Chapter 6 Chapter 4 The Great Desolation
The sky rained heavily for forty days in a row on Mount Qi, causing water to flow everywhere.When Fuxi went to the cave to look for members of the Jiang clan, he found that all the people there had been washed away or drowned.Fuxi has no choice but to ask his mother Huaxu to agree to marry his younger sister Nuwa for the continuation of human beings.Hua Xu asked for the wishes of his ancestors and heaven, and the ancestors and heaven showed their spirits and agreed.But the great flood did not submerge all the people in Qishan, and many people came to Chengji under the guidance of Suiren.Fuxi and Nuwa advocated the rule of man, established rules, practiced marriage and marriage, and started the creation career of human beings.
However, when Fuxi and Nuwa were about to finish repairing Chengji's house, it began to rain again.Although there was no more hail in the heavy rain this time, it was not smaller than the previous one, and it lasted longer.It lasted for dozens of days, and it was really rainy!Hua Xu looked at the rain outside and said, "It's been raining for so many days, why is it still not sunny!" Fuxi and Nuwa sat beside the fire, roasting a sheep with their hands outstretched, and said, "This time there is fire, don't worry, we worry about people now." Hua Xu said: "Fuxi, this time you go to the cave, call the Suiren here too, and just say I said it. This time he came to deliver the fire, he might be angry with me." Fuxi said: "Yes, after all, we came out of Jiangshui Cave. Even though the patriarch and the Suiren had made mistakes in the past, we should forgive them. Now that the patriarch is dead, we should also pay homage to them. .” Hua Xu blamed himself and said: "In the past, my heart was small. It seems that people should have a broad mind and be able to tolerate grievances." Finally, when the sky cleared, Fuxi came to Jiangshui Cave.But before he got there, he already felt that something was wrong, because he saw that the torrential flood had already flowed over the cave, and the collision between the flood and the entrance of the cave caused huge waves beside the cave, and the entrance of the cave was almost invisible.Fuxi shouted and shouted, but there was no echo except for the sound of the flood.With tears in his eyes, he went to several other caves to search, but the result was the same. There were still a few drowned people hanging on one or two thicker trees, looking very scary.Fuxi shouted loudly: "Suiren, where are you?" Although he shouted hoarsely, he still couldn't hear any echo.Fuxi squatted there and started crying again, he choked up and said, "Human, is this the fate of human beings?" Fuxi waited another day and night on Qishan Mountain, and when the flood subsided, he returned to these caves to watch.He saw some mud on the outside of the cave, while the inside of the cave seemed to have been washed by a flood. Several people had drowned long ago, but their hands were still firmly grasping the protruding rocks in the cave. The shapes of these people were very ugly, their faces and bodies were all swollen. Fu Xi could only identify one or two people after looking for a long time, but he turned over and turned several times to find the Suiren. When he returned to Chengji, Fuxi knelt down beside his mother. This time he did not cry, but said to Huaxu very sincerely and solemnly: "Mother, this great flood has almost wiped out our human beings." Extinct, the people in the Qishan cave were drowned or washed away, I think, maybe there are only three human beings in this world, you, me and Nuwa, in order for human beings to survive, please promise me and Nuwa to become husband and wife Bar!" Nuwa's eyes lit up when she heard this. After hearing this, Hua Xu asked in surprise, "What? What did you say? Everyone in the Qishan cave is dead?" Seeing Fuxi nodding her head, she sat there paralyzed and said to herself, "It's all my fault, otherwise Suiren wouldn't have gone back. Wouldn't have gone back...how could he die?" Fuxi asked again: "Mother, I am waiting for your answer!" Hua Xu said: "Is there really no one else? Fuxi, you and Nuwa are brothers and sisters! If you brother and sister become a couple, wouldn't human beings return to the previous period of promiscuous blood? Didn't they return to the original period of human beings?" stage?" Nüwa asked, "Mother, how was the first stage of human beings?" Hua Xu calmed down and let out a long sigh: "In the initial stage, people were animals, beasts. At that time, human beings were only male and female, and there were no other names. Mothers and children, brothers and sisters could mate and have children. This kind of mating , There is no occasion, anytime, anywhere! There is no fixed place like the Qishan Intercourse Cave. This kind of situation is called promiscuity by the Jiang clan, also called incest. The result of incest is that the offspring born are unhealthy , are often deformed. Therefore, mating with outsiders is not good, but it is a step forward from incest after all! Because, after all, it is no longer the kind of mating with blood!" Fuxi and Nuwa listened quietly, and they looked at each other again, and both sighed. Hua Xu continued: "However, the children born in group sex have only mothers and no fathers. Human beings should change this state. For this reason, I have personally tried to change it, but in this world ruled by women, It is very difficult to implement. Now that Fuxi created Chengji, as long as foreigners come here, it is possible to change it! However, when there is finally hope, why is it that the heavy rain drowned so many people? What about people? Could it be that this is God's will?" Fuxi shed tears and said, "Mother, maybe there is really God's will between me and Nuwa. Moreover, Nuwa has already felt this kind of God's will, but we have not felt it." Hua Xu asked strangely, "What's going on?" Fuxi said: "When Nuwa and I came here before, Nuwa proposed the marriage of our brother and sister, but I refused at that time. Nuwa said that there are two clouds in the sky. When we get together, we will become a couple. I still don’t believe it. Sure enough, we got together later. But I still insist that we can’t become a couple. But today, such a big thing happened. Now, everyone is gone. If we If there are no more offspring, then the human race will be finished, so please, mother, please agree to my request!" Hua Xu also wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands, and her face suddenly became extremely resolute: "If it is really God's will, I will take a look too. Follow me, and we will go to the top of Qishan Mountain." Huaxu was in front, followed by Fuxi and Nuwa, and came to the top of Qishan Mountain.Hua Xu knelt down on it and bowed to the sky a few times: "Heaven! Ancestors! I, Hua Xu, led a pair of sons and daughters to the top of Qishan Mountain today. Above our heads is the sky, you, and under our feet are our ancestors." In the land where we were born, for some reason, the sky released a flood today, and swept away the people in the Jiang clan, and also swept away the original roots of human