Marx pointed out in the book "The French Class Struggle from 1848 to 1850": "As Helvetius said, every social era has its own great figures. If there is no such Characters, it must create such characters”[1]. In the ancient history of our country, Chi You, known as the God of War, was an outstanding and great figure. His achievements and contributions, like thunder and lightning piercing the night sky, have had a significant impact on Chinese history. However, due to various reasons, Chi You's great historical image and Chi You's true historical status have been distorted and derogated. This is a trampling on Chinese history and historical science, and is not conducive to national unity. Therefore, we must return history to its true colors and confirm Chi You’s historical status in order to enhance the great unity of the Chinese nation. This article mainly conducts a realistic analysis based on its historical status and role, and strives to make a comprehensive and fair evaluation.
1. Chi You is one of the three great ancestors of the Chinese nation
Due to the primitive social stage, there were no written records, so from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the present day, all Chinese historical books According to historical legends, it can be traced back to the Neolithic Age and the patrilineal clan commune stage of the Yellow Emperor period five thousand years ago. However, during the time of the Yellow Emperor, the Chinese nation had three famous great ancestors, namely Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou. However, in the official official history of our country, the Yellow Emperor has always been regarded as the ancestor and first king of the Chinese nation. Later, the Yan Emperor was gradually confirmed. Therefore, here we focus on the issue of Chi You being one of the great ancestors of the Chinese nation.
First of all, it should be pointed out that Chi You is the ancestor of the Miao ethnic group in China. Because the ethnic origin of the Miao people in China today is closely related to the "Jiuli", "Sanmiao" and "Nanman" in ancient times. At the end of primitive society, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the lower reaches of the Yellow River in my country, many primitive humans lived in ancient times; after living and multiplying for generations, through hard work, they gradually formed more than 5,000 years ago. The tribal alliance. This tribal alliance is called "Jiuli", with Chi You as its leader. The note in "Guoyu Mengyu" says: "Jiuli is a disciple of Chi You". "Shu Lu Xing Shi Wen", "Lu Shi Chun Qiu: Dang Bing", and "Warring States Policy: Qin" all said that Chi You was the king of Jiuli. Taking advantage of their superior geographical conditions, they continued to work hard to develop, continuously improved their productivity, and developed their social economy. They suddenly became a powerful tribe dominating the east and were the first to enter the Central Plains. Comrade Fan Wenlan, a famous historian of our party, wrote: The legendary ancient residents of China, "People living in the south are collectively called 'barbarians'. Among them, the Jiuli tribe was the first to enter the central region. Jiuli was an alliance of nine tribes , each tribe includes nine brother clans, totaling eighty-one brother clans. Chi You is the leader of the Jiuli clan, with eighty-one brothers, that is, eighty-one clan chiefs...with beasts as their totems. A powerful tribe that is brave and good at fighting." [2] After the Jiuli tribe entered the Central Plains, the Yandi tribe also entered the central region from the West, and had a long-term inter-tribal conflict with the Jiuli tribe. The Jiuli tribe expelled the Yandi tribe and reached Zhuolu. Later, the Yandi tribe joined forces with the Huangdi tribe and the Jiuli tribe to launch an unprecedented tribal war in Zhuolu at the end of primitive society - the Zhuolu War. In the early days of the war, due to lack of troops and lack of understanding and unfamiliarity with the terrain and climate, Huangdi and Chiyou were defeated in nine out of nine battles.[3] Later, the Huangdi tribe created a compass to identify directions;[4] and greatly added Strength, [5] can turn defeat into victory. In the end, the two sides fought a decisive battle in Zhuolu, Jiuli was defeated, and his leader Chi You was also captured and killed.
After the defeat of Jiuli, its power declined greatly, but they still occupied a vast area in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. By the time of Yao, Shun, and Yu, they formed new tribal alliances. This is the "Three Miao" mentioned in history books, also known as "Youmiao" or "Miao people". The development of tribal groups such as the Three Miao eventually formed a tribal emirate. Fan Wenlan wrote: "After the Miao people were defeated by Yu, they withdrew from the Yellow River Basin. According to people during the Warring States Period, the Miao people once established a large country in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This large country should be a large tribal alliance, a collection of many tribes. The larger one was Jingchu.”[6] Therefore, by the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the “Three Miao” were also called “Jingchu” and sometimes also called “Southern Barbarians”. Later, Jingchu’s social economy With the development of the country, the more advanced Chu people were also called "Jing Man". After that, the Jingman became increasingly powerful and developed into the main residents and the main ethnic group of the Chu State, one of the "Five Hegemons" and "Seven Heroes" of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period.
