Chapter 1785： Legend: Yi Yin

Poems are not complicated, and anyone who has a little research on poems can basically understand them.

Most people at the scene have some research on poetry, so most people can understand it, but everyone doesn't quite understand the phrase "I am fishing on the Bixi in my free time, and suddenly I am on a boat to dream of the sun."

"If what I think is not bad, these should be two allusions. The allusions of "Let's go fishing on the Bixi" should be said that Jiang Taigong was fishing in the Weishui Bixi, and the allusions of King Zhou Wen's visit to Xian, this allusion is very familiar to me. But what is the allusion of "Suddenly Riding a Boat and Dreaming in the Sun"? I don't know." Some audience said.

This also represents most of the audience. They know that this sentence is a classic. Because of the great influence of "Feng Shen Yanyi", everyone knows that the first half of the sentence is about Jiang Taigong's allusion, but the second half of the sentence is about whose allusion? But I don't know anymore.

Most of the audience didn't know, but a few people such as Wang Lun and Lin Rufeng knew that they took the initiative to help everyone on the scene.

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

"Suddenly going on a boat and dreaming about the sun" means that Yi Yin once dreamed of passing by the sun and the moon on a boat, and was hired by Shang Tang to help Shang eliminate Xia.

Yi Yin, formerly known as Yi Zhi, was born in Kongsang at the end of the Xia Dynasty. Because his mother lived above the water of Yi, Yi was named the clan. Later, he was appointed as "Yin" by Shang Tang, which was equivalent to the prime minister of later generations.

Therefore, later generations will call it Yi Yin.

Yi Yin was a well-known politician and thinker in the early Shang Dynasty, one of the earliest known Taoist figures, a medical scientist, a Chinese chef, and the first emperor's teacher in history. He 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 Sheng", "Cooking Saint", and "Cooking Saint".

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

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

"Lv Family Spring and Autumn · Original Flavor" records: "There is a woman from the Yun family who picks sang and gets a baby in the empty mulberry, offering it to her monarch, and her monarch instructing the people to raise it."

This means that before giving birth to him, Yi Yin's mother had a dream. In the dream, a **** told her, "The mortar came out of the water and walked east, just ignore it."

The meaning is to inform her that there will be a big water gushing out of the mortar, so she hurried to escape to the east, but not allowed to tell other people.

The next day, Yi Yin's mother found that the water in the mortar was surging like a spring. The kind-hearted woman did not heed the warning of the gods, but informed her neighbors to flee east together.

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

Yi Yin's mother saved everyone, but she violated God's warning and was punished. Her body turned into Kongsang.

Kongsang, a legendary place name.

Yi Yin's mother turned into Kongsang, and the fetus in her womb was born with them and placed in the land of Kongsang.

A female picking mulberry from the Xin family passed by empty sang and found a baby on the ground. She took it back and dedicated it to King Youxin, who ordered a domestic slave chef to raise the baby.

This baby is naturally Yi Yin.

Although the story is legendary, it is true that Yi Yin first worked as a slave and was fostered in Pao’s home when he was a child, and was able to learn the art of cooking, but it is true.

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

Yi Yin is obviously an extraordinary character. He was smart and wise since he was a child. He was diligent and motivated. Although he cultivated in the wild of Xinguo, he still enjoyed the way of Yao and Shun. Not only has mastered the cooking technology, but also deeply understands the way of governing the country.

For studying the governance methods of wise kings such as the Three Emperors, Five Emperors and King Dayu, he is famous far and near, so that the king of Shang Tang, who is thirsty for talents, went to the Kingdom of Youxin to hire him over and over again with jade, silk, horse, and skin as gifts.

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

As a result, Yi Zhi came to King Tang as a dowry slave and began his unworldly feats in the Shang Dynasty.

Yi Yin was the first emperor's teacher in history. He taught King Tang to follow the example of Yao and Shun's rule of the world by virtue, and the strategy of fighting against the Xia to save the people and so on.

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

In addition, Yi Yin also has an important identity, a wizard, he was the number one wizard in the Shang Dynasty.

The "sorcerer" here is not the kind of person who can perform magic, nor the kind of person who pretends to be a ghost, and prays for others, but a kind of honorable identity.

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

According to legend, Yi Yin often used herbs to treat people's illnesses, and he was called "living gods".

He created the soup and made great contributions to the development of medicine. According to legend, Yi Yin, the masterpiece of traditional Chinese medicine, "The Classic of Soup" was written by Yi Yin.

"Tang Ye Jing" is a traditional Chinese medicine book guided by Taoist thought. Its medical purpose and important content is to take nourishment and maintain health and prolong life. It embodies the Taoist thought of rebirth and health. Very significant impact.

At the same time, it also laid the foundation for the science of traditional Chinese medicine. The "jingfang" that is still being studied and used today originated from this.

Yi Yin has also been respected by medical scholars of the past generations, and even entered the palace of medical pilgrimage together with the ancient legends of the medical experts Huangdi and Shennong.

Of course, a few doctors in the past believed that the soup was not the first of Yi Yin. But most doctors and most people still firmly believe that the soup was invented by Yi Yin.

In addition to his contributions to the governance of the country and the medical field, Yi Yin is also known as the "Sage of Cooking", "Sage of Cooking", and "ancestor of Cooking".

He is the first outstanding person in history to use negative tripods to adjust the five flavors while Zuo Tianzi governs the country.

The "Five-Flavor Harmony Theory" and "Fire Temper Theory" created by him are still the unchanging rules of Chinese cooking and the cornerstone of culinary science.

He taught the people to reconcile the five flavors, created the Chinese culinary art, and opened up the river of food for later generations. He is recognized as the ancestor of cooking in China.

Of course, some people say that Peng Zu is also the ancestor of cooking, and the reason why Peng Zu is also called the ancestor of cooking is derived from 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 lingering, a spoonful of delicious chicken soup dripped into Emperor Yao's mouth like nectar.

Emperor Yao's intestines were hot instantly, and his body blended with Tai. After opening his eyes, he saw Peng Zu holding the soup bowl in one hand and the bone spoon in the other.

Pheasant soup is also a pheasant soup. Peng Zu's "The Way of Pheasant Soup" gradually developed into the "Road of Cooking".

Peng Zu also became the ancestor of cooking.

But the story about Peng Zu is only a folklore after all, but Yi Yin is recorded in historical materials.

Besides, how can Peng Zu's "Pheasant Soup" be compared with the "Five-Taste Harmony Theory" and "Huohou Theory" created by Yi Yin?

Therefore, Yi Yin is the true culinary ancestor of China.

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

Yi Ya, also known as Di Ya, 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 patriarch by some chefs.

Of course, it is understandable for the chefs to call it this way, but the patriarch here is not the ancestor of cooking.

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Wang Lun, Lin Rufeng and others were enthusiastic about telling stories about Yi Yin to the surrounding audience.

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

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