The Legendary Origin of Houji and the Growth of Chinese Agriculture
Houji, also known as Qi, is the name of an emperor. [Justice]: The reason for the so-called Zhou is because of Taizhong, which is the original Zhou. The geographical record states that Qishui County Qishan is in the middle of the northwest of the middle water town, where Taizhong is the capital. Qu De Zhi said: “The ancient city of Zhou is also known as Meiyang City, located 25 kilometers northwest of Wugong County, Yongzhou, which is also Taizhong City.”
His mother had a daughter of Tai’s, named Jiang Yuan. [Set interpretation]: Han Shizhang’s verse said: “Ginger, surname. Yuan, word.” Or Jiangyuan, the posthumous title. [Justice]: Tai, Tianlai Fan, also known as “Zhu,” is the same. Shuowen says: “Tai, the descendants of Yan Emperor, Jiang surname, sealed Tai, Zhou abandoned the external family.” Jiangyuan was the emperor’s favorite concubine.
[Suo Yin]: Qiao Zhou refers to “abandonment, Emperor Ku’s heritage, his father also does not put,” and this is different from this record. Jiang Yuan went out into the wild and saw the traces of a giant, happily saying that he wanted to follow it and walk. He gave birth to a child on time, thinking it was ominous, and abandoned him in the narrow lane. [Suo Yin]: The following are all things in the Shi Daya Shengmin chapter “Birth and Post in the Narrow Lane, Cattle and Sheep Feet”. The birth and posting in the cold ice, the birds cover their wings, is the matter.
The horses and cows passing by all avoided stepping on them; they were moved to the forest, and many people met in the mountain forest, and moved them; and abandoned them in the canal on the ice, and the birds covered their wings to cover them. Jiang Yuan thought it was a god, so she adopted and raised him. Initially wanting to abandon him, he was named Qiu. [Justice]: The ancient history test said “Qiu, Emperor Ku’s heritage, his father also does not put,” which is slightly different from this text. When Qiu was a child, he stood up like a giant. He played games, liked to plant hemp and beans, and hemp and beans were beautiful. When he grew up, he liked farming and farming, suitable for land, and suitable for grain crops, [justice]: planting is called harvest, and collecting is called harvest. All people follow it. Emperor Yao heard about it and raised Qiu as a farming teacher, and the world benefited. Emperor Shun said, “Qiu, the people are hungry, [Gathering Interpretation]: Xu Guang said: “Now Wen Shu said ‘ancestor hunger’, so this is called ‘beginning hunger’. Zu, beginning also. After Qiu’s time, Bai’s grain grew.” Qiu was sealed at Tai, [Gathering Interpretation]: Xu Guang said: “Today’s Li County is in Fu Feng.” [Suo Yin]: This is a large number of years that the Shi Daya Shengmin has said.
[Gathering Interpretation]: Grand View of Han said: “The whole country is full of food, which means the end of hunger.” [Suo Yin]: It is said that the time of the ancestors, the work of the music, the food of the music, and the winter ice of the birds cover the wings, which is the same thing.
[Gathering Interpretation]: It is a custom for the elderly to stand up for children, and they are united and offer a lot to the ancient public. [Suo Yin]: It is said that the Shi Daya episode “There is a family of those who stand up.”
[Gathering Interpretation]: Well-known says: “Qiu, Liu Juncheng’s leader is also, the Zhou people reported him.” [Suo Yin]: It is said that the series of people are “Qiu, Liu Jun.”