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Chinese history began to be recorded in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, while the period before the Xia and Shang Dynasties was called the ancient times. How long the ancient times was is unknown, but many people now believe that the existence of the ancient times lacks clear records and evidence, so it can only be regarded as a legend. In ancient legends, the most famous is the three emperors and five emperors. However, there are many statements about the three emperors and five emperors, among which there are more than four statements about the five emperors, which shows how chaotic the records are.
There is more about the three emperors. In Sima Qian’s “historical records”, it records “the emperor of heaven, the emperor of earth, and the emperor of Thailand”; “Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong” are recorded in “Shangshu biography” and “Baihu Tongyi”; In “Taiping Yulan”, it is recorded as “emperor of heaven, emperor of earth and emperor of man”; “Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong” are recorded in “Customs Tongyi”; “Fuxi, Shennong, Huangdi” are recorded in “Emperor Century” and “ancient wechat”
Who are the three emperors of ancient China? In the book “pre Yin ancient history in oracle inscriptions” written by Li Yuanxing, he found the ancient history system of “Pangu ? queen mother ? three emperors ? Five Emperors” before the Xia Dynasty from the objects of Oracle sacrifice, which is at least a consensus and a historical cognitive system of people in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. There are 6 Pangu inscriptions found in the inscriptions, 1 offering sacrifices to the queen mother with a tiger, about 20 sacrificial ceremonies for the three emperors, about 40 single, double, complex and simple four style inscriptions for the three characters of “zanlie mountain”, and more than 100 articles for the Yellow Emperor, a total of about 190.
There are more than 40 pieces of single, double, complex and simple four forms of “zanlie mountain”, which is unique in oracle bone inscriptions, which fully shows that people in the Yin and Shang Dynasties were very familiar with the three emperors, so that they can express them clearly in any way. Then who are the three emperors? Although there are many sayings, basically every one has two figures, Fuxi and Shennong. There is no doubt that they are listed as the three emperors. In the Fuxi period, people progressed from consanguineous marriage to extraethnic marriage, which solved the problem of racial degradation caused by consanguineous marriage, and China gradually entered the paternal society from the matriarchal society. During the Shennong period, people learned to plant and breed, and from hunting and gathering in the past to farming, human society entered the era of agricultural civilization. Shennong’s “making Lei Lei, planting grains and tasting hundreds of herbs” created a real agriculture and medicine, and the Chinese ancestors moved towards a new stage of producing food with their own hands.
Therefore, there is no problem that Fuxi and Shennong are listed as the three emperors, but this third place is a little difficult; Some people say it is Nuwa, but Nuwa is the creation goddess of China and should be above the three emperors. Zhu Rong and Gonggong were figures after the Yan and Huang dynasties. From the original intention of the three emperors, the era of the three emperors should be earlier than that of the five emperors, that is, before the Xuanyuan family of the Yellow Emperor. Zhu Rong and Gonggong do not meet this condition and should also be excluded from the three emperors.
Then, the only person who is most suitable to be included in the three emperors is Suiren. It is most appropriate to list Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong as the three emperors. The inclusion of Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong as three emperors reflects three different stages of development in the primitive era of China. In the Sui people’s period, people learned to make fire manually, and their diet improved from raw food to cooked food, and people’s physique also improved accordingly.
In terms of human development, it is also the most reasonable to list Suiren, Fuxi and Shennong as the three emperors, because these three represent the three most important stages of human development in ancient times; Later, the five emperors, starting from the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, represented that China had gradually changed from a tribe to a society, and by the time of Dayu, it had begun to have a sense of country, which was the progress of Chinese civilization and the way of progress of human civilization. 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.