It can be seen that the Jiuli, Sanmiao, Nanman, Jingman and Miao peoples have the same origin relationship, and they all include Miao ancestors, and the latter are the Miao descendants of the former. Records such as "Chi You punished the Miao democratic system" in "Book of Zhou Lu Xing" and "Miao restored the virtues of Jiuli" in "Guoyu Zheng Zhu", "Three Miao, after Jiuli", have already shown that The kinship between "Jiuli" and "Sanmiao" is found in "Book of Rites·Yishu·Yinfuxing·Zheng's Notes", saying that "there are Miao, after Jiuli... there are people of Western descent who live in Sanmiao" and other words. It is directly pointed out that "Sanmiao" are the descendants of Jiuli. "Nanman" is another name for some of the "Sanmiao" who were expelled to the south of the Yangtze River, while "Jingman" refers to the "Jingman" of this part of the Lianghu region during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The title of "Southern Barbarian".
Many books believe that the Miao people are related to the San Miao people, for example: "The Miao people are the descendants of the San Miao people in ancient times" [7]; "The Miao people are the descendants of the San Miao people" [8]; "Kaohong Miao Panzhi" The boundaries between the three provinces of Chu, Shu, and Guizhou are the relics of the three ancient Miao species” [9]. This allows us to clearly see the clues to the origin of the Miao ethnic group, Jiuli - Sanmiao - Nanman (Jingman) - Miao. That is to say, the ancestors of the Miao people are Jiuli, and Chi You is the leader of Jiuli. Therefore, the Miao people generally regard Chi You as their ancestor.
Secondly, Chi You is also the ancestor of many ethnic minorities in southern China. Five thousand years ago, the Jiuli Tribal Alliance, a contemporary of the Yellow Emperor, recorded in historical records that in addition to the Miao, its members also included Li, Yao, She and other ethnic minorities. If according to the names in past history books, the people who lived in the south in ancient times were collectively called "barbarians", or "southern barbarians" or "Jing barbarians", then it would include many ethnic minorities in the south of our country. This means that Jiuli, Sanmiao and Nanman are not only the ancestors of the Miao people, but also the ancestors of the Li, Yao, She and other ethnic minorities in the south. Chi You is the king of Jiuli, so Chi You is not only the ancestor of the Miao people, but also the ancestor of the Li people, Yao people, She people and other ethnic minorities. At the same time, we should also note that during the many migrations in ancient times, including the southward and westward migrations, the Miao gradually evolved into several ethnic groups, only some of which still retain the title of Miao. It can be seen that these evolved ethnic groups are naturally descendants of Jiuli, and Chi You should also be their ancestor.
Thirdly, Chi You is also the ancestor of the Qiang people in my country. "Book of the Later Han·Biography of the Western Qiang" says: "The origin of the Western Qiang comes from Sanmiao, and the Qiang surname is also different. The country is close to Nanyue. The four dangers of Shun's flow and the three dangers of migration are the Western Qiang land in Heguan. "This means that the Qiang people are from Sanmiao, and the descendants of Sanmiao are a branch of the Jiang surname. According to historical records, the Jiang surname refers to the original Jiang people in the northwest area, who were later called Qiang and gradually moved south and west. Therefore, Qiang people live as far north as present-day Qinghai, as far west as present-day Tibet, and as far south as present-day Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. The Qiang people who migrated westward to Tibet called themselves "Ushi Zang", Ushi means Wushi, Zang means Qiang, and Ushi Zang is the collective name for Wuzhi Qiang. They also call it "Tibet". In fact, Tibet is the Xiqiang. This can prove that the current Tibetan people are also formed by the fusion of the Qiang and Uzbek peoples. There are also Miao people among them. The Qiang people who moved southward merged with the local Qing people and were called Qing Qiang. Some of the Qiang people moved south and merged with the local Qing people and were called Qing Qiang. Some of them moved from Sichuan to Guizhou and Yunnan. Today, the Qiang people in western Guizhou have their public name Qiang, but the people still call themselves Miao. The origin of the Qiang people in Yunnan is roughly the same as that of the Qiang people in western Guizhou. Their public name is Qiang, and the people still call themselves Miao. It can be seen that the Qiang people are also descendants of Jiuli and Sanmiao. Chi You, the king of Jiuli, should also be the ancestor of the Qiang people.