birth! Now, only the three of us survived, and we still have to live. Human beings still need to survive and develop. Therefore, I have to decide according to the wishes of heaven and my ancestors whether my sons and daughters can become a couple. Now, we are standing on the top of Mount Qi, and I want my son Fuxi and my daughter Nuwa to be together. Throw a boulder on each side of the Qishan Mountain. If the two boulders can roll together at the bottom of the mountain, it proves that both the heaven and the ancestors want them to be a couple. Otherwise, it is not allowed. Fuxi, Nuwa, you two understand Yet?" Fuxi and Nuwa said: "Understood!" Hua Xu said: "Okay, get ready, let's start!" Fuxi and Nuwa pushed the two boulders to the south and north of the mountain respectively.The boulder kept rolling down the mountain.It was really strange to say that the two rocks rolled and rolled towards the east, and when they were almost at the bottom of the mountain, they really rolled together. Hua Xu sighed, "God's will! This is God's will!" Hua Xu led Fuxi and Nuwa down the mountain to see that the two big boulders were rubbed and collided into two big millstones, and the two millstones were completely pressed together. Seeing this scene, the three of them were stunned. Back in Chengji, Hua Xu asked Fuxi to slaughter an elk, peeled off the skin and dried it over fire, and roasted the whole deer meat over fire.Then he said to Fuxi, "Can you prepare a handful of sharp stones for me?" Fuxi nodded and said: "I have ready-made ones here." He handed a stone dagger he had ground to his mother. Hua Xu nodded and said, "Very good!" He used the stone dagger to cut the deerskin from the middle, handed half to Fuxi and half to Nuwa, and said, "Mom is in charge of the two of you today, and I will use this ribbon as a Propriety is the proof to become the first couple in the world. I hope you two will love each other, and you must overcome difficulties and obstacles to continue the human race." After Hua Xu finished speaking, he shed a lot of tears. Fuxi and Nuwa looked at each other and said, "Don't worry, mother, we will definitely do it!" From this day on, Huaxu lived in two houses with Fuxi and Nuwa. Nuwa was really happy. Seeing Fuxi go out to fetch a very long rope, she put her arms around Fuxi's waist and asked, "My husband, what are you doing with the rope?" Fuxi said: "Today is a special day, I thought of a way to record it." Nuwa turned to Fuxi and asked, "Really? How do you remember?" Fuxi said: "Tie a rope to remember, big knots remember big things, small knots remember small things, and the untied places in the middle can be used to indicate the length of time." Nuwa laughed and said, "You are really smart, I am afraid that only you can come up with this kind of method!" Fuxi tied two knots with a rope, and said to Nüwa: "Look, there are two knots on this rope. The first knot means that the Jiang clan was destroyed by the flood, and the second knot is that you and I are here to continue mankind." And the siblings are getting married today." Nuwa hugged Fuxi and said, "You remember right, remember well, for the sake of human beings, and also for ourselves." But on the afternoon of the fifth day when Fuxi and Nuwa were married, nearly a hundred tribesmen came to Chengji.Fuxi, Nuwa, and Huaxu were all surprised.Fuxi inquired about the situation, and found out that the people in Jiangshui Cave were not completely destroyed by the flood, and nearly two hundred people survived. It turned out that Suiren returned to the Qishan cave not long after Chengji left.He held a gathering of clansmen in the cave, and proposed to leave the cave and create a new residence for human beings.He also briefly introduced the Chengji Land created by Fuxi and Nuwa to the people in the cave.He announced that he was also optimistic about a place, that is, the place where flocks of birds flocked, saying that there he learned to drill wood to make fire, so he wanted to build a new human settlement there. The Suiren sought the advice of the cave tribe.At this moment, the clansman became lively and said everything.Some people are in favor of Fuxi and Nuwa, saying that if they had known this before, it would be better to go to the land of Chengji and follow Fuxi and Nuwa.There are also those who agree with Suiren's proposition and are ready to follow him.There are still many people who are willing to stay in the Qishan cave. Based on this situation, the Suiren divided these Jiang clan members into three.Those who were willing to go to Fuxi and Nuwa told them the way to Chengji, and those who were willing to go with Suiren, he took them with them.And for those tribesmen who are willing to stay in the original cave, the Suiren are not reluctant.Tell them to come and pick them up when his settlement is built.Suiren also emphasized that the new settlements do not live in caves, and need to build houses. This period of time may be longer, so it is hoped that the older tribesmen will stay in the cave first.After the Suiren left a few young people to take care of the old and weak, they set off. After Suiren led these people out, he divided these people into two again. According to the difference between men and women and clans, half of them were separated, and they were asked to find Fuxi and Nuwa, and to find their newly built Chengji Land. Let them walk along the ginger water from here, and when the ginger water merges into a big river, they will go against the water, so that they can find Fuxi's place of Chengji. These people said goodbye to Suiren with regret.But they walked and walked and went to the wrong place, and they encountered heavy rain again, so they went to a mountain.On the top of the mountain, they saw the violent scene of the flood, heard the deafening sound of the flood, and some people also saw the tragic scene of the tribe being washed away by the current in the flood.They knew that the Qishan Jiang clan was over, and the people in those caves were definitely gone. These people, crying and shouting, walked for dozens of days before they finally found Weishui River and Fuxi's Chengji place. After hearing these words, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Huaxu looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do for a while.Finally, Hua Xu said: "You and I are both clansmen. Although some things are embarrassing to speak out, they have happened and there are reasons for them, so I have to say them. When the heavy rain just passed a few days ago, Fu Xi went to Jiangshui Cave, but We didn’t see a single person, and we thought that all our clansmen were extinct in this flood. In order to continue the existence of human beings, I propose that Fuxi and Nuwa get married. We once went to the top of Qishan to ask God and our ancestors for their wishes. I and my ancestors also agreed, and now they are married, but you came too late." The tribe understood the whole story, not only did not get angry, but was also moved by Fuxi, Nuwa, and Huaxu's sacrifice of themselves for the sake of human beings.They are all willing to follow Fuxi and take root in Weishui Chengji. Hua Xu and Fuxi were