Little Farmer Big Star

Chapter 1785 Legendary figure: Yi Yin

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The poetry is not complicated, and anyone with a little knowledge of poetry can basically understand it.

Most of the people present have some knowledge of poetry, so most people can understand it. However, everyone has a little difficulty understanding the sentence "When I am leisurely fishing on the blue stream, I suddenly go on a boat and dream of the sun".

"If what I think is correct, these should be two allusions. 'Come and fish in the Bixi River in your spare time' should be an allusion about Jiang Taigong fishing in the Bixi River of the Weishui River and King Wen of Zhou visiting the wise. I am very familiar with this allusion. But what is the allusion to "Suddenly Riding a Boat and Dreaming of the Sun"? "Some viewers said.

This also represents most of the audience. They know that this sentence is an allusion. Due to the huge influence of "The Romance of the Gods", everyone knows that the first half of the sentence is an allusion about Jiang Taigong, but who is the allusion about the second half? But I don’t know anymore.

Most of the audience didn't know it, but a few people such as Wang Lun and Lin Rufeng knew it, and they took the initiative to answer questions for everyone present.

This is an allusion about Yi Yin, a legendary figure in the late summer and early Shang Dynasty.

"Suddenly riding a boat and dreaming of the sun" means that Yi Yin once dreamed that he was passing by the sun and the moon in a boat, and was later hired by Shang Tang to help Shang destroy Xia.

Yiyin, whose original name was Yizhi, was born in Kongsang in the late Xia Dynasty. Because his mother lived above the Yishui River, he took Yi as his surname. Later, he was named "Yin" by Shang Tang, which was equivalent to the prime minister in later generations.

Therefore, later generations will call it Yi Yin.

Yi Yin was a famous politician and thinker in the early Shang Dynasty, one of the earliest known Taoist figures, a medical scientist, the ancestor of Chinese chefs, and the first emperor's teacher in history. He also lived a long life and was already a hundred years old when he died.

It took him a century to create his own legendary life, and he was enshrined as "Shang Yuan Sage", "Cooking Sage" and "Cooking Sage".

Yi Yin was born in poverty. According to legend, both of his parents were slaves. His father was a domestic slave cook who was good at butchering and cooking, and his mother was a slave who lived on the Yishui River to collect mulberry and raise silkworms.

There is also a legend about Yi Yin's birth.

"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals: Original Flavor" records: "A woman of Qian's family collected mulberries and found a baby in the empty mulberry. She presented it to her monarch, and his monarch ordered the men to raise it."

This means that Yi Yin's mother had a dream before giving birth to him. In the dream, a god told her, "When the water comes out of the mortar, go east, don't care."

The meaning is to tell her that there will be big water pouring out of the mortar, and let her escape to the east quickly, but she is not allowed to tell other people.

The next day, Yi Yin's mother found that the water in the mortar was like a spring. She was kind-hearted and did not listen to God's warning. Instead, she notified her neighbors to run east together.

After everyone escaped 20 miles, when they looked back, they found that the previous place had become a vast ocean.

Yi Yin's mother saved everyone, but disobeyed God's warning, so she was punished and her body turned into nothing.

Kongsang, a legendary place name.

Yi Yin's mother turned into an empty mulberry, and the fetus in her belly was born and placed in the empty mulberry place.

A mulberry-picking girl of the Youxin family passed by an empty mulberry tree and found a baby on the ground. She took it back and presented it to King Youxin, who then ordered his slave cook to raise the baby.

This baby is naturally Yi Yin.

Although the story is a legend, it is true that Yi Yin first worked as a slave and was fostered in a cook's home when he was young, where he learned the art of cooking.

Only when extraordinary characters are born can such legends be formed.

Yi Yin was obviously an extraordinary person. He was smart and intelligent since he was a child, and he was studious and progressive. Although he worked in the wilderness of the country of Shen, he enjoyed the ways of Yao and Shun. He not only mastered cooking techniques, but also had a deep understanding of the ways of governing the country.

