【Records of Ancient Times】Western Classics in China

Mar 13, 2022

The key to Dayu's flood control lies in dredging. Is there any record of the source of the river? Why was the country destroyed, was it destroyed by the Great Water, or was it destroyed by the Great Yu? What is Kunlun Xu and what does it mean to the Xia Dynasty?

Author: Xia Dynasty Collation: Yan Wu

Daze is a hundred miles away, and the birds are born and solved. In Yanmen North. Yanmen Mountain, wild geese come out of it. in the west of Di country. Gao Liu is in Daibei.
The country of the Huang-Feng clan is three hundred li in China; there are painted squares and mountains.
The quicksand comes out of Zhongshan Mountain, travels westward and then travels southward to the emptiness of Kunlun, and enters the sea in the southwest, the mountain of black water.

Donghu is in Da Zedong. The barbarians are in East Hudong.
The state of 鲊 is in the northeast of the Han River. The earth is close to the swallow, and it will be destroyed.
Meng Bird is located in the northeast of the country. Its birds are red, yellow, and green, and they are in Dongxiang.

The Kunlun in the sea is in the northwest, the capital under the emperor. Kunlun is empty, with a radius of 800 miles. Gao Wanren. There is a wood grass on it, five long and five rounds.
Chishui exits the southeast corner to the northeast.
The river flows out of the northeast corner to travel to the north, enters the Bohai Sea in the southwest, and then goes overseas, that is, from the west to the north, into the Shishan Mountains guided by Yu.
The ocean water and the black water flow out of the northwest corner, eastward, eastward, northeastward, southward into the sea, and Yumin south.
Ruoshui and Qingshui come out of the southwest corner, east, north, southwest, and pass east of Bifangniao.
The Kunlun Nanyuan is three hundred kilometers deep.

"Hai Nei Jing" explains:

After Dayu controlled the floods, he managed the team all the way. The first section ranges from Inner Mongolia to Qinghai, the second section ranges from Inner Mongolia to Changbai Mountain, and the third section describes the major water systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

 Donghu is in Da Zedong. The barbarians are in East Hudong.

Daze, which is divided into East and West Hu, is now Lake Baikal. Due to its high terrain, it is still called a lake after the great flood, while the low-lying Northeast Plain has become a vast ocean; Donghu and Yi people are located on the Mongolian Plateau and Hulunbuir Plateau.

 The state of 鲊 is in the northeast of the Han River. The earth is close to the swallow, and it will be destroyed.

The country of Lai was originally on the Northeast Plain. This natural disaster was severely damaged, but why was it "destroyed"?

 "Hai Nei Jing" In the North Sea, there are thieves and weapons, accompanied by Ge Changbei's assistants, and each is called the corpse of each other.

Perhaps they have never seen such kind-hearted people, or they only know zero-sum games, but instead they harm the rescue team. "Everyone said that they are caring for each other's corpses." ; It didn't take long for the escaped rescuers to attract troops and destroy the country.

The background encounter of the country is reminiscent of Goguryeo, and the historical reincarnation is always full of similar situations.

 The Kunlun in the sea is in the northwest, the capital under the emperor. Kunlun is empty, with a radius of 800 miles. Gao Wanren. There is a wood grass on it, five long and five rounds.

Kunlunxu is an arc-shaped area located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is only about 10,000 square kilometers and is not far from Qinghai Lake. Today, the place is uninhabitable, but it was similar to Alishan in ancient times. The average temperature from June to August 16 to 25 degrees, it is undoubtedly a summer resort. After the great flood, this place became an important stronghold for the governance of the Xia Dynasty.

 Chishui flows out of the southeast corner… River water flows out of the northeast corner… Ocean water, black water flows out of the northwest corner… Weak water, Qingshui flows out of the southwest corner…

This paragraph should refer to the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of "Kunlun", where "Chishui" refers to the Yangtze River, and "River Water" refers to the Yellow River, Yangshui, Heishui, Weakshui, and Qingshui, respectively referring to the Brahmaputra, Jinsha, Lancang, Nujiang, etc.; The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a tropical plateau climate, but the hydrological distribution is still roughly the same as today.

 The river flows out of the northeast corner to travel to the north, enters the Bohai Sea in the southwest, and then goes overseas, that is, from the west to the north, into the Shishan Mountains guided by Yu.

Because the record of this exploration is later than the "Northern Classics of the Sea", there is no tragic ghost land where corpses are scattered everywhere. In addition, "entering the stone mountain guided by Yu" means that this exploration should be a re-examination after Dayu's flood control.

 Meng Bird is located in the northeast of the country. Its birds are red, yellow, and green, and they are in Dongxiang. ... Ruoshui and Qingshui come out of the southwest corner, east, north, southwest, and pass east of Bifangniao.

"Meng Bird" and "Bifang Bird" are likely to be named after their national birds. In other words, there should be these two countries in history, and there should be this national bird in the two countries.