Chapter 687
New Customs and Old Rituals
Chapter 687 New Customs and Old Rituals ([-])
Whether it is Xuanniao, Jiandi, Jumang, Dongjun, or the fertility goddess with exaggerated breasts, they actually come from the same source, and the core of the story is also the same, and eventually they will be transformed into a fixed image with unified synonyms.
At this time, the myth has gradually taken shape. Although the Mohists are making up the myth of "identity", schools in various countries are actually making up the myth.
Chu State and other places have even made up the story of Fuxi Nuwa giving birth to four sons and opening up the world, trying to prove that he is a part of Zhuxia - although the Mohists are making up the story of Fuxi Nuwa and the opening up of the world, the two sides are actually doing it at the same time Yes, the Mohist focus is on the preliminary explanation of genetics, not for the myth itself.
According to the confusing mythology at this time, Fuxi and Taihao are actually unclear, and Jumang is Taihao's Muzheng.
During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, God was the ancestor of the Yin and Shang. The abstract collection of the Shang kings was God. The Shang Dynasty was the sacred blood of the theocracy.I am a descendant of God, I monopolize the theocracy, God is my ancestor, so if I want to hit someone, it is not me who wants to hit, but God who wants to hit.
Zhou replaced Shang, so it had to be transformed together with the mythology, changing the ancestor God originally exclusive to the Shang Dynasty into Haotian God, and gradually moving closer to the ancient mythology: everyone was relatives in ancient times, God is not the ancestor of your Yin merchants, It is Taihao and Fuxi in the older days. The common ancestors were deified and became gods, so whoever is virtuous will be the emperor.If God is a relative of your Yin merchants, it would be bad for King Wu to overthrow Zhou.
So Xuanniao and Jiandi became Jumang.The gods are not owned by your Shang Dynasty anymore, so the God of Spring and the God of Fertility have to be changed, one for the emperor and one for the courtiers.
In Zhuxia, the concept that God wants to serve politics has long been understood.
God can be replaced by another person, not to mention the subordinate ministers.
The Mohist school also emphasized ghosts and gods before, and the image of "Jumang" inside the Mohist school is the most interesting.
The face is square, covered with feathers, human face, and bird body. It is obviously transformed from the mysterious bird Jiandi, but as the farming culture gradually deepened, men became the dominant members of society, and goddesses became male gods. Sentences fused together.
In addition to the square face, the image of Jumang inside the Mohist school is holding a compass in his hand...a square face plus a compass, the so-called rules are used to measure all kinds of things in the world.
In the Mohist story, Gou Mang met Qin Mugong back then, because Qin Mugong did a good job, so he gave Qin Mugong 19 extra years of life as the envoy of the Emperor of Heaven.
Whether it is the image of sacrifices within Mohism, the image of sacrifices within Confucianism, or the official image of sacrifices in the Zhou Dynasty, although there have been changes, the gods of spring are all men, so the officiant must be male, not witches.
Therefore, the official matchmaker for the official marriage must also use men, and the official matchmakers are all men.
However, folk media still use women, because folk habits are not so easy to get rid of, especially in an era of underdeveloped information.
The woman who got out of the car was the standard image of a folk matchmaker in the north.
The crooked decoration on the head symbolizes the vegetation, which symbolizes the prosperity of vegetation in spring, and is the standard image of the Spring God Witch.
The feathers on the body symbolize the Jumang of the Xuanniao, Jiandi and the transgender human-faced bird body.
The private media in Gaoliu City is easy to find, there are quite a lot of them, but the matchmaking industry has not been very profitable these years, and some businesses are not easy to do on the bright side.
Because the folk media...the main method of raising money is to sacrifice and deceive people, and to be the middleman of buying and selling women, especially when buying and selling marriages is very popular at the bottom, these folk media are very profitable.
If they were on Sishang, they would be the same people who were poisoned to death at the beginning.
In Ye, it was the witch who presided over He Bo's marriage.
In Gaoliu, sacrificing and deceiving people is a crime, and buying and selling marriages are also strictly controlled. These years, they have to be real matchmakers, just matchmaking to earn some labor fees. Some even quit their jobs and went to other places. Behavioral matchmaker.
