Today, China story network editor brings you the story of Dayi shooting the sun. I hope it can help you.
Now people often say “pit father”. This kind of situation was often seen in previous years, but have you ever heard of “pit son”? Today, let’s watch a story about killing our son.
Let’s start with a story that everyone is familiar with, that is, Hou Yi shot the sun. The legend happened in the period of the three emperors and five emperors. Emperor Yao was the Lord of China at that time. Ten days rose in the sky and dried all the crops planted, resulting in people having nothing to eat. The six fierce beasts on the earth made trouble, ate when they saw people, and caused chaos in China, so Emperor Yao asked the warrior and marksman Yi at that time to calm the disaster. So Yi killed six fierce beasts and shot down nine suns with a bow and arrow, making the sky return to its previous appearance. The shot sun fell on the ground and became mount wojiao.
First of all, it should be explained that Hou Yi shooting at the sun should be Da Yi shooting at the sun. In ancient books, Yi and Hou Yi are two people. Yi first appeared in the book of mountains and seas. People call it big Yi, and then Yi is also called Yi Yi. It is the leader of a poor country in the east of the Xia Dynasty. Because both of them are brave and good at shooting, there is much confusion.
The story of shooting the sun was first recorded in the book of mountains and seas, and occurred during the reign of Emperor Yao, so the protagonist of shooting the sun should be Dayi. Some friends may ask, why can’t you find the story of Dayi shooting the sun in the book of mountains and seas? That’s because the current version of the book of mountains and seas is a version that has been lost and sorted out many times, and many contents are different from the ancient version. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, some books quoted the story of Dayi shooting the sun in the book of mountains and seas, which can be seen in the early version of the book.
So what is the relationship between Da Yi shooting the sun and Keng son? Listen to me slowly. Ten days is actually ten brothers. Their origins are recorded in the great wilderness South Sutra as “beyond the East and South China seas, between Gan Shui, there is a country of Xihe, and a woman named Xihe, who bathed in Gan yuan. Xihe, the wife of emperor Jun, gave birth to ten days.” That is to say, ten days is the son of emperor Jun.
We won’t say what emperor Jun is. Anyway, we can’t say it clearly, but from his title of “father of gods”, we can see how powerful he is. Naturally, his children are not mortals, so it goes without saying that the status of ten days is high. But why did Da Yi dare to shoot down nine of the Suns, not to mention the sun is so far away from the earth, and it is not an ordinary thing, how can it shoot down? The reason why Dayi dared to do it and was able to do it was inseparable from emperor Jun.
In the “haineijing”, there is a paragraph recording that “a little life is like a bow and arrow. The emperor Jun gave Yi Tong a bow and arrow to help him go to the country, and Yi began to overcome the difficulties of going to the earth.” After reading this paragraph, do you feel that everything is suddenly bright? Why did Dayi dare to shoot the sun? Because emperor Jun asked him to help the people on the earth. After ten days of chaos, the people were unable to make a living, so they had no choice but to convince the public. I’m sorry for emperor Jun’s entrustment. The bow and arrow in Dayi’s hand was also given by Emperor Jun. naturally, it is not an ordinary thing. It is estimated that emperor Jun also saw the chaos of human beings and gods in the world at that time, and was afraid that evil gods would harm the world, so he gave Da Yi such a set of bows and arrows that could kill the gods of heaven. As a result, Da Yi used this set of bows and arrows to stab emperor Jun’s son.
Think about whether emperor Jun’s behavior is to pit his son. If it weren’t for his backing, Dayi wouldn’t dare to shoot the sun. Of course, it is possible that Dayi is a bold man, who would rather take his own life to make the world live a good life, so it is possible that this kind of thing can happen whether emperor Jun is his backstage or not. However, no matter how much Dayi sacrificed himself for others, if there was no Tong Gongsu given by Emperor Jun, he could not shoot the sun with ordinary bows and arrows, and the end of the story would change. Therefore, this practice of emperor Jun was completely in the pit of his son, and it was not an ordinary pit. Nine of his and Xihe’s ten sons were killed at once.
