The Myth Story of Cangjie's Word-making

First, make great efforts to create words.

Cang Xie, a historian of the Yellow Emperor, began to record historical facts with the old method of tying knots. But after a long time, those strange knots, big and small, recorded something that even Cang Xie himself didn't recognize.

On one occasion, the Yellow Emperor wanted to negotiate with Yan Di and ordered Cang Xie to sort out the facts of Yan Di's occupation of territory and murder in recent years. Cang Xie stayed in the warehouse where he recorded history for several days, his eyes were dizzy and his ears were dizzy. He still made a mistake, which made the clan of the Yellow Emperor suffer losses, and was accused by the Yellow Emperor.

This incident caused Cang Xie great pain. He is determined to make a simple and easy-to-remember symbol, so that the public can express their thoughts, impart experience and record history with symbols. He thought and thought, but never found a way. Later, his mother advised him to go to his hometown to broaden his horizons, and his wife sent him to Yangguan Road. He ran 998 1 village, climbed 7749 mountains, waded 8864 rivers and visited 999 thoughtful people. My legs are swollen, my face is hungry and thin, my sweat is dry, and my brain finally begins to understand. He returned to his hometown, Wu Yang Village, Baishui County, and hid in the ravine at the western end of the village. He began to sort out the materials collected from the people and create various symbols representing everything in the world. In order not to be disturbed by the outside world, he kept his relatives and friends from knowing, kept his wife away, and even didn't go home for dinner, so that his mother could only deliver meals at the agreed place.

For two years in a row, he has been drilling in the ravine and refused to show up. One day, the mother went to the ravine to deliver food, and quietly walked into the place where her son lived without saying hello in advance. When I got there, my mother was shocked. I saw stone pigs and sheep with ditches and forks carrying stones, and countless stone men built buildings in a pair of pants. The mother exclaimed in surprise, "Good boy? Listen, the stone man is exhausted. How pitiful are the stone pigs and the stone sheep! Let them have a quick rest? " As soon as the words sound just fell, the stone man threw himself on the ground, all the stone pigs and sheep fell, and the ravine was suddenly silent. Cang Xie heard his mother's voice and ran out of the cave. Seeing this, he was anxious and had no choice.

It turned out that Cang Xie lived alone in the ravine and was busy creating new symbols day and night. For the convenience of calling, he gave each symbol a name, and the name of this symbol is the word. These words are imitations of everything. For example, the word "day" is drawn according to the red and round appearance of the sun; The word "moon" imitates the shape of the moon's teeth; The word "person" is Duan Xiang's silhouette painting; Claw characters are drawn by observing the paw prints of birds and animals. This is how Cang Xie carefully observed everything and worked hard to create words. After a long time, he created more and more words. At that time, there was no pen, ink, paper and inkstone in use now, so he broke branches in the ditch and wrote on the cave wall and the ground. When one cave was filled, he dug a second cave to continue writing. His spirit touched the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor had a dream for Cang Xie, saying, "There are no words on the ground, and eternity is like night. Make words quickly. Don't worry, there's nowhere to write. I will build a stone building for you, where you can hide all your words. " The next day, when Cang Xie went out, he saw a stone man digging and tamping the foundation, a stone pig and a stone sheep moving stones. Knowing that the gods were secretly helping him, he was very happy and worked harder to create words. When he finished painting the second cave, the stone building was half finished, and Cang Xie dug the third cave, nervously making words. I didn't expect my mother to come in rashly, but a word leaked out, which ruined the fairy spirit and stopped building the stone building. Until now, the ditch at the western end of Wu Yang Village is also called Louzigou, and the legs on both sides of the stone building can still see traces. It is said that after the stone building is completed, you can overlook Xi 'an and lie down in Gyeonggi, and you can hear the sound of gathering immortals in the Heavenly Palace, which can attract hundreds of birds to sing around the building. There will also be many officials with three stones and six buckets of rape flowers near Baishui.

Therefore, Cang Xie's three characters of kiln transformation have nowhere to be properly preserved, so we have to keep them all in mind. Then he went out of the cave and went back to the village to teach his brothers and sisters. People in my hometown are used to taking notes in the old way and refuse to learn to take notes in words. In a fit of pique, Cang Xie went to teach elsewhere. It is said that Cang Xie built a library in Zhanggong Village of Chang 'an to accept disciples and taught thousands of students who can write. He has also been to Henan, Shandong and Hebei, and has run schools to teach people to write.

