1. The dragon in Zhou Yi
"Qian": Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen.
Chu 9: Hidden Dragon, don't use it.
Ninety-two: See the dragon in the field, see the lord.
Ninety-three: A gentleman is dry all day long, and the evening is like a good day. Blameless.
Nine-Four: Or jump in the abyss, no blame.
Ninety-five: The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is good to see the lord.
Upper Nine: Dragon, regret.
Use Nine: See the dragons leaderless, Ji.
The first gua of "Zhou Yi", Qiangua, is all about dragons.
According to modern academic research, it is generally believed that the Zhou Yi (64 卦和卦言) was composed by the Zhou people at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the heavy gua was written by King Wen, and the gua yan ci was composed by the Duke of Zhou. The people, things, and things described in the Zhou Yi text are real.
2. Dragons in hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs, also known as ideographs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Sumerian, Ancient Indian, and Chinese oracle bones, were independently derived from the simplest drawings and patterns of primitive societies. About 5,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians invented hieroglyphs, which are both slow to write and difficult to understand. Chinese hieroglyphs are the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation - a inheritance of the original way of recording things by the ancestors, and it is also the most vivid and well-preserved script that has evolved so far.
Hieroglyphs refer to the pure use of graphics for the use of words, and these words are very similar in shape to what they represent. In general, hieroglyphs are the earliest words produced. Use the lines or strokes of the text to specifically outline the physical characteristics of the object to be expressed.
Hieroglyphs come from pictorial characters, which is the most primitive method of word creation, and the nature of pictures is weakened and the symbolic nature is enhanced. Egyptian hieroglyphs, Sumerian, and Ancient Indian, as well as Chinese oracle bones and stone inscriptions, were independently derived from the simplest drawings and patterns of primitive society.
The Chinese oracle bone hieroglyph "moon" character resembles the shape of a curved moon, "turtle" (especially the traditional [turtle]) character resembles the side shape of a turtle, the word "horse" is a horse with a hyena and four legs, "fish" is a swimming fish with a fish head, fish body, and fish tail, "艹" (the original character of grass) is two bundles of grass, and the word "door" (traditional [door] is more like) is the shape of the left and right doors. The word "wine" is like a bottle without wine, and the word "day" is like a circle with a point in the middle, much like the form that people see when they look directly at the sun.
It is worth saying that the original Chinese script belongs to hieroglyphs, and although Chinese characters still retain the characteristics of hieroglyphs, after thousands of years of evolution, they have been far from the original image, so they do not belong to hieroglyphs, but belong to the morpheme script of the ideographic system. In addition, the "head font" and "geometry" of the Mayan script are also the same.
Dragons, hieroglyphs. Oracle, dragon-like. Original meaning: In ancient legends, a kind of divine animal with scales and whiskers can make clouds and rain. "Explanation of Words": Dragons, the length of scales. Can be subtle and bright, can be thin and huge, can be short and long. The spring equinox ascends to the sky, and the autumn equinox dives into the abyss.
The word "dragon" was first seen in oracle bones. The word "dragon" in the oracle bone is the shape of the body of the beast's head and snake. Since then, the evolution of golden script, seal body, and traditional dragon characters has an obvious law, and the dragon head and dragon body have become complicated.
3. Dragons in archaeological relics
In 1987, the mussel dragon, known as the first dragon in China, was unearthed on the west slope of the old city of Puyang
The "First Dragon of China" is a burial item from the tombs of the Yangshao period (the era of doubt, the representative figure of this period is the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors"), and at the same time, tigers were unearthed. Both the dragon and the tiger are made of mussel shells, and the owner of the tomb is a 1. The 79-meter Sensen white bone lying between the dragon and the tiger is most likely the jaw. What is even more puzzling is that the Yellow Emperor's "ascension to heaven by dragon", the oldest legend in China, was confirmed by the "ascension to heaven by dragon" mussel shell sculpture excavated at the tomb——— "ascending to heaven by dragon" is a legend, but it is a true reflection of history.
