How did the emperor wrest power from the descendants of Zhuan? The truth revealed in ancient books is very cruel

The legend of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, I believe everyone knows more or less, but when it is really discussed, I am afraid that no one can tell, and even who the Three Emperors are and who the Five Emperors are, I am afraid that they will not be able to reach a unified statement.

Although Sima Qian wrote the "Five Emperors Benji", the facts contained in it are very brief and vague, especially the records about Zhuan and the emperor, for example, how did the emperor pass from Zhuan to the emperor? However, Sima Qian provided a very rare clue in "The Chu Family": "The ancestor of Chu came from Emperor Gaoyang. Gao Yang, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, and the son of Changyi. Gao Yangsheng said, called the birth of the volume, the volume of the birth of the heavy li. Chongli is the emperor Gao Xin is in the fire, very meritorious, can melt the world, the emperor said Zhu Rong. Gonggong's rebellion, the emperor made Chongli punish and inexhaustible, the emperor was to Geng Yin's day to punish Chongli, and his younger brother Wu Hui was the Chongli, and then resettled in Huozheng, for Zhu Rong ......"

The above passage tells about the situation of the ancestors of the Chu people. The ancestor of the Chu people was Emperor Gaoyang Zhuan, who did not reach Chu, and his son said that he did not reach Chu, and it was Chongli and Wu Hui who really arrived in Chu. Of course, this is the record of the "Chu Family", and other ancient records are also about the same, but there are slight differences in the written expression, which will be further explained below.

The text record at the beginning of "Chu Shijia" is difficult to understand, and I believe everyone has the feeling of falling into the clouds after reading it. If we do not use other ancient books and documents to compare and corroborate each other, it is not clear at all, for example, what does "Juhuozheng" mean in "Chongli is the emperor and Gaoxin Juhuozheng"? Also, didn't Zhu Rong kill the Gonggong clan in the dark? Why did he only appear now? And the most difficult thing to understand was "the emperor punished Chongli with Gengyin's day."

Why did Emperor Yu kill Chongli? The record of "The Chu Family" is that Emperor Yu ordered Chongli to kill the Gonggong clan, but Chongli did not kill it cleanly enough, and this reason is very reluctant when I hear it. Even if it is a mistake to kill the Gonggong clan completely, can't he be allowed to continue his work? And at this time, the killing of the commander-in-chief of the army will inevitably cause great chaos in the army, and the situation will get out of control. Since ancient times, changing generals in battle has been a taboo in the art of war, let alone killing the main general.

The most incomprehensible thing is, how did Emperor Yu succeed in killing Chongli? You know, at this time, Chongli was thousands of miles away in the south with a heavy army, could it be possible to send an assassin to kill Chongli who had a heavy defense? Or should he reorganize a large army? At that time, the able-bodied men had joined the allied forces that were crusading against the Gonggong clan, so how could an army be formed?

No matter how you look at it, it seems impossible for Emperor Yu to kill Chongli.

After years of hard work and reading many ancient documents, I finally found the answer in the Book of Changes. Before discussing this issue, let's first look at the record of the descendants of Zhuan in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", which is recorded in the sixteenth volume of the "Great Wilderness of the West": "Zhuan Xuan gave birth to an old child, and the old child gave birth to Li, and the emperor ordered Li Qiong to go to the ground, and the earth was choked, and he was at the west pole to travel the sun, moon and stars. ”

"The Great Wilderness of the West" also records Chongli, and also says that Chongli is the descendant of Zhuan, and the difference with "Chu Shijia" is that Chongli is two people, both of whom are the grandsons of Zhuan, and Chongli of "Chu Shijia" is a person and is the great-great-grandson of Zhuan.

Why is this the case? At the end of the second chapter, the Yi Zhi Ci wrote: "In ancient times, the sages of later generations ruled by writing deeds, and the hundred officials were governed, and the people were inspected, and all the treasures were covered." ”

In other words, there was no written record in ancient times, and the ancients could only preserve the historical events that occurred in ancient times in the way of "knotting ropes and ruling them". Of course, this way of writing is difficult for ordinary people to understand. After the birth and widespread use of writing, the ancient saints expressed themselves in words. To figure out what is knotted rope rule, you need to have a more comprehensive understanding of the Book of Changes, but I'm afraid that no one wants to read it, so I won't say much here.

To make a long story short, there were no mature written records in the era in which he lived, and the major events that occurred during this period were expressed in graphic symbols, which is equivalent to a comic strip. When talking about the situation of the descendants of Zhuan, the difference between the "Chu Family" and the "Great Wilderness Western Classic" is because different people have different understandings of these figures.