Once again, Chi You is also the ancestor of the Han people. Comrade Fan Wenlan wrote: "In ancient times, there were many clans and tribes with different ancestors living in China. After a long period of mutual influence and struggle with each other, some gradually merged and some developed." [10] "The Huangdi and Yandi tribes gradually merged with parts of the Yi, Li, and Miao tribes, forming the initial basis for what was called the Hua tribe in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Han tribe after the Han Dynasty." [11] It can be seen? Crane Jia Si Si Xing Cai knocks on the silk curtain M? Bao? Chuan Nuo? Kui朊缱瀭秸?School? Pepper? Qumu? Bo? Jia Luan サ乇 locust 诤 narrow play? Wei Shan Si Xiang beats the bald crane 逯?洌?阒apricot-shaped remote?Suppressed apricot heart stunned Nao pure gong H rescue dry 诨frequency dance forced tomb?Climb Zhi Huan?て诙 atmosphere?Poly?Wandering chaff straight yellow tough hissing sword play?Wandering chaff to rice Yi Nong Jian? Qing Chun? ⒗ Yun? Wandering bran straight lie Zhun Pu Chen? Scar? Jiao Maocuan was Gucan Xiao? Zhi Zhen? Get? Beer! ?/span>[12] "Shun ordered the Miao people to educate the people, Gao Tao ordered the Miao people to use criminal laws to control the Miao people, and ordered them to abandon the sowing of hundreds of grains to feed the people. In fact, they used criminal laws to force the Miao people to cultivate to feed the educated people."[13] ] Another example: Lu Ciyun's "Dongxi Xianzhi" said: Maybe someone captured Feng Renzong as a slave, put wooden boots on him and added wooden locks, and he would not be able to escape for the rest of his life. This means that the people who captured the other nation were taken as slaves, and then they were gradually integrated into their own nation. Moreover, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, “the Chinese people and the other ethnic groups living within China and in the four directions often had conflicts due to cultural differences. As a result of the struggle, Chinese culture expanded, and so did China. By the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, all those who accepted Chinese culture The various ethnic groups are generally integrated into one ethnic group, the Chinese ethnic group.” [14] Obviously, this ethnic integration naturally also includes some Miao ethnic groups. Since part of the Miao nationality merged with the Chinese nationality and became the initial foundation of the Han nationality, and in the future, part of the Miao nationality continued to merge with the Han nationality, then Jiuli should also be the ancestor of the Han nationality, and Chi You, the king of Jiuli, should also be the ancestor of the Han nationality, and He should not be excluded from Huangdi and Yandi.
To sum up, we can draw the conclusion that Chi You is not only the ancestor of the Miao and Li nationalities and the ethnic minorities in southern China, but also the ancestor of other ethnic groups such as the Han nationality, and therefore the ancestor of the Chinese nation. During the Huangdi period, Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou were three great figures of the same era. They were the three leaders (i.e., chiefs) and outstanding representatives of the three major tribal alliances in ancient China before the disintegration of the tribal alliances in the primitive society stage. The three ancestors of the nation.
3. Chi You is one of the great historical figures that the Chinese people have long missed
Historical materialism believes that history is created by the people. “The people, and only the people, are the creators of history.” "At the same time, the role of individuals in historical development is recognized. The emergence of outstanding figures is a historical necessity and the product of certain historical conditions. In Chinese history, there have been many historical figures. However, according to historical records and historical legends, the three earliest great historical figures in Chinese history were Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou. Moreover, it can be said that Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou are the three earliest great historical figures in Chinese history that the Chinese people have long missed. There have been many treatises and articles on the Chinese people's memory of the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor, but very little discussion on the Chinese people's memory of Chi You. Therefore, we here focus on the long-term memory of Chi You by the Chinese people.
First of all, after Chi You's death, the Yellow Emperor and his descendants all regarded Chi You as the "Lord of War" and the "God of War" to respect and remember him. "Lu Shi·Houji IV·Chiyou Biography" said that "Later generations of saints made him 'like the Yi people, thinking they were greedy for military service'." Luo Ping noted: "Chiyou's god of heavenly talismans has an unusual appearance, and the Yi utensils of the three generations , there are many portraits of Chi You, and they are the soldiers of the greedy and oppressive people." "Dragon Fish River Picture" said: "After Lingyou died, the world was in chaos and restlessness. The Yellow Emperor then painted the image of Chi You to terrify the world. The world said that Chi You was immortal, and all the countries in the eight directions were in a state of death." It can be seen from this that Chi You was in the Nine After the Li tribe alliance strategy was captured and killed, Huangdi and his tribe used the image of Chi You to intimidate the world, thus turning Chi You into his own patron saint, and respected and commemorated Chi You.