The matchmaker is also a folk tradition, as long as you don’t engage in sacrifices, live sacrifices, money collection, buying and selling people, etc., it can be reformed and accepted. The Mohists have also considered it. Some of Sishang’s practices are still a little radical here, and changing customs has to be slow Come on, don't make such a mess in Hanzhong again.
To put it bluntly, wearing bird feather clothing can be regarded as a superstitious sacrifice, but it can also be regarded as "folk clothing".
For example, the high crown of Chu State, the Mohist said it was a custom left by the ancient sacrifices, and they learned from the crown and hair on the bird's tail and head, but if it is not accurate, I am afraid that the Chu people will not accept the Mohism.
The power of the Mo family in Gaoliu is not enough to shake the world like it is in Sishang, and some things just go with the flow, as long as you don’t engage in sacrifices to deceive people and buy and sell marriages—change customs, rely on money, and rely on enough cadres , relying on changes in productivity.
There are many on her body, but Gao Liu can't even match Teacher Kaimeng.
The matchmaker was found by the Mo family a few days ago, and the Mo family hadn't spoken yet. The matchmaker took the lead and shouted with the principles of the Mo family: "No crime is harmed! Violation of the prohibition is a crime! A law committed before the law is not written is not a crime!"
She had also bought and sold women before, and engaged in sacrifices to cheat money. The Mohist school originally had the study of sacrifices, and they were all insiders. There were some methods that others could not catch.
It's just that I have restrained my hands and feet in recent years, and I don't dare to make mistakes. I just rely on being a matchmaker to collect labor fees and mix meals at weddings to make ends meet.
I feel tired from working, and I can't sit still when I go to weaving, so I can only make a living by doing this. That is to say, the customs on Gaoliu's side have not changed, so her life is naturally worse than before, but it's still not bad.
At that time, several members of the Mo family were laughed at by the matchmaker, and the leader laughed and scolded: "You are slow to learn other things, but you are quick to learn this. I didn't arrest you. We have also checked you in the past few years, and there is indeed no Do those sacrifices to make money, buy and sell marriages."
What kind of person is that matchmaker, a woman like a human being, when she heard this, she immediately laughed and said: "I still know the Mo family's heart to benefit the world. I didn't understand it before, but now I understand it, how dare I do it again? What are the comrades looking for me for?"
Those members of the Mo family couldn't laugh or cry when they heard the word "comrade", and said, "The Xuanyi Department invites you to have a drink."
The matchmaker smiled again and said, "Oh, the Xuanyi Department didn't gather us together to give lectures, but instead wanted to drink? This is really a strange thing."
She also knew that the Mo family would not fabricate reasons for arresting people, and besides, if someone like her really wanted to arrest her, it would not have to be like this.
After thinking about it for a few years, I did not make any mistakes, so I followed.
After I went there, I found out that she was not the only one, but six or seven others were invited together. They were all former colleagues. After meeting, they all looked at each other, and their eyes were full of strange emotions of "you are here too".Gloating, nervousness, and solidarity, it can be said that it all has it.
They said they were eating wine, but they really were eating wine. There were some meat, wine, dates, persimmon cakes, peanuts and other things on the table.
After saying a few words, these matchmakers finally felt relieved.
It turned out to be like this:
According to the customs of the wedding, different classes have different wedding specifications.The collapse of rites and music caused many businessmen to start overstepping, which also led to extravagance and comparison among the people, which made weddings cost a lot.
Where there is contrast, there is harm.Since Mohism talks about equality, it is inevitable to intervene in some matters, so that this kind of equality must at least achieve superficial equality. Superficial equality is the first step to break the deep-rooted hierarchy among the people, and superficial equality can be smoother. concept of spreading equality.
There is no music in Zhu Xia's wedding, silk and bamboo, drums and the like are not allowed.
The Confucian explanation is that marrying a daughter is a very sad thing for the daughter to leave home. This shows the virtue of family affection, so because of this kind of sadness, there is no need to drum.
