Spring and Autumn I Am King

"The good teaching gentleman knows that the worship of the Song state still follows the tradition of Yin and Shang, and combines some gods of the Huai Yi and Chu people. o, x."

Nanzi is still very serious about her own job to understand and learn. She is a smart person, and she quickly mastered almost all the rituals, and those difficult to read oracle bones began to be slowly translated. When she was in Shangqiu, she often stayed up late, relying on butter candles and the refreshing incense prepared by Lingzi to keep her spirits clear.

She said slowly about the religion and beliefs of the Song state: "The objects that Song people usually ask for divination are divided into three categories, namely gods, gods, and ghosts. Among all the gods and ghosts, the gods with the highest prestige and power are the ones with the most power. It is the emperor. The emperor is the master of the universe, the king of kings, who is in charge of all the affairs of nature and the human world, and the people of Song worship him very much.”

"The emperor's status is supreme, and the rest of the gods form the 'Emperor Court' for him to drive. The emperor commands the sun, moon, wind, rain, cloud, thunder and other sky gods and the earth, earth, mountains, rivers and other underground gods. The above mentioned The gods have different sacrifice methods, fire sacrifices to sacrifice to gods, buried sacrifices to mountains and rivers, they have different functions, but they are all subordinates of the emperor and obey the emperor.”

"In addition, the Song state also believed in ghosts and people, and attached great importance to the sacrifice of ancestors, which was related to the rise and fall of each family. Therefore, the people of the Song Dynasty worshiped their ancestors very sincerely, solemnly and frequently. Although the Dukes of Song in the past dynasties began to use the posthumous title of the Zhou people, they The day of death is still the name of the temple, and the day of sacrifice corresponds to the day of death, but the custom of killing and killing animals has gradually diminished.”

Zhao Wuxi listened and listened, the Jade Emperor and Heavenly Court, which were widely circulated among the people in later generations, could not help but come to mind. This similarity is really high, could it be the source? Although the gods of the Yin Shang and Song people have not yet been directly personified. But there is already this trend, and the status of the gods is significantly different. Not only Song people. In fact, the belief in ghosts and gods of the descendants of the surname Ying, such as Qin and Zhao, is roughly the same. Listen to what Nanzi said. It doesn't feel unfamiliar.

"When I left Song State last year, I asked you to send some astute Wu Zhu to Qi, Chu, Wu and other countries to inquire about their official beliefs and folk ghosts and gods. Is there any news now?"

Nanzi said, "I'm all back, although it's just a quick look, but the general situation has been recorded on the record. I have read them one by one, so I will tell the gentleman..."

But she still didn't quite understand that Zhao Wuyi knew what was the use of those, just out of curiosity?

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"The people who went to Qi State came back and reported that in addition to worshipping the Heavenly Emperor and the Fa Patriarch, Qi also worshipped the eight great gods."

Nanzi said to Zhao Wuxi with his green fingers: "These eight gods are God, Landlord, Soldier, Yin, Yang, Moon, Sun, and Four Seasons. This kind of worship has existed since ancient times. It is basically a custom left by the barbarians in Qidi, and the chief soldier Chiyou is a hero revered by the barbarians.”

Zhao Wuxi grinned. Although the Qi people's culture and economy were developed and their systems were not backward, their folk worship was unbelievably primitive, except for Chiyou. It's all simple nature worship.

"What about Chu? The state of Chu is probably the most popular country for witches and ghosts? I heard people say that the people of Chu worship witchcraft, and the sorcerers have a higher status. Qi Su respectfully devoted himself to God."

Nanzi said: "Yes, the state of Chu was born in the land of Jingman, so it retains many ancient traditions. However, the people of Chu are still immersed in the fanatical worship of witches and ghosts. At first, they retained the customs of the Zhurong people. , respect the phoenix. With the expansion of the territory, the Chu people also included the gods and spirits of the conquered places in their own consciousness. There are more and more ghosts and gods they believe in.”

No-shirt thought, this. Chu people are worth learning by themselves.

"The gods that the people of Chu believe in are the gods of the sky. The East Emperor (Taiyi) is the most respected **** in the whole sky and the brightest star in the sky. Because it is in the position of imposing the four directions in the starry sky, it is just used to reflect the human world. He became the leader of the gods, followed by Sun God (Dongjun), Yunshen (Yunzhongjun), Siming (Da Siming, Young Commander), Feng Bo (Fei Lian), Rain God (Pinghao), Riyu (Xihe), Yueyu (Wangshu), etc; Bo (Feng Yi), Luo Concubine (Concubine Mi), Lord Xiang, Mrs. Xiang, etc. There are also human gods (the gods of ancestors), such as Zhu Rong, Zhuan Xu, etc..."

