The book is divided into ten tables, eight books, twelve biographies, thirty biographies and seventy biographies, which records the history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to the first year of Emperor Wudi's Yuanshou. It not only records the deeds and important historical events of important historical figures from all walks of life, but also involves important expositions on ritual and music system, astronomical military law, social economy, river and canal geography and so on.
Together with The History of the Later Han Dynasty, The History of the Later Han Dynasty and The History of the Three Kingdoms, they are called "the first four histories".
The son of Shaodian, Huangdi, was named Gongsun Xuanyuan. Born as a god, weak but able to speak, young but unbiased, long and sensitive, successful and smart.
At the time of Xuanyuan, Shennong declined. When a vassal invades and despots the people, Shennong can levy. Therefore, in order not to enjoy the levy, Xuanyuan was used to fighting, and the vassals and salty guests followed. Chiyou is the most violent, so you can't cut it.
Emperor Yan wanted to invade the princes of the mausoleum, and the princes returned the Xuanyuan with salt. Xuanyuan is Xiu De's assembled troops, treating five strange spirits, caressing everyone, taking care of all directions, and teaching bears to be brave? Tiger, in order to fight Emperor Yan in the wild of Hanquan. Three wars. And get it.
Chiyou's insurrection does not require the life of the emperor. So the Yellow Emperor became a vassal and fought against Chiyou in the land of Zhuolu, so the birds killed Chiyou. And the ministers respected Xuanyuan as the son of heaven and represented Shennong as the Yellow Emperor. There are things that go wrong in the world, and the Yellow Emperor will levy them. Those who are flat will go there, cross the ravine, and there will never be peace.
East to Yuhai, Dengmaru Mountain and Daizong; As for Confucius in the west, it is the head of a chicken; As for the south, there are Jiang, Deng Xiong and Xiang; The north pursues meat porridge, which is in Busan, while the city is in the land of Zhuolu. Migrate to an impermanent place and take soldiers as the camp. The official names are all based on Cloud Life, and they are Teacher Yun. Set up large prisons around and monitor all countries. All nations are at peace, and ghosts and gods retreat to Zen. Get Baoding, welcome the Japanese advance. Raising the wind and forcing grazing will always be the first and great governance of the people. Obeying the discipline of heaven and earth, seclusion, the theory of life and death, the difficulty of survival. Sow hundreds of plants, Chunhua birds, animals, insects and moths, Pangluoyue, sun, moon, stars, water, rocks, stones and jade, work hard, open your eyes and ears, and save water, fire and materials. There is the virtue of soil, so it is called the Yellow Emperor.
Twenty-five sons of the Yellow Emperor, surnamed fourteen.
The Yellow Emperor lived in Xuanyuan Mountain and married the daughter of Xiling as Leizu. Lei Zu, the imperial concubine of the Yellow Emperor, gave birth to two sons. After that, there was the world. One is Xiao Xuan, who lives in Qingyang. Qingyang lives in the river. The second is Changyi, just like water. Changyi married the daughter of Shushan, named Chang servant, and gave birth to Levin, who was virtuous. The Yellow Emperor collapsed and buried Qiao Shan. Levin, son of Sun Changyi, was made Emperor Zhuan Xu.
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[1] Parity: This refers to quick thinking.
[2] Do not enjoy: here refers to the princes who do not come to worship. In ancient times, it was called "enjoyment" for governors to pay tribute to the emperor.
[3] Five Qi: Five Elements of Qi. In ancient times, the five elements matched four seasons: spring was wood, summer was fire, late summer (June of the lunar calendar) was earth, autumn was gold, and winter was water. Treating five qi refers to studying the changes of qi in four seasons.
[4] Guo: that is, "art", which means planting here. Five kinds: here refers to five kinds of grains: millet, millet, rice, wheat and glutinous rice.
[5] Four directions: refers to the measurement and planning of land in four directions. Degree, quantity and length.
[6] Xiong Wei? Tiger: It refers to six kinds of beasts. Me, read pí, Brown Bear; "The brave are fearless" Reading the fierce beast "raccoon" recorded in Han ancient books and folk myths and legends: , read chū, clouded leopard.
