Yulei Floating Clouds Change Through Ages (Ancient Shu Kingdom)

Author: Duan Yu
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: When boredom reaches a certain level, people are bound to go mad. So, one must find something to fill the void left in life, which is empty. Strolling through the library, the library of Xiamen University's Xiamen Zhangzhou campus is said to be one of the university's proudest achievements (and indeed, it's so relaxing that one feels like sleeping inside, only for someone as lazy as me). I randomly picked out a book, K236.207/680, "The Floating Clouds of Yulei Changing Past and Present." A very poetic title. So, I borrowed it to read. But after flipping through it, I discovered another subtitle: "History of Ancient Shu." A bit disappointing, but I still read it anyway. I flipped through it intermittently, and before I knew it, the month-long return period arrived. I'm sure I didn't finish the book. I just skimmed through it. It turns out that the ethnic origins of Ancient Shu can be traced back to before the Yellow Emperor. "The Yellow Emperor lived at Xuanyuan Ridge and married the daughter of Xiling, named Leizu, who gave birth to Xuanqiao and Changyi. Changyi married a woman from the Shushan clan, named Changpu, and had a son named Gaoyang. After the Yellow Emperor's death and burial at Qiaoshan, his grandson, Gaoyang, the son of Changyi, ascended the throne, becoming Emperor Zhuanxu." So, it seems that all the Five Emperors actually had bloodline from Ancient Shu, and our Chinese civilization has an undeniable mark of Ancient Shu. Further on, the legendary tales of the Yuqu and Silk Moth from the King of the Dawn and the successive Shu kings of later generations are so magical that they inspire longing. That was an era that called for heroes and produced heroes. But unfortunately, after the Qin conquest of Bashu and the subsequent development of Han culture, the splendid Ancient Shu civilization faded away, leaving only the stunningly magnificent treasures of Sanxingdui to leave people in awe. This book is still worth reading. I haven't heard of the author, Yin Yu, and the book itself is a very ordinary historical study. But for such a great Ancient Shu civilization, for the deep Ancient Shu genes embedded in our blood, it's still worth reading this book. This morning, I had no choice but to return the book. I'll borrow it again in a few days and finish reading it then.