also very moved.Before they could speak, Nuwa said first: "This time, the clansmen have come to Chengji created by Fuxi and me. We are all happy and welcome. But this place is different from Jiang's Cave. When I went back to the cave last time, I said that human beings You should not behave like wild beasts. You men must have the behavior norms of men, which is called rules, and women must have the behavior norms of women, which is called moments. The combination of the two norms is our human beings. The rules. Now that the clansmen come to our Chengji, we must first set the rules. Only when the clansmen accept it and follow the rules can our Chengji get better and better. But if we set the rules, you If you don’t listen, I think, then we may not be able to accept you!” Someone asked: "What rules, just talk about it!" Fuxi then said: "Whether it is rules or norms, it all comes from people themselves! When I was in the cave, I said that human beings and beasts are different. Most of the beasts we see walk on four legs, but what about human beings?" , walking on two legs, we still have two hands free, this is the root of the difference between humans and beasts. It is this difference that determines that humans have many things that can be extended, for example, we humans can use Hands are used to carry stones and sticks. When we face wild beasts, we can throw stones at them and beat them with sticks. This is what I call the extension of human hands. The extension of human hands also includes, we Hands can be used to build houses, to break and grind stone tools, to make ropes, etc. In short, these are the differences between humans and animals. Because of these differences, human life must also be different from that of animals. Animals are different. For example, as I said in the past, the phenomenon of cannibalism cannot happen again, and the mating between women and men should be based on mutual consent, and mating is not a good thing. In front of the public... There are many more, if you accept these ideas of me and Nuwa, I will accept everyone, and we will create a new human settlement together." Everyone chattered and said, "Fuxi is right. Humans and animals are different. They think differently, so of course it's better." Someone said: "This is not public mating, where to mate, there must be a place like a copulation hole!" Some people said: "I think it's right to follow Fuxi. Look at people here, even tigers listen to him. What can we do?" In short, everyone agreed to follow Fuxi. Fuxi said: "In this case, let's do it together. Today, we will roast an elk for everyone to eat. After eating, the men will squeeze together in the earthen house, and the women will come to our house. Of course, I also Go to the earthen house and live with men, everyone, remember, from now until the time when our respective houses are completed, we must first prevent the occurrence of men and women having group sex together." That night, Fuxi lived with the men, chatted with them about his thoughts, and asked them about their situation.It turned out that besides the Jiang clan to which Fuxi belonged, there were several people from the Qiao clan, some from the Shaokang clan, and a few people who were brought to Qishan cave by the Sui people.Fuxi thought: This is very good!Judging from these personnel, the number of each ethnic group is roughly equal, and the number of men and women is also roughly equal.This prepared him for what was to come. Everyone else was asleep, but Fuxi couldn't sleep, he thought a lot. Early the next morning, Fuxi went to see Nuwa and his mother Hua Xu again, and told them all he had thought and gained.After hearing this, Nuwa and Huaxu agreed with Fuxi's idea very much, and at the same time, they also told Fuxi what they thought.Therefore, Fuxi combined these two ideas, gathered people in the future, and announced his mature thinking of the five elements of human beings: "Everyone is gathering today. There are also people from various clans in Chengji. These clansmen form a tribe. I call this tribe Taihao. What does Taihao mean? The sun shines on the sky, and the earth is vast and boundless. Because Taihao The Hao tribe was born from the Qishan Jiang clan, and the people who led the tribe were Huaxu’s son Fuxi and daughter Nuwa, so the Taihao tribe is also called the Taihao Hua tribe. The Taihao Hua tribe is related to the Qishan Jiang clan. No, where do we start? We must first start by regulating the five elements of human beings and labor. Which five elements?" "One, people are not allowed to eat people. Taihao will no longer allow the Jiang clan to eat people. If there is no food, we can starve to death, but we will never allow people to eat people, especially our own people." "Second, abolish the Jiang clan's previous group intercourse system outside the race, and turn mating into marriage. This kind of marriage must be carried out under the condition of respecting the wishes of both men and women. This kind of marriage is called extra-clan pairing marriage. What is pairing marriage? That is, during a day, except during working hours, a man and a woman can only mate with one man and one woman, and can no longer mate with multiple people as before. People can change in the future, but only a pair of men and women can mate every day Behavior. At the same time, it is not allowed to mate in the open, and it must be done in secret. At the same time, the fixed mating place like the previous copulation cave is abolished, and the matter of male and female mating is carried out in the house at night. Taihao wants to appoint someone to manage this matter. Managed by Huaxu. This marriage function managed by Huaxu is called Yuelao. All men and women of the tribe must first report the expected partner of mating to Yuelao. After both men and women agree, Yuelao will arrange for them A house for mating. If one party does not agree to mate with the other party, Yue Lao has the right to cancel the mating and place another place. Neither the man nor the woman can do the mating by themselves!" "Third, in order to ensure the growth of the Taihao tribe, the tribe also hopes that women will have more children, and will reward those women who have more children when allocating materials in the future. However, having more children is no longer a reference for becoming a patriarch. Only It may be that the tribal people give corresponding encouragement when distributing the fruits of the tribe. Women who have more children can get more fruits of labor, get a fixed residence earlier, and get more food to eat." "Fourth, the Taihaohua people no longer distinguish between high and low status. Everyone can wear animal skins in cold weather and complete leaf skirts in hot weather." "5. Labor is something that everyone must do, except for the elderly and children who are unable to work. The fruits of labor belong to the tribe, and then the tribe will carry out fair redistribution. The tribe can also form a fair distribution organization by itself, Propose a distribution plan to the tribe as a reference for distribution." "The above five points are the five behaviors that everyone