Chi You once secretly came down to the earth from the Heavenly Ladder and forced the Miao people to help him rebel. Emperor Zhuan Xu, also known as the Xuan Di, wanted to cut off the connection between heaven and earth.
Huang Di’s wife, Lei Zu（嫘祖）, gave birth to a son named Changyi, who often caused trouble and was banished to Ruoshui.
Changyi married Changpu, the daughter of the local tribe leader in Ruoshui, and Changpu gave birth to Zhuan Xu after seeing a strange vision.
Zhuan Xu grew up in the east and assisted Shao Hao in governing the country. Later, he became the emperor of the north.
Zhuan Xu’s assistant was the sea god Yu Qiang, and together they managed the cold northern wilderness.
Since Zhuan Xu lived in the north, which was associated with the element of water and the color black, he was also called the Xuan Di.
Huangdi was old, so Zhuan Xu took over the reigns and later officially became the supreme leader.
The first thing Zhuan Xu did after taking office was to cut off the passage between heaven and earth.
Previously, there was a Heavenly Ladder between heaven and earth, allowing gods and humans to freely travel between the two.
Chiyou used the Heavenly Ladder to cause trouble on earth, and Huangdi fought him in a great battle, ultimately winning.
Zhuan Xu, worried that other evil gods might descend, decided to cut off the Heavenly Ladder.
The gods Zhong and Li cut off the Heavenly Ladder, making heaven and earth even farther apart.
Humans and gods were separated, and each lived peacefully in their own realm.
Zhuan Xu assigned the god Zhong to manage heaven and the god Li to manage earth.
Li’s son Ye assisted his father in managing the sun, moon, and stars and later became the god of time.
Zhuan Xu developed the economy according to regional conditions, created a calendar, and set the length of a year to 365.25 days.
After Zhuan Xu died, his soul attached to a fish and he was revived, earning him the name “Fish Wife.”
Among Zhuan Xu’s descendants, Lao Tong’s voice was like a musical instrument, and Prince Changqin excelled at playing the qin.
Zhuan Xu also had a nine-headed bird daughter who came out at night.
Zhuan Xu’s son Qiongchan was the kitchen god, who ascended to heaven to report every year on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month.
Zhuan Xu’s descendants spread across the land, and one branch developed into the Chu state in the south.
The great poet Qu Yuan claimed to be a descendant of Zhuan Xu.
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