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Volume I of Yi Shi quotes Xu Zheng's "Age of the Five-Movement Calendar":

Pangu, the first born, is dying, and his voice is thunder, his left eye is the sun, and his right eye is the moon. The five limbs are four poles and five mountains, the blood flow is rivers, the veins are geography, the muscles are fields, the hair is stars, the fur is vegetation, the teeth are precious jade, the essence is beads, the sweat is rain, and the insects in the body are turned into Li Meng because of the wind.

Another example is the exploration of the origin of human beings. Seventy-eight quotes from Ying Shao's Custom Tongyi in the Han Dynasty:

Heaven and earth opened up and there were no people. Nu Wa is a human being. Audience sitting was overwhelmed, but he led the rope into the mud and raised it as a man. Therefore, those who are rich are also loess people; Those who are poor and ordinary are also people.

This myth says that wealth and poverty are predestined. Nu Wa made it when she created human beings, which obviously infiltrated into class social consciousness, but the front part is undoubtedly the primitive people's understanding of the origin of human beings.

Another example is the myth's explanation of the setting of the sun, the moon and the stars in the west and the low terrain in the east of China. "Huainanzi Astronomical Training" said:

In the past, * * * workers competed with Zhuan Xu for the emperor, and they were angry and touched the ill-conceived mountain. The sky was broken, the land was absolutely lost, and the sky tilted to the northwest, so the sun, the moon and the stars moved; The land is not satisfied with the southeast, so the water is flowing and the dust is returning.

In addition, Qu Yuan's Tian Wen:

When Kang Hui was angry with Feng, why did the land tilt to the southeast? (Press: Kang Hui is a * * * worker)

Another example is the myth about saving the flood, Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing:

The flood was terrible, and Gun stole the emperor's land to fight the flood. Without waiting for the emperor's orders, the emperor ordered Zhu Rong to kill Gun in the feather suburbs. Gun resurrected Yu, and the emperor ordered Yu to lay the soil for Kyushu.

in a word, ancient myths in China are rich. However, from the above, it can be seen that the ancient myths in China are very short in length, and the records of God's deeds are very brief, and the stories are not strong, and there is no long and huge system and tortuous and vivid plot like the ancient Greek myths.

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China Myth:

Chinese ancient mythology has a very distinct spirit of Suntech, which is more prominent when compared with western mythology, especially Greek mythology. The great gods in ancient Chinese mythology all have the godhead characteristics of not eating human fireworks and not having mortal lust; Myths are full of eulogies and praises for the dedication of ancient heroes and emperors, as well as the job requirements for mythical figures to protect and help the people. Part of this is the inherent characteristics of congenital myths, and the other part is due to acquired transformation. For thousands of years, this spirit of Suntech has been influencing people's evaluation of historical figures and expectations of realistic figures, and even influencing the trend of modern civilization in China since the 2th century.

when we turn over the ancient Chinese myths, a world of sages comes to us. Although myths have no complete plot and mythical characters have no systematic genealogy of gods, they have distinct oriental cultural characteristics, among which the spirit of Suntech is particularly remarkable. This spirit of Suntech is more prominent when compared with western myths, especially Greek myths. On the one hand, the spirit of Suntech in China's ancient myths stems from the inherent characteristics of the original myths, and on the other hand, it is the most proud pen of the later mythological reformers. In western mythology, especially in Greek mythology, wisdom and strength are the criteria for judging gods, while in ancient Chinese mythology, morality is the criterion for judging gods. This way of thinking is deeply injected into China's cultural psychology. For thousands of years, this spirit of Suntech in China ancient mythology has influenced people's evaluation of historical figures and expectations of realistic figures, determined the content and purpose of social education for people, and even influenced the trend of modern civilization in China since the 2th century.

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"No worldly fireworks, no ordinary people's lust" is an important feature of the deities of the major gods in ancient Chinese mythology. In many classics of China, the major ancient gods in China, such as Fuxi, Nu Wa, Yandi, Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku, Yao, Shun and Yu, are noble and holy. They are unsmiling, never joke about human beings, and they will not be jealous and harm human beings. In their personal lives, they have always been very disciplined and self-disciplined, paying great attention to details, paying attention to the cultivation of conduct and morality, and respecting talents and abilities. Almost every god king has no phenomenon of "having an affair" or "sowing love seeds indiscriminately". In them, there are only sacred aura, pure character and noble sentiment. When humans look at them in the past, they will only look up and worship, without the slightest disrespect.

In the mythological world of our country, let's not say that the myths transformed by later generations are ancient primitive myths, and we can't see the description of the love life of the great gods or the details of their lives. Because there is very little content about love in ancient Chinese mythology, the myth of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon and the legend of Wushan Goddess are beautiful in the mythological world of China, and the scenery here is unique.

