Why is the book of Three Emperors and Five Emperors called "Three Graves"? Ask god for help
Legend has it that it is the earliest ancient book in China. Source "Twelve Years of Zuo Zhao Zhuan Gong": "I can read three graves, five classics, eight categories and nine hills." Zhou Li's "Chun Guan Zongbo III" said: "(Waishi) is in charge of the book of three emperors and five emperors. "About the book of Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Zheng Xuan's annotation is Three Graves and Five Codes. But Zheng Xuan did not explain what the Three Graves and Five Classics contained. The Three Graves that people are talking about now are the ancient Three Graves with clear contents, which are completely recorded in the Han and Wei series of the Ming Dynasty. The contents include the changes of the Three Graves, namely, the changes of mountains and rivers, the changes of the gas grave, the changes of returning to Tibet, the changes of the shape grave, the dry kunyi and the deeds of Huang San. The meaning of the word "rope" includes: rope, rope, dharma, independence, fatigue, search, traction, desire, need and tears. However, as a kind of literature or information carrier, rope should refer to the symbolic system of knotting chronicles, and may also include documents with silk or other woven fabrics as the carrier (writing and painting on silk or weaving pattern symbols that can convey information). In fact, China people first invented sericulture and silk, so it is also possible to use silk as an information carrier; A similar example is that China was the first country to invent kites, because China made thin, long, light and strong ropes, as well as light, thin and strong silk and paper. From this perspective, the original name of Bagua is Basso, which is logical. The so-called basso is a kind of silk script, which originated from knotting notes and knotting divination (the original meaning of hexagrams refers to timing, and one of the functions of knotting symbols is also timing); This is the origin of Preface to Shangshu. "The ancients claimed to be the king of the world and began to draw gossip and make calligraphy contracts instead of tying the knot, so literary books were born." The meaning of the word "hill" includes: hill, mountain, the one with the highest soil (or high on all sides and low in the middle), city, big hill, tomb, empty, large, gathering and district (four cities are hills). In terms of glyphs, hills refer to landforms with gentle slopes. The question is, why use the word hill in the word "soldier"? In fact, the word "soldier" is actually a combination of gold and a display platform, that is, the weapon "gold" is displayed on the stage (gold is an axe with a slant shape). According to legend, it was first invented by Chiyou. The so-called "Chiyou as a soldier" means that the Chiyou tribe first worshipped weapons as artifacts. Then, why did the book Nine Hills choose the word "Hill" to describe or refer to it? It should be said that the meaning of "ju" in the preface to Shangshu is reasonable, but it is not complete. This is because hills also mean mountains and rivers, regions, huge areas, empty ruins and big graves (usually with rich funerary objects). Interestingly, the above meaning, taken together, is very similar to a simulated physical map, that is, there are products and terrain symbolizing geographical orientation in different simulated areas. In today's words, it is in the colorful soil of the national altar that products with corresponding directions are displayed. From a deeper perspective, the use of the word "Qiu" in Nine Hills also means that the central government's ruling power (gold) is spread all over the world. In view of this, the so-called "ambition of Kyushu" in the preface to Shangshu is called "nine hills"; Mountain people, gathering together, are called all Kyushu, born in the ground and suitable for qi, all gathered in this book. " Actually, this is another way of saying "Mountain Scenery in Jason Wu" or another version of "Mountain Scenery in Musashi". According to the author's research on The Classic of Mountains and Seas for more than 20 years, it is considered that The Classic of Mountains and Seas was five collections when it was completed in Emperor Wu, four books in summer, four books in the desert when it was completed in Shang, and five books in the sea when it was completed in Zhou. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, editors and rewriters followed the classics with Zhou in 5 16 BC. Moreover, based on geographical survey and land resources investigation, the geographical orientation of Wuzang Mountain can be found basically, and the landform basically conforms to the landform of China 4200 years ago. It is really the first historical treasure of Chinese civilization and culture, and also the cultural heritage of human civilization. Therefore, Jiuqiu is a physical map geography book, which is laid flat on a holy land (without tables and supports). It is a bit like today's model sand table, or it may be a huge painting, drawing mountains, rivers, landforms, products and cultural landscapes in the five districts of Kyushu. Maybe I can still feel the harmonious heartbeat of the sacred unicorn. 1Sept. 9, 1999, it took the author and his wife Sun years to finally create a huge painting "The Emperor's Mountains and Rivers" of 42 square meters, which recorded 447 mountains, 258 rivers, 348 landforms and 673 minerals in five regions of east, west, south, north and central China. To this end, the author once wrote a poem happily saying: "When the flood recedes, the Jade Emperor decides Kyushu, and both at home and abroad explore it, and it will be a bumper harvest." (Note, please refer to Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House's full-color album "Classic Illustration Reading Shan Hai Jing". If Dayu is energetic, he will be surprised when he comes back! To sum up, we can see that the Three Graves, Five Classics, Eight Categories and Nine Hills are indeed the oldest books of the Chinese nation.