Leizu raised silkworms, disturbing the stems and branches; Yi Di brewed wine, and Hu Cao made clothes; Cangjie wrote books, and guests made weapons; Xi Zhong built carts, farmed and married Houji. So

Leizu raised silkworms, disturbing the stems and branches; Yi Di brewed wine, and Hu Cao made clothes; Cangjie wrote books, and guests made weapons; Xi Zhong built carts, farmed and married Houji. Someone explain it to me.

Lei Zu Statue Inscription

Yuan'an was the center of activities of the Xiling clan in ancient times. Leizu was a girl from Xiling. Therefore, there is an old rumor that the Yellow Emperor cast the tripod and quarried the copper from Jingshan Mountain. It was early summer. Huang Di was wearing animal skin clothes and felt stuffy. According to people's advice, you can follow the example of Emperor Yan and change your clothes to draped in leaves, but Huang Emperor doesn't allow it. Climbing the mountain in search of cool weather, I saw Leizu and other women from Xiling wearing silk curtains and raising silkworms to make silk. The Yellow Emperor tried it on, and it was cool and comfortable. The Yellow Emperor was surprised and delighted, and pleased with its beauty, so he asked to be his concubine and teach the people how to raise silkworms. The people feel his virtue and respect him as the first silkworm. The years are long and books are lonely, so old rumors are difficult to verify. Only the people of Leizu's hometown, on the fifteenth day of the third month of every year, on Leizu's birthday, thousands of people gathered together, with dragon lanterns and fires, wine and flowers, to pay homage to the ancestors. This folk custom has survived through the wind and rain of history and has lasted for thousands of years. It is the only one seen in the country. Today, the Goujiaya government has erected a statue of Leizu to commemorate the great contributions that Mother China has made to world civilization and to realize the atmosphere of a prosperous age

In ancient times, "Yidi" believed that Zhongyuan was the "Zhongyuan Zhengtu". Others around it The land in the east is called "Yi", the west is called "Di", the south is called "Barbarian", and the north is called "Hu". The above means that even the land outside the Central Plains The barbarian lands were all influenced by the Central Plains, and they learned the advanced technology of the Central Plains, such as brewing wine, weaving and making clothes.

Cangjie is also called Cangjie. His original surname is Hougang, his given name is Jie, and his name is Shihuang. He is a historian who is said to be the Yellow Emperor, the creator of Chinese characters, and is revered by later generations as the ancestor of Chinese characters. However, it is generally believed that the creation of Chinese characters by Cangjie is just a legend, but he may be the organizer of Chinese characters. According to legend, Cangjie served as an official under the Yellow Emperor. Huangdi assigned him to manage the number of animals in the pen and the amount of food in the village. But slowly, the storage of livestock and food gradually increased and changed, and I can't remember it just by thinking about it. Cangjie was in trouble.

Cangjie thought of a way all day and night. First, he tied knots on the rope and used ropes of different colors to represent various animals. But over time, it won’t work. This increased number is easy to tie a knot in the rope, but when the number is reduced, it is troublesome to untie the knot in the rope. Cangjie then thought of making circles on the rope and hanging various shells in the circles to replace the things he was in charge of. If it increases, add a shell; if it decreases, remove a shell. This method worked very well and I have been using it for several years.

Seeing that Cangjie was so capable, the Yellow Emperor asked him to take charge of more and more things. He also asked Cangjie to take charge of the number of annual sacrifices, the distribution of hunting, and the increase or decrease in the number of tribesmen. Cangjie made a mistake again. Adding ropes and hanging shells was no longer enough. How can we avoid making mistakes?

On this day, he participated in a group hunting. When he came to a three-way intersection, several old people started arguing about which way to go. An old man insisted on going east, saying there were antelopes; an old man wanted to go north, saying he could catch deer not far ahead; an old man insisted on going west, saying there were two tigers, and if he didn't kill them in time, he would miss the opportunity. . When Cangjie asked, it turned out that they only identified the beast by looking at its footprints underground. Cangjie was suddenly delighted: Since a footprint represents a beast, why can't I use a symbol to represent the things in my charge? He happily ran home and began to create various symbols to represent things. Sure enough, things were managed in an orderly manner.

When Huangdi learned about it, he praised it greatly and ordered Cangjie to go to various tribes to teach this method. Gradually, the usage of these symbols was widely spread. Just like that, words were formed.

Cangjie created Chinese characters, and Huangdi thought highly of him. Everyone praised him, and his reputation grew. Cangjie's mind started to get a little hot, and his eyes slowly moved upward, to the top of his head and into his heart. He looked down on no one, and his handwriting became sloppy.

When these words reached Huang Di’s ears, Huang Di was very angry. In his eyes, he could not tolerate a minister becoming evil. How to make Cangjie realize his mistake? Huang Di summoned the eldest man around him to discuss the matter. The old man's long beard was tied with more than 120 knots, indicating that he was over 120 years old. The old man pondered for a while and went to find Cangjie alone.

Cangjie was teaching literacy to people from various tribes. The old man sat silently at the end, listening as carefully as everyone else. After Cangjie finished speaking, everyone else left, except the old man who stayed at the same place. Cangjie was a little curious and asked him why he didn't leave.

The old man said: "Cangjie, the characters you created are already well-known to every household, but I am old and dazzled, and some of the characters are still confused. Are you willing to teach me again?"

Cangjie was very happy to see such an old man respecting him so much, and urged him to speak quickly.

The old man said: "The characters for 'horse', 'donkey' and 'mule' that you created all have four legs, right? And cows also have four legs. The character for 'ox' that you created How come there are no four legs and only one tail left?"

When Cangjie heard this, he felt a little panic: when he originally made the word "fish", he wrote it like "ox", so he made "ox". The character is written like "fish". It's all my fault for being careless and teaching things upside down.

The old man went on to say: "The word 'heavy' you made means that it is thousands of miles away. You should pronounce the word 'out' for a far distance, but you taught people to pronounce the word 'heavy' for weight." On the other hand, the word "chu" that combines two mountains should be the word "heavy" for weight, but you changed it into the word "chu" for traveling far away. These words are really hard for me to figure out. I have no choice but to come and ask you for advice."

At this time, Cangjie was so embarrassed that he knew that he had made a big mistake because of his pride. These words have been taught to every tribe and spread throughout the world, and cannot be changed. He quickly knelt down and expressed his repentance with tears.

The old man took Cangjie's hand and said sincerely: "Cangjie, you created words so that the experience of our older generation can be recorded and passed on. You have done a great thing and it will be passed down from generation to generation." People will remember you. Don’t be arrogant!”

From then on, every time Cangjie coined a word, he would think over the meaning of the word and ask for people’s opinions. Don’t dare to be careless. It was settled after everyone agreed, and then it was gradually spread to every tribe.