According to China's historical records, he unified the tribes in China after Emperor Yan. He calculated the calendar; Teach people to sow food; Xing characters; Make branches, make musical instruments and make medicine. Auspicious time: The emperor made a big noise as Jiazi, and took the ten-day trunk and twelve-day branch as auspicious time, which has been used in the lunar calendar up to now (Jiazi, Ebou, Guihai, * * * 60 years as a cycle), that is, the 60th anniversary of Taoism.
The Yellow Emperor established an ancient state system: the wild areas were divided into Xinjiang, with eight ethnic groups as one well, three wells as one neighbor, three neighbors as one friend, three friends as one mile, five miles as one city, ten cities as the capital, ten divisions as one division and ten divisions as states, and the whole country was divided into Kyushu; There are litigation posts, left and right supervisors, and 20 official posts, which are aimed at managing countries, including three public, three minor, four auxiliary, four histories, six phases and nine virtues (official names) *** 120. Put forward "six prohibitions" for officials at all levels. "Heavy" means excessive, that is, "heavy sound, heavy color, heavy clothes, heavy fragrance, heavy taste and heavy room", which requires officials to be simple and oppose extravagance and waste. It is put forward that governing the country by virtue, "Xiu De inspires soldiers", governing the world by virtue, making concerted efforts with Xiu De, being benevolent and humane, and Xiu De being benevolent. A "Minister of Nine Virtues" was specially set up to educate the people in nine ways, namely, to be a judge and a prison officer, to sentence those who committed serious crimes to losses and to sentence those who committed serious crimes to beheading. Mathematics: A system for making numbers and setting weights and measures. Jun: After the wind, you can catch strange pictures and make array methods. Music: Linglun takes the bamboo in the valley as the flute tube and sets five tones and twelve methods, which are suitable for today. Clothes: Lei Zu, Princess of the Yuan Dynasty, began to raise silkworms and make silk clothes. Medicine: Discuss pathology with Qi Bo and write Huangdi Neijing. Writing: Cang Xie started writing with six books. Casting Ding: Casting Ding in Jingshan (located in the middle of Shaanxi), dividing China into Kyushu. Jing: The invention of Jing was also attributed by the ancients to the Yellow Emperor. Others: the invention of ships, bows and arrows, houses, etc. One day, the Yellow Emperor and his ministers enjoyed the scenery in Luoshui. Suddenly, he saw a big bird with a picture in its mouth and put it in front of him. The yellow emperor quickly bowed down. Look at this bird. It is shaped like a crane, the head of a chicken, the mouth of a swallow, the neck of a turtle, a dragon, parallel wings and the tail of a fish. The characters in the picture are virtuous, benevolent and benevolent. The Yellow Emperor had never seen this bird before, so he went to ask God for help. God told him that the male bird of this bird is called Phoenix, and the female bird is called Phoenix. It is called Chen Deng in the morning, Shangxiang in the daytime, Guichang in the evening and Changbao in the evening. When the phoenix comes out, it means that the world is at peace. This is a symbol of good luck. Later, the Yellow Emperor dreamed that two dragons came out of the Yellow River and presented them with a white picture. Huang Di was puzzled and asked Tian Lao again. The old man replied that this was a precursor to the publication of the Book of Hutuluo. So the Yellow Emperor swam between Heluo and Tianlao, drowned in the river, killed three animals and fasted. It was foggy for three days at first. Then it rained heavily for seven days and nights. Then Huanglong came out of the river with a painting, and the Yellow Emperor knelt down and took it. I saw five colors on the picture, white with blue leaves and Zhu Wen, which is the book of Hutuluo. So the Yellow Emperor began to travel around the world and worship Mount Tai. He heard that there was a fairy named Guang in Kongtong Mountain, so he went to ask him for advice. Guang said, "Since you ruled the world, the clouds have not gathered gas, but it has rained and the plants have withered. The sun and the moon are competing for glory, and the shortage is getting worse. And the experience of others is enlightening. Where do you deserve to talk to me about enlightenment? " After the Yellow Emperor came back, he stopped asking about politics. Self-built a small house with a summer mat, and a person reflected in it for three months. Then ask around. At that time, Guangtou was lying facing south, and the Yellow Emperor knelt in front of him and asked him how to live forever. Guang suddenly said, "That's a good question!" Then tell him the essence of the supreme Tao: "the essence of the supreme Tao, whispering, the supreme Tao, faint and silent." Ignore and listen, keep silent. The shape will be self-correcting, quiet and clear; Without makeup, you can live forever. There is nothing to see, nothing to hear and everything to know in the heart, so that the unity of god and form can lead to longevity. "Since then, widely sent him a roll of the natural classics.