The Mohist’s explanation is that the word “婚” was not married at the beginning, but robbed, so the habit of that time has been passed down, and drum music will not be used.
Both parties may have drawn a target to lean upwards, relying on morality on the one hand and relying on historical material on the other. How to explain this incident and the existing tradition at this moment is definitely correct, but the whole When moral differences involve other matters, it is really irreconcilable.
Silk and bamboo drums are not used, there is no difference in this point, and no one who has money can hire a bunch of musicians to play, play and sing at the wedding. At this time, it is not beautiful, it is shameful.
However, apart from this point that the rich and the poor can be made equal, there are differences in the rest.
For example, if you go to pick up your relatives on the night of your wedding, those who are richer and have a noble status must have a carriage.
If it is richer or more noble, the carriage must be a special wedding carriage.
For the richer and nobler ones, the carriage should be painted black, and four people should follow in front of the carriage, two of them holding the candle in front, and two of them shielding the candle from the wind.
Of course, the more cars, the better, and the more people, the better. This creates a gap and makes the comparison more and more popular, especially after Gao Liu has developed well in the past few years and has some money.
The same is true for the woman's side, and the woman's side must also have a car to follow.
This car could not go home back then, and it had to stay with the man for three months before he could complete the ceremony of "returning the horse".
The reason why it is three months is because I am afraid that a woman will be pregnant with someone else's child before marriage, and there is no pregnancy test stick at that time, so it will be considered as real marriage after three months.
If within three months it is discovered that the child in the stomach may not be his own, it happens that the woman's car is on the man's side, and the woman will go back directly by car.
In addition, there are also the clothes, utensils, objects, etc. during the wedding, all of which show gaps and differences everywhere.
Some people will be relocated soon. In order to prevent the newly relocated people from having an identity gap and other reasons, Gaoliu's Propaganda Department decided to set up an "official media".
Formulate a standardized wedding process that adheres to rules, respects traditions, looks equal, and is not extravagant.
To achieve whoever gets married, on the surface it looks the same.
It is necessary to achieve process compression and ban some bad customs.
To be appropriately festive, but not too expensive for the wedding.
It is necessary to ensure that the public recognizes that the feeling has not changed from before, but unknowingly get rid of some outdated and moral customs under rational inference.
So they found these matchmakers who are familiar with this way, and the Mo family paid for some special carriages for weddings, some professional practitioners, and official media matchmakers, so as to match up as early as possible for early marriage and early childbearing.
All kinds of marriage procedures are handled through the official media, and you close the door and say that no one can see how much dowry you pay. If the wedding process is open and everyone can see it, then it is basically the same and everyone looks good.
By the way, if the wedding date is fixed, these matchmakers will give pre-marital sex education to the bride who is about to marry.
Even if the Mo family came forward, they prepared a "company" integrating wedding celebrations, education, ceremonies, and matchmaking.
Some things can be done by the officials in Sishang with enough power, for example, sex education can be completed in schools.For some things, in Gaoliu, we have to mobilize the power of the people, cooperate with the government and the private sector, and strive to be fair on the surface and change customs secretly.
These seemingly useless things are also part of the "synonym".
The same mythology, the same characters, the same wedding customs, the same morality, the same law, and the same interpretation of the world... Only in this way can Qin, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Weiqi be pinched into the same world.
…………
PS: During the Warring States period, the myth of Fuxi and Nuwa had already been formed in Chu State, and the myth itself was also part of Zhu Xia’s sense of identity.The nature of Yin Shang’s theocracy is very heavy, and the concept of God has existed for a long time, but Zhou Gong and Jiang Ziya cleverly retained God and revised the concept of God, so that God is no longer just the ancestor of Yin Shang, but the ancestor of the entire Xia Dynasty. The first ancestors obtained the legitimacy of theocracy.Later, the missionaries came to the west, and they borrowed the name of God very cleverly. Although the eggs are painful and hateful, they are really clever in terms of means.In addition to transliterated words like coffee, free translated words have existed for a long time but have been ignored, and then gradually seem to have become imported words, which can be regarded as a tragedy of the decline of civilization for 400 years.
