment stop. Tu Shan's female petite ran to the bottom of Song Mountain, and eventually turned into a stone due to exhaustion of energy.