Chapter 62: Only One Sun in the Sky!
Chapter 62: Only One Sun in the Sky!
"So, Emperor Shaohao was an alien, and the people in the nation of Shaohao were called the Qingyang Clan, meaning they were humans ruled by an alien, right?" Lin Li asked.
Huang Ji shook his head. "I don’t know if Emperor Shaohao was an alien... but the Divine Shaohao was definitely a robot. Because the term shen refers to electrically powered machines."
Lin Li was stunned. How could Huang Ji possibly know that?
Huang Ji didn’t know how to explain it either. Should he just tell Lin Li that he could sense it?
In the Shan Hai Jing, the word shen doesn’t carry the modern meaning of "deity." Instead, hao roughly means a solar deity—a being in the sky that shines like the sun, referred to as "heavenly beings."
Heavenly beings were called hao, mountain beings were called xian (immortals). If someone was both worshipped as a deity and a political leader, they were referred to as an emperor.
As for shen in the Shan Hai Jing, it referred to tools.
After pondering for a moment, Huang Ji explained, "The Shan Hai Jing contains many categories: people, mountains, beasts, birds, fish... and gods (shen)."