The first picture shows that he has a son. Zhuan Xuan has many sons, but both "Chu Shijia" and "The Great Wilderness of the West" pay attention to one of them, because after Zhuan, this son's son controls the power of the world, and other irrelevant ones are ignored. The son of Zhuan Xuan is called "Chu Shijia" as "name", and "Great Wilderness West Classic" is called "Lao Tong". Although the names are different, they all have a lot of meaning.

The second picture goes on to give birth to sons, but the number is different. The understanding of "Chu Shijia" is that he gave birth to a juanzhang, while "The Great Wilderness of the West" is that Lao Tong gave birth to two sons: Chong and Li.

By the third picture, the difference between the two is huge. The understanding of "Chu Shijia" is to continue to give birth to a son, and the juan chapter gave birth to Chongli, while the understanding of "The Great Wilderness of the West" is: "The emperor ordered to rededicate himself to heaven and ordered Li Qiong to go to the earth." ”

The language and writing of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" are very different from what we imagined, and to understand these contents also requires a more comprehensive understanding of the gossip of the "Book of Changes", the reason is very simple, because the gossip is a unique information exchange tool of the Fuxi clan, I believe that no one wants to listen to so much nonsense, and now directly say, "Emperor" It refers to Emperor Gaoyang, who let one grandson manage the internal affairs of the Fuxi clan, but let the other grandson manage other clans and tribes other than the Fuxi clan, that is, let the two grandsons have considerable power.

As for the understanding of the third picture, who is right and who is wrong? Judging from the historical process we know, the understanding of "The Great Wilderness of the West" is relatively accurate. Moreover, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was relatively early, and the "Historical Records" was written in the Western Han Dynasty, much later than the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". All this can only be blamed on Qin Shi Huang, he burned all the previous ancient books, otherwise, you can find the original picture to compare and analyze.

For the early history of the Chu State, it will not be as simple as just three paintings, probably because they ignore those who can't understand it.

Combined with the record of the "Great Wilderness of the West", the sentence "Gao Yang Sheng, called Shengjuanzhang, Juan Zhangsheng Chongli" in "Chu Shijia" should be expressed like this: "Gao Yangsheng called, called Shengjuanzhang and Wu Hui, Juan Zhang and Wu Hui Chongli".

The content of the third picture is "Chongli". According to the interpretation of the Book of Changes, "Chongli" means that the two hexagrams overlap up and down. What does it mean to be separated from each other? Please see that the hexagram of separation is: "Ming two works, separation, adults follow the Ming in the four directions." ”

"Ming two works" is two overlapping from the top to the bottom, and two overlapping from the top and bottom is the double separation. Li also represents fire, so it can also be said that the two flames are aligned up and down, which is the Juhuo Zheng that appears in "Chu Shijia", and the two flames are exactly aligned.

Juhuozheng here, which sounds particularly awkward, is actually the Northern Alliance's understanding of Fuxi's gossip. If you want to know more, you also have to compare the words of the hexagram: "Leave, Liye, the sun and the moon are beautiful in the sky, the hundred grains and plants are beautiful in the earth, and the reinstatement is beautiful and right, and it is transformed into the world." Soft and beautiful in the middle, so Heng, is to the cattle Ji also. ”

"Emphasizing the brightness to be beautiful" means that the bright flames overlap neatly, that is, the fire is upright, so that it can "turn into the world" and become the supreme master of the world. The Ming and hexagram of the Ming two works here have the same meaning, mainly because the Ming alliance is composed of different groups, the language between them is not smooth, and it is very difficult to communicate with each other.

Then look at the second half of the hexagram "the adult shines in the four directions", that is, this adult is like the sun in the sky that will never be extinguished, constantly emitting light, illuminating the four directions, illuminating the whole world, this is "light melts the world".

Therefore, the true meaning of "the chapter is reborn" is that the chapter is like the sun in the sky because of its outstanding merits, illuminating the way for people to move forward, and he is the supreme lord of the world.

So, what is the position of the emperor?

I believe that when everyone first saw "The Chu Family", they would think that Chongli was the son of Juan Zhang, and he was fortunate to become Emperor Yu's fire-related official position or title, because he was very meritorious, just like the sun shining in the world to warm people's hearts, so Emperor Yu gave him the title of Zhurong.

However, Juan Chongli means that he is the flame above the head of Emperor Gaoxin, or the sun in the sky. When the emperor saw the scroll, he was called the sun.

In other words, Gao Xin's family at that time was not the emperor, but the book was written by later generations, and later generations knew that Gao Xin's family was the emperor. When we read, we should pay attention to the fact that at this time, Gao Xin was only a subordinate of the scroll, and when he saw the scroll, he had to shout "the sun in the sky". "The emperor's life is called Zhurong", not that the emperor gave the title of the scroll, but that he crouched at the foot of the scroll and shouted: "You are the sun in the sky".

