Chapter 27 3. Inflection point

The Yellow Emperor, who had achieved success and fame, had to change his ID card as usual. This must be done.Even if Huangdi didn't do it himself, others should help him.Because only by changing the banner can we bid farewell to the past and create the future. Emperor Yan did this, and his way was to change the totem. Does the Yellow Emperor have a totem?Of course there is, and there should be.The transformation of reproductive worship into totem worship is the key difference between tribes and clans.However, there are different opinions on what the totem of the Yellow Emperor is. Most people think it is a bear, because the Yellow Emperor claims to have a Xiong family.Yes, is a particle and meaningless, so "youxiong" is a bear, and a bear is also the totem of the Yellow Emperor.But some people say it is a turtle, because Zhou people once said.Tianyuan is the divine turtle, that is, Xuanyuan.Others said it was a dragon or a snake, because people in Xuanyuan Kingdom all had human faces and snake bodies, not to mention Ji Tongsi, who was already a snake.In addition, there are said to be clouds, birds, the sun, water and soil, astrology, and vehicles.

Of course, some even argue that there are no totems at all. This is really a muddled account. The reason why the academic world is in a mess is because the gourd monk judged the gourd case and engaged in "pan-totemism".For example, the Youxu clan used bees as their totems, the Youchao clan used trees as their totems, the Suiren clan used stone or fire as their totems, the southern tribes used snakes as their totems, and the eastern tribes used fish as their totems.However, at the time of Suirenshi, how could there be a totem?Fish is a symbol of female reproductive worship, so how could it be a totem?

This kind of totem concept and research is indeed close to nonsense. Did the Yellow Emperor Clan have totems?If so, what is it?Feel free to continue the discussion.They may have scholarly value, but no historical value.Or rather, not meaningful history. What is meaningful history?Change, turning point, process, difference, inflection point. For example, whether there is a totem is the difference between a tribe and a clan, not a difference between a tribe and a tribe.Therefore, Yandi's totem must be discussed, while Huangdi's totem can be kept regardless of who loves who. So, what is the difference between Yan and Huang?

Shi. The Yellow Emperor belonged to Youshi, and there are several others, such as Xuanyuan and Youxiong, as well as Jinyun, Dihong, and Dixuan.Emperor Yan probably didn't, unless he was Shennong.It's a pity that the relationship between Emperor Yan and Shennong has been litigated for two or three thousand years, but they still haven't figured it out.What's more, even if Emperor Yan is Shennong, it doesn't mean he has a clan.Because the characters of Shennong's clan were probably added later, just like Suiren's, Nuwa's, and Fuxi's.At the time of Suiren, Nuwa, and Fuxi, was there a clan?No.

Shi, maybe it was also the invention of the Yellow Emperor, and this invention is epoch-making.It is much more significant than inventing cars, clothes, calendars, arithmetic, Chinese medicine and house surgery. In fact, surname is the second key word to solve the mystery of the Yellow Emperor, and it is also a turning point in history, because there are three major differences between surname and surname: the surname belongs to the matrilineal line, while the surname belongs to the paternal line; the surname comes first, and the surname comes later; Don't be noble or humble.The so-called "surname marriage" means that brothers and sisters of the same matriarchal line cannot have sexual relations, which is called "same surname does not marry".This is of course a matriarchal conception.On the contrary, the distinction between high and low clans not only means that the blood relationship is calculated according to the paternal line, but also the status is distinguished by the paternal line.The patrilineal system was fully established, and the concept of class was initially germinated. Of course, it was more mature and advanced than the Yandi clan with surnames but no surnames.

So the Yellow Emperor became the boss of the rivers and lakes as a matter of course. To be a boss, you have to look like a boss.Determining one's own surname is an important stroke of the Yellow Emperor or the Yellow Emperor clan in the late tribal era.

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