in our Taihao tribe, including me, Nuwa, and my mother Hua Xu, must follow." Regarding Fuxi and Nuwa's regulation of the five elements of human beings, there are many ancient books that record this event.Sima Zhen of the Tang Dynasty said in "Benji of the Three Emperors of the Supplementary History": "The Paoxi family of Taihao...created a book contract to wait for the government of knotting, so he began to make marriages, and used the ribbon as a gift...to define the five elements of human beings. "As for whether the five elements of human beings created by Fuxi are the five behaviors I described above, I think they should be similar with minor differences.In recent years, various Han Dynasty brick and stone portraits of Fuxi and Nuwa have been unearthed in ancient ancestral tombs in several places in my country.Fuxi and Nuwa have a human head and a snake body, and the two are tightly entwined.In addition, Fuxi and Nuwa's respective rules and principles illustrate two points: 1. Fuxi and Nuwa are creative in the mating system of human beings; Rules. After Fuxi finished speaking, he looked around. The clansmen talked a lot, and some people said: "It's a good thing that people don't eat people, who wants to be eaten by the clansmen!" Some people also said: "It's just a mating between two people every day, it's okay, it saves fighting like before." Someone said: "Mating is done in private, where is it!" Someone also said: "Don't worry, Fuxi will arrange it." Someone said: "It's good this time, everyone can wear animal skins, and they won't be able to freeze in cold weather." Someone said: "What is labor? Isn't labor just work, it doesn't matter if you do more, as long as you don't lack it when you use it..." After listening to everyone's discussion, Fuxi said again: "Labor is a new term. We used to have two kinds of labor in caves, one is gathering and the other is hunting. Both gathering and hunting are for our livelihood, for our mouth. In order to eat, we have to work, to pick fruits, and to compete with wild animals for food. But this kind of labor is single and has to be done. Then what will we do in the future? You have also seen it, build a cover Housing, making animal enclosures, grazing and raising livestock, digging ditches, hunting animals and fishing, protecting fire, etc. are all labor. These are all different from our previous caves. This is a new type of labor. Moreover, The food we face is no longer just beasts, but also fish in the water. In addition, we have a big treasure brought to us by nature. What kind of treasure? That is fire! So, we only have division of labor, division of labor Collaboration. What is division of labor and division of labor? To put it simply, it is to separate our Taihao people and do their own things! For example, fire needs to be supervised and used. So we're going to dedicate some people to look at it, study it, and use it, which is something we've never done before in caves. And then there's fishing, and fishing is done in the water, not on land .So to catch fish, you need to know water, to swim in the water, to plunge your head into the bottom of the water, to find places with or a lot of fish. In addition, you need to build houses, dig trenches and traps, and make various Utensils and utensils. Dividing us to do it is division of labor.” When Fuxi said this, he saw that the clansmen were listening carefully, and they looked very curious, so they smiled and said: "You may not understand what I said now, but don't be busy, and you will understand slowly Next, I will do this division of labor first. Divide us into six teams, and the men into four teams, namely craftsmen, framers, hunters, and catchers. Specifically, the craftsman team is responsible for making utensils The first team specializes in making stone tools, wooden tools, and ropes; the second team is responsible for building houses, and the first team is dedicated to building houses for our people and pens for livestock; A team of animals and beasts in the forest; the fishing team is a team that is responsible for fishing in the water. The women are divided into three teams, one team is still in charge of picking wild fruits in the mountains and forests as before; the second team is responsible for grazing The deer and sheep; the third team is responsible for protecting the fire and researching the fire. Now, we are not very familiar with the talents of each of the people of all ethnic groups, and I will be in charge of the men for the time being, and Nuwa will be in charge of the women's team for the time being. In the future, if anyone has a special talent, I will promote him to be the leader of each team. Do you understand?" This time, everyone in Taihao heard clearly. In the evening, Nuwa called Fuxi out and asked, "Fuxi, although the marriage model you set up is much better than the previous group sex, I don't understand why the mating relationship between men and women can change people every day? Can't it be fixed? Can't it be changed? How good is a marriage between a man and a woman? My mother and I said that only when we don't change people like us, can a child be born? There is a mother and a father!" Fuxi said: "I have thought a lot about this matter. The fixed one-on-one mating method you mentioned may be considered a real marriage. But when we were in the cave, we used to have chaotic group sex. , if this kind of chaotic mating is transformed into a one-to-one fixed marriage at once, it may be difficult to achieve in a relatively short period of time. Because the tribe used to be chaotic, it is impossible to restrain too much at once So I advocate a slow transition! Moreover, I have also consulted with many clansmen, and they may accept pairing marriage, but they cannot accept the monogamous marriage you mentioned for a while. !" Nuwa nodded after hearing this, and said helplessly: "Maybe what you said makes sense. Then, are you the same as those other people? Change new people every day?" Fuxi smiled and said: "If they can't accept it, it doesn't mean that I can't accept it. You have become my wife, and of course I will treat you seriously. Besides, I have more things to do. Where can I be free? Go talk to other women, don't worry, I only talk to you. You and I, set an example of monogamy to the tribe, and when they all have their own lovers, they don't want to let each other When others intervene among them, monogamy will appear again! Monogamy should be a relatively perfect form of marriage for human beings!" Nuwa laughed happily after hearing this. Fuxi took out the meteorite from the animal skin again and said: "Now I have initially understood the meaning of God's gift of this skystone to me, so that I can understand the truth of heaven and earth." Nuwa asked, "Then what do you understand?" Fuxi pointed to the Yin-Yang fish picture on the meteorite and said: "This is a stone, but it has two parts, Yin and Yang. I named this picture Tai Chi, which symbolizes the living space of our human beings. And this Tai Chi can It is divided into two parts, the cathode and the anode. Just like we have only one mother, but gave birth to a negative you and a positive me. Therefore, women belong to yin and men belong to yang. In heaven, There is a bright sun during the day and a dark moon at night, the sun is yang and the moon is yin. I think everything in the world can be distinguished by yin and yang!" After hearing this, Nu Wa thought for a long time before realizing it, and said: "What you said makes sense, but it is very profound!"