After Juan Zhang was killed, Juan Zhang's younger brother Wu Hui left again, and the emperor also shouted when he saw Wu Hui: "You are the sun in the sky."

The sun in the sky is the meaning of the imperial character, and this is how the Fuxi clan called their leader. Other clans and tribes don't understand these gossip, so they understand it as Juhuozheng, Ming Liangzuo, and re-separation. In the "Book of Changes", the two works of re-separation, re-ming, or ming are all symbolizing incomparable brilliance, that is, the meaning of seizing the highest power.

So, what is the matter with the heavy Li of the volume?

That's the difference between Li and Li. Although Juan Zhang gained the highest power, he was killed, so he was called Chongli to distinguish it from Wu Hui's Chongli. Li is like charcoal that has extinguished a flame, or the sun that has set. After the sun sets, it rises in the east the next day, and this is the dawn.

The difference between Li and Li is whether it can shine, and then look at the hexagram and say: "Li, Liye, the sun and the moon are beautiful in the sky, and the hundred grains and plants are beautiful in the earth......

The sky becomes beautiful because of the light of the sun and the moon, and the earth becomes beautiful because of the embellishment of hundreds of grains and plants. Baigu refers to all kinds of crops, although the crops belong to the hexagram, but do not shine, usually called li. Since the birth of writing, Li has become the name of a hexagram in the Fuxi Bagua, and Li is just a text, no longer a hexagram.

After clarifying the meaning of Chongli, the other issues become clear. In the war against the Gonggong clan, Zhuan Xuan is the leader of the Northern Alliance, but people will eventually die, by comparing the "Chu Shijia" and "The Great Wilderness of the West", it is probably known that Zhuan Xuan let the volume control the Fuxi clan, and in the war with the Gonggong clan, the Fuxi clan is the backbone. After Zhuan, the juanzhang took over this position, which is called Chongli in ancient books.

According to the meaning of the Book of Changes, the formal expression of Fuxi's control of the supreme power is Chongli, but the power of the scroll was taken away by his younger brother, and it also fell, just like the sun setting on the mountain, so it is called Chongli.

The father of these two people, that is, the old boy mentioned in the "Great Wilderness Western Classic", may have died on the battlefield early, after all, this battle was so tragic that even Ying Long and Nulu, who were the commanders-in-chief, fell. Maybe it was because of Lao Tong's desperate rescue that he was able to escape, so he was particularly fond of his two sons, but it is a pity that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and it is difficult to share two masters in the world.

The scroll controls the power of the Fuxi clan, and it is estimated that it will never be taken into account by other clans and tribes again. However, his younger brother Wu Hui also yearns for power. The reason why Wu Hui let Wu Hui manage the outside clans and tribes must have been something he had worked so hard for. Although the power he controls is not as good as that of the scroll, he will also attract forces in the Fuxi clan, and the Emperor Gaoxin clan is one of them.

Sima Qian's "Five Emperors Benji" is very brief in its account of the emperor, so that the content has almost become a model, and it seems to make sense to use it on every emperor, so I can't find any useful information. The only useful thing is to show that he is the great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, the grandson of the Xuanqi, and belongs to a different branch from the Xuanqi. He is the nephew of Zhuan Xuan and the uncle of Juan Zhang and Wu Hui. From the analysis of the situation of "Chu Shijia", he did not get the attention of the volume, so he had to talk to Wu Hui.

Before becoming the Five Emperors, Emperor Yu was only the Gaoxin clan, and his tribe was only an armed force in the war with the Gonggong clan, which may be regarded as a relatively important force, but in the eyes of the scroll, it was simply dispensable. Despised the Gao Xin clan, which was the biggest mistake made by Juan Zhang, and was finally killed by the Gao Xin clan.

Why was Gao Xin's clan able to successfully kill Juan Zhang? According to the record of "Chu Shijia", Juan Zhang let go of the Gonggong clan and was seized by Gao Xin's clan. As long as you understand why Juan Zhang let go of the Gonggong clan, you can know why Emperor Yu was able to successfully kill Juan Zhang.

Because of the wrath of the Gonggong clan, the northern tribes formed an alliance, and Zhuan was elected as the leader of the alliance. The Liangzhu people belonged to the Gonggong clan that confronted the Northern Alliance, and the Gonggong clan was defeated, so what role could a small Liangzhu play? After seeing the army pressing the border, the Liangzhu people knew that there was no hope of victory, so they had to abandon the city and flee. There were two directions for the escape, one was to go south to the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, and the other was to retreat along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to Yunmengze. The Northern Coalition chose to advance westward, eventually reaching the present-day Jianghan Valley.