Later, Cang Xie returned to his hometown, when he was over half a year old and his eyes were dim. At this time, the children in my hometown also realized it and asked him to teach me. He happily sat on the stool and taught word by word on the table, and finally let the children in his hometown learn to write. However, when he was young, he stood and hung his wrist to write, and he wrote while flying, with strong pen power, and his students also stood and hung their wrists to write. When teaching a hometown child, because he is old, he sits on the table and writes, and hometown people can only write like this. This incident made Cang Xie very sad.

How many words did Cang Xie create? It is said that there are as many as a bucket of rapeseed. However, people have not all learned it. Even Confucius later learned only seven liters, but he didn't remember three liters. Cang Xie scattered them in remote places, which gave foreigners the opportunity to write.

Second, Cang Xie coined the word "Fa".

Cang Xie made so many words, but he worried about one word "Fa" for a long time. After careful consideration, he still digressed. He was so bored that he went for a walk outside the village. Suddenly, a monster that looks like a mountain bull and has horns on its head ran past him and ran into a small forest. He put his sharp tentacles against those crooked trees and looked very fierce. In a short time, those crooked trees were knocked down by it, leaving only some tall and straight trees. Cang Xie was surprised and quietly followed the beast to see what it was going to do.

The monster rested for a while, looked at the Woods with satisfaction, and then walked leisurely. He was walking when there was a loud noise in front of him. The monster stopped and listened warily. After listening for a while, he ran angrily to the noisy place. Cang Xie was stunned. As soon as he woke up, he turned around and hurriedly followed, chasing after him. He was about to warn the noisy people to get out of the way, but before he ran to him, the monster had thrown a big man with a horn into the stream. Just as he was about to do so, he saw the big man kneeling in the water and kowtowing for mercy. And a man standing on the shore with a wild boar in his hand watched the monster attack the drowning man. He was not afraid at all, showed no sign of saving the drowning man, and his face was still proud. When Cang Xie saw this scene, he hated this self-indulgent man. He rescued the drowning man and told him to go ashore to escape. Who knows that the drowning man not only didn't escape, but also put in a good word for the man who stood watching the joke. Cang Xie felt very strange. It turns out that these two people live in the same village and went hunting in the mountains early in the morning. Drowning people are lazy. They don't walk halfway, so they lie down and sleep. I went hunting in the mountains alone, risking my life to fight back a wild boar, and it took a lot of effort to carry it back. When the drowning man saw it, he had to split it in half. If the one standing didn't give it, it would be noisy. The bruiser was about to hit someone when the monster came to the corner and threw the big man into the water. If the great man hadn't realized his mistake and begged for mercy, I'm afraid he would be dead. Cang Xie asked curiously, "Doesn't that beast hurt people?" The one standing said, "don't hurt good people, only bad people." If it sees someone arguing, it attacks the evil side, and when it hears someone arguing, it bites the wrong side. This is fair and just, without any deviation. " Hearing this, Cang Xie was filled with emotion and asked what the name of this animal was. Both of them replied that it was called? Piece of decoction

In this way, left a good impression in Cang Xie's mind. When he came home and wanted to do the word "Fa" again, he couldn't help thinking of it. He believes that the law should be correct, as correct as the legal tree; The law is just and just. When you see evil, you must dare to attack, just like that. Why don't I do the word "hair" from this angle? So, he finally came up with an ideal writing: "". This writing means that dishonest people and things keep pushing him down, making the world fair and flat as water. Therefore, the word "Fa" is the word "Qu" below the word "Fa", and three points of water are added to the left. Later, it gradually evolved and simplified into today's writing.

Third, Cang Xie put forward the word "enough"

Cang Xie couldn't figure out how to make enough words, so he asked the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was a man of great wisdom and courage. He was stumped at that time, so he consulted with Cang Xie. He asked Cang Xie, "What makes you satisfied and what makes you dissatisfied?" Cang Xie replied: "I feel satisfied when I have plenty of food and clothing, but I will never be satisfied when I have more knowledge." The Yellow Emperor said, "It is only the minimum requirement to have a full stomach and clothes to cover your body. As the Yellow Emperor, my goal is to make the whole world not only eat well, but also eat well, not only wearing warm clothes, but also wearing decent clothes. " You are satisfied with food and clothing because you are absorbed in creating words and have nothing else to think about. As the leader of the clan, I always feel that our nation is still lacking in this respect. "Cang Xie asked," so what makes you feel bored? The Yellow Emperor replied, "Ministers have said a lot, and I hate to hear them say those superfluous words. If I say one more word, I will be bored to death. "

When the Yellow Emperor said this, Cang Xie's mind immediately began to understand. He squatted down and wrote two different words on the ground with his fingers. One is "duo" left, and the other is "duo" left and right. He can't decide which of these two words is enough. The Yellow Emperor looked at it, thought about it, and said, "Let both languages exist, so that people can remember them, and talk less nonsense." In this way, enough words have been created, and there are two ways to write them.