Fourth, the last living dragon
Emperor Kongjia took the throne in the year of Nongyin, specializing in the affairs of ghosts and gods, not in the palace court, not in the moral government, the princes of the world rebelled, and the table cloud pieces were played, but they should not know. The courtiers did not listen. Two dragons, one female and one male, fell outside the gate in one day. The emperor asked yu, "The second dragon descended from heaven,
Kong Jia raises dragons
What's so sinister about this? The left side of a minister named Cai Shi, out of the class: "The second dragon descending from heaven does not rise, it is a sign of auspicious rui." His Majesty decreed that those who could be nourished would be given to him and to be raised by him. "The emperor is playing, that is, the will, summoning those who can raise dragons." Deng Yun, a minister named Deng Yun, was named Deng Yun in the right class, and he said: "There are those who are tired of Liu, and they can be good at raising them." The emperor said, "How did the secretary know?" Deng Yunyue said: "In the past, there was a Jin Uncle An who was very good at dragons, and every time he asked for his appetite for food, the dragons returned to many places, and they were soft and easy to make." Emperor Wu gave him the surname Dong (東氏) and the title of Marquis of Chuan. Later, Liu Lei was raised in the Dong clan, and the subject knew that he could raise him. "The emperor heard the great joy, and immediately sent Xuan Liu to enter the dynasty. Liu Lei summoned him to worship the steps, and the emperor said: "Today, the second dragon does not rise, it is necessary to raise animals to wait for him to go away, and the courtiers recommend that Ru be able to raise, so summon Ru to this place, and take the fruit to be raised?" Liu Lei said: "Chenguo can be nourished by his hobby." "Di Xi, ordered to be taken to raise."
Liu Lei immediately went out of the dynasty, distributed his men, and carried the dragon to his home for breeding. Personally blend your diet on weekdays. Always eat delicious food in KongJia. Kong Jia was very happy, and his reward was very generous. One day, its female dragon died suddenly, and she was tired of sneaking up on this dragon and blending and cooking. Kong Jia eats it, and its taste is sweet, that is, it is sealed as the Royal Dragon Marquis. Then he entered the Pilgrimage. One day, Kong Jia thought about the taste of the former food, and ordered the tired male and female dragons to enter again. The accumulation of the will is terrible, thinking that the dead can be drunk, how dare the living go close and kill them. I had to say two idle words, and the envoys went, so they fled overnight in Lushan, Henan, Lu County.
When the envoys saw Liu Lei fleeing, they echoed Kong Jia and said that Liu Lei had fled abroad. Kong Jia was furious and ordered three hundred samurai to go to the dragon pond to catch the dragon and kill it. The samurai took the command, went to the dragon pond, and drained the pool water. He was about to catch the dragon, but he didn't know that the dragon was a spiritual creature, and when he saw that the water had dried up, he turned over and shook it, and swept three hundred samurai into the pool. Suddenly, the sky was dark, the rain was pouring down, and the dragon was soaring away. Three hundred samurai, poor to death. The imperial capital also poured heavy rain, thunder and lightning for three days, drifted away countless houses, and the flat land was more than deep.
The envoys played three hundred samurai, all of whom died in the Yanglong Pond. Kong Jia was horrified, so he fell ill and collapsed every day. He reigned for thirty-one years and lived for sixty years.
The dragon breeding is the last record of the dragon's life.