(End of this chapter)
Whether it is Xuanniao, Jiandi, Jumang, Dongjun, or the fertility goddess with exaggerated breasts, they actually come from the same source, and the core of the story is also the same, and eventually they will be transformed into a fixed image with unified synonyms.
At this time, the myth has gradually taken shape. Although the Mohists are making up the myth of "identity", schools in various countries are actually making up the myth.
Chu State and other places have even made up the story of Fuxi Nuwa giving birth to four sons and opening up the world, trying to prove that he is a part of Zhuxia - although the Mohists are making up the story of Fuxi Nuwa and the opening up of the world, the two sides are actually doing it at the same time Yes, the Mohist focus is on the preliminary explanation of genetics, not for the myth itself.
According to the confusing mythology at this time, Fuxi and Taihao are actually unclear, and Jumang is Taihao's Muzheng.
During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, God was the ancestor of the Yin and Shang. The abstract collection of the Shang kings was God. The Shang Dynasty was the sacred blood of the theocracy.I am a descendant of God, I monopolize the theocracy, God is my ancestor, so if I want to hit someone, it is not me who wants to hit, but God who wants to hit.
Zhou replaced Shang, so it had to be transformed together with the mythology, changing the ancestor God originally exclusive to the Shang Dynasty into Haotian God, and gradually moving closer to the ancient mythology: everyone was relatives in ancient times, God is not the ancestor of your Yin merchants, It is Taihao and Fuxi in the older days. The common ancestors were deified and became gods, so whoever is virtuous will be the emperor.If God is a relative of your Yin merchants, it would be bad for King Wu to overthrow Zhou.
So Xuanniao and Jiandi became Jumang.The gods are not owned by your Shang Dynasty anymore, so the God of Spring and the God of Fertility have to be changed, one for the emperor and one for the courtiers.
In Zhuxia, the concept that God wants to serve politics has long been understood.
God can be replaced by another person, not to mention the subordinate ministers.
The Mohist school also emphasized ghosts and gods before, and the image of "Jumang" inside the Mohist school is the most interesting.
The face is square, covered with feathers, human face, and bird body. It is obviously transformed from the mysterious bird Jiandi, but as the farming culture gradually deepened, men became the dominant members of society, and goddesses became male gods. Sentences fused together.
In addition to the square face, the image of Jumang inside the Mohist school is holding a compass in his hand...a square face plus a compass, the so-called rules are used to measure all kinds of things in the world.
In the Mohist story, Gou Mang met Qin Mugong back then, because Qin Mugong did a good job, so he gave Qin Mugong 19 extra years of life as the envoy of the Emperor of Heaven.
Whether it is the image of sacrifices within Mohism, the image of sacrifices within Confucianism, or the official image of sacrifices in the Zhou Dynasty, although there have been changes, the gods of spring are all men, so the officiant must be male, not witches.
Therefore, the official matchmaker for the official marriage must also use men, and the official matchmakers are all men.
However, folk media still use women, because folk habits are not so easy to get rid of, especially in an era of underdeveloped information.
The woman who got out of the car was the standard image of a folk matchmaker in the north.
The crooked decoration on the head symbolizes the vegetation, which symbolizes the prosperity of vegetation in spring, and is the standard image of the Spring God Witch.
The feathers on the body symbolize the Jumang of the Xuanniao, Jiandi and the transgender human-faced bird body.
The private media in Gaoliu City is easy to find, there are quite a lot of them, but the matchmaking industry has not been very profitable these years, and some businesses are not easy to do on the bright side.
Because the folk media...the main method of raising money is to sacrifice and deceive people, and to be the middleman of buying and selling women, especially when buying and selling marriages is very popular at the bottom, these folk media are very profitable.
If they were on Sishang, they would be the same people who were poisoned to death at the beginning.
In Ye, it was the witch who presided over He Bo's marriage.
In Gaoliu, sacrificing and deceiving people is a crime, and buying and selling marriages are also strictly controlled. These years, they have to be real matchmakers, just matchmaking to earn some labor fees. Some even quit their jobs and went to other places. Behavioral matchmaker.
