"Shan Hai Jing" is an ancient book, when was it written? Who wrote the book? What is the content of the book? There have always been different opinions, and there is no final conclusion. Some people say that Shan Hai Jing is about world geography, and more people think that Shan Hai Jing is about some myths and legends.
And there is such a story in "Shan Hai Jing": In the wilderness, there is a mountain named Riyue Mountain, which is also called Tianshu. Wu Yu Tianmen, where the sun and the moon enter. There is a god, but the human face has no arms, and the two feet belong to the top of the mountain. It is called boo. Zhuanxu gave birth to an old boy, and the old boy gave birth to Li Qiong again. The emperor ordered Chong to sacrifice to heaven and Li Qiong to go down to earth. Going down to the ground is a birth, located in the west pole, and travels in the order of the sun, the moon and the stars.
This story is actually the story of Emperor Zhuanxu's Jedi Tiantong. Since then, heaven and earth, gods and humans have performed their duties without interfering with each other.
Since there is a myth about Zhuanxu's Jedi reaching heaven, it means that there was a road between heaven and earth before this, so what is the road that leads to heaven? According to the "Shan Hai Jing", the first is mountains, the famous ones are Kunlun Mountain, Dengbao Mountain, Lingshan Mountain and Zhaoshan Mountain in the east of Huashan Qingshui; Once the mountains and trees are reached, people can climb to the sky, which means that people and "gods" can live together.
In this way, we can figure out the story clearly. In the earliest time, humans and "gods" lived together. It was not until Emperor Zhuanxu reached the top of heaven that humans and "gods" were distinguished. Gods and humans performed their duties and were independent of each other. put one's oar in.
Why is there such a fairy tale?
A thing does not happen for no reason, and the emergence of myths must have a background of the times. Let's take a look at this myth. In this myth, there is a very important character that is Emperor Zhuanxu. He is a mythical figure. , How did Emperor Zhuanxu appear?
In ancient mythology, Zhuanxu is not the only emperor of heaven, Huangdi, Nuwa, Yandi, Taihao, Shaohao, Dijun, Diyao, Diku, Dishun, Didanzhu, Diyu, these are all in the mythology. Heavenly Emperor, how did so many Heavenly Emperors arise? Inferred, it must be related to the chief hereditary system established by military leaders in the tribal alliance during the disintegration of the clan. The military leaders gradually expanded their power due to hereditary chieftainship and launching plundering wars, and there was not only one military leader in the tribal alliance mixed in the Central Plains at that time, reflected in the mythology, there were so many so-called emperors of heaven.
Now that we have found the source of the emergence of Emperor Zhuanxu, it is easier for us to understand the Jedi Tiantong. The productivity of the primitive society was low, and people lived a life of raw hair and blood. In this case, there was no class. Equal, at this time there is no difference between man and "god", but with the development of society, the primitive commune inevitably gradually disintegrated, a slavery society came into being, class divisions appeared, slave owners and slaves appeared, At the same time, slave owners also appeared to control the powerful institutions of slaves—the country. The former military chiefs also became kings and "gods", and they were also expressed as the supreme God in mythology, so the difference between "gods" and humans appeared. However, in order to rule people better, "gods" want to be "extremely powerful", so that people's ideology is bound, which is the so-called "foolish people".
Myths and legends can often reflect the social conditions at that time, and the appearance of the myth of "Jedi Tiantong" actually reflects the emergence of the exploiting class and the exploited class in human society.
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