After the Yellow Emperor asked about Guang, he went to the mountain again, so he had to bring the "Dan Jing". Ask Xuan Nv and Motome for ways to keep in good health. Then, he returned to Jinyuntang to practice. He collected the bronze of the first mountain and cast Jiuding at the foot of Jingshan Mountain. As soon as the tripod was cast, a long bearded dragon floated down to welcome the Yellow Emperor into the fairyland. The Yellow Emperor immediately rode on the dragon and soared away. Several junior ministers also wanted to live forever with him, so they quickly caught the dragon beard. As a result, the dragon beard was broken and these little ministers fell to the ground again. It is said that those dragon whiskers changed the asparagus. The Yellow Emperor is a legendary ancient emperor and an ancient immortal revered by Taoism. Its prototype is the head of an emirate of the Chinese nation, which has made great contributions to the development of this nation and has been praised by future generations for a long time. However, due to the age, most of the rumors left behind are confusing and difficult to know in detail. But by the time hundreds of scholars in the Warring States period talked about the Yellow Emperor, many people had sorted out and compiled those rumors, and finally shaped the image of a generation of emperors. The Yellow Emperor has a son of a bear. He once defeated Emperor Yan in Beiquan and passed Chiyou in Zhuolu. The governors respected him as the son of heaven and replaced Shennong as the Yellow Emperor. Then officials were appointed, laws and regulations were made, and officials were ordered to make palaces, clothes, boats, cars, laws and calendars, writing, arithmetic and music were invented one after another, forming a prosperous situation. While a hundred schools of thought contend to shape the image of the Yellow Emperor, some ancient books are also shaping the immortal image of the Yellow Emperor. It can be said that from the Warring States to the early Han Dynasty, the Yellow Emperor was basically an emperor and an image of a fairy.
Zhang Ling founded Wudou Midao, respecting Laozi as the godfather and Huangdi as the ancient immortal. This is to follow. Therefore, Taoist books continue to decorate the Yellow Emperor as an ancient immortal. The same book "Ji Yan" tells the story of Huangdi crossing the famous mountains, visiting the truth and asking questions, and finally gaining enlightenment.
In the old days, some areas tried to build Huangdi Temple or Xuanyuan Temple, and most of them were offered as ancient immortals. Shanxi Tongzhi contains many temples of the Yellow Emperor, one of which is "in Quwo County, an ancient monument was dug up by the orthodox school of the Ming Dynasty ... and its praise said:' The sublime morality, the harmonious teaching, will last as long as heaven and earth.' Because of the temple. There are also Huangdi temples in Shaanxi and other places, and Taoist temples have the flavor of Huangdi Temple and Xuanyuan Temple. For example, the Changdao Temple in Qingcheng Mountain, Sichuan, has both the Sanhuang Temple dedicated to Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi and the Xuanyuan Temple dedicated to Huangdi.
Huangdi is a tribal alliance. According to the Preface to the Life Calendar in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is said that a * * * was passed to 10 generation, 1520 years (the same number of years in Iraq), and the descendants of the Yellow Emperor were named Zhu. Taoism refers to the Yellow Emperor in five ways: first, the central center is Yuanling Yuanjun; The second is the Central Yellow Emperor; The third is the Yellow Emperor in Japan and China; The fourth is the Yellow Emperor of Zhongyue; The fifth is the historical legend Huangdi. What is said here is the historical legend Huangdi.
The original Ministry of the Yellow Emperor was called Raytheon. However, after the rise of Raytheon, Huangdi became the central emperor of heaven, with the highest status. This is consistent with the statement that their ancestor "Ge leafpool Lao" (perhaps Chiyou) opposed Lei Gong in Miao ancient songs. Probably the Yellow Emperor and the princes who were originally Shennong acted as the warlocks of Lei.
There are many Taoist scriptures spread to the Yellow Emperor, such as Huangdi Jiuding Shendan Classic, Huangdi Neijing, Longhu Classic, Yinfu Classic and so on. In the map of the true spiritual position, there are immortal levels. He is called "Xuanyuan, a real person in the stars, and is the emperor", which is listed on the left side of the third god level. About 4000 years ago, Emperor Yan and Yellow Emperor competed for the world. After Yan Di's son Chiyou was captured, he became the attendant of the Yellow Emperor. Later, he found an opportunity to escape, returned to Yan Di, urged Yan Di to resume the war, and avenged the shame of Han power. However, Emperor Yan was old and weak, and he couldn't bear to let the people suffer because of his own war. He didn't listen to Chiyou's advice. Chiyou had to mobilize his brothers, gather the Miao people in the south, and ghosts in the mountains and Shui Ze, and lead an army to challenge the Yellow Emperor under the banner of Emperor Yan. The Yellow Emperor was shocked when he heard that Chiyou was starting to fight. He wanted to influence Chiyou with benevolence and righteousness, but Chiyou was not affected, and the two sides fought. Chiyou used magic to pose a poisonous fog array and surrounded the Yellow Emperor's army. However, the Yellow Emperor drove the compass invented by the adviser behind the wind and commanded the army to rush out of the poisonous fog array. Chiyou sent demons to fight again. The Yellow Emperor told his soldiers to blow out the sound of dragons with horns to scare these ghosts away.
