The legendary story of Chang 'e

Chang 'e is the daughter of Di Ku (Emperor Jun), one of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times, and the wife of Hou Yi (Taiyi). She is called Heng E because of her extraordinary beauty [1]. She was renamed Chang 'e and Chang 'e in the Western Han Dynasty to avoid the taboo of China Emperor Liu Heng. What is the legend of Chang 'e? This article is the information about the legend of Chang 'e compiled by me, for reference only.

The legendary story of Chang 'e

Mandatory version

Hou Yi shot down nine suns, which was respected and loved by the people. Many people with lofty ideals came here to study and study as teachers. The treacherous and cunning Feng Meng also mixed in. Hou Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for a packet of elixir and gave it to Chang 'e for safekeeping. [4] Feng Meng took advantage of Houyi's going out to force Chang 'e to hand over the elixir. Chang 'e swallowed the elixir at the time of crisis, and soon floated off the ground and landed on the moon, becoming a fairy. [5] Hou Yi went home to find his wife and beat his chest. [6] Looking up at the bright moon, he called Chang 'e's name for a long time. His call shook the earth, and Chang 'e appeared on the bright moon. Hou Yi hurriedly put on the incense table, put on her favorite honey and fresh fruit, and sacrificed Chang 'e at the Moon Palace. When people heard the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became immortal, they also held a memorial ceremony for Chang 'e at the bottom of the moon. Later, the mother of the moon was moved by Yi's true feelings and allowed Chang 'e to meet Yi under the laurel tree on a full moon night. [7] Since then, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai has spread among the people, and this version of the legend has been passed down to this day. [2]

Lose a husband and take it all.

When Chang 'e learned that her husband Hou Yi got the elixir of life from the Queen Mother of the West, she longed for immortality. One day, while Hou Yi was not paying attention, he stole the elixir and flew to the Moon Palace. [2]

Save the people edition

Hou Yi was the king of a poor country in ancient times. He is powerful and brave, but he is tyrannical and makes the people miserable. But Hou Yi also wants to live forever. He just got the elixir from the heavenly queen. After learning about this, Chang 'e, a beautiful and kind wife, secretly took the fairy medicine, rescued the people from the long-term cruel rule of Hou Yi, turned them into fairies, floated to the Moon Palace and became the moon god. A poor country was a square country in the Xia Dynasty, and Hou Yi, who shot at Japan, never became king. [9]

Houyi faithless edition

Qu Yuan's Tian Wen said: After Hou Yi became a hero who shot at the sun, he cheated on Chang 'e and had an affair with Hebo's wife, which caused great dissatisfaction with Chang 'e. In a rage, he left Houyi and went to heaven. This may be one reason why Wu Cheng'en later asked Marshal Zhu Bajie of Tian Peng to play Chang 'e in The Journey to the West. [9]

It is said that Chang 'e and Hou Yi started monogamy. In order to commemorate them, later generations interpreted the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, and many folk legends, poems and songs were circulated. [2] In myths and legends, Chang 'e went to the moon to become immortal because she stole the elixir from the Queen Mother of the West, and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon. [2] Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data showing that Chang 'e and Hou Yi were husband and wife, and it was not until Gaoyou noted Huai Nan Zi that Chang 'e was Hou Yi's wife.

Later, in Taoist mythology, Chang 'e and Xing Jun, the moon god, became one. Taoism regards the moon as the essence of Yin, respects it as the Empress of the Moon, or the Emperor of the Moon Palace as a filial and wise king, and creates female idols. [2]

Chang 'e's ending is very strange.

The ending of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story in Han Dynasty is very strange. People in the Han Dynasty believed that there were jade rabbits and toads in the moon. Jade rabbit doesn't know the origin, and it is said that Chang 'e later became a toad. The story of Chang 'e taking the elixir to the moon was revealed at the latest in the divination book "Returning to Tibet" at the end of the Warring States Period, and it was not widely known until the Han Dynasty. The story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon in the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's Huainanzi written by Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, and Lingxian written by Zhang Heng, an astronomer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, has always had a good beginning and end. Lingxian also mentioned that after Chang 'e stole the elixir of Hou Yi, he went to a fortune teller named Huang for good or ill luck. The fortune teller made a divination and told her it was auspicious, but it didn't hurt. He also predicted that if you go to the west, you may encounter dark and cloudy weather at the beginning, so don't be afraid, and future generations will be prosperous. Later, Chang 'e, who flew to the moon, became a toad. [3]

Maybe it's because the ending of Chang 'e changing into a toad is too perverse and unreasonable. When the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story spread, it became a pure story of joys and sorrows. [3]

The mystery of Chang 'e's life experience

Di Ku's wife.

Chang Yi was the fourth concubine of Di Ku, one of the five emperors. According to legend, Chang 'e and Chang 'e are the same person, and Chang 'e is also called Chang 'e Xi. Chang 'e and Chang 'e were originally the same name, but the shapes and sounds of Chang 'e and Chang 'e in ancient Chinese characters are the same, which is really a word differentiation. But the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story happened in the era of his son, Chang 'e died before, so Chang 'e is not Chang 'e.