He became famous far and wide for studying the governance methods of wise kings such as the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and King Yu, so much so that King Tang of Shang, who was thirsty for talents, went to Yousin State to hire him again and again with gifts of jade, silk, horse, and skin.

Since King You Shen did not agree to Shang Tang's appointment of Yi Yin, Shang Tang had to marry King You Shen's daughter as his concubine.

Therefore, Yi Zhi came to King Tang as a dowry slave and began his extraordinary achievements in the Shang Dynasty.

Yi Yin was both a minister and a teacher to King Tang, and was the first emperor's teacher in history. He taught King Tang to imitate Yao and Shun's principles of governing the world with virtue, and his strategy of conquering Xia to save the people, etc.

He made great contributions to the prosperity of the Shang Dynasty.

In addition, Yi Yin also has an important identity as a wizard. He is the greatest wizard in the Shang Dynasty.

The "wizard" here is not the kind of person who can perform magic, nor is he the kind of person who pretends to be a ghost or prays for others, but a noble status.

At that time, witchcraft, history, and medicine were integrated into one, and shamans were also doctors who treated people.

According to legend, Yi Yin often used herbal medicine to treat people's diseases, and the medicine cured the diseases. He was known as the "living god".

He created decoctions and made great contributions to the development of medicine. According to legend, Yi Yin wrote the masterpiece of traditional Chinese medicine, "Decoction Classic".

"Soup Classic" is a Chinese medicine work guided by Taoist ideas. Its medical purpose and important content are to take supplements and maintain health and prolong life. It embodies the Taoist idea of ​​rebirth and health preservation and has a profound influence on "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases". Extremely significant impact.

At the same time, it also laid the foundation for traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, and the "Classic Prescriptions" that are still studied and used today are derived from this.

As a result, Yi Yin was respected by medical scientists of the past dynasties, and even entered the hall of worship of medical doctors together with the legendary doctors Huangdi and Shennong in ancient times.

Of course, there are a few doctors in the past who believe that Yi Yin was not the first to use decoction. But most doctors and most people still firmly believe that Yi Yin invented the soup.

In addition to his contributions to state governance and the medical field,

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, Yi Yin is also known as the "Sage of Cooking", "The Saint of Cooking" and "The Forefather of Cooking".

He was the first outstanding cook in history who used the five flavors of Ding Zu Tiao to assist the emperor in governing the country.

The "Five Flavors Harmony Theory" and "Fire Temperature Theory" he founded are still the unchanging rules of Chinese cooking and the cornerstone of culinary science.

He taught people how to blend the five flavors, created the art of cooking in China, and opened up a river of food for future generations. He is recognized as the ancestor of Chinese cooking.

Of course, some people say that Peng Zu is also the ancestor of cooking. The reason why Peng Zu is also called the ancestor of cooking is because of his pheasant soup.

According to legend, Emperor Yao did not eat a grain of rice or drink a drop of water for several days. When he was unconscious and dying, spoonfuls of delicious chicken soup dripped into Emperor Yao's mouth like nectar.

Emperor Yao's intestines instantly felt hot, and his body became tidal. After opening his eyes, he saw Peng Zu holding a soup bowl in one hand and a bone spoon in the other.

Pheasant soup is also pheasant soup. Peng Zu's "Pheasant Soup Method" later gradually developed into a "cooking method".

Peng Zu also became the ancestor of cooking.

But the story about Peng Zu is just a folk legend after all, but Yi Yin has historical records.

Besides, how can Peng Zu's "Pheasant Soup" be compared with the "Five Flavors Harmony Theory" and "Fire Temperature Theory" founded by Yi Yin?

Therefore, Yi Yin is the true ancestor of Chinese cooking.

In addition, for chefs, some people also call Yi Ya the ancestor.

Yi Ya, also known as Diya, was a famous chef in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was very skilled in cooking and was the first person to open a private restaurant.

Because of this, he is called the ancestor by some chefs.

Of course it is understandable that the chefs call it this, but the founder here is not the ancestor of cooking.

Wang Lun, Lin Rufeng and others enthusiastically told stories about Yi Yin to the surrounding audience.

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that there was such a legendary figure in the late summer and early Shang era.

Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^

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