However, when Fuxi and Nuwa were about to finish repairing Chengji's house, it began to rain again.Although there was no more hail in the heavy rain this time, it was not smaller than the previous one, and it lasted longer.It lasted for dozens of days, and it was really rainy!Hua Xu looked at the rain outside and said, "It's been raining for so many days, why is it still not sunny!" Fuxi and Nuwa sat beside the fire, roasting a sheep with their hands outstretched, and said, "This time there is fire, don't worry, we worry about people now." Hua Xu said: "Fuxi, this time you go to the cave, call the Suiren here too, and just say I said it. This time he came to deliver the fire, he might be angry with me." Fuxi said: "Yes, after all, we came out of Jiangshui Cave. Even though the patriarch and the Suiren had made mistakes in the past, we should forgive them. Now that the patriarch is dead, we should also pay homage to them. .” Hua Xu blamed himself and said: "In the past, my heart was small. It seems that people should have a broad mind and be able to tolerate grievances." Finally, when the sky cleared, Fuxi came to Jiangshui Cave.But before he got there, he already felt that something was wrong, because he saw that the torrential flood had already flowed over the cave, and the collision between the flood and the entrance of the cave caused huge waves beside the cave, and the entrance of the cave was almost invisible.Fuxi shouted and shouted, but there was no echo except for the sound of the flood.With tears in his eyes, he went to several other caves to search, but the result was the same. There were still a few drowned people hanging on one or two thicker trees, looking very scary.Fuxi shouted loudly: "Suiren, where are you?" Although he shouted hoarsely, he still couldn't hear any echo.Fuxi squatted there and started crying again, he choked up and said, "Human, is this the fate of human beings?" Fuxi waited another day and night on Qishan Mountain, and when the flood subsided, he returned to these caves to watch.He saw some mud on the outside of the cave, while the inside of the cave seemed to have been washed by a flood. Several people had drowned long ago, but their hands were still firmly grasping the protruding rocks in the cave. The shapes of these people were very ugly, their faces and bodies were all swollen. Fu Xi could only identify one or two people after looking for a long time, but he turned over and turned several times to find the Suiren. When he returned to Chengji, Fuxi knelt down beside his mother. This time he did not cry, but said to Huaxu very sincerely and solemnly: "Mother, this great flood has almost wiped out our human beings." Extinct, the people in the Qishan cave were drowned or washed away, I think, maybe there are only three human beings in this world, you, me and Nuwa, in order for human beings to survive, please promise me and Nuwa to become husband and wife Bar!" Nuwa's eyes lit up when she heard this. After hearing this, Hua Xu asked in surprise, "What? What did you say? Everyone in the Qishan cave is dead?" Seeing Fuxi nodding her head, she sat there paralyzed and said to herself, "It's all my fault, otherwise Suiren wouldn't have gone back. Wouldn't have gone back...how could he die?" Fuxi asked again: "Mother, I am waiting for your answer!" Hua Xu said: "Is there really no one else? Fuxi, you and Nuwa are brothers and sisters! If you brother and sister become a couple, wouldn't human beings return to the previous period of promiscuous blood? Didn't they return to the original period of human beings?" stage?" Nüwa asked, "Mother, how was the first stage of human beings?" Hua Xu calmed down and let out a long sigh: "In the initial stage, people were animals, beasts. At that time, human beings were only male and female, and there were no other names. Mothers and children, brothers and sisters could mate and have children. This kind of mating , There is no occasion, anytime, anywhere! There is no fixed place like the Qishan Intercourse Cave. This kind of situation is called promiscuity by the Jiang clan, also called incest. The result of incest is that the offspring born are unhealthy , are often deformed. Therefore, mating with outsiders is not good, but it is a step forward from incest after all! Because, after all, it is no longer the kind of mating with blood!" Fuxi and Nuwa listened quietly, and they looked at each other again, and both sighed. Hua Xu continued: "However, the children born in group sex have only mothers and no fathers. Human beings should change this state. For this reason, I have personally tried to change it, but in this world ruled by women, It is very difficult to implement. Now that Fuxi created Chengji, as long as foreigners come here, it is possible to change it! However, when there is finally hope, why is it that the heavy rain drowned so many people? What about people? Could it be that this is God's will?" Fuxi shed tears and said, "Mother, maybe there is really God's will between me and Nuwa. Moreover, Nuwa has already felt this kind of God's will, but we have not felt it." Hua Xu asked strangely, "What's going on?" Fuxi said: "When Nuwa and I came here before, Nuwa proposed the marriage of our brother and sister, but I refused at that time. Nuwa said that there are two clouds in the sky. When we get together, we will become a couple. I still don’t believe it. Sure enough, we got together later. But I still insist that we can’t become a couple. But today, such a big thing happened. Now, everyone is gone. If we If there are no more offspring, then the human race will be finished, so please, mother, please agree to my request!" Hua Xu also wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands, and her face suddenly became extremely resolute: "If it is really God's will, I will take a look too. Follow me, and we will go to the top of Qishan Mountain." Huaxu was in front, followed by Fuxi and Nuwa, and came to the top of Qishan Mountain.Hua Xu knelt down on it and bowed to the sky a few times: "Heaven! Ancestors! I, Hua Xu, led a pair of sons and daughters to the top of Qishan Mountain today. Above our heads is the sky, you, and under our feet are our ancestors." In the land where we were born, for some reason, the sky released a flood today, and swept away the people in the Jiang clan, and also swept away the original roots of human birth! Now, only the three of us survived, and we still have to live. Human beings still need to survive and develop. Therefore, I have to decide according to the wishes of heaven and my ancestors whether my sons and daughters can become a couple. Now, we are standing on the top of Mount Qi, and I want my son Fuxi and my daughter Nuwa to be together. Throw a boulder on each side of the