The origin of the Yu Ming family

Different surnames. The surname is given to the child by the father and the child by the mother. Although the Xia Dynasty entered the patriarchal clan, the rights of the patriarchal clan were not stable at this time, and many people still used the name of the matriarchal clan. Especially in the old days, nobles, such as fortune tellers, worshippers and witch doctors, all inherited their mother's surname, while Yu Ming's surname was the work of divination and witch doctors in the Xia Dynasty, and his divination was hereditary. It is a tribe that completely grasps the system and concept of early shamanism (shamanism here is not Manchu shamanism in Qing Dynasty, but refers to religion in primitive times academically). In order to survive in the early harsh environment, people have two theories, one is to conquer nature, and the other is to integrate with nature, which leads to different religious systems. Shamanism is based on the idea of seeking the integration of man and nature and the doctrine of the unity of man and nature. In order to explore nature, people began to divine and observe the stars. Some people are specially selected by the tribe to be fortune tellers and witch doctors because of their superior understanding and observation. With the development of the times, the selected people gradually grew and formed an independent tribe, the tribe of Yu Ming.

Because the clergy engaged in divination and witch doctors are thin and unable to engage in excessive physical labor, fortune tellers generally weigh less than 100 kg, which was later used by Taoism as a source to describe the "sage demeanor" of secular experts. At that time, various tribes elected specialized personnel to serve and protect the safety of clergy. Many years later, in the Xia Dynasty, the people who served the clergy themselves grew into an independent tribe.

The first is the surname of Yu Ming, a clergyman, the second is the surname of the king among the people who graze Kyushu, the third is the surname of the clergyman, and the second is the surname of Wang Chen.

In the legends of later generations, the Yu Ming family is actually a general name for physiognomists and Taoist priests, or they play the role of an unpredictable prophet.

To thank these tribes who have served the clergy all the year round. The Yu Ming family gave names to many tribes, such as Gu Jiang, Dongli and Sang Zi. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Yu Ming's thought of harmony between man and nature became a system, which created one of the "Yin and Yang religions" in history. However, because the idea of harmonious coexistence between man and nature at that time did not meet the needs of human conquest of nature, Yin and Yang religions and Yu Ming's family soon disappeared from the historical stage.

Later, it was replaced by the Five Mi Dou Daoism founded by Zhang Xiu and Zhang Jiao in the name of Laozi, thus creating Taoism that influenced the history of China and became a wonderful work in history. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, Yin and Yang religions represented by Yu Ming family traveled to Japan with Japanese envoys in the Tang and Sui Dynasties, and local Shintoism in Japan was combined with divination, witchcraft and medicine brought by Yu Ming family. Later, a new occupation "Yin" appeared, which influenced Japanese history.

However, Yu Ming's family was far away from the Central Plains and gradually lost contact. With the intermittent communication between the Yu Ming family and the Gu Jiang family at sea, the red bamboo stone and blue velvet crystal produced in Japan have been brought into the vision of the Chinese nation, and they have also become secret sacred objects.

Legends and allusions are short-lived

Epiphyllum was originally a flower god. She blooms every day and the seasons are brilliant. She also fell in love with the young people who water and weed her every day. Later, the jade emperor learned that he was furious and wanted to break up with Yuanyang. The Jade Emperor arrested the flower god, reduced her to an epiphyllum that can only bloom for a while every year, prevented her from meeting her lover again, and sent the young man to Lingshan to become a monk, named him Wei Tuo, to make him forget the past and the flower god. Over the years, Wei Tuo really forgot the flower god, concentrated on studying Buddhism, and gradually achieved something. Flower God will never forget the young man who took care of her. She knew that every year at the end of spring, Wei Tuo would come down to collect morning dew and cook tea for the Buddha. So Epiphyllum chose to open at that time. At that moment, she bloomed the essence that had been gathered for a whole year. She hoped that Wei Tuo could look back and remember her. But after thousands of years, Wei Tuo went down the mountain to collect morning dew every year. Epiphyllum blooms silently year after year. Wei Tuo no longer remembers her. Until one day, a scrawny person walked through the epiphyllum and saw the melancholy and loneliness of the flower god. He stopped and asked the flower god, "Why are you sad?" . The flower god is amazed, because mortals can't see the true body of the flower god. If there is golden light on the head of Luo Jinxian, if there is black gas on the head of the devil, if there is no light on the head of the mortal. As a passing mortal, how can you see your true self? The flower god hesitated for a moment and only answered "You can't help me". Waiting silently for Wei Tuo not to answer this person. Forty years later, the thin man walked through the epiphyllum again and repeatedly asked the sentence forty years ago, "Why are you sad?" The flower god hesitated for a while, but only replied, "You may not be able to help me." The thin man walked away with a smile. After another 40 years, another skinny old man appeared in the flower god. The skinny old man looked even more dying. The man of that year has become an old man, but he still asked the same words as 80 years ago, "Why are you sad?" . Epiphyllum replied, "thank you, mortal. You have begged me three times in your life, but you are mortal and dying after all." What can you do for me? I am a flower god who is punished by God because of love. " The old man smiled and said, "I am Yu Ming's family. I just came to break the fate of no results 80 years ago. " Flower God, I have a word for you. The origin and end of fate, flowers bloom and dust fall. "Then the old man closed his eyes and sat down. Time passed gradually, and the last ray of sunshine of the sunset began to brush from the old man's hair to his eyes. The old man laughed, "Wei Tuo is a flash in the pan, what's wrong with such love? Heaven punishes me, heaven has no eyes, I'll drive. " After that, the old man grabbed the flower god and the sunset slipped into his eyes. The old man died at once and went to the Buddha country with him. The flower god met Wei Tuo in the Buddhist country. Wei Tuo finally remembered his previous marriage. When the Buddha knew about it, he allowed Wei Tuo to come to earth and end the unfinished marriage. Because the old man in Yu Ming violated heaven, his soul wandered all his life. You can't drive a crane westward, and you can't enter the pure land of the Oriental Buddha. You will be punished by heaven, and there will be no reincarnation.

Modern significance

However, the protagonists in the story are the Epiphyllum Fairy and the Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, and the old man Yu Ming, who is committed to this relationship, is really ignored by everyone. However, there are many people with intentions. Therefore, the Yueming family mentioned in modern works is often a brave and positive embodiment with ideals and beliefs.