1000000030

lhe KI,i of Ihe Ync and of r ang, he

d~lermine,1

Ihe

eh~ng~

of Ihe four f, "fons, and &al'e e.leululions for

a–

Ilrononly, gromelry, amI arithlllclic,

) ong lUlnc, Ly urder uf Hoang. ti, macle Iwclve bells

of CIIl'pcr, \\ IlIch cllrrcfpon,l,o

Ih~

Incons, and fer–

ved

lo .Idjua Ihe rove loncs, "nd fix the feafons,

&e,

[,blcs.

Il oang ti inl'emed a kintl

\Ir

diaclem or liara,

call~c1

/11i,

1/(,

ordered a blue and )'dlow robe lObe made

for himf,'I[, in inlltalion

01'

Ihe colours of hral'en an,l

eanh, H.lVing vie\\'ed Ihe bird

hoei,

and coniidued Ihe

variety

01' lIS

coloor.s, as wtli'as Iho[e of Ihe /lowers,

ma"~

garmenls be dyed of dilTert

colo,"

S, 10

make

dillin[l!on belween Ihe great and

[m~lI,

Ihe rich and

poor.

Nin. fong ancl Tehe- lfiang invenled mortars for round–

ing rice; keules or caldrcns: Ihey i",'cmed Ihe art of

budding bridGes, and of making Ihoes ;

Ih~y

made collins

for Ihe dead; anu men reare"

~rc"t

advantagcs fromall

Ihe[e inl'emions, Hoei invenld Ihe uow, Y-meoo

ano\\'s; Khy-pe invenled Ihe drum, ",hieh made a noile

like Ihunder, Irompm and hOrlls, \lhieh imilmd Ihe

voiee of :he ul agon,

Kong koo and Hoa-hu, by

ord~r

of Ihe Emperor

Hnang li, Iwlloll'ed a Iree of whieh Ihey macle a fhip;

of Ihe branches of Ihe fame m e Ihey made oars;

and uy Ihis means Ihcy were

abl~

penwate in lO pla–

c.s II'hich feemed

inJcee/libl~,

and where men had ne–

ver been,

For Ihe mnfportalion of mcrchandife by land, they

ai Co invenled elwivls uncier Ihis reign, , nu lrall,ed oxen

and horfes

uraw lhem,

Hoang'li alfo luroed his Ihoughls

buildings, and

llave modds of lhem. He uuilt a lemple, callcd

H.–

~ong,

in whieh he facrifieed

Chang-li,

the

-Supreme Deing,

\Vilh a vielV

facililare eommeree, Hoang-ti (lruck

money, callad

li~,. IQO,

Anifl

o[ INda/,

bccauCe it had

Ihe

Ih~pe

of Ihe blade of a knife,

Ho,ng. ti hal'ing obfer\'ed rh:!l men died befllre Ihe

time fixed bynalure, of difeafes \Vhich emied them olT,

he eommandl'd Yu fou, Ki-pe, anu Lci-kong, Ihree fa–

mous phyfieians of Ihefe limes,

ania him

determine

whal remrdies were proper for eaeh diCeafe,

Si.ling·chi, lhe chicf ellnfort of Ihar emperor, con–

Iributed on her pan

Ihe

;;"00

of Ihe am, and laught

¡he people lhe art of rearing filk·worms, of fpinning thei r

tods, and m,lking floffs

01'

them,

The Ouai-ki takcs nOlice, Ihal Hoang-li command–

ed China

be me"rmed, and divided inlo provinees

or leheoo,

E.eh

Ich(~u

was eompo[ed of len

eI'f,

each

el"

was compor.·d of lcn

101/,

and eaeh

10il

conlair,ed len

J'e,

or ren eilies. T hc[e len

Y',

or cilies,

hau each fi "e

or a,ecls,

E:c ,

T he empire of Iloang-ri, which, aeeording to Ihis

hi(lorian, CtlmS

h. \'e bern eonfiderable,

eXI~ndcd

the e1a

Ihe fea,

011

Ihe \\,e(l lo l\!lOllg long,

IV"S

bonndrd on Ihe fomh uyKi,ng, and on Ihe nonh by lile

cOllnlry

'Ir

Ho.

ne.jo

They I:,y nhtlllng lital has any relali. I

\(1

lile am un

der ¡he

Ihr~~

prinees \Vho follow

Iloall~- u;

thal i¡ to

H 1

fay,

nn,l ~r

Ihe reigns of Chao-har, \\'ho reigned 84

years ; of Tehouene·hio, who

reign~J

yem; and of

Cao line, who reign<d

yem, Th,y ohlirve only,

lhal Chao-hao made them beal Ihel'Ialcht s wilh a ,Irllm:

