Reference: Baidu Library
At first glance, this question is quite strange. Chang 'e, Hou Yi, is a mythical figure. Without mom and dad, it is difficult to get married only after three matchmakers and nine employees, parents' orders and matchmakers' words. But the question is, even mythical figures should have a book, and who put Chang 'e and Hou Yi together.
In the ancient legend of China, Hou Yi was originally a fairy in the sky. After God helped Yao shoot, he was furious because he killed his nine sons and demoted him to earth. Hou Yi met Chang 'e on earth and fell in love with him. A day later, through the previous relationship, Yi got the fairy medicine from the Queen Mother of the West. Eat it, she can live forever and become immortal in one day. Hou Yi was reluctant to part with Chang 'e, so he gave Chang 'e the fairy medicine. Chang 'e couldn't resist the temptation of immortality, stole the fairy medicine, became a fairy and flew to the moon.
Of course, it was also said that Hou Yi was not from the Yao Dynasty, but from the Xia Dynasty. But no matter in which era, there was no written record at that time, and there was no marriage certificate, marriage certificate and the like. Why do later generations think Chang 'e is Hou Yi's wife?
When it comes to Chang 'e and Hou Yi, we have to say Liu An in the Western Han Dynasty, the legendary quasi-southern king who made tofu. Liu An cooperated with eight famous people (Su Fei, Li Shang, Tian You, etc.). ) At that time, I wrote a book dedicated to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty-Huai Nan Zi. In "Lan Mingxun of Huainanzi", he wrote about the event in the goddess the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon: "The fairy medicine invited the Queen Mother of the West, and Heng E sneaked into the moon, which was disappointing." Translated into vernacular: Hou Yi went to the Queen Mother of the West to seek the elixir of life; However, before he could swallow it, his beautiful wife Chang 'e stole it and flew to the moon palace. Hou Yi was very depressed because he knew that he would never get the elixir of life again, because the Queen Mother of the West once said that there was only one elixir left in the world. Later, the sources of information about Chang 'e Houyi's literary works were all more or less based on this.
However, Lan Mingxun in Huainanzi did not explicitly say that Chang 'e was Houyi's wife, only that Chang 'e stole Houyi's fairy medicine. In the previous vernacular translation, Chang 'e was said to be Hou Yi's wife and a note from Hou Gao to Huai Nan Zi. Gao You, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, lived around 200 A.D., and once annotated three important classic works, one of which was Notes on Huai Nan Zi. "Huai Nan Zi Zhu" wrote: "Heng E, his wife; Yi invited the elixir of life to the Queen Mother of the West, who refused to take it. Heng E stole the fairy and went to the middle of the month to be a moon essence. " In Huai Nan Zi Zhu, Gaoyou clarified the relationship between Chang 'e and Hou Yi. So, did Gaoyou "marry" Chang 'e to Hou Yi? History is always full of drama. It is a scientist, a great scientist, who really married Chang 'e to Hou Yi. who is it? Say it out and everyone is allowed to jump off the next one-Zhang Heng. Zhang Heng, born in the third year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 78); Yonghe died in the fourth year (AD 139). Ping Zi, a native of Xi, Nanyang (now Shiqiao, Nanyang, Henan), was a great scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty and made indelible contributions in the history of ancient science. It is hard to imagine that a rigorous scientist like Zhang Heng would make irresponsible remarks about the private life of Chang 'e Hou Yi, but in Ling County written by Zhang Heng, he clearly said, "Chang 'e, where is his wife? "It happened that Lingxian was an astronomical work. Zhang Heng's age is several decades earlier than Gaoyou's, so Gaoyou was able to write Heng E, His Wife when he annotated Huai Nan Zi, which must be influenced by Zhang Heng.
So before Huai Nan Zi, did you mention the relationship between Chang 'e and Hou Yi?
Looking through the existing pre-Qin books, I found nothing to do with it. The earliest article showing Chang 'e and Hou Yi was 1993, the bamboo slips of Wang Jiatai and A Qin, which were unearthed in Jiangling, Hubei Province (from the late Western Zhou Dynasty to the early Spring and Autumn Period), but the book only recorded the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon and Hou Yi, but did not say that they were husband and wife. In Shan Hai Jing, Hou Yi only mentioned "shooting at the sun", while in Zuo Zhuan, Hou Yi was even placed in Xia Dynasty, and the pre-Qin philosophers did not mention the relationship between Chang 'e and Hou Yi. Only Tai Shigong's Historical Records explicitly mentioned Chang 'e's husband. It is mentioned in Historical Records of Five Emperors that Gao Xin () married four women when he grew up, namely, four concubines, the first concubine, Artest's daughter Jiang Yuan and Hou Ji (the ancestor of Zhou people); The second princess, with a daughter named Judy, was born (and contracted) (the ancestor of the merchant); Yincui gorge, the daughter of Chen, was born in Yao; The fourth princess, the daughter of the Zhang family, named Chang Yi, gave birth to the wise emperor.
Tai Shigong probably didn't want to be too conspicuous, so he didn't write the word "Chang 'e" directly in the historical records. However, according to research, Chang, (He), (Hengming),? They are all one person-Chang 'e! This is Guo Moruo's textual research: "It looks like the first word of Changyi, meaning, city, and the same as ancient songs." Guo Huan clearly said, "Chang 'e, born on the moon,
Later, it became the goddess of the moon. "Although Guo's personality is a little poor, his literary accomplishment is good, so his words have certain credibility. )
Tai Shigong said Chang 'e was Di Ku's wife. Are there any other ancient books to prove it? Don't be like Chang 'e and Yi in Huai Nan Zi, because his old man has made up his mind? Of course not. There are at least three references to the relationship with Chang 'e in The Classic of Mountains and Seas-one is "What country is there outside the East China Sea and between Gansu and Gansu?". There is a woman named He who is taking a bath (bath day). He Jun's wife was born ten days ago. " The "xi He" mentioned in the article is the wife of Di Jun (Di Ku). Second, "there is a female bath. The emperor's wife often gave birth twice in ten months, so she began to take a shower. " Chang 'e is his wife, which is unambiguous. Third, "in the wild, there are three people who are not in court. Di Jun's wife E Huang was born in this three-person country. " Obviously, E Huang refers to Chang 'e, who is Di Ku's wife.
There are many uncommon and difficult words in Shan Hai Jing. However, when it comes to the relationship between Di Ku and Chang 'e, Chang 'e's husband can be described clearly and unambiguously-Di Ku, he is Chang 'e's husband.
Therefore, Huai Nan Zi by Liu An in the Western Han Dynasty only painted Chang 'e and Yi as a story, but did not make clear their relationship. Only Lingxian written by Zhang Heng in the Eastern Han Dynasty (the original text was quoted from other books) and Huainan Zi Zhu written by Gaoyou gave Chang 'e and Yi the first proof of husband and wife. It was Zhang Heng and Gaoyou who forced Chang 'e to marry Hou Yi.