Secondly, the Miao people generally regard Chi You as their ancestor and have long remembered and worshiped him. When the Miao people in western Hunan and northeastern Guizhou offer sacrifices, they must kill pigs to worship "Peiyou". Legend has it that "Peiyou" was a brave and warrior leader in ancient times. "Pie" means father-in-law according to the Miao language of western Hunan, "You" is the name, and "Pieyou" means "You Gong". The Miao people in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province have the custom of worshiping the "Maple God" to drive away "ghost diseases" for patients. The people who dress up as the "Maple God" dress up very mighty; this awe-inspiring "Maple God" is Chi You's Incarnation, this is related to the legend of "Chiyou abandoned his shackles and turned them into maple trees" recorded in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness South Classic". Among the "Old Miao Songs" from Qiandongnan, there is a song called "Maplewood Song". The meaning of the lyrics in the song is to treat and remember Chi as the ancestor of the Miao people. There is also the "Chiyou Temple" in southern Sichuan and northwest Guizhou, which is worshiped by the Miao people.
Thirdly, a considerable number of Han people have long missed Chi You to varying degrees. Folklore has always said that Chi You was a historical figure who has long been remembered. "The Romance of the Su Family" said: "The people of Jizhou called Chi You a god, and folk people often performed dramas. Between Qi and Wei, the gods of Chi You were worshiped in the villages of Taiyuan. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the people of Taiyuan also built temples for Chi You. Now, Hebei There are still Chiyou's tomb, Chiyou monument, Chiyou temple, Chiyou temple, etc. in Zhuolu County of the province, which deeply commemorate and worship the local people.
In addition, the Yao, Li, She, Qiang and other ethnic minorities in the south. Many people have long remembered Chi You to varying degrees, and have praised and commemorated him as a great historical figure.
It can be seen that Chi You is a great historical figure that the Chinese people have long remembered.
4. Get rid of erroneous ideological views, restore the true nature of history, and confirm Chi You’s historical status
From the above discussion, we can clearly see that Chi You is indeed a contemporary of the Yellow Emperor in ancient Chinese history However, Chi You's great image and status have been seriously distorted and derogated for thousands of years. We are historical materialists, and we should restore history. In its original form, it is necessary to confirm Chi You’s historical status in order to enhance the scientific nature of Chinese history and promote the great unity of the Chinese nation. As Comrade Huagang said: “What we need most now is to understand certain parts of Chinese history. What’s more? ? Yan Jijiu Huang Kong? Mu? Fang right member reins ぃ? Refers to stupid? Fat rate file annoyed Ting Wujun 0 teeth? Anti-support 弁酢⒐笞濉⒕?А⒌刂錌⒎ㄎ鉉gulou slang group pregnant?艴鏏 ?Lu Huocoward Falcon chu?Gu?Noon?榦笕壣妦mu?二?/span>[16]
However, there have been several wrong ideological views over the years, which have seriously hindered the study of Chi You. Put the problem back into order. In order to get rid of wrong ideas and views and to rectify Chi You's name more smoothly, it is necessary for us to analyze these wrong ideas and views here.
There is a view that judges heroes by victory or defeat, or "the theory of victory or defeat of heroes." People who hold this view follow the old view of "the winner is king, the loser is the enemy". They believe that Chi You was the loser in the Battle of Zhuolu, so he should be included in the list of "rebels" and should not be regarded as our ancestor. Obviously, this view is wrong and untenable. Historical materialists cannot judge heroes based solely on victory or defeat. If our history books only write about the winners and erase the losers from the history books, then this kind of history books will be incomplete and unscientific. History should be the recording and evaluation of historical facts of past eras. The task of Marxist historical science is to discover and explain the laws of human historical development, elucidate the process of historical development, and use historical knowledge and historical experience to improve people's understanding of social transformation.
Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou were the three great chiefs who formed the alliance of the three major tribes in ancient China. This is a historical fact that cannot be erased. If the losers are completely erased from the history books and not recognized, then how will Yan Emperor be treated? Because "the Yan and Huang tribes had three major conflicts in Banquan (it is said that Banquan is in Huailai County, Hebei). The Huangdi tribe led the tribes with bears, 罴, appearance, xiu and tiger as their totems to defeat the Yan Emperor."[17] It can be seen that Emperor Yan was also the loser in the ancient tribal war. Can we deny that Emperor Yan is the founder of the Chinese nation because he is a loser? Obviously not. Therefore, we cannot deny that Chi You is our ancestor just because he is the loser. At the same time, we should also point out that if we write history and select characters based on the perspective of judging heroes based on victory and defeat, then from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Jiao in the Han Dynasty, Li Mi and Dou Jiande in the Sui Dynasty, and Huang Chao, Song Jiang and Fang La in the Song Dynasty, Li Zicheng in the Ming Dynasty, and Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing in the Qing Dynasty can not be called historical figures or written into history. Doesn’t this run counter to historical materialism? ! Now, since our "General History of China" has written the above-mentioned figures into history as historical figures, why not recognize Chi You as a historical figure and write it into history?
Another view is to emphasize the use of official history as the basis, or the "only official history theory." People who hold this view believe that Chi You is not mentioned in China's orthodox history books, and there is no affirmation. In fact, this view is also wrong. Because the so-called orthodox history of China in the past was actually official history, which not only confused the authenticity. Moreover, the fake often overwhelms the real, so it needs to be rewritten. As Mr. Lu Xun said, there is a lot of Chinese culture that needs to be sorted out. Just like history, another volume must be compiled. Therefore, when we write Chinese history, especially ancient Chinese history, we cannot emphasize only relying on the so-called official history, but should pay attention to the use of unofficial historical materials and historical legends. Comrade Huagang said in the book "The Reversal of the General History of China": "When carrying out the work of revising the verdict of Chinese history, in addition to correcting one's own stance and ideological methods, special attention should also be paid to the use of unofficial historical materials. Because as Mr. Lu Xun said : 'China's soul is written in history, indicating its future destiny. It's just because the coating is too thick and there is too much nonsense, so it is difficult to see the details. Just like the moonlight shining on the berry moss, only one can see it. But if you look at the unofficial histories and miscellaneous notes, it is easy to understand, because they don't have to pretend to be historians.'"[18] It can be seen that the authenticity of unofficial histories and miscellaneous notes is far from the official history. within reach. Therefore, we should not underestimate the historical facts of historical materials such as visual history, miscellaneous notes, historical legends, anthologies and poems, and should not hold an attitude of only orthodox historical theory. Tongjin, on the issue of Chinese historiography, Comrade Guo Moruo has taken the lead for us in terms of not only focusing on orthodox historical theory, not only on orthodoxy, not only on books, but on facts, and in reversing certain parts of Chinese history. His works such as "Self-Criticism of Ancient Studies", "Research on Qu Yuan", and "Ten Criticisms" are proof. Therefore, the view that only emphasizes the basis of official history is one-sided and inconsistent with the stance, viewpoint and direction of Marxist historical materialism, and should therefore be corrected. As for the issue of Chi You, it is actually recorded and discussed in official history, unofficial history, miscellaneous notes, poetry, historical legends, etc. Volume 1 of "Historical Records", "The Chronicles of the Five Emperors" and "Historical Records of Justice" both talk about Chi You. However, due to the fact that Nan Aoping stole the pen of the Shi Department and was closed? Wei Nan Ao tired? Cun? Emperor arrived? Province ⒈ Wei snipe? 偷囷対倆? mu唷O中冢?墐堑娜姬嬬狠瀌Animals?请対嬬loy?ü?褰⒃Chrysalis choke hip sac Zhangsi 诘 Mouwo ぃMinxia ridge throwing persimmon system scratching≈ ぃ?哉?Fen martingale plaque? Mougoubangtou┱?Xuanxie?ɑ refers to the pit magpie mu? The Song Dynasty snail worm leg brown to the pit magpie neon armor Xian 匚 bluff? Weird? Noon? Pan Er ⒖ Pu? Er ?/span>
Another view is to ignore the Chiyou issue, or the "indifference theory." People who hold this view believe that raising the issue of Chi You and trying to rectify Chi You's name is making a fuss out of a molehill, so they have an indifferent attitude towards the issue of Chi You. We believe that this attitude is very inappropriate and undesirable. It should be pointed out that the Chi You issue is by no means a small issue, but a big issue. It is an issue related to the three ancestors of the Chinese nation. It is a major national issue and political issue. We must not ignore it indifferently. In order to illustrate the extreme importance of the Chi You issue, we must not talk about some recent relevant situations here. First, it is reported that in March 1995, at the third session of the Eighth National People's Congress, representatives such as Lu Zhenfan and Long Mingwu proposed that "please inform the relevant departments to stop using the phrase 'we are all descendants of Yan and Huang' instead of The term "all ethnic groups in China" stipulated in the Constitution is used to facilitate ethnic unity." In June 1995, the General Office of the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China replied in a letter: "The people of all ethnic groups in China have jointly created a glorious culture and have a glorious national tradition. Our ministry has always required that in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, Propaganda system units correctly use normative terms that safeguard national unity and promote national prosperity. At the briefing meeting for major news units in Hudu, entrusted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the leaders of the ministry have repeatedly asked the news units not to use "we". "We are all descendants of Yan and Huang", "Chinese people at home and abroad are all descendants of Yan and Huang" and other similar irregular terms.