Qishan Mountain. If the two boulders can roll together at the bottom of the mountain, it proves that both the heaven and the ancestors want them to be a couple. Otherwise, it is not allowed. Fuxi, Nuwa, you two understand Yet?" Fuxi and Nuwa said: "Understood!" Hua Xu said: "Okay, get ready, let's start!" Fuxi and Nuwa pushed the two boulders to the south and north of the mountain respectively.The boulder kept rolling down the mountain.It was really strange to say that the two rocks rolled and rolled towards the east, and when they were almost at the bottom of the mountain, they really rolled together. Hua Xu sighed, "God's will! This is God's will!" Hua Xu led Fuxi and Nuwa down the mountain to see that the two big boulders were rubbed and collided into two big millstones, and the two millstones were completely pressed together. Seeing this scene, the three of them were stunned. Back in Chengji, Hua Xu asked Fuxi to slaughter an elk, peeled off the skin and dried it over fire, and roasted the whole deer meat over fire.Then he said to Fuxi, "Can you prepare a handful of sharp stones for me?" Fuxi nodded and said: "I have ready-made ones here." He handed a stone dagger he had ground to his mother. Hua Xu nodded and said, "Very good!" He used the stone dagger to cut the deerskin from the middle, handed half to Fuxi and half to Nuwa, and said, "Mom is in charge of the two of you today, and I will use this ribbon as a Propriety is the proof to become the first couple in the world. I hope you two will love each other, and you must overcome difficulties and obstacles to continue the human race." After Hua Xu finished speaking, he shed a lot of tears. Fuxi and Nuwa looked at each other and said, "Don't worry, mother, we will definitely do it!" From this day on, Huaxu lived in two houses with Fuxi and Nuwa. Nuwa was really happy. Seeing Fuxi go out to fetch a very long rope, she put her arms around Fuxi's waist and asked, "My husband, what are you doing with the rope?" Fuxi said: "Today is a special day, I thought of a way to record it." Nuwa turned to Fuxi and asked, "Really? How do you remember?" Fuxi said: "Tie a rope to remember, big knots remember big things, small knots remember small things, and the untied places in the middle can be used to indicate the length of time." Nuwa laughed and said, "You are really smart, I am afraid that only you can come up with this kind of method!" Fuxi tied two knots with a rope, and said to Nüwa: "Look, there are two knots on this rope. The first knot means that the Jiang clan was destroyed by the flood, and the second knot is that you and I are here to continue mankind." And the siblings are getting married today." Nuwa hugged Fuxi and said, "You remember right, remember well, for the sake of human beings, and also for ourselves." But on the afternoon of the fifth day when Fuxi and Nuwa were married, nearly a hundred tribesmen came to Chengji.Fuxi, Nuwa, and Huaxu were all surprised.Fuxi inquired about the situation, and found out that the people in Jiangshui Cave were not completely destroyed by the flood, and nearly two hundred people survived. It turned out that Suiren returned to the Qishan cave not long after Chengji left.He held a gathering of clansmen in the cave, and proposed to leave the cave and create a new residence for human beings.He also briefly introduced the Chengji Land created by Fuxi and Nuwa to the people in the cave.He announced that he was also optimistic about a place, that is, the place where flocks of birds flocked, saying that there he learned to drill wood to make fire, so he wanted to build a new human settlement there. The Suiren sought the advice of the cave tribe.At this moment, the clansman became lively and said everything.Some people are in favor of Fuxi and Nuwa, saying that if they had known this before, it would be better to go to the land of Chengji and follow Fuxi and Nuwa.There are also those who agree with Suiren's proposition and are ready to follow him.There are still many people who are willing to stay in the Qishan cave. Based on this situation, the Suiren divided these Jiang clan members into three.Those who were willing to go to Fuxi and Nuwa told them the way to Chengji, and those who were willing to go with Suiren, he took them with them.And for those tribesmen who are willing to stay in the original cave, the Suiren are not reluctant.Tell them to come and pick them up when his settlement is built.Suiren also emphasized that the new settlements do not live in caves, and need to build houses. This period of time may be longer, so it is hoped that the older tribesmen will stay in the cave first.After the Suiren left a few young people to take care of the old and weak, they set off. After Suiren led these people out, he divided these people into two again. According to the difference between men and women and clans, half of them were separated, and they were asked to find Fuxi and Nuwa, and to find their newly built Chengji Land. Let them walk along the ginger water from here, and when the ginger water merges into a big river, they will go against the water, so that they can find Fuxi's place of Chengji. These people said goodbye to Suiren with regret.But they walked and walked and went to the wrong place, and they encountered heavy rain again, so they went to a mountain.On the top of the mountain, they saw the violent scene of the flood, heard the deafening sound of the flood, and some people also saw the tragic scene of the tribe being washed away by the current in the flood.They knew that the Qishan Jiang clan was over, and the people in those caves were definitely gone. These people, crying and shouting, walked for dozens of days before they finally found Weishui River and Fuxi's Chengji place. After hearing these words, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Huaxu looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do for a while.Finally, Hua Xu said: "You and I are both clansmen. Although some things are embarrassing to speak out, they have happened and there are reasons for them, so I have to say them. When the heavy rain just passed a few days ago, Fu Xi went to Jiangshui Cave, but We didn’t see a single person, and we thought that all our clansmen were extinct in this flood. In order to continue the existence of human beings, I propose that Fuxi and Nuwa get married. We once went to the top of Qishan to ask God and our ancestors for their wishes. I and my ancestors also agreed, and now they are married, but you came too late." The tribe understood the whole story, not only did not get angry, but was also moved by Fuxi, Nuwa, and Huaxu's sacrifice of themselves for the sake of human beings.They are all willing to follow Fuxi and take root in Weishui Chengji. Hua Xu and Fuxi were also very moved.Before they could speak, Nuwa said first: "This time, the clansmen have come to Chengji created by Fuxi and me. We are all happy and welcome. But this place is different from Jiang's Cave. When I went back to the cave last time, I said that human beings You should not behave like wild beasts. You men must have the behavior norms of men, which is called rules, and women