On the contrary, in ancient Greek mythology, all the gods, big and small, we saw were secular and smelled of fireworks: Zeus, the king of the gods, was wild and unrestrained, making love to others, leaving a lot of romantic debts between the gods and the world, and what is more serious is that he acted arbitrarily, did not speak principles, and was full of jealousy and personal hobbies; Hera, the empress of God, is the model of the gods and the goddess of the world, but she often loses her nature because of jealousy and hatred, and does some cruel and godless stupid things, which has no respect for human beings. The Lord God is like this, and their gods also have very similar qualities. In the war between the Greek army and Troy, Achilles asked Agamemnon to return the captured female prisoner Criceth to his father Apollo's priest, so Apollo was using plague to destroy the Greek army because his priest's daughter was robbed. Agamemnon thought he was insulted and forced the female prisoner Criceth to stay at his side. Achilles was angry and led his army to withdraw from the battle, so that the Trojan general Hector quickly killed the Greek army that had not died of the plague. The Greek's fiasco was only because of a woman. This result is beyond China's understanding and forgiveness, and is also not allowed by the spirit of Suntech in China's mythology. Another example is that Apollo failed to play the flute in a competition with Marxu, so he cruelly skinned Marxu and hung it on a tree. Another example is the brother and sister of Luna and Apollo. Because Ninobo mocked their mother, Titan Leto, for giving birth to only one son and one daughter, and forbade Thebes women to sacrifice to Leto, they shot many children of Niobo. And so on. It can be seen that in Greek mythology, apart from the difference in strength, God and man are emotionally the same. When the gods took off their coats, they all became secular mortals.

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"Advocating and praising God's dedication" is another important embodiment of the spirit of Suntech in ancient Chinese mythology. This spirit of sacrifice is first manifested in the ancient creation myth. China's creation myth is based on the sacrifice of the body of the creator to complete the creation of heaven and earth and all things. Therefore, Pangu, the great pioneering spirit in ancient China, turned his eyes into the sun and the moon, his limbs and head into the five mountains, his blood into the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, his hair into mountains and vegetation, his muscles into soil, his bones and muscles into stone, and his parasites into human beings. Another pioneering goddess, Nu Wa, has turned her body into everything after completing the great work of mending the sky and making people. Therefore, in Shan Hai Jing, there are ten gods in the cloud, which is transformed by Nu Wa's intestines. Today, although we can't fully understand the details of Nuwa products, this myth has more or less revealed this information for us.

Later ancestor God inherited the tradition of Creator God and carried it forward, creating an epic achievement for the Chinese nation. Suiren's invention of fire went through all kinds of hardships; Emperor Yan tasted all kinds of herbs for inventing agricultural planting and herbs, and lived and died several times. Therefore, "Huai Nan Zi Xiu Wu Xun" said that Shennong "tasted the taste of herbs, and the sweetness and bitterness of water springs made the people know what to do. At this time, it encountered seventy poisons in one day"; The history books of the pre-Qin dynasty said that Dayu had been running for ten years to control water, and he had not entered the house for three times, so that "the tibia was not hairy, and the disease was too dry, and the steps were not the same" (Xunzi Feixiang quoted the corpse).

not only the creator god and the ancestor god, but also the stories and legends of ancient Chinese mythological heroes and their eulogies reflect a spirit of advocating dedication and sacrifice. In these myths, most heroes who have devoted themselves to social progress and human happiness are praised by people; On the contrary, those divine figures who are not conducive to social progress and hinder human happiness will be spurned and criticized. Therefore, Kuafu, who died day by day, Hou Yi, who shot at the sun to kill pests, and Dayu, who saved the people from floods, all occupy a lofty position in people's minds. After being drowned by the flood, he became a bird, and he kept filling the sea with wood and stone, and he was respected by people from generation to generation. And those villains who kill human beings like snakes and monsters will be destroyed by history and culture if they are not destroyed by heroes.

China's ancient gods' general dedication is not possessed by the mythical heroes of other nationalities in the world. In Greek mythology, its pioneering myth is full of blood: the oldest god in the universe is Chaos (χ? ο? , namely "chaos"), Chaos gave birth to Gaia (γ α? α, Earth) and urrows (? ρω? , love) and Tallas (tau? ρταρο? , the abyss, hell), and then in the bottom of the earth appeared Eribos (? ρεβο? , dark) and Nyx (argument? ξ, night), the combination of the two produces "light" and "day". Gaia gave birth to Uranus (zeta zeta rho alpha zeta? , the sky) and Puntos (∏? ντο? , the ocean). Gaia combined with her son Uranus and gave birth to twelve titans (τ ι τ? νε? ) and the three cyclops (κ? κ λ ω ψ) and three centimani.