Fourth, Cangjie creates words, and ghosts cry and dragons hide.

In the era of Cang Xie's life, Shan Gui became a delicate person, hurting people everywhere, and the magic of the evil dragon was even greater. It was easy to have a flood for fun, and the people were miserable, so they had to sacrifice them with the whole pig, cattle and sheep and pray for their pity. Shan Gui's evil dragon is more rampant and evil.

When Cang Xie creates words, he can write down all the good deeds and evil virtues in the world and pass them on to the next generation, so that people can remember the bad things they have done. Shan Gui was in a panic when he heard the news. Afraid that his scandal would be recorded, he looked for Cang Xie everywhere and tried to kill Cang Xie, but he didn't find Cang Xie. So I contacted the dragon. When the demon dragon heard Shan Gui's words, he smiled indifferently and said, "Let me show you some tricks to ensure that ten Cang Xie will die and five pairs will die." After that, the demon dragon drank the shrimps, soldiers and crabs and set off huge waves. In a flash, thousands of miles of ground immediately turned into the sea of Wang Yang. Shan Gui danced with joy, knowing that Cang Xie was going to die.

However, the dragon was so happy. Cang Xie didn't drown, but was invited by the Jade Emperor to attend the Flat Peach Banquet. At the banquet, the Jade Emperor also praised Cang Xie's achievements in creating characters, and ordered all immortals in Tiangong and Jin couple to learn from the characters created by Cang Xie. Since then, Cang Xie's reputation has become even greater, and there are immortals everywhere.

When Cang Xie returned to earth, he was very sad to see thousands of miles of bare land, people dying and houses collapsing. Knowing that the demon dragon was evil, he was so angry that he was determined to record his ugly behavior. However, when he saw that everyone in the world had been killed to death, he was heartbroken and went to the edge of a cliff in a daze and began to cry, crying in the dark and the wind was cold. After crying, he jumped off the cliff. Strange to say, he jumped off the cliff, but he seemed to be floating on the water, so he didn't fall. He set foot on the cliff again, and three stare blankly lifted a boulder to commit suicide. When he lifted the boulder and was about to hit his head, he didn't know who picked it up in the air. He looked up and saw no one in the world. He was surprised to hear someone in the air say, "The whole life has been restored, and everything has been restored to its original state. Don't go back right away. " As soon as the voice fell, he saw all the men, women and children in the village running towards him. He asked the villagers, "What is this? Am I in the afterlife or in the afterlife? " People say it's in Shi Yang. He asked again, "Didn't you drown in the flood?" How could you run to Shi Yang? Everyone said there was no flood, but they had a dream, in which they heard someone shouting, "Go and save Cang Xie." . "They just came here. They asked Cang Xie why he committed suicide. Did anything unpleasant happen to him? Cang Xie told the story, but everyone knew that the Jade Emperor appeared in the sky and brought them back from death. He got up and bowed before returning to the village.

When this incident reached Shan Gui Yaolong, they were surprised, but they were still unwilling, thinking that they would never be safe in the future unless Cang Xie was removed. After some planning, they went according to the score.

One day, Cang Xie was sorting out his calligraphy books when he heard someone calling him. When he looked up, he saw a young woman standing beside him, innocent and lively, shy and smiling, her lips pursed a few times, and she hesitated. Cang Xie is a decent man. Seeing this action, he couldn't help getting angry. His face fell and he asked her what had happened. The woman suddenly lowered her head and said piteously that her family lived in the back hill. She had already heard about the word-making in Cangjie, and the whole village wanted to learn. She passed by with her relatives and wanted to ask her husband to teach them calligraphy. I was afraid that he would not agree, so I stopped talking. Don't take it personally. Cang Xie, turn anger into joy, after some kind words of comfort, put a bundle of books on his back and walked to the back of the mountain with the woman. Skeletons are dancing everywhere, you damn fool are singing. Cang Xie saw that the situation was not good, and quickly turned to escape, only to see the woman collapsed to the ground. Cang Xie hurried to help her with her hand, but the woman rolled on the spot and flew into the air. In an instant, she became another appearance: her mouth was like a blood basin and her tongue was more than a foot long. She smiled and shook the cliff, and a pair of long shriveled bones and fingers reached out and grabbed Cang Xie's bundle. Cang Xie was very anxious to see that his life's efforts would be destroyed. Just then, a fireball suddenly flew from the bundle of books and flew straight to the woman. When she approached the woman, the flame suddenly rose, and the fire was so great that the woman let out a cry of pain, dropped the bundle of books and fled into the cave. Despite the fire, the bundle of books lying on the ground is still intact. Cang Xie struggled to climb to the parcel, grabbed it and held her hands tightly in her arms, as if to protect her child. However, he was weak and couldn't get up no matter how hard he struggled. He is both anxious and afraid. Just then, a voice came from mid-air: "Mr. Cang, don't be afraid. There is a mountain god here. I don't think he can do anything for you." Come with me. " As soon as the words sound just fell, Cang Xie seemed to be mixed with the clouds, and a breeze blew from behind, and soon he returned home leisurely. As soon as this story spread, people said that Chinese characters were precious, which could ward off evil spirits, save Shan Gui and make people more motivated to learn to write.