In fact, even if emperor Jun asked Dayi to “help the country”, Dayi still took a lot of risks in doing so. What if emperor Jun turns over in anger and doesn’t recognize someone? Just imagine that today, the leader asked you to look at your son a little, but this young master committed all kinds of crimes. What can you do, let alone shoot to death? You dare not teach a few words of a lesson. Of course, now is a society ruled by law, and you can’t do it privately, but dare you call the police. Therefore, the reason why the story of Dayi shooting the sun is widely publicized is that the story itself reflects the spirit of fighting against natural disasters and Dayi’s spirit of fearing power and serving the people wholeheartedly.
Many people have always had a question about this story, that is, the reason why ten suns rise together. If the ten suns didn’t work properly according to the schedule, they had to make trouble and died. What caused the chaos of the ten day working hours? According to folklore, there are ten suns, and nine of them stay on the Fusang tree every ten days. They are very bored, so they run out to play together as the son of emperor Jun, regardless of the rules of heaven, so they suffer this catastrophe. This statement is very popular, but it won’t be recognized by most people. After all, there are more sun, moon and stars in the sky. Who do you see sneaking out to play. The brother of the 10th day, that is, the twelve sons of emperor Jun and Chang Xi, in December, he was honest for 11 months of the year, and he didn’t see any story of December.
Another explanation is that it is related to Emperor Zhuanxu. In the “overseas East Sutra”, it is recorded that “there are Fusang trees on the Tanggu, bathed in the north of Heichi for ten days. In the water, there are big trees, living in the lower branch for nine days, and living in the upper branch for one day.” Whether in the sky or not, the 10th day is actually on the hibiscus tree. The day on the upper branch of the hibiscus tree is the sun that goes to work that day. It can be seen that Fusarium takes root in the earth and grows to the sky. In the period of emperor Zhuanxu, there was absolutely no connection between heaven and earth, so it was natural to destroy all kinds of channels that could connect heaven and earth. Fusang tree, as one of the channels, was also doomed. The hibiscus tree was put down, and there was no place to live for ten days. It could only hover in the sky, so there was a scene of ten days rising together. Of course, this is just a guess with a big brain hole. Just have a look.
The prototype of the story of Dayi shooting the sun should be in the Xia Dynasty. The Bamboo Annals records that “Hou Lin ascended the throne and lived in the West River. There are demons in the sky, and ten suns rise simultaneously”, that is to say, there was a phenomenon of ten suns rising simultaneously in the Houyi period, and Hou Yi was a brave monarch who was good at shooting in the Xia Dynasty, so the possibility of combining two into one and turning into a fairy story is not unknown, After all, myth fusion is a major feature of Chinese mythology.
There is also a saying that Hou Yi, the leader of a poor country, was an ambitious man. He had long wanted to replace Hou Qi, but he didn’t expect to die before raising a flag to rebel. Tai Kang, the son of Hou Qi, succeeded to the throne, but Tai Kang was a confused king who only knew to eat, drink and have fun, which was unpopular with the people. Hou Yi saw that the time was right, so he set up a rebellion and killed Taikang. However, the foundation of the Xia Dynasty was still there. Hou Yi did not claim to be the emperor. He made Zhongkang, the younger brother of Taikang, king, and drove the latter son of Zhongkang out of the palace. He was the sole ruler of the court. Hou Yi was afraid that Xiang would secretly start an accident outside, so he sent someone to shoot Xiang. This event was recorded as Yi shooting Xiang. As a result, Xiang gradually became ten days in the process of copying, and the story of Hou Yi shooting for ten days appeared.
Several statements are reasonable. After all, even King Wen of Zhou has been recorded in the book of mountains and seas. It can be seen that during the period from the Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, it is entirely possible to take the events of the Xia Dynasty as the prototype to change the myth.
That’s all for the story of Keng son in the fairy tale. The theory of keng’er is just gossip, and the prototype of the story is only textual research. I hope you will pay attention to the ideological spirit embodied in the story itself, which is the spiritual heritage of the Chinese nation and should not be lost on our generation. Disclaimer: the above content originates from the network, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.