Jiang Yuan

Jiang Yuan

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The surname is Jiang, whose name is yuan (yizuo "Yuan"), and there are people from the Tai tribe (now Taiting, Meixian County, Shaanxi Province). In ancient times, a historical figure, the imperial concubine of the Yuan Dynasty, was the mother of Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou nationality.

"Poetry · Daya · Shengmin" contains: "Jue early people, when Wei Jiang Yuan. "According to the records of the historian Zhou Benji, Jiang Yuan was the imperial concubine of the Yuan Dynasty. He practiced giant traces in the wilderness and became pregnant after moving, so he gave birth to Houji. The ancient legends about Jiang Yuan reflect that he was at the end of matriarchal clan society. Jiang Yuanlu's theory of having children contains both historical facts and mythology, which is closely related to gansheng theory and Shengwang theory.

Life of the characters

During the reign of DIHE, Jiang Yuan once went out and stepped on the giant's footprints. When he came back, he found that he was pregnant. After a period of time, his stomach grew bigger and bigger. He felt strange and disgusted with this matter. He divined and prayed to God, but finally the child was born. She thought that the child was unknown, so she threw him into the alley. Cattle and sheep avoided the child. So he put the child in the forest, and later the forest fellers put a mattress and a quilt on the child. Later, he put the child on the ice, and the bird flew over to protect the child with its wings. Jiang Yuan felt very strange, so he took the child home and named it "abandon". Jiang Yuan is very quiet and dedicated. He likes to work in the fields. When he grew up, Jiang Yuan taught him to plant trees and mulberry hemp. He was smart and benevolent. He also liked farming activities very much. As soon as he learned, he became famous. As a result, Emperor Yao made Pai an official of Ji (an official of farming), taking Tai as the state, and granted Tai Jia to Pai, known as "Houji". When Yao died and Emperor Shun ascended the throne, Emperor Shun said to abandon, "abandon, the people are hungry. As an official of Ji, you should sow a hundred grains on time." After that, Houji's descendants became agricultural officials from generation to generation until King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou ruled the world.

Anecdotes and allusions

In order to remember Jiang Yuan's merits, people still spread a story about her mother and Yuanzhi. Among the traditional Chinese medicines used by people to treat diseases, there is a medicine called "Yuanzhi", which was originally called "Wuzhi". It is said that during the reign of Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun of Tang Dynasty, the world was flooded and the people were in dire straits. According to the records of the historian, Emperor Yao ordered him to treat water for nine years, but the water did not stop, and the function was not successful. So Emperor Yao asked for more people and more Shun So Shun took Yu as his son and continued his career Yu naisui and Yi Houji were appointed by the emperor to order the princes, the common people, and the disciples to use the soil to build mountains and trees, and to build mountains and rivers It's hard work. I've been away for 13 years, and I'm afraid to enter. " It can be seen from this that Houji followed Dayu to all parts of the country to control the flood for many years and did not return. Houji had been away for a long time, and Jiang Yuan missed him very much. He went out every day and stood at a high place looking forward to his son's early return. Finally, one day, my son came back on a raft. When mother and son met, they were sad and happy. I don't know where to start. When the mother and son sat at home, Jiang Yuan carefully looked at his son, only to find that his eyes were red and swollen, bright, his body was covered with yellow water, and his face was haggard and tired. Seeing this, Jiang Yuan was very distressed. He immediately tried every means to cure his son. He went everywhere to seek medical treatment and God, and tried every means to cure him. When she was helpless, she suddenly remembered: one year she got sick because of overwork, but she couldn't cure it clearly. She saw a kind of grass growing in the field, with willow leaves and twigs, dark green and bright, red stems and yellow roots. She chewed it with her mouth. It was sweet and warm. When she chewed it for several times, she only felt relaxed. She collected a lot of it and made soup in the pot. After drinking it for a few days, she was completely cured. Thinking of this, she went to the field to gather the grass to make soup for her son. After drinking for a period of time, the disease is completely cured. Jiang Yuan looks at his strong and powerful son and laughs involuntarily. The news that Jiang Yuan had cured his son soon spread. People were happy and introduced each other. Everyone who got this disease came here for treatment. Once he was cured, he became more and more famous. More and more people come here to collect medicine and treat diseases. In order for his son and people to remember this herb, Jiang Yuan gave it a name called "Wuzhi", which means that Jiang Yuan discovered it and people should always remember it.

Historical achievements

Later, in the Ming Dynasty, a great medical scientist named Li Shizhen came out. When he compiled compendium of Materia Medica, he thought that "Yuanzhi" was the earliest discovered by people and had the longest medicinal history, so he changed his name to "Yuanzhi". Later, it was used as "Yuanzhi" by the medical circle. Since "Yuanzhi" was widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, and the story of Jiang Yuan treating Houji has been spread for a long time, it is generally believed that Yuanzhi is the best medicine produced only in ancient Tai Wugong County, and it grows very well around the tomb of Jiang Yuan. Therefore, more and more people from all over the country come here to collect medicine, and the medicine is less and less. Later, when the northerners sold herbs to the south, they compiled a magic story. It said that it was not easy to collect Yuanzhi. Jiang Yuan's tomb was on a cliff with dozens of cliffs. Under the cliff, the river was rolling and white waves were surging. He rowed a raft and tried his best to get to the bottom of the cliff. Climbing to the top of the cliff was even more painful. Risking his life, he would never succeed. Most people are afraid to step back. They have to practice their best Kung Fu and struggle for many times before they can get a little bit of it. People are stunned by such words. As a result, the price of medicine is doubled and the peddlers get a lot of profits.

Posterity evaluation

The poem in the biography of the Women says, "if you are hard at work, you will not return to your virtue. God is your God." He also said, "think of Houji, match the heaven, and set up our people." This is also known as. Eulogy said: abandon the mother ginger not, quiet and single-minded, walk trace and pregnancy, fear to abandon in the wild, birds and beasts cover wings, but to receive compassion, death for emperor, mother road is finished.

Documentation

Volume I of historical records Volume I of the five emperors

Chinese PinYin : Jiang Yuan