V. Confucius's description of the dragon
Confucius saw Laozi three times, the second time in the 24th year of the Spring and Autumn Zhao Gong (518 BC), in the Zhou capital Luoyi (present-day Luoyang). The Chronicle of Lao Tzu Han Fei Lie reads: "Confucius shi zhou, will ask Lao Tzu for the gift. Lao Tzu said: 'He who says what the Son speaks, his man and his bones are decayed, and his words are in his ears.' And when a gentleman gets it, he drives, and when he can't, he walks tiredly. I have heard that the good man is deeply hidden, the gentleman is virtuous, and the appearance is foolish. To remove the pride and lust of the Son, to the disposition and lust, is not beneficial to the body of the Son. So I sued my son, if only. Confucius went and said to his disciples, "Birds, I know that they can fly; fish, I know that they can swim; beasts, I know that they can walk." The walker can be reckless, the wanderer can be lun, and the flyer can be a ya. As for the dragon, I cannot know that it has ascended to heaven by the wind and clouds. I see Lao Tzu today, and he is evil! ’ ”
VI. The Records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas
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The Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Great Wilderness Sutra: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of chishui, there is Zhangwei Mountain." There is a god, a man with a serpent's face and a red body, his eyes straight, his eyes obscuring, his vision being clear. No food, no sleep, wind and rain are gurudwara. It is the nine yin of candles, and it is called the candle dragon. And the "Overseas Scripture": "The god of the bell mountain, known as the candle yin, is regarded as day, sleep as night, blowing for winter, calling for summer, not drinking, not eating, not breathing, breathing for the wind; thousands of miles long, in the east of the dawn, it is a thing, a human face, a snake body, red, living under the bell mountain." ”
Ying Long:
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Great Wilderness of the East Classic": "The dragon should be in the south pole, and the killing of the clams is especially with the father of the quack, and must not be restored." Therefore, if there is a drought, the drought will be like a dragon, and it will rain heavily. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Great Wilderness of the North Classic": "Ying Long has killed You, and he has killed his father, but he went to the south, so the south is rainy." ”
Dragon:
"Mountains and Seas Through the Great Wilderness East Classic": "There are flowing slope mountains in the East China Sea, and seven thousand miles into the sea." There are beasts on it, shaped like cattle, with a body and no horns, one foot, and there will be wind and rain in and out of the water, and its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder, and its name is '夔'. The Yellow Emperor won it, with his skin as a drum, with the bones of a thunder beast, and heard for five hundred miles, to dominate the world. ”
Dragon:
The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Classic of Hai Nei: "When the carp dies, the three-year-old decays, and the dissection is made with a Wu knife and transformed into a yellow dragon." ”
Seven, about the extinction of animals on the earth
The great sea cow became extinct in 1768;
The dodo became extinct in 1681;
The moa became extinct around 1800;
The great auk became extinct in 1844;
Cape (Cape of Good Hope) lion extinct in 1865 (southernmost living, largest subspecies of lion)
Atlas brown bear became extinct in 1870 (the only brown bear and bear native to Africa);
The Antarctic wolf became extinct in 1875 (the canine family that lives in the southernmost part of the planet);
The American Maine sea ferret became extinct in 1880;
Jamaican hamsters became extinct in 1880 (regional extinction);
The Chinese white-rumped langur became extinct in 1882 (regional extinction);
The spotted donkey became extinct in 1883;
The Australian rabbit was extinct in 1890;
The Queensland hairy-nosed wombat became regionally extinct in 1900;
The Christmas Island tiger rat became extinct in 1900;
The O.M. bullet rat became extinct in 1901;
The white-footed Australian forest rat became extinct in 1902;
The Southern California cat fox became extinct in 1903;
The striped rabbit kangaroo (mainland Australia) became extinct in 1906 (regional extinction);
Alaskan Brown Bear
The possum became extinct in 1910;
The Eastern Possum became extinct in 1940;
The North American White Wolf (Newfoundland White Wolf) became extinct in 1911 (the only gray wolf with a pure white body);
The Carolina parrot bird became extinct in 1914
The passenger pigeon (North American passenger pigeon) became extinct in 1914 (billions became extinct in less than a century);
The Kenai mountain wolf became extinct in 1915 (the largest wolf subspecies);
The Florida Black Wolf became extinct in 1917;
The New Mexico wolf became extinct in 1920;
The Barbary lion became extinct in 1922;
Chinese rhinoceros became extinct in 1957 (regional extinction);
The Australian porpoise possum became extinct in 1926;
The Australian flower kangaroo became extinct in 1927;
The Giant Rabbit Possum became extinct in 1930;
The New South Wales white kangaroo became extinct in 1930;
The Balinese tiger became extinct in 1937 (the smallest tiger subspecies);
The Pakistani sand cat became extinct in 1940;
The Indian Asian cheetah became extinct in 1948 (regional extinction);
The Cascade brown wolf became extinct in 1950;
The Mexican Grizzly Bear became extinct in 1964;
The Texas Red Wolf became extinct in 1970;
The Taiwan clouded leopard became extinct in 1983;
Caspian tiger (West Asian tiger) became extinct in 1980;
The Javanese tiger became extinct in 1980;
The Guatemalan partridge became extinct in 1987;
The Canadian black-footed ferret became extinct in the 1990s (regional extinction);
The Eurasian mink became extinct around 1997.
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Not having seen it does not mean that there is not, so the Chinese dragon is an absolutely existent creature, otherwise how to explain the dragons in our twelve genera.