"There are so many..." Zhao Wuxi couldn't help but be stunned. The people of Chu have a rich imagination, so their beliefs are also the most complicated, which makes people dazzled, but no one has systematically unified these gods together.

"As for the Wu Kingdom, although it has the surname Ji, it has long since been assimilated by the customs of the Yue people. From the official to the people, they all believe in the gods of water and dragons. They engrave the images of dragons and snakes on their bodies to resemble dragons. However, all parts of Wu state. There are also differences, the beliefs in the Xudi area are similar to those of the Song state, and the Huainan area of ​​Qunshu is similar to that of the Chu state.”

Zhao Wuxi pondered slightly, this is the official and folk beliefs of the Qi, Chu, and Wu kingdoms.

He chuckled and said, "Compared to the princes surnamed Ji, these countries are really backward and ignorant..."

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Zhao Wuxi's remarks are true, Zhou Ren's spiritual world, even if it is compared horizontally across the world, has made incredible progress.

He spent many years in Jin State, and then went to Lu State, where Zhou Li had the most reservations. With his eyes and ears, he was naturally most familiar with the religious beliefs of Ji Zhou Bangguo.

Compared with primitive religions, the most notable feature of the state religions of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties is that the worship of the gods developed from the worship of nature, and the supreme **** appeared above the gods. Yin and Shang called it "Emperor", but when the Zhou people rose and Zhou Gong carried out a major reform of religion, he called it "Heaven"!

The "Emperor" of the Yin people is a personal **** who is aloof and disdainful of the lower realms. He is solemn, solemn and moody.

The Zhou people's "heaven" is closer to the image of a gentle **** of nature, which not only contains nature, but also secretly manipulates and dominates everything in society. At the same time, it also integrates the ethics and morality of the Zhou people, "the emperor has no relatives, only virtue is the auxiliary", it only blesses the virtuous monarch, and the tyrannical monarch will lose his destiny.

"Xia Dao respects the order to serve ghosts, respect the gods and keep them at a distance, and approach people and be loyal. Yin people respect gods, lead the people to serve gods, first ghosts and then rituals. Zhou people respect rituals. "As the saying goes. Different from ****, Zhou people's religious view. Always put people in an important position.

In the words of later generations, the spirit of humanism has begun to sprout, which is a huge progress, and the greatness of Zhou Gong lies in this. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although the people of Zhou surnamed Ji "matched the sky with virtue", they often put the mandate of heaven in their mouths, and called themselves "the emperor of heaven", paying attention to respecting the gods and ancestors. But the progressive scholars among them began to escape the shroud of ghosts and gods. Start looking for your own possibilities.

Sui Guo doctor Jiliang said: "The people are the masters of the gods. Therefore, the holy king first established the people and then devoted himself to the gods."

Zheng Zichan said: "The way of heaven is far away, and the way of humanity is far away."

Zhou Taishi Shi Hao said: "The country will prosper, listen to the people; it will perish, listen to the gods."

On the issue of the relationship between heaven and man, Confucius acknowledged the existence of the dominant **** "Heaven", as the saying goes: "A gentleman has three fears: he fears the mandate of heaven, and he fears the great man. He fears the words of the sage." Death, unknown people. How can you know ghosts?"

Zhao Wuyi discovered that in Jinlu and other countries, although the shadow of God still exists. But the divine factor was placed in the second place, and man was elevated to the primary factor. Even becoming the Lord of God, humanism has been carried forward unprecedentedly.

A few more years. When the ideological trend of contention of a hundred schools of thought began to sweep the world, the monopoly of ancient religions in the field of religion disintegrated, and academics moved downward. Under the criticism and transformation of hundreds of schools of thought, traditional religions began to differentiate and transform.

Under the influence of Confucius' religious concept of "respect and distance", Confucianism vigorously carried forward the spirit of traditional religiousism, making it less mysterious and more secular, and gradually evolved into a religious ritual. Taoism advocates that Taoism advocates "quiet and inaction", "resulting in emptiness", and "keeping oneness", and pursues the absolute freedom of the individual spirit.

As for the Legalists, they are a group of outright atheists. They are fiercely opposed to religion, advocate the eradication of superstition, step on the order of "God", and hope to replace it with a new order created by human beings.

