I dreamed that a rare strong wind blew away all the dirt on the earth, leaving only a pure world.
After waking up, Huang Di realized his dream and thought to himself: "The wind is the command and the ruler. Remove the dirt and leave behind the dirt. Is there anyone in the world who is named Feng?" Knowledge and experience are both important. The very rich Huangdi actually guessed the existence of a person in the world through a dream.
The Yellow Emperor was not satisfied with food and could not sleep well, so he secretly visited and finally his dream came true. In a place called Haiyu (this place is Shedong Village, Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province today), this place has a special geographical location, bordering Luliang Mountain to the north and Linfen City, Zhongtiao Mountain and Jincheng City to the east, and bordering Jincheng City to the west and south. Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, and Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, facing each other across the Yellow River) found a person named "Fenghou". After Huang Di interacted with him, he found that this man was knowledgeable and intelligent, and was a rare talent.
The Yellow Emperor worshiped the Queen of Wind and became his prime minister. Since Fenghou was the first prime minister of the Yellow Emperor, later generations called him the "Opening Prime Minister".
Fenghou’s film and television image
Although Fenghou’s existence is somewhat mysterious, it is definitely recorded in history books. "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the Five Emperors" records: The Yellow Emperor "raised Fenghou, Limu, Changxian, and Dahong to govern the people." "Pei Pian Ji Ji Jie" quoted Zheng Xuan as saying: "Fenghou is the three Dukes of the Yellow Emperor." Zhang Shoujie's "Zhengyi" " also records: "The four of them are all emperor's ministers." "Historical Records: The Benji of Xiaowu": "Although the Yellow Emperor granted the title of Mount Tai, Fenghou, Feng Ju, and Qi Bo ordered the Yellow Emperor to grant the title of East Mount Tai, Zen Fan Mountain, and then "I will not die." Tang Yang Jiong's "Zhongshu Ling Fenyin Gong Xue Zhenxingzhuang" also recorded: "By Rufeng Hou, Li Mu, left and right Xuan Huang, Xiao He and Cao Shen, plotted against the Han Dynasty." "Yunji Seven Lots." "Volume 100: "(Yellow Emperor) got the wind and went to the corner of the sea, and he was able to herd the marshes. That is to say, he raised the wind to manage the people, first as a servant, and later as a prime minister."
These ancient books The records show that the existence of the Wind Queen is not entirely groundless, nor is it entirely a myth.
From an empirical point of view, in Shedong Village, Dongmenwai, Dongmenwai, Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province today, there is a large jade stone named "Fenghou's Hometown" and a "Feng Temple". There is his tomb at Fenglingdu in Ruicheng City and this is the place name. It shows that there is indeed a person behind the wind, and it is the hometown of Yuncheng.
Examine the "Battle of Zhuolu" between Huangdi and Chi You, which also contains records of Fenghou:
The "Battle of Zhuolu" between Huangdi and Chiyou (Zhuolu: today's Hebei (Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou City, Jiangsu Province), Huangdi and Chi You set up their own battle formations. For a time, strong winds, heavy rain and heavy fog followed one after another. First, the Yellow Emperor's minister Fenghou used a compass to guide the participating troops out of the foggy area and out of danger; then, the Yellow Emperor's daughter Nuba came out of the battle to disperse the wind and rain, and disturbed the enemy soldiers with the sounds of horns, drums, etc.; finally, the Yellow Emperor He adopted various tactics to win, beheaded Chi You, dismembered his body, and buried him in a different place (with some kind of ritual to suppress evil). Therefore, the local people named it Jiezhou. The villagers in that specific village are descendants of the Chiyou tribe, so they were named Chiyou Village (now called Congshan Village).
Everyone knows that the compass was invented by the Yellow Emperor. The "Huangdi" mentioned here does not refer to Huangdi himself, but to the "Huangdi Group", which is a scope reference. If we were to be more specific and talk about the inventor of the compass, then we should be specific about the character Feng Hou.
