The nine-tailed fox, a rare animal in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, married Dayu and was killed in the Northern Wei Dynasty!

The nine-tailed fox, a rare animal in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, is more confusing than it, and has been hunted and killed by humans many times. Of all the monsters, the nine-tailed fox is undoubtedly the most controversial one. The nine-tailed fox is recorded in China's Shan Hai Jing and Indian ancient mythology. In Japanese mythology, the nine-tailed fox is depicted as a fox that can be transformed into a beautiful woman, which is similar to the image of the nine-tailed fox da ji in China's The Condor Heroes. The difference is that one was puzzled by Shang Zhouwang, and the other was puzzled by the feather of Emperor Bird. Since there are records or legends about the nine-tailed fox in so many different regions, can it prove that the nine-tailed fox really existed?

Today we will talk about the ancient beast, the nine-tailed fox. For this kind of art, Shan Hai Jing describes it in this way, and it is called "The Mountain of Qingshan in the East of 300 Li". Its yang is full of jade, its yin is full of green, its fire is full of animals, its shape is like a fox and its sound is like a baby can eat people, and those who eat it are not strange. 300 miles further east, there is a green hill. The south of the mountain is rich in jade, and the north of the mountain is cloudy, producing clear goods. There is a wild animal in the mountains, which is shaped like a fox, but has nine tails. Its roaring sound is similar to a baby's crying. Therefore, if you can devour a person and eat his flesh, you can keep him from being poisoned by evil spirits. He first appeared in people's field of vision, whether in the image of da ji in the list of gods or in the confusion of the world. Zhou Wang did something that caused widespread indignation and discontent, and was finally killed by Jiang Ziya.

However, in history, the nine-tailed fox has both positive and negative aspects. In the pre-Qin era, the nine-tailed fox was regarded as an auspicious beast. According to the overseas east longitude records in Shan Hai Jing, Qingqiu Kingdom is in the north, its fox is in Kyubi no Youko, and Shiping is auspicious. There are two meanings. One is that Wang Wei proclaimed himself emperor and the country was prosperous. According to the four sub-theories of Cha Wenxuan on Virtue, King Wen returned to the east at the invitation of the nine-tailed fox, which Zhou Miao said was a good omen and began in Dayu. Both Lu Chunqiu and Wu Yue Chunqiu recorded Dayu's marriage story. According to records, because Dayu had been busy with water conservancy, the wedding event was delayed again and again, and he remained single until he was in his thirties. This year, he finally remembered to think about getting married and having children, so he wanted to find a suitable person to get married and spread the branches for himself. But where is this Mr. Right? Dayu thought that God would give himself a hint before finding the right person.

It's not just a legend that the nine-tailed fox gave birth to Dayu. Dayu saw a white fox with nine tails when he passed by the heaped-up mountain. He asked the white fox to be a wise tiger and begged the king to sign it. At this time, there is a woman singing in the heaped-up mountains. With the white fox, Kyubi no Youko's chubby Chengzi's family was poisoned by milk. The word "dragon" means that if you can marry a woman from Tushan, your descendants will be prosperous from generation to generation. Dayu first thought that if he could marry Tushan Stone, the whole Dongyi would be for his own use in the future. In this way, most of the courtiers in the DPRK will support themselves. Then Dayu married a girl from Tushan Division and gave birth to a son named Qi.

Therefore, in this story of Dayu's marriage, the nine-tailed fox not only represents many children and many blessings, but also symbolizes the spirit of the king, which also proves the position of the nine-tailed fox in ancient mythology. It is a real species of heaped-up mountains. Both of them married Dayu and had a son. In fact, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, among many murals and stone statues unearthed, the nine-tailed fox often appeared with the Queen Mother of the West. The position of the Queen Mother of the West in the myth system of China belongs to the peak class. Why do you always carry a nine-tailed fox? In the ancient concept, the word "nine" is the highest number of yang, which means the noblest. Legend has it that there are nine dragons in the sky, and Jiuzi is one of the biscuits, and so is Kyubi no Youko, the fox demon. So what does it mean that foxes have so many tails? There is a saying that it seems possible to cultivate Buddha, but the shape obtained by absorbing the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon is stored in the tail, and it takes about 100 years to fill a tail. So the nine-tailed fox has a history of thousands of years. Nine is used to describe it because its tail is thick and looks powerful, symbolizing the endless reproductive ability of men and their descendants. So the Queen Mother of the West took him with her, because he was really an animal.

Second, the marriage license has gone again. In the Han dynasty, the lake was regarded as the virtue and longevity of the descendants of Zhao, which laid the foundation for future generations to take the lake as a province and resist the charm of human nature. However, after the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were serious differences in the understanding of the nine-tailed fox. According to Shan Hai Jing, there is a beast on Qingqiu Mountain, which looks like a fox and Kyubi no Youko. Its sound is like a baby eating people, but the eater is not strange. In fact, it has been made clear here that the nine-tailed fox is a creature on Qingqiu Mountain. It looks like a fox, except that it has nine tails and cries like a baby will eat people. As for the word "people who eat are not stupid", the translation means that people who eat their own meat will not be confused by other things.

The nine-tailed fox has been caught several times among the people. What is the reason? At that time, influenced by countless consciousness, people gradually began to believe that things would get better with age. Ge Hong said in Bao Puzi that foxes and jackals accept the ages of 800 and 500 and choose to become human mantissa. There are also many records about the fox in the Book of Jin, which shows that the nine-tailed fox, as a tool of political praise at that time, was paid more attention by the court in Wei and Jin Dynasties, so it was never praised by the nine-tailed fox in Shan Hai Jing. History books should even add Leo's wisdom to record good omen. Among them, something about the nine-tailed fox has actually produced a wide range of social influences and attracted the attention of the court. Whether the nine-tailed fox exists in China's political works has been recorded. It is said that the nine-tailed fox really existed.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, seven nine-tailed foxes were captured in Henan and Hebei. According to the records of the Committee, another nine-tailed fox was captured for Orion in 486 AD and presented to Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time. During the 56 years from the tenth year of Taihe to the third year of Dongxing, seven nine-tailed foxes were seen all over the country. The motive of so many cases of offering treasures is nothing more than to prove the greatness of the emperor and get a fair reward. Satellite TV "Zhou Benji" records that during the Jiazi period, an official in Zhengzhou presented a nine-tailed fox to the emperor and imposed a curfew. People always think that the nine-tailed fox symbolizes auspicious omen. Because the social unrest at that time was a period of extreme panic in the history of China. As a result, people have built temples and shrines for the nine-tailed fox, and when disasters such as floods and droughts come, they all compete to dominate the pot body. The official move undoubtedly turned a good omen into an omen, so the Northern Zhou Emperor ordered the nine-tailed fox to be regarded as an ancient plague beast. As a result, in the historian's pen, the record of the nine-tailed fox gradually turned into murder, and the ancient beasts gradually existed only in literary works, with few traces in the official history. The decline of the nine-tailed fox can also be traced back to being regarded as an auspicious beast and being blamed for its charm. Now Huang asked him if he really existed, which was a passing sight under the wheel of history.