Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1470 Beautiful misunderstanding

If Qutang Gorge occupies a "majestic and dangerous place", Shenwu Gorge occupies a "quiet and beautiful place".

"But this cultural symbol actually originated from a beautiful misunderstanding." Zhou Zhi looked at the Goddess Peak, also known as Zhaoxia Peak, and told his companions with a smile.

"What do you mean?" From the current water level, the Goddess Peak looks even more majestic and beautiful than when the Three Gorges Project was built and the water level was raised 100 meters. In addition to the story of the Goddess Summit of the King of Chu's Witch Summit just mentioned thoughtfully, I feel that no matter whether it is natural The scenery and the stories and legends are all particularly beautiful.

But now you actually say it was a misunderstanding?

"Because it is very clear in "Gaotang Fu" that Song Yu and King Chu Xiang were traveling on the Yunmeng Terrace. King Chu saw the endless clouds and asked Song Yu what they were. Song Yu replied that they were Chaoyun."

"The King of Chu asked again what Chaoyun was. Song Yu replied that when the late king traveled to Gaotang, he once dreamed of a woman who called herself the daughter of Wushan. The late king visited her. When the daughter of Wushan left, she said, 'I am in Wushan. The sun is blocked by high hills, and the morning clouds are there, and the evening rain is under the balcony."

"The Yunmeng Terrace mentioned here is the hunting garden of the King of Chu. It was located in Zhanghua Terrace in ancient Yunmengze. It is located in today's Xiaogan, Hubei Province. Zhanghua Terrace is the site of the Chu King's City; the Wushan Sun that the goddess said is the balcony. Below, the location is actually Yangtang Mountain in Xiaogan, Hubei Province today.”

"In 1975, Xiaogan also unearthed a batch of Qin bamboo slips in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, which shocked the world and was called Yunmeng Qin bamboo slips."

"The ancient Yunmengze is the current Jianghan Plain. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was a swamp area of ​​400 miles to the north of the Yangtze River and south of the Han River. It was connected with the 800-mile Pengli Ze on the other side of the Yangtze River. It was quite large. open."

"In the Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru's Fu Li, Yunmeng Zedu still covered half the area. It was not until the Song Dynasty's large-scale water conservancy, the accumulation of sediment in the Yangtze and Han Rivers, and climate changes that the swamps finally disappeared completely, forming a fertile wilderness. plain.”

"And the Wu Mountain here was originally called Wu Xian Mountain. It refers not only to the Wu Gorge area, but also to the areas occupied by many indigenous ethnic groups of the twelve Bayong Bo tribes who believe in Wu Xian in the entire Three Gorges."

"Who is Wu Xian?" Li Laosan asked.

"Wuxian is a mysterious person, you can call him a mystery man." Zhou Zhi teased Li Laosan.

"What's the word?"

"In "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness Western Classic", this place is called Lingshan. It is said that there are ten great wizards here who can ascend and descend to heaven and earth, and bring hundreds of kinds of elixirs to the world."

"In "Historical Records", Wu Xian became the emperor's fortune teller and invented a method of divination using yarrow, called the divination."

"And in "Yu Lan", Wu Xian became Emperor Yao's doctor."

"In the "Shiben", Emperor Shun fought against Chiyou and ordered Kui to be a general. However, Kui was mistaken by a woman and did not hear the order, delaying the battle and failed. So Emperor Shun killed Kui and appointed Wu Xian as a general. Wu Xian used Kui's skin and bones to invent a drum. Its sound was like thunder, and he defeated Chi You. Emperor Shun buried Kui in the place where he had fought, and named it Kui Mountain, which is the Kui Gate we passed a few days ago. ; And sealing Wu Xian here became Wushan."

"In this story, Wu Xian became the general who invented drums and drum music."

"Is there anything he can't do?" Li Laosan was so angry at this person, as if he, a top student at Stanford, was nothing compared to others. "He knew a lot more. It is said that he was the first to measure stars and was the earliest astronomer in China. In the Shang Dynasty, he also became a politician and assisted the King of Shang in governing the country. He allowed the Shang Dynasty to revive again after Taiwu, and his His son Wu Xian became a wise prime minister after Taiwu's grandson Zuyi ascended the throne."

"Huh? Is this possible?" Li Laosan thought it was so amazing: "From "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" to the middle of the Shang Dynasty, he could live for such a long time. Is he really a god? It must be made up randomly in legends."

"Hey, you have made a wrong judgment." Zhou Zhi wanted this effect, and said mysteriously: "In the current oracle bone inscriptions discovered, Wu Xian and Wu Xian are really in the inscriptions of the Taiwu and Zuyi periods of the Shang Dynasty. He has appeared, more than once, and is indeed an important figure who assists King Shang in his rule."

"So this Wu Xian, I'm afraid it's not a name, but a profession, right?" Zhang Lu's mind was very flexible, and he first thought of this possibility: "Did the ancients have the most advanced science and technology at that time, as well as divine power? , the great witch who was able to rule the tribe would later regularly go to larger settlements to help the rulers of large city-states manage affairs, stabilize the surrounding areas, and serve as hostages... Is this a more reasonable guess? "

"Passepartout, you have made the old mistake of science students again. You only focus on logical reasoning and ignore the initial conditions."

"Newtonian mechanics is correct under conventional conditions, but it is wrong under quantum mechanics. What is the reason? It is because the initial conditions set by Newtonian mechanics are not comprehensive enough compared with quantum mechanics. It can only solve problems on the earth, not stars. problem of time.”

"Therefore, under different conditions and ranges, the results obtained after the same logical reasoning process will often be completely opposite. So it is okay to have doubts, but you cannot draw conclusions casually. You have to find evidence to prove it."

"Of course, because an individual cannot live that long, Wu Xian is definitely not an individual. This is the same as Huang Emperor, Yan Emperor, and Chi You. There is no doubt about this."

"But whether they are a proxy for tribal leaders still needs to be demonstrated under the broadest conditions."

"Actually, there are enough mysteries here. Just to name one, how did Wu Xian arrive in the Central Plains region and participate in the management of national affairs of the great dynasty? In that era, whether he was walking through the Minjiang Cultural Belt or crossing Yunmengze, It’s not a simple thing.”

"The traditional distance to Yunmengze is as far west as Yidu, where Lu Xun set fire to Liu Bei's Xiaoting during the Three Kingdoms period. It's still more than 500 miles away from here."

"These things are too old to be verified clearly." Lin Wanqiu also raised her head and looked at the Goddess Peak. She felt that the air was moist. Although it was the hottest summer, she looked at the green mountains on both sides of the bank and walked through the peaks. In the shadow, he didn't feel so hot: "Let's discuss more recent things. Why did the ancients have such misunderstandings? Mistaken Yunmengze Wushan for Three Gorges Wushan?"

"Because the place names are exactly the same, and the Goddess Peak is indeed shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, it is difficult to see its true appearance, and the mountain shape is graceful and charming. It is really easy to think of the two famous works "Gaotang Fu" and "Goddess Fu". So wait until After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, everyone simply ignored others and made mistakes. "

"Just like when we were studying "Ode to the Former Red Cliff", you told us that the Red Cliff of Huangzhou sung by Su Dongpo and the Red Cliff of Jingzhou by Sun Lang Po Mengde are actually not in the same place, right?" Zhang Lu asked.

"Yes, but Wushan did produce a goddess-level beauty in history. Even her birthplace was named Xiangxi. It is easier for people to associate with her."

"Who is it?" Li Laosan asked.

"She is Wang Zhaojun of the Han Dynasty and pro-Hongnu."

(End of this chapter)