Qin Shihuang - Five Virtues System

Qin Shihuang - five virtues system

Qin Shihuang is the son of Qin Xiang Xiang.

He ended the long war situation and unified the six countries to establish the first unified, multi-ethnic and centrally centralized country in the history of China, the Qin Dynasty.

Because there is no Qin Shihuang portrait left in Qin Dynasty, even in Yan Liben's "emperor of the past", we can not see the figure of the "eternal emperor".

In spite of this, later generations predicted Emperor Qin Shihuang's emperors according to Shiji, Zhou Ji, and emperors of all dynasties.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's historical records, Qin Shihuang's original edition, contains: "the emperor's stand is the beginning of the five virtues, which is thought that Zhou de fire and Zhou De in the Qin Dynasty are incomparable.

Now, the beginning of water and moral change is the beginning of October.

All the clothes are black.

The number is six, and the crown is six inches.

And six feet, six feet for a step, six horses.

Renamed the river as "de Shui", which is the beginning of water morality.

Resolute and profound, everything is determined by law, cutting without mercy and righteousness, and then the number of five virtues.

There is also a similar record in the book eighteen of the historian, the sixth of the book of Buddhist seals, "Qin Shihuang and the emperor, or Japan:" Huang Di can go to Germany and Huanglong.

Xia De Mu De, green dragon in the suburbs, vegetation is luxuriant.

Yin de Jin De, silver from mountain overflow.

Zhou de fire, there is a symbol of red and black.

This is the time of Qin changing.

Qin accounted for the hunting of black dragon, and this is the water's virtue.

Therefore, Qin also called the river "de Shui" and "winter October as the first year. The color is black and the degree is six."

Wang Weidi explained in the ancient Chinese clothing culture: "since the Yin and Yang dynasties in the Warring States period interpreted the theory of" the five elements of each other "and" circulatory change "to explain the rise and fall of the dynasty, it has been prevailing for a time that dynastic changes should be made to adapt to the superstition of the above.

Qin Shihuang believed this very much. He thought that Xia was Mu De, Yin was Jin De, Zhou was Huo De, Yin replaced Xia as Jin Keshui, Zhou replaced Yin as Huo Ke Jin, now it is his turn to replace Qin, and the fire is naturally water.

According to the five elements theory: Eastern wood, color green; southern fire, color red: Western gold, color white; northern water, color black; central soil, yellow.

Therefore, in the Qin Dynasty, the clothes and banners were black, and the number was six.

Shen Congwen, a famous scholar, made a more detailed explanation of "Qin Shang black" in the study of Chinese ancient costumes. "About the Qin Dynasty's system of service, it was only learned from" Shiji "that Qin's superstition used to say that yin and Yang five experts said that it was" water and virtue "and that the system was still black, referring to the use of ceremonial ceremonial ceremonial cloth by Emperor himself, and had nothing to do with other people at that time.

"The art of Chinese costumes" also affirmed this explanation, saying: "Qin Dynasty only wore black dresses when offering sacrifices and sacrifices, offering sacrifices to Taishan to wear Buddhist sacrifices.

Therefore, we cannot simply understand why "Qin Shang Hei" understands why clothes are all black.

We can see Qin Shihuang's fascination with theology from the system of "Qin Shang black", which originated from the theory of Yin Yang and five elements.

This kind of consciousness is reflected in the "Qin Shihuang good God" in the late Tang Ma Gang's "ancient and modern notes of China". It often reflects the palace people to comb the fairy bun and paste the five colored flowers.