Fifty miles south of the ancient city of Shangqiu, there is a small market town named Gaoxin Town, named after the Emperor Kuwang Gaoxin. Not far to the northwest of Jiji, there is a tall tomb. This is the tomb of Emperor Kuwang Gaoxin.
Legend has it that Gao Xin was not originally named Gao Xin, but his surname was Ji. He was smart and wise, so he asked Ji to help him come up with ideas. Ji said: "Nine countries have come to attack us. If we fight head-on with them, we will lose sight of one and lose the other, and it will be difficult to win." Zhuanxu said: "What do you think?" Ji said: "The enemies of the nine countries all want to monopolize us. They will definitely not give in to each other. If we can make them fight with each other, wouldn't it be easy to wipe them out?" Zhuan Xu thought: That's right! Ji: It’s a good idea to think of this way. So he sent people to the enemies of the nine countries to mediate their relations, and soon they started a war with each other. Later, Zhuanxu put an end to the Nine Kingdoms Rebellion without much effort. Zhuanxu saw that Ji was capable, so he sealed him in the place of "Xin" and took charge of everything. At that time, there were frequent floods here. When the water came, the people would move to another place. However, there were floods in the place where they were relocated, and the people moved back again. Moving here and there like this makes it impossible to live and work in peace and contentment. Ji thought of another way: lead everyone to raise the terrain of their residence. But the speed of the increase could not keep up with the rising speed of the water. What was raised the first day was submerged again the next day. At night, Ji couldn't sleep, so he went to heaven to argue with the Jade Emperor, saying: "Since heaven gave birth to humans, why does it deliberately make things difficult for people and prevent them from living?" The Jade Emperor couldn't argue with him, so he sent the gods down. , suddenly raised the terrain of "Xin" above the water. The people here are no longer driven around by floods. From then on, "Xin" was called "Gao Xin", and Ji was called "Gao Xin"
Zhuanxu saw that Gao Xin was indeed very talented and capable of doing things for the people. It was a good thing that he gave up his throne to him. From then on, Gao Xin replaced Zhuan Xu as emperor and was named Emperor Ku Wang. Because King Ku was kind to the people, people respected him. After his death, people buried him on the land of Gaoxin. This is the origin of Emperor Ku Mausoleum.
Emperor Ku is the great-grandson of Huangdi and the father of Uncle Yan. He is one of the Five Emperors.
The Emperor Ku Temple was built in the Han Dynasty. It was restored many times in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Its palace is majestic, with lush pines and cypresses, and numerous steles. There is an ancient well in the center of the temple. There are colorful dragons painted on the beams, which are reflected in the well, lifelike. According to legend, praying for more rain in a drought year is effective, so it is known as the "Spiritual Well".
It is said that when Zhao Kuangyin failed in his ambition, he went to the north to seek refuge with Guo Wei. He passed by the Emperor Ku's mausoleum and cast lots to ask for fortune, which was the emperor's destiny. Later, as expected, he became prosperous as an envoy of Guide Jiedushi in Shangqiu. After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, the country was named "Song" because Shangqiu was the Song state during the Western Zhou Dynasty and later the Song state.
The Legend of Emperor Ku
Emperor Ku (ku Ku), a famous man named Gao Xinxin, was the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the grandson of Xuan Xiao. His father’s name was Jiao Ji. , Zhuanxu was his cousin uncle. According to legend, Emperor Ku was born in Qiongsang (the bride of Xihai), and his mother was born by walking in the footsteps of a giant. Emperor Ku was a young boy who was smart and studious. He became famous at the age of twelve or thirteen. At fifteen, he joined Zhuanxu. He was granted the title Xindi (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) and lived in Diqiu (now Puyang). At thirty, he became emperor and moved his capital to Haoyi (now Puyang). Southwest of Yanshi County, Henan), he reigned for seventy years and lived to be a hundred years old. After his death, he was buried in Qiu Shan, Yinye, South Terrace of Dunqiu City, Puyang.
Legend has it that the emperor Ku had four concubines. The eldest concubine was named Jiang Yuan, who was the daughter of the king of Tai Kingdom (now Wugong County, Shaanxi Province). It is said that when Jiang Yuan was in her parents' home, she became pregnant because she stepped on the footprints of a giant. Since she had no husband to give birth to a child, she abandoned her child three times in deep alleys, desolate forests and on the cold ice. The child was protected by cattle, sheep, tigers, leopards and hundreds of birds. , so he was named "Qi". Later, when he grew up, he liked agriculture and taught people how to grow grains. He was respected as Hou Ji and became the ancestor of the Zhou nation. The second concubine Jian Di was the daughter of the king of Yousong (now Gaotai County, Gansu). According to legend, Jian Di and her sister Jianzhen went to Xuanchi Hot Spring to bathe at the spring equinox. A swallow flew by and left an egg, which was eaten by Jian Di. Later, she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. She was the ancestor of the Shang clan.