Ihis fuppofes Ihal they had Ihen fome inarument for mar–

king Ihe hours, The Se·ki adds, Ihal lills emperor

lel'clled Ihe hiuhways, in oroer

reOller lhe mountains

accelTihle, and lhal he eleared rhe eh.nnels of rivers,

made alfo a new kind of molie, called

y"a",

10 .

onire men and genii, and reconcile high and lo

IV,

Afler having ol'ereome lhe f.tigue of fo many fabu –

lou5 Iradilior.s, we now come

Ihe hiaoricallimes, BUl

before \Ve enler upon lhem, il \ViII nOl be improrer ro

make fome leAeaions which are. ilbfululcly ne(elTary

Olew how lillle reg¡rd is due

lhis fort of traditions_

Thefe rtAeaions are lhough l

be fo mueh lhemore im–

pOrtan!, as lhey wi ll help

undeceive a great many

people of Ihe mi(lake lhey are in abool Ihe Chillefe anu–

quilie5,

The Chinefe monarchy begun by Ihree princes, di(lin–

guilhed by Ihe litle of

Sn1J<-hoang,

lhal is

fay lh:

Ihm AlIgtljli.

Thefe time Aogufli , according to Ihe

l11ull genclally reccived opinion, are

FOI/·hi, Chine·nwg,

and

HOa1Jg-li,

The five emperors, fu (celfors of Ihe

Sane-hoang, are diHinguilbed by lhe lide of

Oll-li,

Ihat

fay,

Ihe

Jve elllptrOn,

The five emperors are,

Cheo-hao, 'Tchouwe-h,. , 'TiC?, rao,

and

Ch. lll,

This

divir,on hal been followed by Cong-ngane-eoue,

Ih~

great·grandCon

01'

Confucios, in Ihe eighlh generalion,

and one of lhe moH celebrmd wrilers of Ihe dynally

01'

Ha'ne,

has becn adnpted alfo by Hoang.foo-mi, and

010(1

pan of Ihe be(l IVrilers, The proofs of lhis

opinion are laken pardy from Ihe book Tcheou li, an

ancirnt record, or !late of Iheempire, \Vhich many .feribe

10'

rhe famous Teheou-cong, miniaer and brolher

01'

Vou·vang, who was lhe founder of the i!f1perial dyna(ly

of Teheoo, eleven hundred and fome odd years be–

fore lhe Chri(lian

:Era;

partly from Ihe

eomm~nraries

ofTfo·kieou-mine on lhe Tehune-lfieou of Confucios's

maller, In Ihefe works, menlÍon is made of lhe books,

Sane- fene, and

lienr, which, Ihey fay, are ,he

hiflories of lhe Ihrce Hoang, and of lhe fire Ti : nOIV,

Ihe llVO fira ehaplers of Chou-king, which eOnlain an

exma of Ihe hinorics of Yao and of Chune, bore Ihe

lide of

Tiene-yoo

ood

'Tienr-CAune;

from

whene~

il \Vas

concludcd, Ihal Yao :nd Chone were I\VO of Ihe five Ti;

conCequemly Fou· hi, Ching.nong, and Hoang ti , were

what are c"lIctl Ihe Ihree Hoang ; and Chao-hao,

Tehouene·hio, Tico, Yao, and Chone, wele lhe five Ti,

There r,tay pcrhaps be lhoughl bUI f( eble proofs

fuppor! an hiltorical faa of lhis kind

bUI thofe \Vho

are of a contrary opinion, bring nOlhing

induce us

bc!icve lbem, ralher lhan Cong·ngane-coue and Hoang–

fou mi .

Hoc-chouang-hoo, in a preface before lhe Tfiene–

piene of Kine-gine·rhane eonfeO'cs, Ihal \Ve find in Ihe

Tá cOlI- li, the exiflenee of lhe book of lIme Ho)ng,

ar.d Ihal of five Ti : bOl be aJds, Ihat \\'e' do nOI find

lher' tI,e namcs of dtefe eight monarchs; Ihal, undcr Ihe

1'lin, Ihey Ijlnk"

01'

Tiene hoang, of

Ti-hoan~,

and

Cinc hOdng; thal COot-ngAnc-colle, in his prcface

Ch~u-