Deciphering the history of alchemy in ancient China Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi Danfa origin test

Some people say that "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed" talks about Wai Dan smelting.

However, what "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed" itself says is that Huang Lao, Hearthhuo and I Ching are talking about the same theme.

Huang Lao's technique, of course, has nothing to do with Waidan, and "Zhou Yi" is even more 108,000 miles away from Waidan.

Therefore, the matter of the furnace fire in "Participation in the Deed" is, of course, Neidan.

The reason why it is mistaken for Wai Dan is, of course, because there are a lot of terms borrowed from alchemy in the Dan method.

In other words, long before the rise of alchemy, the Dan method of Neidan's cultivation had already matured.

When did alchemy originate, in the origin of **?

In China, of course, the mud river bay in China, which has continued uninterrupted since two million years ago.

Nihewan is in the area of today's Wei County, known as Dai in ancient times, rich in ochre, called Dai ochre.

Nihewan is located in the territory of the ancient country, after the fall of the country, King Wuling of Zhao set up the county, and then changed to Daizhou, Yanmen County, for the east of Datong City and the northwest border of Hebei Province, such as Wei County, Hebei County, Shanxi County and other places.

Tiangong Kaiwu" cloud "on behalf of ochre, red, everywhere in the mountains, to the county is the best". "Famous Doctors" said "the name of the county is ochre", and the cloud of "New Materia Medica" is "this stone is mostly from Daizhou".

Ochre is a kind of hematite that can be used to make fire, can be used in medicine, and can be made into red pigments.

People during the Warring States period have recognized that hematite ore can be used to make iron, such as the "Pipe" cloud:

"There is ochre on the mountain, and iron under the mountain. The name of Tiezhu may be due to this, not only because of its shape. ”

As a result, paintings using this mineral as a pigment have appeared all over the earth.

Red hematite ochre.

Hematite petroglyphs.

Hematite petroglyphs.

Hematite petroglyphs.

Not only for painting, but hundreds of thousands of years ago ancient humans were still using this ore to sprinkle on the dead.

The Xiama Monument in Wei County in Nihewan also excavated evidence that the Nihewan people collected hematite ochre and polished the pigment 40,000 years ago.

This tradition lasted until 30,000 years ago, when the cave people in Beijing sprinkled red hematite on the deceased.

It is the oldest funeral event on Earth and the oldest soul ferry ceremony on Earth.

What role does hematite play in this?We'll be able to see it right away.

10,000 years ago, the use of hematite in funerals was still going on in China. Ten thousand years ago, the Shangshan culture appeared red Ming ware made of hematite color and fire.

Hematite faience of Shangshan culture.

This tradition continued until about 7,000 years ago, when a new red color appeared to replace the original hematite ochre.

Cinnabar. Cinnabar-colored bowls have been found in the Hemudu culture.

Cinnabar-colored masks have been found in the Yangshao culture.

Later, cinnabar completely replaced the red hematite, and became a treasure for the burial of ancient Chinese people more than 4,000 years ago.

In the late Neolithic tombs of Shixia in Qujiang, Guangdong, it is Xi to sprinkle vermilion pigment powder on or around the bones. The phenomenon of partial or full vermilion painting of corpses seen in Yangshao cultural tombs such as Beishouling in Baoji, Shaanxi, Wangwan in Luoyang, Henan, and Dawenkou cultural tombs in Sanlihe, Jiaoxian County, Shandong Province should be caused by the application of red pigment to paint corpses. The Xi of using red cement to collect corpses found in late Neolithic cultural tombs in Shijiahe, Tianmen, Hubei Province, may be a local mutation related to red burials. The phenomenon of cinnabar laying the bottom of the tomb (cushioning corpse or coffin) or scattering the bones of the corpse found in the tombs of Longshan culture tombs, Erlitou, Erligang, Yinxu culture and Western Zhou culture in Xiangfen Tao Temple in Shanxi Province indicates that from the Longshan culture period of the Central Plains to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Xi of using cinnabar as a collection began to be popular.

Cinnabar burial.

Sanxingdui bronzes are coated with cinnabar.

Cinnabar, the Chinese name is "Dan".

The Dan of Alchemy. Dan of the Dan Sutra.

Dan of Danfa. Dan of Dan Dao.

Dan of Nedan. Dan of Waidan.

Dan of Jindan. Said the textDan, Ba Yue no Chishi also. Like a Dan well, a Dan shape. All Dan belong to Dan

Cinnabar (Dan) is a red stone abundant in Ba and Vietnam, and the "red soil" ochre abundant in Nihewan Dai County is red.

Cinnabar. It can be seen from the record of "Shuowen" that for the collection of cinnabar ore, a mine has appeared, and the ancients called it "Danxue". This is already a veritable mining industry, which shows that the ancient people's collection of cinnabar began at least 7,000 years ago, and it is likely that it has entered the stage of large-scale production.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas has been recorded for the Dan Cave, and it is believed that the Dan Cave is where the Phoenix is located.

Five hundred miles to the east, it is said that the mountain of Danxue is more gold and jade on it. Danshui flows out of Yan, and the south flows into the Bohai Sea. There are birds, its shape is like a chicken, five colors and text, the name is called Fenghuang, the first text is said to be De, the wing text is said to be Xi, the back text is said to be lily, the text is said to be benevolent, and the belly text is said to be letter. It's a bird, eating naturally, singing and dancing, and the world is peaceful when you see it.

In Danfa, the red color of terracotta (ochre) and red stone (Dan) is the color of the south of the five elements, symbolizing that it is the Nangong Vermilion Bird in the sky.

Sayings" said:

Red, southern color also. From the big from the fire.