The matchmaker is also a folk tradition, as long as you don’t engage in sacrifices, live sacrifices, money collection, buying and selling people, etc., it can be reformed and accepted. The Mohists have also considered it. Some of Sishang’s practices are still a little radical here, and changing customs has to be slow Come on, don't make such a mess in Hanzhong again.
To put it bluntly, wearing bird feather clothing can be regarded as a superstitious sacrifice, but it can also be regarded as "folk clothing".
For example, the high crown of Chu State, the Mohist said it was a custom left by the ancient sacrifices, and they learned from the crown and hair on the bird's tail and head, but if it is not accurate, I am afraid that the Chu people will not accept the Mohism.
The power of the Mo family in Gaoliu is not enough to shake the world like it is in Sishang, and some things just go with the flow, as long as you don’t engage in sacrifices to deceive people and buy and sell marriages—change customs, rely on money, and rely on enough cadres , relying on changes in productivity.
There are many on her body, but Gao Liu can't even match Teacher Kaimeng.
The matchmaker was found by the Mo family a few days ago, and the Mo family hadn't spoken yet. The matchmaker took the lead and shouted with the principles of the Mo family: "No crime is harmed! Violation of the prohibition is a crime! A law committed before the law is not written is not a crime!"
She had also bought and sold women before, and engaged in sacrifices to cheat money. The Mohist school originally had the study of sacrifices, and they were all insiders. There were some methods that others could not catch.
It's just that I have restrained my hands and feet in recent years, and I don't dare to make mistakes. I just rely on being a matchmaker to collect labor fees and mix meals at weddings to make ends meet.
I feel tired from working, and I can't sit still when I go to weaving, so I can only make a living by doing this. That is to say, the customs on Gaoliu's side have not changed, so her life is naturally worse than before, but it's still not bad.
At that time, several members of the Mo family were laughed at by the matchmaker, and the leader laughed and scolded: "You are slow to learn other things, but you are quick to learn this. I didn't arrest you. We have also checked you in the past few years, and there is indeed no Do those sacrifices to make money, buy and sell marriages."
What kind of person is that matchmaker, a woman like a human being, when she heard this, she immediately laughed and said: "I still know the Mo family's heart to benefit the world. I didn't understand it before, but now I understand it, how dare I do it again? What are the comrades looking for me for?"
Those members of the Mo family couldn't laugh or cry when they heard the word "comrade", and said, "The Xuanyi Department invites you to have a drink."
The matchmaker smiled again and said, "Oh, the Xuanyi Department didn't gather us together to give lectures, but instead wanted to drink? This is really a strange thing."
She also knew that the Mo family would not fabricate reasons for arresting people, and besides, if someone like her really wanted to arrest her, it would not have to be like this.
After thinking about it for a few years, I did not make any mistakes, so I followed.
After I went there, I found out that she was not the only one, but six or seven others were invited together. They were all former colleagues. After meeting, they all looked at each other, and their eyes were full of strange emotions of "you are here too".Gloating, nervousness, and solidarity, it can be said that it all has it.
They said they were eating wine, but they really were eating wine. There were some meat, wine, dates, persimmon cakes, peanuts and other things on the table.
After saying a few words, these matchmakers finally felt relieved.
It turned out to be like this:
According to the customs of the wedding, different classes have different wedding specifications.The collapse of rites and music caused many businessmen to start overstepping, which also led to extravagance and comparison among the people, which made weddings cost a lot.
Where there is contrast, there is harm.Since Mohism talks about equality, it is inevitable to intervene in some matters, so that this kind of equality must at least achieve superficial equality. Superficial equality is the first step to break the deep-rooted hierarchy among the people, and superficial equality can be smoother. concept of spreading equality.
There is no music in Zhu Xia's wedding, silk and bamboo, drums and the like are not allowed.
The Confucian explanation is that marrying a daughter is a very sad thing for the daughter to leave home. This shows the virtue of family affection, so because of this kind of sadness, there is no need to drum.