Not only Greek mythology, but also Babylonian mythology and Nordic mythology have a strong smell of blood. Enuma Elish, which records the Babylonian myth, said that at the beginning, there were two schools of protoss: one school symbolized the irregular "chaos" and was a genie born from Wang Yang; The other school symbolizes the regular "order" and is a god separated from Wang Yang. The process of creation is understood as the battle between chaos and order. Finally, order triumphs over chaos, and everything and human beings are created with the bodies of the monsters of the chaotic family. Nordic mythology says that the god Odin killed the powerful ice giant and created everything in the world with his body.

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The spirit of Suntech in ancient Chinese mythology is not only reflected in the noble and great dedication of the great gods, but also in their sense of responsibility to protect and help the people. In the eyes of China people, since they are worshipped by people, they should do their duty to protect and help the people. In ancient times, many famous gods in China had the identity of ancestor gods. These ancestor gods are outstanding figures in their own tribe, and they have played a great role in the development and growth of their own nation or in the major changes of their nation. The prerequisite for them to become the ancestor of their nation also determines their responsibilities and obligations as great gods. Especially since the Western Zhou Dynasty, due to the needs of history and politics, hundred schools of thought consciously transformed the mythical characters and added the heroic virtues of human ideals to them. As a result of this phenomenon, the wildness that remained in ancient mythological figures disappeared completely, and some of them were just hypocritical and grandiose. So these ancient mythical heroes or ancestor gods stepped onto the historical stage with a brand-new attitude, and transformed from gods into human emperors with perfect moral character. First of all, they all attach importance to the whole world, and it is their fundamental duty to rule the world and benefit mankind. Dayu is a model among them. Dayu is selfless and devoted himself to the happiness of the whole world. Others such as Yandi, Huangdi, Yao, Shun, etc. At the same time, the ancient great gods in China myths and legends did not take the world as their own, but endowed them with talents, and were known as the virtue of "abdication". Therefore, Yao passed the throne to Shun when he was old, and Shun also passed the throne to Dayu. This realm is so beautiful that future generations can't even figure out whether it is a historical fact or a myth.

The myths and legends of ancient Greece show cultural characteristics quite different from those of China. In ancient Greek mythology, the gods, like human beings, also showed common feelings such as love, hate, anger, desire and jealousy. Pandora's Box is an example: when human beings were created, the hero Prometheus helped them observe the stars, discover minerals and master production technology. Zeus, as a heavenly father, refused to give "fire" to mankind out of jealousy. Prometheus took the fire from the flame of the solar car and gave it to mankind. After Zeus found out, he locked Prometheus on the Caucasus Mountain and let the fierce hungry eagle peck at his liver. At the same time, Zeus stepped up the pace of revenge on mankind. He ordered Vulcan to create a beautiful Pandora-"a woman with all talents". The gods gave her gentleness, ingenuity and beauty, and asked her to take a box to Prometheus' brother, Epimetheus. Epimetheus left Pandora and opened the box that brought disaster to mankind, so pain, illness, jealousy and so on flew out of the box, and the world fell into the abyss of darkness. Zeus was not satisfied with this, and he launched a flood to exterminate mankind.

Compared with the myths of China, such as mending the sky, filling the sea, chasing the sun, flying to the moon, shooting at the sun, and controlling water, all these acts in western mythology are totally different. If Zeus unfortunately became the ancient God King of China, he would have been plunged into the abyss of perdition.

The spirit of Suntech embodied in ancient Chinese myths, some of which are inherent characteristics of congenital myths, while others are artificially transformed. It is the result of cultural remolding and selection in civilized society. After the remolding and selection of this culture, the little "humanity" left in the ancient great gods also disappeared, leaving only an idealized image far away from society, human beings, high above and illusory, so their original divinity was weakened, and they became idols worshipped by the world and models of emperors on earth. Therefore, the mythical gods eventually evolved into the ancestors of the world, the worship of God became the ancestor worship, and the myth became the religious worship.

It is this spirit of Suntech that makes the requirements of "virtue" reflected everywhere in China culture. In our traditional realm of life, putting "self-cultivation" in the first place also illustrates this point. Only by "starting from scratch" can we cultivate ourselves first, then we can bring our family together, and then we can rule the country and level the world. In the long civilized society the day after tomorrow, no matter whether I abolish the monarch and replace him, or the monarch demotes me and punishes me, there are often excuses from the aspect of "morality" It seems that only in this way, one after another "coup" or "condemnation" is justified and logical. This cultural choice can still be found everywhere, even in today's social life and in the thinking and habits of our nation.

Ancient Greek Myths:

Ancient Greek myths and legends are indispensable reference books for historians to study and understand ancient Greece; For writers and artists, it is one of the reference and sources of creation; For us ordinary people, it is one of the signs of knowledge and literacy. They have a strong aesthetic value and