[7] Three battles: This refers to many battles.
[8] Flat: refers to the place where clothes are flat.
[9] I have never lived in peace: I have never settled down.
[10] porridge: post-Xiongnu.
[1 1] Association: verifying symbolic contracts. Operator, the voucher used by the ancient imperial court to convey orders or dispatch troops, is made of bamboo or jade, and is divided into two parts, each side holds half, and it is called a combination operator to match the time to verify the authenticity. Here, Ruiyun in Busan is consistent with the remains of the Yellow Emperor in Huang Yun.
[ 12]? : that is, "strategy", read cè.
[13] Surname: In ancient times, surnames were symbols of clans (tribes), indicating the clan in which a person was born, and the connotation of surnames was different from that of later generations.
[14] Remarks: It refers to being made a vassal.
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The Yellow Emperor is a descendant of Shaodian, and his name is Gongsun Xuanyuan. He's incredible. He was born a few months ago and can talk. He has a flexible mind, good eloquence, sincere personality, quick thinking and wide knowledge, and knows world affairs like the back of his hand.
At that time, Emperor Yan Shennong was unable to restrain the princes-the princes attacked each other and harmed the people. Gongsun Xuanyuan trained the army, conquered those disobedient tribes by force, and forced the four governors to submit. However, the Chiyou tribe is the most violent, and no one dares to conquer it.
When Emperor Yan crusaded against the governors, they all joined Gongsun Xuanyuan. Gongsun Xuanyuan implemented the policy of virtue, sowed grain in accordance with the four seasons, appeased the people, enfeoffed the land, trained the army, and fought with Emperor Yan in the suburbs of Hanquan. After many battles, Xuanyuan finally won.
After the rebellion of Chiyou, Gongsun Yuan recruited troops from the vassals and fought Chiyou in the periphery of Zhuolu. He captured and killed Chiyou. As a result, the four governors elected Gongsun Xuanyuan as the son of heaven. Gongsun Xuanyuan replaced Shennong, known as the "Yellow Emperor" in history. When the princes in the world refused to submit, the Yellow Emperor led an army to conquer. After the pacification, the Yellow Emperor left there and continued to lead people to cut through thorns, cut mountains and cut roads, and open up territory.
Huangdi traveled to Maruyama Mountain and Mount Tai in the east, Jitou Mountain in the west, Woong San and Xiangshan in the south, and even drove Xiongnu in the north, forming an alliance in Busan. Since then, he built a city at the foot of Zhuolu Mountain, but he still wandered around and lived without a fixed place. Because he deployed troops around the camp as a barrier, the commander of the army was called "a cloud", so his army was called "the cloud division". He set up left and right prisons to supervise local governors. Because of the harmonious coexistence of the governors in the four directions, the Yellow Emperor's worship of ghosts, gods and mountains is more able to accept Zen than before. He got Baoding and used yarrow to predict the date of the festival. He recommended Hou Feng, Li Mu, Chang Xian and Da Hong to govern the people. He obeyed the laws of the four seasons of heaven and earth, predicted the changes of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, formulated the rules of health preservation and death, and inferred the truth of national survival. We also sow hundreds of crops and plants according to seasonal solar terms, domesticate birds, animals and insects, master the running laws of the sun, moon and stars, understand the topographic distribution of mountains and rivers, and special mineral deposits such as precious jade. Make full and controlled use of the natural resources of Linze mountains and rivers.
The Yellow Emperor had twenty-five sons, and he enfeoffed fourteen, and gave them family differences. His wife is a Leizu from Xiling tribe. Lei Zusheng had two sons, one was Xiao Xuan, whose fief was in the Yangtze River valley, and the other was Changyi, whose fief was in the Ruoshui River valley. The descendants of Xuantao and Changyi have ruled the world. Changyi married the servant of Shushan tribe and gave birth to Levin.
Levin is famous for his noble character. The Yellow Emperor was buried in Qiao Shan after his death. His grandson Levin is the emperor, that is, Zhuan Xu.