Baike has some interesting discussion about the various myths around Houji. One being the idea of testing babies by abandoning them (stanza 3) as a prototypical hero origin story.
Baike also mentions that since alcohol was not mentioned as a product of the grain, it may not have been invented during the time when Houji lived. (This seems wrong to me... surely alcohol is one of the earliest things humans invent, even before grains are domesticated??)
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Re: 245. 生民 - Sheng Min
Date: 2021-05-30 08:20 pm (UTC)Baike has some interesting discussion about the various myths around Houji. One being the idea of testing babies by abandoning them (stanza 3) as a prototypical hero origin story.
Baike also mentions that since alcohol was not mentioned as a product of the grain, it may not have been invented during the time when Houji lived. (This seems wrong to me... surely alcohol is one of the earliest things humans invent, even before grains are domesticated??)