Five thousand years ago, there were many clan tribes living in the Yangtze River and the Yellow River Basin. The strongest tribes belonged to the Yandi and Huangdi tribes. We now call ourselves "Descendants of Yan and Huang" for this reason. However, as the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese civilization, in fact, besides Huangdi Yandi, there is also a Chiyou; the period of their existence is called the ancient period, and it is also called the age of mythology. The representative sites are Liangzhu Cultural Site and Yangshao Cultural Site.
Compared with Emperor Yan and Huang, Chi You has almost no sense of existence, which is unfair. The most documented story is that he was defeated by the two Emperors of Yan and Huang. As for his achievements, he has only a few records. However, after careful research, it is not difficult to find that Chi You's achievements are far above the two Emperors of Yan and Huang, and he is not a foolish man. .
"Chi You comes from amniotic fluid, the eight brachial and eight toes are sparsely headed, ascends Jiu Nao to cut the empty mulberry, and the Yellow Emperor kills it in the Qingqiu." — "Return to Tibet·Qixie"
Biography:
Chi You, the leader of the tribal alliance of the Jiuli clan in ancient times, brave and good at war. Legend has it that he is the leader of the Niu Totem and Bird Totem clan. He has eighty-one brothers (about 81 clan tribes), and all of them are extraordinary. He led the Jiuli tribe in this area of the Central Plains to cultivate agriculture, smelt copper and iron, make five soldiers, create a hundred arts, tomorrow's Tao, and educate them, and made outstanding contributions to the formation of early Chinese civilization. The area at the junction of Henan, Shandong and Hebei is called the "Capital of Jiuli". There are the remains of Chiyou Tomb, Huangdiquan (Banquan), Chiyou Sanzhai, Chiyouquan, Bagua Village, Dingchetai, Chiyou Blood-stained Mountain, Earth Pagoda, Upper and Lower Seven Flags, Qiaoshan, etc. in Zhuolu County, Hebei Province. He once fought Yandi and later defeated Yandi. Therefore, Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang joined forces to fight against Chiyou. Chi You led eighty-one brothers and Huangdi in a fierce battle in Zhuolu, but was defeated and killed.
"Chi You made an army to attack the Yellow Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor ordered Yinglong to fight. The two sides fought in the field of Jizhou, Chi You was defeated and killed." — "Shan Hai Jing·Great Wilderness Northern Jing"
The creator of metal smelting:
In terms of metal smelting, Chi You used gold as a weapon and was the earliest inventor of metal smelting in history. This behavior has driven the entire society, even The development of the productivity of the entire nation has epoch-making significance, marking the progress of human society and productivity, and also heralding the prosperity of this tribe or nation.
Metal smelting promoted the development of social productivity at that time, but also brought wars, so Chi You also has other names such as "lord of war" and "god of war". Today, the bronze, iron, and even swords, guns, swords and halberds unearthed across the country, if there is no smelting technology created by Chi You and him, then the level of civilization will not be delayed for many years, and these wonderful vessels will not be born. Even today, when science and technology are so advanced, metal smelting has always occupied a very high position in our social development. It can even be said that if there is no metal smelting, there is no current science and technology.
"Building a scepter, a halberd, a crossbow, and a grandiose crossbow"-"Historical Records of the Five Emperors" justice quoted "Dragon Fish River Picture"
法制部落The first person:
In ancient times, Chi You also pioneered laws and regulations and implemented criminal laws. He used laws and other systems to restrain the tribe and governed his tribe in an orderly manner. When the Yellow Emperor saw it, he followed Chi You's criminal law to manage his tribe, so he was the first person and creator of the legal tribe. Pei Qi would say in his "Collections of Historical Records": "Chi You, the ancient emperor". Even now, we are still advancing according to the strategy of ruling the country by law. From this perspective, Chi You's credit has actually lasted forever.
"Chi You imposes punishment on the Miao people."-"Zhou Shu·Lu Xing"
Reason for failure:
A word that has been handed down so farAt the same time, there is another saying: history books are all written by victors. So why did such an outstanding Chi You gradually decline in the later period, it is precisely for this reason. In fact, the relationship between him and Emperor Yan is even more convoluted, and there are various theories circulating.
One theory is that Chi You is Yan Emperor’s courtier, but there were some conflicts, and then he chose to rise up and defeat Yan Emperor; another theory believes that Chi You, especially the descendants of Yan Emperor, belong to the same tribe, both of them are patriarchs or Is the leader. There is also a third theory that Chi You and Yan Di are the same person, because "Banquan" in the battle between Yan and Huangdi and "Zhuolu" in the battle of Huangdi Chi You are actually the same place, and the tribes use cows as totems. The coincidence overlaps can't help but make people reverie.
has one thing in common in these statements, that is, Chi You and Yan Di were together at first, even if they were not together, they had worked together, or simply the same person; after generation after generation, people were selective Ignoring Chi You (defeated), maybe this is one of the reasons.
"Xuanyuan went to Chiyou to kill the people who moved the benevolent people to the land of Zou Tu, and the evil ones to the township of the north. First, they were divided into the Zou clan and then the Zou clan." —"Supplementary Notes"
Postscript:
Anyway, people are not so concerned about Chi You's existence, but at least we know that there is his existence; Covered by history, after all, he is also an indispensable part of our Chinese civilization. He is the descendant of Yanhuang and Huangqi, rather than the descendant of Chiyou, and I believe history will not let us forget him.
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