must have the behavior norms of women, which is called moments. The combination of the two norms is our human beings. The rules. Now that the clansmen come to our Chengji, we must first set the rules. Only when the clansmen accept it and follow the rules can our Chengji get better and better. But if we set the rules, you If you don’t listen, I think, then we may not be able to accept you!” Someone asked: "What rules, just talk about it!" Fuxi then said: "Whether it is rules or norms, it all comes from people themselves! When I was in the cave, I said that human beings and beasts are different. Most of the beasts we see walk on four legs, but what about human beings?" , walking on two legs, we still have two hands free, this is the root of the difference between humans and beasts. It is this difference that determines that humans have many things that can be extended, for example, we humans can use Hands are used to carry stones and sticks. When we face wild beasts, we can throw stones at them and beat them with sticks. This is what I call the extension of human hands. The extension of human hands also includes, we Hands can be used to build houses, to break and grind stone tools, to make ropes, etc. In short, these are the differences between humans and animals. Because of these differences, human life must also be different from that of animals. Animals are different. For example, as I said in the past, the phenomenon of cannibalism cannot happen again, and the mating between women and men should be based on mutual consent, and mating is not a good thing. In front of the public... There are many more, if you accept these ideas of me and Nuwa, I will accept everyone, and we will create a new human settlement together." Everyone chattered and said, "Fuxi is right. Humans and animals are different. They think differently, so of course it's better." Someone said: "This is not public mating, where to mate, there must be a place like a copulation hole!" Some people said: "I think it's right to follow Fuxi. Look at people here, even tigers listen to him. What can we do?" In short, everyone agreed to follow Fuxi. Fuxi said: "In this case, let's do it together. Today, we will roast an elk for everyone to eat. After eating, the men will squeeze together in the earthen house, and the women will come to our house. Of course, I also Go to the earthen house and live with men, everyone, remember, from now until the time when our respective houses are completed, we must first prevent the occurrence of men and women having group sex together." That night, Fuxi lived with the men, chatted with them about his thoughts, and asked them about their situation.It turned out that besides the Jiang clan to which Fuxi belonged, there were several people from the Qiao clan, some from the Shaokang clan, and a few people who were brought to Qishan cave by the Sui people.Fuxi thought: This is very good!Judging from these personnel, the number of each ethnic group is roughly equal, and the number of men and women is also roughly equal.This prepared him for what was to come. Everyone else was asleep, but Fuxi couldn't sleep, he thought a lot. Early the next morning, Fuxi went to see Nuwa and his mother Hua Xu again, and told them all he had thought and gained.After hearing this, Nuwa and Huaxu agreed with Fuxi's idea very much, and at the same time, they also told Fuxi what they thought.Therefore, Fuxi combined these two ideas, gathered people in the future, and announced his mature thinking of the five elements of human beings: "Everyone is gathering today. There are also people from various clans in Chengji. These clansmen form a tribe. I call this tribe Taihao. What does Taihao mean? The sun shines on the sky, and the earth is vast and boundless. Because Taihao The Hao tribe was born from the Qishan Jiang clan, and the people who led the tribe were Huaxu’s son Fuxi and daughter Nuwa, so the Taihao tribe is also called the Taihao Hua tribe. The Taihao Hua tribe is related to the Qishan Jiang clan. No, where do we start? We must first start by regulating the five elements of human beings and labor. Which five elements?" "One, people are not allowed to eat people. Taihao will no longer allow the Jiang clan to eat people. If there is no food, we can starve to death, but we will never allow people to eat people, especially our own people." "Second, abolish the Jiang clan's previous group intercourse system outside the race, and turn mating into marriage. This kind of marriage must be carried out under the condition of respecting the wishes of both men and women. This kind of marriage is called extra-clan pairing marriage. What is pairing marriage? That is, during a day, except during working hours, a man and a woman can only mate with one man and one woman, and can no longer mate with multiple people as before. People can change in the future, but only a pair of men and women can mate every day Behavior. At the same time, it is not allowed to mate in the open, and it must be done in secret. At the same time, the fixed mating place like the previous copulation cave is abolished, and the matter of male and female mating is carried out in the house at night. Taihao wants to appoint someone to manage this matter. Managed by Huaxu. This marriage function managed by Huaxu is called Yuelao. All men and women of the tribe must first report the expected partner of mating to Yuelao. After both men and women agree, Yuelao will arrange for them A house for mating. If one party does not agree to mate with the other party, Yue Lao has the right to cancel the mating and place another place. Neither the man nor the woman can do the mating by themselves!" "Third, in order to ensure the growth of the Taihao tribe, the tribe also hopes that women will have more children, and will reward those women who have more children when allocating materials in the future. However, having more children is no longer a reference for becoming a patriarch. Only It may be that the tribal people give corresponding encouragement when distributing the fruits of the tribe. Women who have more children can get more fruits of labor, get a fixed residence earlier, and get more food to eat." "Fourth, the Taihaohua people no longer distinguish between high and low status. Everyone can wear animal skins in cold weather and complete leaf skirts in hot weather." "5. Labor is something that everyone must do, except for the elderly and children who are unable to work. The fruits of labor belong to the tribe, and then the tribe will carry out fair redistribution. The tribe can also form a fair distribution organization by itself, Propose a distribution plan to the tribe as a reference for distribution." "The above five points are the five behaviors that everyone in our Taihao tribe, including me, Nuwa, and my mother Hua Xu, must follow." Regarding Fuxi and Nuwa's regulation of the five elements of human beings, there are many ancient books that record this event.Sima Zhen of the Tang Dynasty said in "Benji of the Three Emperors of the Supplementary History": "The Paoxi family of Taihao...created a book contract to wait for the government of