How to Know the Ancient Mythology 5, How to Know the Ancient Mythology

The Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an important ancient book of pre-Qin China, and it is also the oldest strange book rich in myths and legends. The author of the book is unknown, but modern scholars believe that it was clearly not written at the time of the book and was not written by a single author. [1-2]

There are a total of 18 volumes of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, including 5 volumes of the Classic of Mountains and 13 volumes of the Classic of the Sea, and the age of each volume is uncertain, of which 14 volumes are works of the Warring States period and 4 volumes are works of the early years of the Western Han Dynasty[1].

The content of the Classic of Mountains and Seas is mainly the geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Daoli, people, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors, etc. It preserves a lot of popular ancient myths, legends and fables, including Kuafu's day-by-day, Nuwa's mending the sky, Jingwei reclamation, Dayu's water control and other related contents. The Classic of Mountains and Seas has extraordinary documentary value, and has references for the study of ancient Chinese history, geography, culture, Chinese and foreign transportation, folk customs, mythology, etc.

The mineral record is the earliest relevant document in the world. [1-2]

The version of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is complex, and the earliest version can be seen as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" by Jin Guopu. However, the title of the book "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is mentioned in the "Historical Records", and the earliest book included is "Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles". As for its real author, the predecessors believe that it is Yu and Boyi, and it was edited by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin in the Western Han Dynasty to form a hand-me-down book, and modern scholars believe that the specific age and author of the book can no longer be verified, but it is not written at one time.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas has a great influence and is also highly valued by the international sinology community, and ancient and modern scholars have different understandings of the nature of its content, such as Sima Qian's blunt statement that its content "does not dare to speak", such as Lu Xun's belief that "the book of witches and scholars". Most scholars now believe that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is an early and valuable work of geography. [1]

You are looking at the yy** written by modern people, hehe, it can't be really nonsense, mythology depends on what the ancients wrote, for example, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, "Water Scripture Note", "Shangshu", "Shiji", "Li Ji", "Chu Ci", "Lü's Spring and Autumn", "Chinese", "Zuo Chuan", "Huainanzi", etc., referring to some legends around the world.

It's true that modern people make it up, but aren't all myths made up by people?

Refers to the myths and legends of China from before the Xia Dynasty to ancient times, while ancient myths in the narrow sense include myths from the Xia Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. Because there is no direct written record of the time in ancient times, the events or people that occurred at that time generally cannot be directly verified. These events and characters also tend to be mythological.

Ancient mythology was created by primitive ancestors in social practice, and its content involves all aspects of the natural environment and social life, including both the origin of the world and the fate of human beings, and strives to show people "the educational image of nature and human destiny". Ancient mythology still has a literary charm in later generations, and at the same time, it has also inspired later generations of literary creation.

Ancient mythology is undoubtedly the earliest of all literary forms in ancient Chinese literature from the time of its origin, but it has continued to influence many aspects of ancient Chinese literature. In pre-Qin literature alone, the ancient books of the pre-Qin period, such as the Book of Songs, Zuo Chuan, and Zhuangzi, record a relatively rich amount of ancient myths, as well as the transformation and development of mythological content.

For example, in the Book of Songs, the representative of the Zhou tribal epic "Daya Shengmin", and the Shang tribal epic "Shang Song Xuanniao" have a strong mythological color, which contains the type of motif in the tribal origin myth. For example, in the book "Zhuangzi", there are also many evolutions of ancient gods, such as the change of Kunpeng and the Yellow Emperor's relics, which are all deformations on the basis of ancient mythology. The thinking method and thematic content of "Ancient Mythology" are the forerunners of later literature.

Yes, it is generally a messenger of God, or a low-level god, for example, in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", many mountain gods are human head dragon body or dragon head human body, Nuwa and Fuxi are human head dragon body, the Yellow Emperor is a dragon to the sky, Xia Yu also encountered two yellow dragons fighting when he was sailing on the Yangtze River, Xia Yu has a divine beast called Ying Long, who once helped Xia Yu dig famous mountains and rivers, and fought with Wuzhi Qi, and made great contributions to water control. When the Yellow Emperor and Chi You were fighting, he once cut off Kui's feet as drumsticks, which is also a kind of dragon.

The dragon is a kind of good change in Chinese mythology, can make clouds and rain, and benefit all things. It can also make clouds and rain, for the length of the scales, the head of the four spirits (dragon, phoenix, unicorn, turtle), and later become a symbol of imperial power, the emperors of all dynasties have proclaimed themselves dragons, and the use of utensils is also decorated with dragons. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" records that Xia Houqi, Bei Harvest, Jumang, etc. all "ride the rain dragon".

There are also secretaries "颛顼 (zhuān xū) ride the dragon to the four seas" and "emperor 喾 spring and summer ride the dragon". The predecessors divided the dragon into four types: the scaly one was called the dragon; Those with wings are called Ying Long; The horned one is called the dragon, and the hornless one is called the hornless.

For thousands of years, the dragon has penetrated the culture of Chinese society, in addition to spreading and inheriting in the land of China, it has also been brought to the world by the Chinese who have traveled overseas. As a result, "the descendants of the dragon" and "the kingdom of the dragon" have also gained worldwide recognition. The dragon is the representative of the Chinese nation!

It is a symbol of China!

1.The mythical animals in ancient legends in our country have long bodies, scales, horns, feet, can walk, fly, swim, and make clouds and rain.

2.The dragon is the fifth in the traditional Chinese zodiac. The dragon, together with the phoenix, the unicorn and the turtle, is called the "Four Rui Beasts".

There are also many classics and historical books that mention the "four rui beasts" are: Qiqi, Ju, Pi, and Qiyi. The green dragon and the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu are the four symbols of Chinese astronomy.

3.A winged animal in Western mythology. See Western Dragon.

4.One of the eight divisions of the Heavenly Dragon in Buddhism, naga

The dragon should be born at the beginning of the world, the dragon is also a big overlord in the world in ancient times, leading countless divine beasts in the world, the dragon itself is also a special existence, the dragon is in the phoenix, the unicorn is the three super divine beasts of the wilderness, and the dragon is in the first place.

Yes, the Yellow Emperor's Ying Long, it's good to play.

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In the ancient mythological works of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the earliest ones were Pangu, Nuwa, Gonggong, and Zhurong, which were the ancestors of heaven and earth.

The Yanhuang god system is the god system of the Central Plains, we are familiar with it, and there are some that we are not familiar with, such as with the main god in charge of the east Di Jun, and his wife and children, Hou Yi shot the sun, and the golden black bird (sun) shot down is the ten sons of Di Jun's wife Xihe, Di Jun and his wife Chang Yi, gave birth to ten moons.

In addition, the Classic of Mountains and Seas also describes gods that are similar to foreign beasts, such as Dijiang, who is good at singing and dancing but has no face, has four wings, and the god of the wind, etc., as well as various magical plants, remember that there is a kind of pear, which can be eaten with different knives to produce different flavors.