In addition to the Yin-Yang family, which is often self-contradictory, the only school that believes in the existence of ghosts and gods is the Mo family, which was born out of the Song Dynasty culture and established by the bottom-level craftsmen. They have become an absolute minority, advocating "clear ghosts" and "heaven's will", infiltrating religion to the lower-level people, and wanting to build a primitive ** utopia.

This is the Axial Age of All-Thinking and All-Thinking, and this is also the biggest difference between the spiritual level of the Chinese people and the civilizations of the time, and Greece, Egypt, Persia, and India!

Regrettably, however, this kind of humanistic thinking only exists in the progressive scholars who account for less than one percent of the population, and the vast majority of the people are still shrouded in the ignorance of ghosts and gods. As long as you take a walk in Jin, Lu and other countries, you will find that there are ghosts and gods everywhere. It is no accident that Ximen Bao saw He Bo in Yedi a hundred years later. Not much difference.

Originally, Zhao Wuxi was still a little hesitant. If the religion was to be revived, I wonder if it would be ************?

But now it seems that even if he didn't, the power of religion in the people was enduring, until two thousand years later. Reason is always a minority of intellectuals, and most people believe in ghosts and gods. Even Mozi used ghosts and gods as a tool to unite people's hearts. Even the most elegant Taoists combined with folk witches and ghosts in later generations and transformed into the largest Taoism in China.

So, wouldn't it be better to let the spirit of the general people belong while maintaining the valuable humanism and humanistic enlightenment of this era?

Instead of letting the divine right be scattered among the people, or used by the ambitious, it is better to hold it in your hands first! Raise it carefully, put it on a chain, and let it hunt down those reckless hares. In the end, the cunning rabbit died and the dog was cooked, and then he was locked in the prison of rationalism!

Zhao Wu Xie's gaze moved to Nan Zi in front of her, her lips moved lightly, as if she wanted to wake up the contemplative Wu Xie.

She was found by Zhao Wuxi, the female Yuren who controlled this witch sect hound.

She is a maverick woman, but in this historical line, she can only be his vassal.

The religion in her hands is also destined to be a vassal of the monarchy forever!

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"Gentleman? Gentleman?"

Nanzi saw Zhao Wuxi staring at him in a daze, so he could not help calling him softly.

"Thinking of something, I can't help but lose my mind." Zhao Wuxi smiled, and the wandering soul finally came back.

"Nanzi said a lot, and his mouth was dry. The gentleman said that he wanted to transform the belief in the gods and gods of the Song people. I don't know where to start?"

Zhao Wuxi said: "Nanzi, although our purpose is to stabilize the country of Song and better control the people, and even control the people of the Huang family and the Xiang family, so that they can be used by us, but our eyes can't be used. It's only limited to Song Land."

Nanzi was wise and suddenly realized, "Is this why the gentleman asked me to describe the situation of the nations?"

"good."

After all, the woman's heart is not that big, Nanzi asked tentatively, "Then, does the gentleman want to look at the ten kingdoms of Si Shang?"

The so-called Ten Kingdoms on Si Shang, namely Lu, Song, Cao, Ju, Zhu, Xiaozhu, Teng, Xue, Pi, and Tan~www.readwn.com~ Nanzi can see that Zhao Wusi is meeting with Song this time. Yu Langdi's strategic goal was to conquer the nine kingdoms, and now only Ju and Zhu remain.

Nanzi is the kind of woman who will give up selling once she has a heart. She is very happy to help Zhao Wuxi take care of the Song Kingdom, as long as the surname Sheji does not die, she is also willing to sacrifice the interests of the Song Kingdom and help Zhao. Wu Xie plots a small country in Si Shang, if you can help yourself.

Wu Xie shook his head and said: "Sishang? No, no... The ten countries of Sishang together, the radius is only a thousand miles, and the population is only more than two million, how can it be enough?"

With a wave of his hand, he pointed at that side of the sky and clouds, as if to stir the sky with one hand: "Nanzi, I didn't even tell Zhang Mengtan, the most trusted family member, I just share it with you, mine. Eyes, staring at the whole world!"

ps: The source of these chapters is "Religious History of China's Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period", which is not made up. It may be a bit boring when it comes to the pre-Qin gods who are very unfamiliar to modern people, but I really want to write about them in July. A story about the spiritual world of people in the Spring and Autumn Period. This should be the difference between this book and the general hegemony writing. The seeds that Zhao Wuxi threw away will become the towering tree of civilization thousands of years later. (To be continued.)

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