Yandi and Chiyou are both developed from Shennong, and belong to the farming tribe alliance. The direct descendant of Shennong is called because of the great achievements of his ancestor Shennong in inventing thunder. Emperor Yan and Shennong belong to two different historical stages, so what about historical records? When amenorrhea illustrates amenorrhea ceremony, Shennong and Yan Di are arranged one after another. In historical records? The narratives of Shennong and Yan Di are very close, but the relationship between them is not specified. "Emperor Century" said: "The contribution of Shennong is Yan Emperor", and the relationship between them has been noticed. "Hanshu Ancient and Modern Two-person Table" and "Yi? This copula will be called "Yan Di Shennong" by the emperor and Shennong.
"Is it easy? The copula refers to the cloud of the emperor's century, and the title of "Yan Di" has spread to eight generations: Lin Kuidi, Cheng Di, Ming Di, Zhi Di, Bi Di, Ai Di and Di Di. In the world of Emperor Yu Wang, I began to see the emergence of the Ministry of Human-God.
The Chiyou tribe is the most powerful of a group of farming tribes developed from Shennong. The reasons for its strength are: first, it is beneficial to its local salt; Second, in the production process of boiling salt, the invention of smelting metal and making weapons.
"Meng Qian's pen talks about two volumes and three volumes" Note: "Xiezhou Salt Ze, in terms of twenty miles. Long rain, the water of four mountains, is noted in it and will never flood; The drought has not disappeared. Halogen is red, under the spring, commonly known as human-god blood. " In Song Dynasty, Xiezhou ruled Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. Salt Ze, now known as the "national treasure", contains salts such as sodium sulfate, sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate, as well as rare elements such as calcium, iodine, potassium, boron, lithium, cesium and strontium. Taiping universe? Volume 46 yi county: "Chiyou Tian is in the south of the county." Therefore, Anyi County is now a county and is also under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng City. This used to be the residence of the Chiyou tribe. With the wealth of salt, the Chiyou tribe has the strength to fight against the Yellow Emperor. For example, Historical Records? "Chronicle of Five Emperors" said: "Xuanyuan is used to fighting with soldiers, not for fun, and all the princes and salty guests come from this." And Chiyou is the most violent and can't be separated. "
"pipe? There are several articles in the area that say: "When the Gru Mountain comes out of the water, gold will follow, and Chiyou will be formed from this. He thinks sword and spear are this year's princes. When the mountain of the fox comes out of the water, gold will follow, and Chiyou will let it go. He thinks that Ji of the fox Riggs is a 20-year-old warlord. The specific reference of "Mountain of Gru" and "Mountain of Hu Yong" has not been verified. Its location will not be too far away from today's Yuncheng city. Or in its place. "Gold" refers to metal in general, not limited to gold.
Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, which is adjacent to Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, is also the settlement center of agricultural tribes. Thousands of years later, there are still descendants of Shennong here. Historical records? According to Zhou Ji, Zhou Wuwang succeeded in cutting Zhou. "To remember the holy king is to praise Shennong first and then Yujiaozi." Pei's Notes on Historical Records: "Geography shows that hongnong county has diplomatic relations with the city, so it has diplomatic relations with the country". Hanshu? Geography hongnong county, the first county Hongnong, lives in Lingbao County, Henan Province. Shaanxi county belongs to Sanmenxia city today. "Geography" records that Hongnong County "has an iron official living in Mianchi", which is now Mianchi County and also belongs to Sanmenxia City. There are gold mines in Lingbao county, which still have great mining value. Other mineral resources such as silver, copper, iron, zinc and aluminum are also abundant, and the region has the necessary conditions for metal smelting. According to legend, the place where the Yellow Emperor cast the bronze tripod was located in Lingbao County [8], and its relative historical age was after the battle of Xuanyuan Chiyou. This area is not only rich in mineral resources, but also fertile land, rich in five grains and Chinese herbal medicines such as purple Hu, gastrodia elata, Scutellaria baicalensis and salvia miltiorrhiza, which is suitable for farming tribes to live in.
According to historical records, the Chiyou tribe became the most powerful tribe in the farming tribe alliance headed by Emperor Yan because of the benefits of salt ponds and the method of metal smelting. Both Chiyou and Yandi are descendants of Shennong. The outstanding one is Yan Di, and the unsuccessful one is Chiyou.