Chinese sons and daughters take Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang as their ancestors, and we are all "descendants of Yan and Huang".

However, as you know, Emperor Yan was once a defeated general under the Yellow Emperor, so why was the defeated Emperor Yan before the Yellow Emperor?

Yandi and Huangdi

"Book of Songs" has a cloud: "Brothers are in the wall, and they are humiliated outside." This sentence is very suitable for Emperor Yan and Huangdi.

Both the Yandi tribe and the Yellow Emperor tribe lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. They were brother tribes. The Yandi tribe had a longer history. Therefore, Yandi was the elder brother and the Yellow Emperor was the younger brother .

The Yandi Shennong clan has tasted all kinds of herbs, tried seventy-two poisons, planted grains, and updated production tools. The Yandi tribe first started farming and became the most civilized tribe.

Huangdi Xuanyuan, with a clever mind, is good at invention and creation. He first started to use linen to make clothes, build houses, invent music, and study medicine. It is said that the "Huangdi Neijing" was compiled by Huangdi.

Cangjie, the historian of the Yellow Emperor, was inspired by all things in heaven and earth to create Chinese characters.

Yandi and Huangdi faced a common enemy, the Jiuli tribe living in the southeast, and the leader of the tribe was Chiyou.

Chiyou is the leader of the Jiuli tribe in the southeast.

Although the Yandi tribe has a long history and a high level of civilization, it cannot use force. Although the Yellow Emperor tribe was backward in farming, it was advanced in military force. So, Yandi and Huangdi brothers joined forces to defeat Chiyou.

Yandi and Huangdi became strategic partners, and the Yanhuang Alliance became the strongest voice in that era. Of course, the Yandi tribe is strong and has a long history, so the name of Yandi comes first.

Yanhuang tribe

The two brothers can jointly defend against foreign invasions, but when the common enemy has been defeated, how will the two leaders get along next?

Emperor Yan had a gentle temperament, while Emperor Huang was brave and resolute. They were all leaders of that era. Perhaps, the two of them cherished each other and thought about living in peace and building a beautiful hometown together.

However, one of the Yandi tribe and the Huangdi tribe advocated farming and the other was nomadic. Their living habits were very different, and there was basically no cultural identity. After a long time, it was inevitable that they would fight.

Moreover, in ancient times, resources were limited, and one mountain could not hold two tigers, and the tribes of Emperor Yan and Huangdi were also involved in war.

Later, Emperor Yan was defeated, and Emperor Yan's tribe belonged to the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor named the new tribe the Yanhuang tribe. This is very strange, why did the Yellow Emperor put the name of the defeated Yan Emperor in front of it?

Some people say that it was because of the kindness of the Yellow Emperor and his gratitude for the great kindness of Emperor Yan. In fact, the main reason is that the Yellow Emperor accepted the advanced farming culture of the Yandi tribe.

After all, if they can have a stable life and obtain food from the land, no one wants to be displaced and leave their hometowns.

The Yellow Emperor inspired the Sifang tribes with advanced civilization, gradually gathered the Sifang, expanded the influence of the Central Plains culture, and established the unified situation of the Chinese nation.

As the defeated party, Emperor Yan did not start the war again, but retreated to continue to study Chinese herbal medicine, cure diseases for a long time, and carry forward the culture of Chinese medicine. He was also highly praised by that era, including Huangdi himself.

Although it is said that the brothers will "fight against the wall" and meet each other on the battlefield, but their original intention is for the peace of the world, so they have also reached a unity on another level.

From then on, the name of the Yanhuang tribe was determined and passed down from generation to generation.

However, although there is the name of the Yanhuang tribe, the phrase "the descendants of Yanhuang" has never appeared. Why is this? Descendants of Yan and Huang

Later, Yao, Shun, Yu and Zhou Tianzi claimed to be the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, and most of the feudal dynasties in later generations also regarded the Yellow Emperor as their ancestors. However, Emperor Yan did not disappear in history either. According to historical records, both Liao and Khitan claimed to be descendants of Emperor Yan.

In any case, the names of Huangdi and Yandi were separated in the long feudal dynasty, and the name of Huangdi was louder than that of Yandi.

Moreover, in the feudal dynasties, the concept of family and ethnicity was very important, and the saying that "non-ethnic people must have different hearts" was rampant, and "barbarians" also contained a derogatory color.

Especially under the rule of the two ethnic minorities, the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the status of the Mongolians and the Manchus was much higher than that of the Han people, and the concept of the great unity of the Chinese nation was not formed.

Therefore, in the feudal dynasties, only the Yanhuang tribe was heard and there were no descendants of Yanhuang.

The time has come to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. The Chinese nation is facing internal and external troubles, the Qing government is pedantic and incompetent, the Western powers dream of dividing up China, and China is about to fall into the enemy's hands.

The revolutionaries represented by Sun Yat-sen shouted "Expel the Tartars and restore China", hoping to arouse the revolutionary enthusiasm of the people and save the declining Chinese nation.

It's just that "Taru" refers to the Manchu government, with some ethnic hatred. Later, some people said that "China is all descendants of the Yellow Emperor". In the face of such internal and external troubles, there should be no more national hatred.

At this time, China is facing the danger of national subjugation and genocide, and the Chinese nation needs to unite to defend against foreign enemies.

And some ethnic minorities claim to be the descendants of "Emperor Yan". Obviously, "Descendants of the Yellow Emperor" cannot gather all the power.

Therefore, the "Yanhuang tribe" was borrowed, and the title "Yanhuang descendants" was ready to come out.

No matter what nationality you are, no matter where you are, as long as you or your ancestors once lived on the land of China, we are all "descendants of Yan and Huang" and have the obligation to protect our homeland.

It is this way of saying that the Chinese nation is no longer divided into ethnic groups, but united unprecedentedly, worked together, fought together, and spent the most difficult years.

Today, 56 ethnic groups belong to one family. We are all "descendants of Yan and Huang", all sons and daughters of China, and we are all contributing to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Epilogue

Although Emperor Yan was defeated in the war, Emperor Yan was lost to future generations.

Although the Yellow Emperor won the war, he respected his predecessors, carried on the past and forged ahead, and listed Emperor Yan above himself.

The Chinese nation values ​​peace, and although the winner is king, the loser is not necessarily a bandit.

Emperor Yan and Yellow Emperor are our ancestors, and together they created a great civilization.