Another day, Cang Xie is teaching a group of young people how to write. Suddenly, a whirlwind hit, wrapped in dust, making people cringe and dare not open their eyes. When the wind calmed down, Cang Xie opened his eyes and saw that the pages had been rolled by the wind for a long time. After chasing for a day and a night, I chased the bank of the Yellow River, but I couldn't move forward. Then the whirlwind suddenly stopped and the pages fell into the water. When Cang Xie was in a hurry, he gave his life to the water to rescue his attendants. At this time, the river surged and the waves were like peaks. But Cang Xie won't die if he hits a stone, and he won't get hurt if he hits a tree. He was about to grab a page of calligraphy, but he saw a big fish swimming like a small house, and its mouth was as big as a city gate hole. Cang Xie hurried back in fear, but the fish turned its head to him. At this critical moment, there was a loud noise, and the big fish suddenly disappeared, and the river was divided into a golden belt. Cang Xie walked along the avenue to a resplendent hall, only to find a bundle of books in a pearl box in Phnom Penh. When he looked forward, it was the bundle of books that he was swept away by the wind. He was overjoyed, took the book out of the hall and soon returned to the river. He looked back and saw that the Cotai Strip was gone, and it was still a vast Yellow Sea and a flood. He thought about it carefully, only to know that the demon dragon was at work, but he didn't know that the fairy appeared to save him, only to avoid a great disaster. So he bowed nine times and eight times in the air, thanking the gods. Since then, the world has not been flooded for many years. People are happy to say that Cang Xie's words shocked the world, and even the demon dragon was scared to hide.

Once these two things spread, they spread more and more widely, more and more strange, so that there is a saying that words ward off evil spirits. Today, some old people still say that holding a book while sleeping at night can prevent ghosts and gods from approaching and even having nightmares. They also said that a scholar has a sense of justice, can avoid disasters, turn adversity into luck, and live much longer than illiterate people.

Five, two ways to write Cang Xie's surname.

There are two ways to write surnames in ancient books, one is that the characters are pale without grass, and the other is that the characters are pale with grass. Which way is correct? In fact, it's not Cang, but Hou Gang. There is only one name, Hou Gang. After he created the characters, everyone respected him as a fairy, and the Yellow Emperor felt from the bottom of his heart that he was far behind his talent. In order to commend Hou Gangjie and advocate this creative spirit, Huangdi wanted to give Hou Gangjie a surname. What should my last name be? He thought and thought, and finally found a word Cang in the calligraphy book created by Hou Gangjie. So he called Hou Gangjie and said, "You have created words, which are good for the sun, the moon and all generations. No one in the world can stand side by side with you, and I dare not compare with you. Therefore, I will give you a surname of Cang to show that you are a capitalized person above the king, and under your capitalized herringbone, I am the king? Note: The traditional Chinese character Cangzi says "one person is better than two, and two are subordinate to three". I beg you not to refuse. From today on, change your surname? " Hearing this, Cang Xie quickly knelt on the ground and repeatedly said, No, no. Your majesty, your talent is like the sea, unfathomable and boundless. My talent is like a drop of water in the sea, and I will never dare to compare with the king. I dare not accept this surname. The Yellow Emperor said, I have already decided on this matter. You don't have to say any more, just do it. After that, he wrote a notice and told the world. Therefore, when people meet Hou Gangjie, they call him Cang Xie, and gradually forget Hou Gangjie's surname.

Cang Xie's talent is not as good as Wang's, and he has been afraid to write this pale surname, but it is not a solution after a long time. So, he had a brainwave and added a cursive prefix in front of the pale word to show that he was the right person. This not only accepted the gift from the king, but also expressed his sincere intention. Because Cang Xie often writes his name as Cang Xie, there are two ways to write Cang Xie's surname in ancient books. However, in the process of passing down from generation to generation, people are still regarded as saints, and it is very practical to think that the Yellow Emperor gave the surname Cang. So 90% people think his surname is Cang, not Cang. This is the origin of two ways to write Cang Xie's surname.