What is surprising is that the Gonggong clan, who was in a desperate situation, actually fled, judging from the record of "Chu Shijia", it is obvious that the volume was released. Why did the volume let go of the Gonggong clan? Aren't you afraid of public anger?

There is no record of it in the ancient books, and it stands to reason that this is a mystery that can never be solved. However, through the archaeological research and analysis of the ancient city site of Liangzhu, we can still make a more reasonable judgment.

Only in the anti-mountain burial area in the ancient city of Liangzhu, a large number of jade artifacts have been unearthed, and the number and exquisite carving have amazed the world. There are so many jade artifacts buried in the ground of Liangzhu, indicating that the Gonggong clan who fled to the Yunmeng area has more jade artifacts with them. In those days, jade was wealth.

Compared with other ancient city sites, a distinctive feature of the ancient city of Liangzhu is that the city gate was built on a waterway, which was obviously convenient for water transportation. The excellent waterways and huge wealth created very favorable conditions for the Gonggong clan to escape, and both were indispensable. For more information, please see another article: "Archaeological Proof: The Liangzhu People Are the Legendary Gonggong Clan, and the "Historical Records" Record the Demise of Liangzhu".

The ancient city of Liangzhi and the waterways that crisscross it

The ancient city of Liangzhu was not conducive to escaping after being besieged, so it gave up early, and the stronghold in the Yunmeng area was different, and the Gonggong clan knew that the defeat was decided, so they loaded all the jade artifacts on the ship and came to the middle of the water, and negotiated with the leader of the northern alliance on the terms: If you let me go, I will leave these jade artifacts to you, otherwise they will all be scattered in the water.

The volume obviously chose the former, which is why the killing of the Gonggong clan recorded in the "Chu Family" is endless.

The jade seized from the hands of the Gonggong clan was naturally divided among the Fuxi clan. After all, the main force fighting against the Gonggong clan is the Fuxi clan, and the other clans and tribes are all coming to see the excitement or taking advantage of the fire to rob. Since all this wealth was seized by the Fuxi clan, why did they take it out and share it with everyone?

As an important member of the Fuxi clan, the Gao Xin clan can naturally get a piece of the pie, not to mention that he is the force that Wu Hui wants to woo! Even if he can't eat meat, he can at least drink some bone broth. As for the other clans and tribes, even Mao can't eat it.

How many precious jade artifacts the Fuxi clan has obtained, and how can other clans and tribes know? However, if someone takes these jade artifacts everywhere to show off, the situation is different, not only does the inside story of the Gonggong clan let go of the Gonggong clan is known to everyone, it arouses the excitement of the crowd, and even sets off turbulent waves because of it.

Hearing that there are so many treasures and jade objects, who can't help but think crookedly? But everyone knows very well in their hearts that the Fuxi clan is a giant beast, and no matter how much treasure and wealth they obtain, they can't get their hands on it with their own strength, and they can't even see it.

The only hope is in someone, and everyone knows the identity of a certain person to some extent, when his grandfather was in Jizhou, even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, he could hear some news more or less! If someone can fall out with the Fuxi clan, the opportunity will come.

In ancient times, it was a thousand-year-old fox who could become the leader of a tribe, and they soon smelled blood.

Gao Xin took a group of old foxes to find Juan Zhang's younger brother Wu Hui, "After Chongli, return to Huozheng for Zhurong."

To put it bluntly, it is we who make you emperor. At that time, there was no such title as an emperor, and Gao Xin said to Wu Hui: "You are the sun in the sky." The other tribal leaders said that they were leaving, or that they were on fire. On Geng Yin's day, Wu Hui, instigated by the Gao Xin clan and a group of old foxes, staged a mutiny and killed his brother Juan Zhang, on the grounds that he had let the Gonggong clan go.

With the support of everyone, Wu Hui became the new emperor, like the sun in the sky.

After the establishment of the new emperor, a very important task was to clear the remnants of the old emperor, Gao Xin and the old fox took the opportunity to loot the treasure and jade wealth, of course, the most important thing was food and transportation, including ships and vehicles (Xuanyuan) and livestock, and then fled overnight, fleeing back to the north, leaving chicken feathers everywhere.

The elite forces in the north have pursued the Gonggong clan to the south, and the Gaoxin clan is enough to dominate the entire north. Although Wu Hui seized power, it was only confined to the south, and from the perspective of the pattern alone, it was far from being comparable to the emperor, and it also took a lot of energy to deal with the chaos caused by the seizure of power.

Source: Tao Tao Tan Yi

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