The Mohist’s explanation is that the word “婚” was not married at the beginning, but robbed, so the habit of that time has been passed down, and drum music will not be used.
Both parties may have drawn a target to lean upwards, relying on morality on the one hand and relying on historical material on the other. How to explain this incident and the existing tradition at this moment is definitely correct, but the whole When moral differences involve other matters, it is really irreconcilable.
Silk and bamboo drums are not used, there is no difference in this point, and no one who has money can hire a bunch of musicians to play, play and sing at the wedding. At this time, it is not beautiful, it is shameful.
However, apart from this point that the rich and the poor can be made equal, there are differences in the rest.
For example, if you go to pick up your relatives on the night of your wedding, those who are richer and have a noble status must have a carriage.
If it is richer or more noble, the carriage must be a special wedding carriage.
For the richer and nobler ones, the carriage should be painted black, and four people should follow in front of the carriage, two of them holding the candle in front, and two of them shielding the candle from the wind.
Of course, the more cars, the better, and the more people, the better. This creates a gap and makes the comparison more and more popular, especially after Gao Liu has developed well in the past few years and has some money.
The same is true for the woman's side, and the woman's side must also have a car to follow.
This car could not go home back then, and it had to stay with the man for three months before he could complete the ceremony of "returning the horse".
The reason why it is three months is because I am afraid that a woman will be pregnant with someone else's child before marriage, and there is no pregnancy test stick at that time, so it will be considered as real marriage after three months.
If within three months it is discovered that the child in the stomach may not be his own, it happens that the woman's car is on the man's side, and the woman will go back directly by car.
In addition, there are also the clothes, utensils, objects, etc. during the wedding, all of which show gaps and differences everywhere.
Some people will be relocated soon. In order to prevent the newly relocated people from having an identity gap and other reasons, Gaoliu's Propaganda Department decided to set up an "official media".
Formulate a standardized wedding process that adheres to rules, respects traditions, looks equal, and is not extravagant.
To achieve whoever gets married, on the surface it looks the same.
It is necessary to achieve process compression and ban some bad customs.
To be appropriately festive, but not too expensive for the wedding.
It is necessary to ensure that the public recognizes that the feeling has not changed from before, but unknowingly get rid of some outdated and moral customs under rational inference.
So they found these matchmakers who are familiar with this way, and the Mo family paid for some special carriages for weddings, some professional practitioners, and official media matchmakers, so as to match up as early as possible for early marriage and early childbearing.
All kinds of marriage procedures are handled through the official media, and you close the door and say that no one can see how much dowry you pay. If the wedding process is open and everyone can see it, then it is basically the same and everyone looks good.
By the way, if the wedding date is fixed, these matchmakers will give pre-marital sex education to the bride who is about to marry.
Even if the Mo family came forward, they prepared a "company" integrating wedding celebrations, education, ceremonies, and matchmaking.
Some things can be done by the officials in Sishang with enough power, for example, sex education can be completed in schools.For some things, in Gaoliu, we have to mobilize the power of the people, cooperate with the government and the private sector, and strive to be fair on the surface and change customs secretly.
These seemingly useless things are also part of the "synonym".
The same mythology, the same characters, the same wedding customs, the same morality, the same law, and the same interpretation of the world... Only in this way can Qin, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Weiqi be pinched into the same world.
…………
PS: During the Warring States period, the myth of Fuxi and Nuwa had already been formed in Chu State, and the myth itself was also part of Zhu Xia’s sense of identity.The nature of Yin Shang’s theocracy is very heavy, and the concept of God has existed for a long time, but Zhou Gong and Jiang Ziya cleverly retained God and revised the concept of God, so that God is no longer just the ancestor of Yin Shang, but the ancestor of the entire Xia Dynasty. The first ancestors obtained the legitimacy of theocracy.Later, the missionaries came to the west, and they borrowed the name of God very cleverly. Although the eggs are painful and hateful, they are really clever in terms of means.In addition to transliterated words like coffee, free translated words have existed for a long time but have been ignored, and then gradually seem to have become imported words, which can be regarded as a tragedy of the decline of civilization for 400 years.
(End of this chapter)