The sufficiency of material production in primitive society brought about a surplus of products. According to the legends recorded in ancient books, the exchange of original products began to sprout in the era of Emperor Yan and Shennong.

"Hey. Cohesion "said:" Shennong takes Japan and China as the city, the people of the world, the goods of the world as the gathering place, and the retreat after the transaction, each in his place ". In order to solve everyone's surplus products, Yandi Shennong set up a market for people to exchange with each other, which led to the primitive commodity trading in China society, accelerated the transformation from primitive public ownership to slave private ownership, and laid the foundation for the birth of a new social system.

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In order to encourage people to live regularly and plant crops according to seasons, Yandi Shennong also made calendars and stars to divide day and night into the sun and the moon, with the month as the 30th day and 1 1 month as the winter solstice.

Emperor Yan is very good at managing tribes and the world. He does not expect his report, nor is he greedy for the wealth of the world, but the wealth of the world. Wisdom is more valuable to people and respected by the world. He serves people with virtue, does not reward diligence, does not punish good and evil, does not complain about wealth, does not restrain obedience, is strong and does not kill, is thrifty and is respected.

Emperor Yan was also the ancestor of education in China. He taught people to use tools, sow grain, teach medicine, teach people to make pottery and paint, teach people to bow and arrow, hunt animals, keep fit, teach people piano, teach people music and dance, and teach people wisdom and virtue. It can be seen that during the Yan Emperor's period, moral, intellectual and physical beauty was fully valued and developed.

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