Guide Car
Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought for three years and fought 72 times but failed to win. In a battle, when Chi You was about to lose, he invited Feng Boyu Master to control wind and rain, causing difficulties for the Yellow Emperor's army's attack. Huangdi also hurriedly invited a goddess named Hanba from the sky to cast spells to stop the wind and rain, so that the army could continue to advance. At this time, the scheming Chi You released a heavy fog, which instantly filled the fields and caused the Yellow Emperor's army to lose its way forward. Huangdi was very anxious and had to order the army to stop advancing and stay put. And immediately summoned ministers to discuss countermeasures. Yinglong, Changxian, Dahong, Limu and other ministers were all present, but Fenghou was missing. Some people doubt whether Fenghou was killed by Chi You. Huang Di immediately sent people to search around, but after searching for a long time, there was still no trace of Feng Hou, so Huang Di had to look for it himself. When Huang Di came to a corner of the battlefield, he found Feng Hou sleeping alone in the chariot. Huang Di said angrily: "What time has it been? Why are you sleeping here?" Fenghou sat up slowly and said: "I am not sleeping, I am thinking of a solution."
"What? How?" Huang Di asked questioningly.
The Queen of the Wind pointed to the sky with her hand and said: "Your Majesty, look at the Big Dipper in the sky. Why does the pole turn but not turn? I heard someone said that Bo Gao was quarrying stone and smelting copper. "We have discovered a magnet that can attract iron. Can we make something that can point to the direction based on the situation of the Big Dipper? With this thing, we won't be afraid of losing our way." Huang Di said happily after hearing this. : "So that's what you were thinking about when you were lying here." Huang Di told the ministers about Feng Hou's idea. Everyone discussed it and thought it was a good idea. Then, Fenghou designs it and everyone makes it. After days and nights of hard work, he finally built an instrument that could guide the direction. The Queen of the Wind mounted it on a chariot, with a dummy mounted on the vehicle, pointing toward the south.
Feng Hou told all the troops: "When fighting, once you are confused by the heavy fog, just look at the direction the dummy on the compass is pointing, and you can immediately identify the southeast, northwest, and northwest." From then on, Huang Di's troops were no longer afraid of Chi You's It was foggy, but everyone was brave and good at fighting. They all fought bravely and finally defeated Chi You. They chased him to the wilderness of Zhuolu and killed him.
Fenghou also completed a major invention: the Eight Formation Soldier Map.
The Eight Formations of War, also known as the "Eight Formations", became famous because of Zhuge Liang's use.
The poet Du Fu once attributed the achievement of "Eight Formations of the Art of War" to Zhuge Liang. He wrote a poem:
Contributed to three parts of the country,
The famous Eight Formation Diagram;
The stone in the river will not turn,
The regret will be lost and Wu will be swallowed up.
A set of my country's earliest "Fenghou Eight Formations of the Art of War" was discovered in Mi County, Henan Province, which proves that the "Art of War" (Eight Formations) "taught to Zhuge Liang by Deng Gongjiu" is actually It is a work on the art of war written by the Yellow Emperor 3,500 years before Zhuge Liang's lifetime, and is the military theory of Feng Hou.
Fenghou's military theory is recorded in a book called: "The Book of Holding Qi" (also known as "The Book of Holding Machine" and "Jing Jing").
The Book of Holding Strange Scriptures
The book is in 1 volume and has more than 380 words (one volume has more than 360 words). It is said that its text was written by Huangdi Chenfenghou, extended by Jiang Shang, and interpreted by Gongsun Hong, the prime minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Also attached are an anonymous volume of "Continued Pictures of Holding the Strange Sutra" and a volume of "A Summary of the Eight Formations of Pictures" by Ma Long, the prefect of Xiping during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty. Apart from legends, there is no actual date to test. I only know that it was first recorded in "History of Song Dynasty·Yiwenzhi". In addition, Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty believed that his book was "written by Li Quan of the Tang Dynasty" ("Quotations of Zhu Zi").
The content of "The Book of Holding Qi" is about the arrangement of eight formations, so it is called "The Art of War of Eight Formations after the Wind".
It has nine pictures per ***. One of the pictures shows the main picture of the eight formations, and the other eight pictures show the eight formations, namely: sky-covering formation, earth-carrying formation, wind-raising formation, cloud-hanging formation, dragon-flying formation, tiger-wing formation, bird-flying formation, snake formation Pan array. There is a text description next to the picture, which details the tactical application of each formation in offensive and defensive situations under special circumstances.
The "Yunyan Guan Feng Hou Eight Formations" stele, which is the Tang Dynasty military strategist and Changzhou governor Duguji's remains from Yunyan Guan, Mi County, Henan Province, records in detail the creation of the "Eight Formations Diagram" by Huangdi and Feng Hou. deeds. The discovery of this picture has pushed forward the history of my country's Eight Formations Art of War by 2,500 years. It also recorded Feng Hou's great achievements, allowing future generations to know the details.