Xianhou e

There is a story of a fairy falling in love in the collection of novels in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The heroine of the story is Shao Hao's mother Huang E.

First, according to some accounts, there seems to be some connection. Tai Hao is the sun, the moon, and Huang E is the mother, of course, the mother of the moon, that is, Chang in Shan Hai Jing.

Second, oriole is Shao Hao's mother. Despite the myth, we only look at history. There is no record in the literature that the mother is Chang 'e, that is to say, Huang E and Chang 'e, Chang 'e and Chang 'e and Chang 'e all have the same sound and shape, and may have different names.

Third, in this story, the oriole and Bai got the immortal mulberry on the west coast, and the goddess the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon took the elixir of the Queen Mother of the West, which can prove that the oriole is not Chang 'e ... [3]

Di Ku's daughter.

According to historical records, Chang 'e only gave birth to two children, of which the boy was a fool and the girl was Chang 'e.

"Shan Hai Jing" has another record: Chang, also known as Chang Yi, had twelve months with (Emperor Jun), but? Often? Literally, it means that there is a living moon, indicating that the daughters of Di Ku and Chang 'e are the moon gods. Chang 'e is also called Heng E, that is to say, although Chang Xi sounds like Chang 'e, he is not necessarily the same person. In ancient times, both men and women inherited the names of their ancestors. Since Yi and Hou Yi can be two people, if we look at Chang and Chang separately, it is probably the December that Chang gave birth to. Our son () was born and invented the bow and arrow, while our courtier Yi was famous for archery. Yi is older than Yi. He is the same age and can shoot nine suns with the bow and arrow invented by his son. Therefore, his courtiers' pension is to marry his daughter to Yi, which is in line with the statement at that time. Therefore, Chang 'e is the daughter of Chang 'e and Di Ku. [2]

Anecdotal allusions of Chang 'e

Chang 'e and Pan Hu

"Once"? The biography of Naman records such a bizarre legend:

When Di Ku was in power, the Chinese people were surrounded by uncivilized ethnic minorities. Among them, the remnant Rong tribe in the west of the Central Plains often invaded eastward. Di Ku led several expeditions, but he always failed. In desperation, we had to recruit talents, and promised that whoever could win the head of Wu, the leader of the dog army, would be rewarded with a wife, a thousand pounds of gold and thousands of dependents. [ 10]

Di Ku keeps a dog with a bright coat, named Tiger Pan. Tiger Pan not only knows people, but also knows human languages. Hearing that there was such a big reward, he immediately ran to the dog camp and stayed with Wu as an undercover. When Wu let his guard down, Tiger Pan waited for an opportunity to bite off his head, and then came back to collect the reward.

Di Ku's ministers were silly to see such a magical thing. Check your head carefully. It really belongs to Wu. Di Ku had no idea at this moment and wanted to feed it something delicious, but Di Ku's daughter thought that since the emperor had made a promise, he should not go back on his word. No woman wants to marry a dog now, and she is willing to take the initiative? Marry a chicken with a chicken, and marry a dog with a dog? Precedent Di Ku had no choice but to betroth his daughter to Tiger Pan. [ 10]

Another version said: When Pan Hu saw that Di Ku had broken his word, he suddenly made a voice and asked Di Ku to put it in the Admiralty. After seven days and seven nights, he may become a person. Di Ku arranged Tiger Pan in the Admiralty as required. But Di Ku has a very curious daughter. She came to see her seven days ago. At this point, Tiger Pan's body has become a human form, but his head hasn't changed? A mannequin , or? Dogs? . The princess has to get married if she breaks the big deal? Face and dog face? Tiger Pan. [ 10]

After getting the princess, Tiger Pan carried her back to live in a cave in the mountains south of the Central Plains. Di Ku missed her daughter very much and sent people to the mountains to look for her many times. But as long as the mountain search team comes out, it's either stormy or shaking, and it can't get in at all [ 10]

Di Ku's daughter has super fertility, according to "Were"? Three years later, twelve children were born. Six men and six women? . After Tiger Pan's death, there were still no outsiders in the place where his descendants lived, so six men and six women brothers and sisters had to? Inbreeding? . They peel wood, weave weeds to make clothes and dye these materials with colorful plants. These people left tails on the finished clothes, probably to commemorate Tiger Pan's dog tail. [ 10]

Later, Di Ku's daughter returned to the Central Plains and told her father about this hard life. Di Ku immediately sent someone to pick up these grandchildren. Pan Hu's descendants, however, wear strange clothes, because they have lived in a closed environment since childhood, which is completely different from Huaxia nationality. They are used to climbing mountains, but they can't go to Ma Pingchuan, and even the language of communication is completely different. Di Ku had to respect their living habits and give them a mountain lake in the south of the Central Plains. Since then, these descendants have thrived there and are called barbarians. [ 10]