The third concubine in Qingdu, according to legend, she was the daughter of the emperor. She was born in the wilderness of Douwei (probably in today's Jixian County, Hebei Province), and was adopted by Chen Feng's wife. After Chen Feng's death, she was adopted by Yin Changru. Hou Qingdu came to Puyang today with his adoptive father Yin Changru. Because there was always a yellow cloud covering Qingdu's head, she was considered a strange girl. Emperor Ku's mother heard about it and persuaded Emperor Ku to accept her as his concubine and give birth to Yao. Now there is Qingzu in Puyang, whose original name is Qingdu, and there is Qingdu Temple in Lili. Whether this place name is related to Qingdu coming to Puyang, there is no historical record. The fourth concubine, Chang Yi, was smart and beautiful, with long hair and long legs. She had a daughter named Emperor Daughter and a son named Zhi. Both Zhi and Yao succeeded to the throne and became emperors.
Emperor Ku loved music very much. He asked the musician Xianhei to compose songs such as Jiu Zhao, Liu Lie, Liu Ying, etc. He also ordered Yue Chui to compose musical instruments such as drums, bells, and pans, and let 64 dancing girls , wearing colorful clothes and dancing to songs. After the music began, precious fairy birds such as the Phoenix and the Great Zhai also gathered in the hall and danced gracefully. In ancient times, it was believed that only those with high moral character could attract the phoenix.
The emperor was fond of traveling around. He went to Mount Tai and the East China Sea in the east; to Liaoning in the northeast; to Zhuolu, Mount Heng, and Taiyuan in the north; to Ningxia and Gansu in the northwest; to Sichuan in the southwest; to Hubei, Hunan, and Changsha in the south. He traveled almost all over the Five Mountains and visited the ruins of Nuwa, Shaohao, Huangdi and other current emperors. Although these legends may not be true, they give a glimpse of the vastness of China at that time.
There were not many wars during Emperor Ku's time. Only when Emperor Ku led Chang Yi and the Emperor's daughter on a southern tour, they encountered a rebellion by the king of Fang in Yunmeng Daze. At that time, the emperor's daughter brought a magical dog named Panhu. It secretly ran to the enemy camp and bit the king to death, thus putting an end to the chaos. It is even more ridiculous that the emperor betrothed the emperor's daughter and the palace maid to Panhu, and each gave birth to twelve southern daughters and sent them to Hunan and Zhejiang.
Cultivate your character and the world will obey you, take the wealth of the land and use it wisely, educate all the people and benefit the sea,... wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever the wind and rain come, everyone will obey you." It can be seen that Emperor Ku is also a benevolent rain dew. , the emperor who Zhaomin sincerely obeyed.
Emperor Ku, surnamed Ji, is one of the five ancient emperors. He is the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, "born as a god, and speaks his own name." When he was fifteen years old, he was granted the title of Gaoxin (now Gaoxin in the south of Shangjin City) for his meritorious service in assisting Emperor Zhuanxu. When he was thirty years old, he succeeded Zhuanxu as emperor and settled in Bo. Because he rose to power in Gaoxin, he was named in history. He is the Gao Xin family.
After Emperor Ku ascended the throne, he was "clever to understand the distant future, and wise to detect the subtle. He obeyed the righteousness of heaven and understood the needs of the people. He was benevolent and mighty. Benevolence leads to trust, self-cultivation leads to great submission." During his seventy years in power, the world was in great order, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
The famous writer Cao Zhi once wrote "In Praise of the Emperor" to Psalm: "The ancestor comes from Xuanyuan, the descendant of Xuan Xiao, and his name is spoken. The world is governed by wooden virtues. The heaven and earth are calmed, the gods and the holy guests teach the world, and the sun shines brightly."
Emperor Ku had several sons who were also famous in Chinese history. His concubine Jiang Yuanqi was the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, and his second concubine Jian Di was the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty. The second concubine Qingdu gave birth to Yao, one of the famous sages and emperors in history. The second concubine Chang Yi gave birth to Zhi, and she abdicated to Emperor Yao nine years later.
The Emperor's Mausoleum is located in Gaoxinji, 25 kilometers south of Weiyang District, Shangqiu City. The existing cemetery is a tall hill, more than 200 meters long and more than 100 meters wide. There are a large number of ancient buildings such as bathing rooms, dressing pavilions, and Zen gates. Only one inscription from the Ming Dynasty remains in the courtyard.