Why do you call the Yellow Emperor a hero and Yan Di a Shennong?

The Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese nation, the legendary ancient Lord of the Chinese nation and the head of the five emperors. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor surnamed Gongsun was born in the hill of Xuanyuan, hence the name Xuanyuan. He grew up in Jishui, so he took Ji as his surname. Later, he established a country in Xiong You, so he was also called a master. There is a bear, which means there is an emperor at home. He is the heir of Emperor Fuxi and Emperor Nuwa in China, and is a hereditary dragon totem. In ancient times, the word "bear" was "upper present and lower unitary", that is, "upper present and lower unitary", which means "emperor". Records of the Five Emperors in Historical Records records: "The Yellow Emperor is the son of Shaodian, surnamed Gongsun and named Xuanyuan, and the Yellow Emperor lives in the hill of Xuanyuan". As for the specific place of birth, there is no unified view in the history circle. In ancient times, it was the capital of the bear country, and its father was the monarch of the bear country.

Name: You Xiong, Xuanyuan Huangdi

Date of birth: February 2 of the lunar calendar.

Nationality: Hua Xu (Huaxia)

Deathday: the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

Country: China has a bear empire.

Occupation: monarch

Yan Di Shennong alias: Yan Di, Shennong, Shanshi Lie. Emperor Yan surnamed Jiang. According to legend, he is a bull's head, probably a clan leader with a totem of cattle. This clan was active in the Weihe River basin at first, in other words, in the Surabaya River basin (the lower reaches of the Yellow River). Later, it entered the middle reaches of the Yellow River and clashed with the Jiuli nationality for a long time. Historians are increasingly supporting another view. Yan Di is a kind place like the Yellow Emperor. The Yan Di family lived in the lower reaches of the Yellow River for generations. In the later period, Shennong tribe was in charge of Yan Di, and Gongsun tribe of Huangdi rose to the west of Mount Tai. At this time, the Shennong tribe was unable to conquer the world, and the Yellow Emperor began to conquer the princes and accumulate strength. In Hanquan (near Mount Tai), Yan Di Shennong and Yan Di fought a decisive battle. Huangdi was able to order the princes of the world to exile Emperor Shennong in southern Chu, but the southern Chiyou tribe, which did not obey the orders of Huangdi, was originally a subordinate of Emperor Shennong, threatening to avenge Emperor Yandi, calling the people to fight against Huangdi, defeating him several times, and finally being defeated and killed by Huangdi with tricks. Later, the Yellow Emperor put down the rebellion of Tianxing, the rest of Chiyou, and finally unified the whole country, taking into account the reputation of Emperor Yan. ...

What is the relationship between Shennong and Yan Di? Are they the same person? Regarding the relationship between Emperor Yan and Shennong, the academic circles have long formed two schools with diametrically opposite views: one school thinks that Emperor Yan is Shennong. This school now has the upper hand and is considered as the mainstream school. For example, the Yandiling Memorial Hall in Hunan Province consecrates Yan Di as Shennong, so there is a theme of Yan Di tasting a hundred herbs in the memorial hall. Another school thinks that Yandi and Shennong are two systems, which are not related to each other and cannot be the same person.

The ancient history of Shennong generation is as follows: Shennong's rule lasted for 70 generations, and it did not decline until the rise of Huangdi tribe. There is a problem that needs to be explained before, that is, the times before Shennong included Shennong, and the titles of Fuxi, Nu Wa and Shennong were the collective names of several generations of leaders of a certain tribe or tribe, but they were not the only monarchs. But later scholars often have different opinions. For example, according to the historical records of ancient Shu, many people think that Silkworm Slave and Fish Fu are two generations of kings of ancient Shu, but in fact Silkworm Slave and Fish Fu are two ancient Shu dynasties that lasted for hundreds of years respectively, and each dynasty has more than ten generations. (Records of the Five Emperors also mentioned that when the Yellow Emperor rose, it happened that "Shennong declined", and the Yellow Emperor and Yan Di fought in the wild of Hanquan. Please pay attention to the word "world". This is why the rule of Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong often lasted for hundreds or even thousands of years. Calculated by 30 years, Shennong was in power for about 2,000 years (if it was the 17th generation, it was about 500 years). About five thousand years ago, it can be inferred that Shennong's rule began about seven thousand years ago.

However, the records about Emperor Yan are obviously inconsistent with those of Shennong. Different from Shennong, it is controversial whether the title of Emperor Yan is a title of respect for a certain person or a title of respect for several generations of tribal leaders. There is a saying that Emperor Yan experienced eight generations. The first Yan Di was called Shennong, who was hundreds of years earlier than the Yellow Emperor. Yan Di, at the same time as the Yellow Emperor, is the eighth Yan Di. His name is Yu Wang. This statement connects Yandi and Shennong, that is, Yandi and Shennong are the names of the same tribal leader. It is not surprising that the leaders of the same tribe have different names, but Shennong, whether in the seventies or seventeenth generations, is obviously different from Yan Di's eight generations. Therefore, from this perspective, it is doubtful that Yan Di and Shennong are the same person.

Last name was Yi, and later changed to Jiang.

Shanshi Lie.

Name: Year of Stone

Emperor Yan's birthday: April 26th of the lunar calendar.