"[19] What needs to be pointed out here is why my country's ethnic minorities do not agree with the use of the phrase "we are all descendants of Yan and Huang"? Isn't this related to the failure to recognize Chi You's status as the ancestor? Third, according to "People's Daily" According to reports, the first national seminar on the culture of the three ancestors of Yan, Huang, Chi, was opened in Zhuolu County, Hebei Province on September 25, 1995. 48 experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait participated in the seminar, and 28 papers were received. The seminar was co-sponsored by the Chinese Pre-Qin History Society, the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association, and the Zhuolu County Government. “The participating scholars agreed that Zhuolu County was the place where many historical records recorded the battles between Emperor Yan, Emperor Huang, and Chi You. , Banquan is located, Chi You should be one of the ancestors of the Chinese nation like Yan and Huang. Scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait agree that research on the Three Ancestors and Zhuolu archeology should be strengthened to promote the development of Chinese culture and the unity of the Chinese nation. "[20] Thirdly, according to the report of "Yangtze Evening News" on July 25, 1995, "Nanbo excavated the Funing Luzhuang site and solved for the first time the eternal mystery of the disappearance of the Liangzhu culture of the Chiyou tribe." The report said: "Our country Liangzhu Culture, the most developed and highly civilized culture in ancient times, suddenly disappeared in the Taihu Lake area 4,200 years ago, becoming an "eternal mystery" in the archaeological community. The Nanjing Museum conducted archaeological excavations in Funing County and developed Liangzhu cultural relics in the Jianghuai area for the first time. It was discovered that the Liangzhu culture migrated from south to north after disappearing in the Taihu Lake area, thus solving this "eternal mystery". The report also said that this discovery is also "of great significance for studying the origin of civilization and the emergence of countries. According to "Historical Records", before the 21st century BC, Chi You, the leader of the Liangzhu Culture tribe, had a great battle with Emperor Xuanyuan. ——The Battle of Zhuolu. … This excavation marked the Chiyou tribe’s march northward and gave the archaeological community a new understanding of the ancient cultural types in the eastern Jianghuai area.” The above situation illustrates the question of Chiyou. Rehabilitating the case is well-founded, reasonable and meaningful, and is by no means a fuss. Therefore, we should not adopt an indifferent attitude of turning a blind eye or listening to the Chi You issue. It is reported that because of this, General Chen Jing, a veteran Red Army and military writer, wrote to superior comrades in November 1994 and February 1995 respectively, suggesting that Chi You be rehabilitated. Unfortunately, there is still no significant progress on this issue.
In order to quickly clarify the truth about Chi You's issue and make a correct evaluation of Chi You's historical figure and status in a realistic, comprehensive, objective and fair manner, we recommend that the central government instruct relevant departments to take the lead and organize Relevant experts and scholars conduct special research and strive to draw conclusions within this century in order to rectify Chi You's name and restore Chi You's status as the ancestor. We firmly believe that if this is done well, it will be a major contribution to the Chinese nation and Chinese history.
In short, Chi You is one of the three great ancestors of the Chinese nation, the great founder of ancient Chinese civilization, and a great historical figure that the Chinese people have long remembered. We should confirm Chi You's historical status in order to enhance the great unity of our Chinese nation and promote the overall development of our country's political, economic and cultural development and overall social progress.