In the history at that time, Huangdi and Yan Di actually belonged to tribal leaders, and a powerful tribal leader who coexisted with Yan Di and Huangdi was called Chiyou. Like the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di, Chiyou was a tribal leader in ancient China and the ancestor of the Chinese nation. So why did the Yellow Emperor exterminate him?
The ancient ancestor Chiyou, as we generally know Chiyou, is in the ancient fairy tales recorded in Shan Hai Jing. In fact, many people question what is Chiyou? Is he a real person in history?
According to the literature, Chiyou does exist. He was the chief of the ancient Jiuli tribe, and mainly ruled the Jiuli tribe including Shandong Province. At that time, the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di ruled today's "Huaxia Tribe" in Hebei and Shaanxi.
But since ancient times, people have taken a fancy to the competition for territory, especially after they have no worries about food, clothing, housing and transportation. Therefore, after the development of the tribe gradually stabilized and its power began to grow, Emperor Yan and Huangdi began to jointly crusade against Chiyou and compete for territory.
According to some records in ancient books, Chiyou was a warrior leader. Not only that, he was also a leader with a developed mind, who not only led the tribes in farming, but also started the bronze smelting in China's history.
When he made weapons and utensils with bronzes, the tribes of the contemporary Emperor Yanhuang still used weapons made of stones and trees.
Later, he also established an astronomical calendar, 18 lunar calendar and so on through the study of astronomical phenomena. To a certain extent, some historical records of Chiyou made great contributions to the human civilization in primitive times in China.
However, Chiyou's image in history was tarnished by his defeat in the melee.
Some history books say: "Jiang Chiyou is a descendant of Emperor Yan." In other words, before Chiyou confronted Emperor Yan, Chiyou was probably a subordinate of Emperor Yan. Later, after the two men clashed, they began to fight. As a result, Chiyou won and started his own business.
And some history books also say that Chiyou and Yan Di have the same ancestor, Chiyou's paternal line is the descendant of Fuxi, and his maternal line is the Miao line of Nuwa Hei Hu. "Nine miles to Chiyou" is also a source of what we later called "benefiting the people".
In fact, Chiyou, like Emperor Yanhuang, is also one of our ancestors. Those who "discredit" the history of Chiyou say that Chiyou is a "monster" with eight legs, three heads and six arms, an iron head, invulnerability, a face like an ox and two feet. Although this is only a legend, at that time,
The Battle of Zhuolu between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou The famous "Battle of Zhuolu" in history is a war between Chiyou and Emperor Yanhuang in ancient times. Zhuolu is located in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, Chiyou's Jiuli tribe is in Shandong Province, and Emperor Yanhuang's Huaxia tribe is near Shanxi, but somehow, they will choose Zhuolu to fight Hebei.
At that time, the weapons used by Yan Huangdi tribe were still made of trees and stones, which were far less lethal than the bronze weapons in Chiyou army. So at first Yan was defeated and its territory was occupied. In desperation, Yan and his tribe turned to the Yellow Emperor for help.
Legend has it that "eighty-one Chiyou brothers talk like beasts, and bronze heads eat sand and stones" and "fight for their lives with gold", which shows that the Chiyou Jiuli tribe is actually a combination of nine ethnic groups with strong cohesion, and also has weapons made of metal with strong lethality and excellent leaders. I also hope that they can win this battle.
And Chiyou himself is a brilliant leader in military achievements. No matter in China's fairy tales or historical records with textual research, Chiyou is also a soldier's god of war.
However, in the battle of Zhuolu, the war between Chiyou and Yanhuang lasted for a long time. Chiyou always gained the upper hand, but he was defeated in the final battlefield in Jizhou, and Chiyou was eliminated by Yanhuang. What is the reason?
The battle of Zhuolu, two tribes fought fiercely. According to fairy tales, the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fought for nine rounds, but they didn't win or lose. After that, a wizard sent by Chiyou made a fog that lasted for three days and nights. The Yellow Emperor sent people to use the Beidou constellation to invent the south guide car and rushed out of the fog.
The Yellow Emperor also got Xuan Nv's help, summoned the god beast in the East China Sea, and made use of the favorable weather, geographical location and human harmony to defeat the strong human-god, thus winning the final victory.
After the defeat of Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di took over the tribes before Chiyou, and they merged together, and * * * entered a new historical period synchronously, which is of great significance to the whole Chinese civilization.
However, in this war, the reason why the Yellow Emperor destroyed Chiyou is also puzzling to future generations. In fact, we can simply analyze the reasons from historical records and some unearthed cultural relics.
First of all, the Jiuli tribe headed by Chiyou at that time had relatively advanced cultural civilization. They have begun to learn copper smelting technology. They can make some bronze utensils for daily life and bronze weapons for war.
The use of bronzes marks the great progress of human civilization. Moreover, in the late Shennong period, the Chiyou tribe was relatively rich.
In the archaeology of Dinggong site, it is found that characters, ritual vessels and palaces have been used since the Chiyou period. The emergence of these civilizations is exactly what Emperor Yanhuang hoped. If you don't kill Chiyou completely, you are likely to be countered in the future.
The second is about the appearance of Chiyou. With the human language and the body of the beast passed down from generation to generation, Chiyou was born with an unusual appearance, like a monster. Although he has extraordinary skills, human beings have always rejected "differences" and may be driven out of "alien" psychology.