In many ancient legends and documentary records all over the world, there are memories of the Great Flood, but they are mainly recorded in two books, one is the Bible, which has a relatively large influence on Western culture, and the other is the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in Eastern China.
Both the Shan Hai Jing and the Bible record the Great Flood
The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" records that Dayu Zhishui is mainly a record of Dayu and his predecessor Cang [gǔn] to control water, from the perspective of historical data, it is the ancient era of the early Xia Dynasty, according to the existing historical data, we know that the previous dynasty of the Shang Dynasty was: The Xia Dynasty, and the era before the Xia Dynasty was: The Era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, which is an ancient history from the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan to Xia Yu.
The history of the water ruled by The Cang and The Great Yu can be corroborated by the East and the West
Is there any specific chronological data? The answer is yes! The date of the Shang Dynasty in China is very certain, and the historical records and excavated cultural relics are relatively rich. Therefore, based on the data of the Shang Dynasty, we can roughly infer that the Xia Dynasty and its previous era are objective facts dating back more than 4100 years.
Looking at the Bible, which has a relatively large impact on Western culture, it also records the great flood! The specific age can be calculated according to the family tree. It is known that Jesus Christ was born two thousand years ago, and according to the genealogy of Jesus in the Bible, it can be deduced to the time of Noah's life! Noah is the first-hand witness to the Great Flood in the story of Noah's Ark! During the time when Noah came to Jesus, according to the family tree, it was also more than two thousand years! Add in the 2,000 years since Jesus Christ was born, which adds up to exactly 4,000 years!
Therefore, we can be sure that the Great Flood recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and the Great Flood recorded in the Bible, which had a relatively large impact on Western culture, occurred more than 4,000 years ago! Eastern and Western cultures have jointly confirmed that this great flood really exists!
Noah's Ark and Dayu Zhishui are both historical facts
Since this great flood really existed, then the Eastern Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Western Bible (in short, precisely speaking, the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Bible are both Eastern, the same below). What are some of the similarities or differences in the descriptions and ideas of the Great Flood?
Looking at the similarities first, both sides described the enormity of this great flood, when the emperor ordered the son of the emperor to deal with the great flood, which shows that the level and intensity of the great flood are very large! The Great Flood described in the Western Bible almost wiped out all living things, which shows the magnitude of the Flood at that time! So, the views of both sides are basically the same!
There is also the similarity of characters, the Western Bible records that Noah's family of eight escaped the flood, indicating that moral character is very good, because they believe in God very religiously, and they work hard to build an ark and prepare the species, which lazy, proud, selfish people can't do!
Look at the eastern water control of the carp [gǔn]! That is, the son of zhuānxū, since zhuānxū was a tribal leader in the early period, it means that zhuānxū is equivalent to a prince, and his social status is also very high! The history books record that Gong [gǔn] worked hard to control the flood, but the method was wrong, but his responsibility was still very strong. The successor, Dayu, continued to control the flood. They are very diligent and loyal to their work, so in the Cultures of the East and the West, judging from the central figures who responded to the flood, they are all people of high moral character and hard work!
Noah, Dayu, Cang and others are very diligent and sincere
In addition to so many similarities, what is the difference between the Fact that the Bible and the Book of Mountains and Seas record the Great Flood?
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2. The location is different.
According to the location described in the Bible, the location of Noah's family at that time was roughly equivalent to the middle east today near Turkey. That is, in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Looking at the place names recorded in the period from the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan to dayu Zhishui, it is likely that they are in the North China Plain and the Jianghuai area, because from the topographical point of view, the altitude of the North China Plain and the Jianghuai area and the Middle East is indeed not very high! Therefore, if the sea level continues to rise, the Middle East and the North China Plain and the Jianghuai region are very likely to be flooded by sea floods! However, in places such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the Mongolian Plateau, the possibility of being flooded by major floods is very small. Therefore, the great flood recorded in China's "Classic of Mountains and Seas" only partially flooded, mainly in the North China Plain and the Jianghuai area.
But the Great Flood recorded in the Bible probably flooded the entire Middle East, because this area is almost a desert area with few mountains, so the Great Flood described in the Bible is fatal and devastating, while the Chinese Shan Hai Jing records only a great flood.
The Middle East has more deserts, fewer mountains, and more floods
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The treatment of floods is different.
There are fewer mountains in the Middle East, and there is no way to run to the mountains to avoid floods, so you can only rely on shipbuilding (ark)-building methods to escape flood damage. However, in addition to the North China Plain and the Jianghuai area, there are many high mountains that can be climbed to avoid the flood. Therefore, the attitude of the Chinese side is to deal with the flood! So there will be different ways of dealing with the Flood.
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The channels through which the Great Flood is recorded are different.
In Western culture, the record of the Great Flood events is mainly concentrated in the Bible, so the channel is relatively single.
However, there are more records of Dayu Zhishui in the East, in addition to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are also "Historical Records", Qu Yuan's works, etc., all of which record the great flood that all mankind is facing.
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, the duration is different.
The Great Flood in the Western Bible records only a few dozen days and months of rain, but the Eastern "Classic of Mountains and Seas" describes the treatment for decades, indicating that the Great Flood in the East, staying for a long time, there may be dammed lakes, swamps and other phenomena, need to be as patient as The cultivation of the truth, therefore, the Western Flood, is coming and going fast, and soon gave this matter to the past.
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The causes of the Great Flood are understood differently.
The Bible believes that the cause of the flood was God's aversion to human sin and regret that he created mankind. The Eastern Classic of Mountains and Seas almost does not write about the cause of the great flood, which has a bit of a harmonious natural cultivation flavor, and does not summarize the cause of the flood as: the wrath of God (human beings withdraw from the environmental protection convention).
In this way, the real flood event that occurred more than 4,000 years ago is described in more detail, please choose one democratically according to your own preferences.