Red is the color of southern fire, which is the fire of furnace fire and alchemy, and it is also the fire of ancient fire. The Nangong Vermilion Bird Quail Fire, and the Donggong Qinglong Fire, both known as fire, are the standard stars of the ancient fire in Chinese civilization

In the Danfa formula, Nangong Vermilion Bird is the symbol of leaving the fire.

Cinnabar, the scientific name mercury sulfide, as the name suggests, is a red mineral that can be refined from mercury - mercury, which is the true mercury repeatedly mentioned in the "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi" and other past dynasties.

Mercury, the ancient text. In the Huainanzi, it is already recorded how alchemists extracted mercury and various metals from cinnabar.

The breath of the righteous earth is also in the sky. Ai Tian is 500 years old, Huang Ai is 500 years old, Huang Ai is 500 years old, Huang Ai is 500 years old, Huang Yi is 500 years old, Huang Long is born in the year, and Huanglong is born in Tibet. The Ai of the Yellow Spring, the upper is the yellow cloud, the yin and yang are thin and the thunder, the agitation is the electricity, the upper is the down, and the flowing water is connected to the Yellow Sea.

The air of the earth is in the clear sky, the Qingtian is 800 years old and gives birth to Qingzeng, Qingzeng is 800 years old and green, Qinglu is 800 years old and gives birth to Qingjin, Qingjin is 800 years old and gives birth to Qinglong, and Qinglong enters Tibet to give birth to Qingquan. The green spring of the Ai, the upper is the green clouds, the yin and yang are thin for the thunder, the agitation is the electricity, the upper is the down, and the flowing water is through and merges in Qinghai.

The spirit of the strong earth is in the red sky. Chitian is 600 years old and gives birth to Chidan, Chidan is 700 years old and Chi Dan is born Chi Lu, Chi Lan is 700 years old and Chi Jin is born Chi Jin, Chi Jin Chi Tose is born Chi Long, and Red Dragon enters Tibet and gives birth to Chiquan. The Ai of the Red Spring, the upper is the red cloud, the yin and yang are thin and the thunder, the agitation is the electricity, the upper is the lower, and the flowing water is connected to the Red Sea.

The air of the weak earth is in the daytime. During the day, 900 years old Bai Kun, Bai Jiu 900 years old Bai Qi, Bai Qi 900 years old Bai Jin, Bai Bai 100 years old Bai Yuan, Bai Jin Chitose Bai Long, Bai Long enters Tibet to give birth to Bai Quan, Bai Quan's Ai, the upper is the white cloud, the yin and yang are thin for the thunder, the agitation is the electricity, the upper is the bottom, and the flowing water is through and merges with the White Sea.

The breath of the pasture, Yu Xuantian, Xuanda 600 years old gave birth to Xuantong, Xuanli 600 years old gave birth to Xuanyuan, Xuanlu 600 years old gave birth to Xuanjin, Xuanjin thousand years old gave birth to Xuanlong, and Xuanlong entered Tibet to give birth to Xuanquan. Xuanquan's Ai, the upper is the Xuanyun, the yin and yang are thin for the thunder, the agitation is the electricity, the upper is down, and the flowing water is through and merges with the Xuanhai.

The "five" character of the Chinese Yixue civilization is the meaning of the five elements of yin and yang, and it is the oldest first script on the earth.

The Zhou Rite also records the various color changes that will occur during the alchemy process:

"Zhou Li, Examination of Gongji, Li's Family": "Where the state of casting gold, gold and tin, black and turbid are exhausted, and yellow and white are second;The yellow and white are exhausted, and the blue and white are second;The green and white qi is exhausted, the green qi is second, and then it can be cast. ”

The cyan blue, born from Dan, is also a kind of Dan!

Sayings" said:

Blue, oriental color also. Wood makes fire, from the birth of Dan.

Of course, it is a cyan ore.

Nine thousand years ago, the people of the Jiahu culture were using cyan turquoise.

Four thousand years ago, this famous Erlitou turquoise dragon appeared.

What is the East Palace Qinglong called?

Why are dragons cyan?

Why does "Zhou Yi" mention this cyan dragon six times at the beginning?

Because of cyan, in ancient Chinese alchemy, it is the color that represents vitality. This also explains why the ancient Chinese character "qing" is composed of the words "sheng" and "dan".

By the way, there are also ...... "quiet", "clear", "fine" and "emotional".This large pile of words with "green" is all related to the cyan stone in alchemy.

So, is this cyan alchemy stone turquoise?

No, the cyan alchemy stone is this kind of malachite.

Cyan alchemy: malachite.

Among the copper ores in nature, malachite is the most common, generally emerald green, bright and dazzling, and is easy to find. Malachite is often found with natural copper. Therefore, smelting malachite has become the earliest copper smelting activity.

Copper is regarded as red gold, and red stone cinnabar and red earth ochre are all red things in the south.

Copper, red gold also. - Sayings

It's just that hematite, which is a terracotta, is more difficult to smelt iron, but the red gold (copper) that can be found everywhere is smelted first......In fact, some copper can be used directly like dog's head gold, and there is no need to refine it at all - as for the so-called "bronze" thousands of years ago in some places, it is actually natural copper that can be picked up and played on the ground.

Then the Chinese alchemists added some lapis gold (lead) and tin ...... to the red gold

Dangdangdang!Real bronze appeared.

Hahaha. What bullshit bronze came to the west. Do you know who the ancestor of alchemy is?

Blind people, don't accept the battle?

Hug Xuezhai with a brick in his hand, and see that the rats have a hard mouth, or Lao Tzu's bricks are hard!