knotting, so he began to make marriages, and used the ribbon as a gift...to define the five elements of human beings. "As for whether the five elements of human beings created by Fuxi are the five behaviors I described above, I think they should be similar with minor differences.In recent years, various Han Dynasty brick and stone portraits of Fuxi and Nuwa have been unearthed in ancient ancestral tombs in several places in my country.Fuxi and Nuwa have a human head and a snake body, and the two are tightly entwined.In addition, Fuxi and Nuwa's respective rules and principles illustrate two points: 1. Fuxi and Nuwa are creative in the mating system of human beings; Rules. After Fuxi finished speaking, he looked around. The clansmen talked a lot, and some people said: "It's a good thing that people don't eat people, who wants to be eaten by the clansmen!" Some people also said: "It's just a mating between two people every day, it's okay, it saves fighting like before." Someone said: "Mating is done in private, where is it!" Someone also said: "Don't worry, Fuxi will arrange it." Someone said: "It's good this time, everyone can wear animal skins, and they won't be able to freeze in cold weather." Someone said: "What is labor? Isn't labor just work, it doesn't matter if you do more, as long as you don't lack it when you use it..." After listening to everyone's discussion, Fuxi said again: "Labor is a new term. We used to have two kinds of labor in caves, one is gathering and the other is hunting. Both gathering and hunting are for our livelihood, for our mouth. In order to eat, we have to work, to pick fruits, and to compete with wild animals for food. But this kind of labor is single and has to be done. Then what will we do in the future? You have also seen it, build a cover Housing, making animal enclosures, grazing and raising livestock, digging ditches, hunting animals and fishing, protecting fire, etc. are all labor. These are all different from our previous caves. This is a new type of labor. Moreover, The food we face is no longer just beasts, but also fish in the water. In addition, we have a big treasure brought to us by nature. What kind of treasure? That is fire! So, we only have division of labor, division of labor Collaboration. What is division of labor and division of labor? To put it simply, it is to separate our Taihao people and do their own things! For example, fire needs to be supervised and used. So we're going to dedicate some people to look at it, study it, and use it, which is something we've never done before in caves. And then there's fishing, and fishing is done in the water, not on land .So to catch fish, you need to know water, to swim in the water, to plunge your head into the bottom of the water, to find places with or a lot of fish. In addition, you need to build houses, dig trenches and traps, and make various Utensils and utensils. Dividing us to do it is division of labor.” When Fuxi said this, he saw that the clansmen were listening carefully, and they looked very curious, so they smiled and said: "You may not understand what I said now, but don't be busy, and you will understand slowly Next, I will do this division of labor first. Divide us into six teams, and the men into four teams, namely craftsmen, framers, hunters, and catchers. Specifically, the craftsman team is responsible for making utensils The first team specializes in making stone tools, wooden tools, and ropes; the second team is responsible for building houses, and the first team is dedicated to building houses for our people and pens for livestock; A team of animals and beasts in the forest; the fishing team is a team that is responsible for fishing in the water. The women are divided into three teams, one team is still in charge of picking wild fruits in the mountains and forests as before; the second team is responsible for grazing The deer and sheep; the third team is responsible for protecting the fire and researching the fire. Now, we are not very familiar with the talents of each of the people of all ethnic groups, and I will be in charge of the men for the time being, and Nuwa will be in charge of the women's team for the time being. In the future, if anyone has a special talent, I will promote him to be the leader of each team. Do you understand?" This time, everyone in Taihao heard clearly. In the evening, Nuwa called Fuxi out and asked, "Fuxi, although the marriage model you set up is much better than the previous group sex, I don't understand why the mating relationship between men and women can change people every day? Can't it be fixed? Can't it be changed? How good is a marriage between a man and a woman? My mother and I said that only when we don't change people like us, can a child be born? There is a mother and a father!" Fuxi said: "I have thought a lot about this matter. The fixed one-on-one mating method you mentioned may be considered a real marriage. But when we were in the cave, we used to have chaotic group sex. , if this kind of chaotic mating is transformed into a one-to-one fixed marriage at once, it may be difficult to achieve in a relatively short period of time. Because the tribe used to be chaotic, it is impossible to restrain too much at once So I advocate a slow transition! Moreover, I have also consulted with many clansmen, and they may accept pairing marriage, but they cannot accept the monogamous marriage you mentioned for a while. !" Nuwa nodded after hearing this, and said helplessly: "Maybe what you said makes sense. Then, are you the same as those other people? Change new people every day?" Fuxi smiled and said: "If they can't accept it, it doesn't mean that I can't accept it. You have become my wife, and of course I will treat you seriously. Besides, I have more things to do. Where can I be free? Go talk to other women, don't worry, I only talk to you. You and I, set an example of monogamy to the tribe, and when they all have their own lovers, they don't want to let each other When others intervene among them, monogamy will appear again! Monogamy should be a relatively perfect form of marriage for human beings!" Nuwa laughed happily after hearing this. Fuxi took out the meteorite from the animal skin again and said: "Now I have initially understood the meaning of God's gift of this skystone to me, so that I can understand the truth of heaven and earth." Nuwa asked, "Then what do you understand?" Fuxi pointed to the Yin-Yang fish picture on the meteorite and said: "This is a stone, but it has two parts, Yin and Yang. I named this picture Tai Chi, which symbolizes the living space of our human beings. And this Tai Chi can It is divided into two parts, the cathode and the anode. Just like we have only one mother, but gave birth to a negative you and a positive me. Therefore, women belong to yin and men belong to yang. In heaven, There is a bright sun during the day and a dark moon at night, the sun is yang and the moon is yin. I think everything in the world can be distinguished by yin and yang!" After hearing this, Nu Wa thought for a long time before realizing it, and said: "What you said makes sense, but it is very profound!"