Ghosts are little monsters with miscellaneous brands. It is said that ghosts specialize in eating beautiful women, and their appearance features are mostly tall, red, pointed and long-horned. According to folklore, there are many ancient forests at the foot of a deserted mountain. People who travel long distances, especially those who walk at night, often encounter mandrill ghosts, which are all made of wood, stone, birds and animals. Due to the perennial nomadic life, all kinds of heavy things have to be carried by people, and every migration has brought great pain and inconvenience to our ancestors. It's even worse when a woman gives birth to a child and an old man gets sick. Huangdi often lamented this matter, but he had to move.
On one occasion, the Yellow Emperor led his ancestors to migrate to the northern Loess Plateau. The forest here is dense and the terrain is flat, which is convenient for long-term survival. They had just settled down when a strong wind suddenly blew one day. The Yellow Emperor immediately ordered all ancestors to hold the tree and hide in case the strong wind swept them away. Huangdi only cares about the safety of others. Unexpectedly, the sun hat he was wearing was blown off by the strong wind. He quickly grabbed a small tree and squatted down on the spot. The Yellow Emperor found that his big hat was swept to its original place by the strong wind and did not fall to the ground. What is the reason? The Yellow Emperor cut a branch, tied it into a circle, put it on the ground and pushed it forward hard. It rolled less than ten feet and fell down again. Huangdi was an extremely clever man since he was a child. He pondered for a long time. Then, I tied a circle, tied a cross between the two circles, cut a long branch, tied the two circles at both ends of the branch, and put them on the ground to push forward. Although it didn't fall this time, it stopped not far away. At this time, Chang Xian, Hou Feng and Cang Xie came together and asked what the Yellow Emperor was doing. The Yellow Emperor told three ministers what had just happened. After the wind of ingenuity, I quickly peeled off a piece of bark, tied it to the crossbar between the two circles, and pulled it forward with one hand. The two circles kept rolling and didn't land.
When the Yellow Emperor saw it, he suddenly woke up with a smile. He told Chang to tie up two identical circles first, and the four wooden circles were connected together, just like four wheels, and rolled forward steadily, never afraid of falling to the ground again. Looking at the wind, it seems that my mind suddenly woke up. He often ordered to go to the quarry to get two round slates and cut a hole in the middle. In less than half a day, two round stone plates were made. Install a wooden stick horizontally from the middle after the wind. There is a straw rope tied in the middle of the stick, so that you often pull it first and run hard. Behind is a group of ancestors watching. Cang Xie quickly said to the Yellow Emperor, I'll give this thing a name, and it's called "Car". The Yellow Emperor pondered for a long time and agreed.
In order to make people remember Xuanyuan's contribution forever, Cang Xie consulted with ministers; Call the car "Xuanyuan" Because the Yellow Emperor didn't have an official name at that time, it was named after "Xuanyuan" as the official name of the Yellow Emperor. This is the origin of Xuanyuan.
Since the Yellow Emperor was honored as an elder by his ancestors, there has never been a formal "title". Ministers gave him many honorifics, but the Yellow Emperor disagreed. Finally, the Yellow Emperor decided for himself. The Yellow Emperor found that soil is yellow, and soil can breed everything. Soil is the only support for human survival, and our ancestors had yellow skin. Therefore, it was decided that his honorific title should be called "Yellow Land". Since then, Xuanyuan Huangdi has been finalized.
In the Yin and Shang Dynasties, some scholars thought it was inappropriate to call their ancestors "Yellow Emperor", so they changed the name from "Yellow Emperor" to "Yellow Emperor" on the pretext of homonym of "Yellow Emperor" and "Di". Xuanyuan Huangdi has been used to this day. Before the Qin Dynasty, the governors of all countries were afraid of violating the ancestral teachings and damaging Zude. They dare not call themselves "emperors" easily, so they have to dominate the country. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he thought he was highly respected as "Huang San" and made contributions to the "Five Emperors", calling himself "the First Yellow Emperor". But he didn't dare to use this "yellow", so he had to use the "emperor" of White King.