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In the country of green hills, there are fox nine-tails. ——The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Great Wilderness East Classic
Speaking of fox demons, probably the first thing that flashes in our minds is Daji.
There are poems: Zhou died and praised him, and Shang poured Daji.
But was the Great Shang Dynasty really destroyed by Daji, was Daji really ever taken on by a nine-tailed fox, or was she the fox itself?
If not, then how much do you know about what kind of person the real Daji was in history?
Historical records: Da is her name, and she is her surname.
Because she was the result of the Su King's crusade against the Su family, she was called Su Daji.
In fact, more than 3,000 years ago, Daji had nothing to do with foxes.
For, the fox, at that time, and even earlier, was actually a beautiful word, a sign of auspiciousness from heaven.
The description of the nine-tailed fox in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is like this:
Three hundred miles to the east, it is called the mountain of Qingqiu. Its yang is jade, and its yin is green.Well, although it can eat people, if people eat its meat, they can protect against all kinds of poisons.There is a beast, its shape is like a fox and nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eater is not Gu.
During the Western Han Dynasty, there are clouds in "Spring and Autumn Diving Tanba":
White Fox to,**Li;If not, you will be arrogant.said that the appearance of the white fox is beneficial to the country and the people.
Guo Pu, a writer in the Wei and Jin dynasties, also commented:
Taiping is out of Rui.directly put the appearance of the nine-tailed fox as an auspicious omen of peace in the world.
The biggest difference between the nine-tailed fox and other foxes is its tail.
Well, nine tails.
So if someone sees that there are so many tails, it must be a youkai.
But in fact, monsters are just ** than people imagine.
The reason why the fox has "nine tails" (many tails) is that it was originally a symbol of prosperity for its offspring.
The first monarch of the Xia Dynasty earlier than the Shang Dynasty - Dayu, well, it was to control the water and pass through the door three times without entering the one.
said that he was busy controlling the water, and one day he suddenly traveled to Tushan, thinking that he had reached the age of standing and had not yet started a family.
Xu is inspired by God, the nine-tailed fox in the mountain turned into a beautiful woman, called Tu Shan, and Dayu tied the knot.
Soon after, Dayu became the co-owner of the world.
There is a song that says: "Suisui white fox, nine-tailed Pang Pang." Becoming a family, I am prosperous. ”Then some people will ask, since the nine-tailed fox is such a beautiful and auspicious thing, why did it become a symbol of a demagogic bad woman?
The collapse set by the nine-tailed fox Ruihu fox should start from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
There is a top myth ** writer - Gan Bao, the one who wrote "Sou Shen Ji".
There is a short story in the book about a young man who was seduced by a fox demon named Ah Zi.
There is a note: The fox, the adulteress of the ancients, is also called Ah Zi.In the Sui and Tang dynasties, Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui strictly forbade the destruction of the Wei Wei (probably after the great turmoil of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, I was afraid that someone would take the opportunity of unearthing the inscription that the sky was dead and the yellow sky should be erected to rebel again, so the auspicious signs of the nine-tailed white fox were rarely mentioned).
The fox loses the aura of the beast and returns to its animal nature.
But in terms of affinity, it is not as good as pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep;In terms of deterrence, it is not as good as jackals, tigers and leopards.
And usually do some small things like stealing chickens and touching dogs.
Naturally, it has a poor image in the public mind.
Therefore, in order to meet the tastes of the common people, the literary works at that time often portrayed the fox as a bad image to deceive others.
Coupled with the historical origin of Wuhu Chaohua, the Tang people often described foxes as mountain spirits and wild monsters in their literary works to satirize the Hu people. ("Hu" is connected to "fox").
Interestingly, if the people's imagination of foxes (whether it is the nine-tailed fox demon or the nine-tailed fox of the Rui beast) is regarded as ignorance and naivety in childhood.
Now, as the veil of the fox's miracle is torn off, the people begin to enter a period of rebellion, begin to be self-centered, and begin to think about the value of personal life, which can be seen as the awakening of personal consciousness.
It's just that this rebellion has been rebellious for a thousand years.
In the Ming Dynasty, the "Romance of the Gods", which allowed later generations to successfully position the nine-tailed fox as a demagogic fox spirit, was born.
pushed the blackening of the fox demon to the peak, and since then, people only remember:
The nine-tailed fox is the demon that demagogies and harms the world.
And Daji is the red face and disaster that ruined the big businessmen.
It's just that everyone is a disaster in the world, who pities the beauty for life?
However, if there is anyone else, if you look into it carefully, there is still one.
Well, it's Pu Songling who wrote "Liao Zhai".
He let go of the world's prejudice against fox demons and looked at them in a different light.
The fox demon in his pen embodies the beautiful yearning for women.
There is a baby Ning who "doesn't know sorrow and loves to laugh naturally", and Xin Shishi Niang, who is kind-hearted and chivalrous.
And that's what the public wants to see.
The people's attitude towards youkai has finally returned from the previous worship and rebellion to peace and self-confidence.
Monsters are hidden corners of our hearts, and they carry the dare, unwillingness and inability of our every era.
It is the historical carrier of our Chinese culture with a long history of 5,000 years, and it is also a true portrayal of the growth of the Chinese people.