9 kingdoms in Ha dynasty

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9 kingdoms in Ha dynasty

Kinh thu, a book of literature (Kinh Thu Thien Vu Cong) write:  King VU assigned 9 kingdoms divided land of China named:  Ký Dự Thanh Từ Kinh Dương Cổn Ung   Lương. Part of Vu Cong write: The boundary in Ha dynasty on the map: border running from Hanam to Hoang Hai in the east, south down to Ho nam and Giang tay, Triet giang today

But if that is true, then as if set assign by the general science of Chinese historian nowadays, has completely negate information wrote by the Old book of literature-- Kinh Thu

1 - Territory 9 kingdoms in Ha dynasty have a border in the east: the Hoang Hai coast.  We can see there is only one possibility: this terrain is on the Pacific Ocean coastline nowadays.  If the  eastern border down to Hoang Ha river, running from Ha nam –Son tay provinces today, where the sea can be found in that mainland, far away from the coast?

Products dedicated to the Emperor from local provinces, brought in by boat, along rivers and to the Ha`. Ha, or water surface, is possible means Hai: sea.  Chinese historian defaults consider that Ha` is yellow river, although there with no single word “yellow” has been mentioned in Kinh Thu. 
2 – Transport means in the home land is mainly by rivers.  Most of the products bring in the capital city by the river are empty in "ha".  It is wrong that Chinese historian default implied, considered 'Ha' is Hoang ha (Yellow river): Can we see labeled Hoang (yellow)any where in the Old text Kinh Thu or Vu Cong...? Therefore, many potentialities that Ha-Ho - Hai is the sea, according to the paraphrase tradition in Viet culture to use neighbor sounds to express the same meaning, according to the need of balancing yin and yang negative and positive level for each entity (thing, or symbol). One meaning can have different sounds, Vietnamese has a word: pair of co-number Gieng –hai. , in Translation Gieng reads as Giang and Hai reads as Ho means GIANG-Ho (traveling) ; → Ho Ha, Hai (Sea) ... With the Viet proverb “hundred river down to the sea” it could be letter 'Ha' in the message only to the sea, where legend called Vietnamese sea or Dong dinh ho

But research now to confirm: this ancient time (Ha dynasty age) sail by boat not developed in Chinese north, instead, much spreading in the Southern regions: Non-Han dynasties, mainly kingdoms of the Great Viet (Great Yue).

Section Vu Cong in Kinh Thu write

The east side of the Ha nation goes to the Ocean.  There is a big possibility that the word “Bien Dong”—East Sea was originated from the above mention boundary in the East, written in Section Vu Cong of the Book of Literature (Kinh thu)

Transportation means in the age of Ha Dynasty mainly is waterway.  The gifts brought to the Capital city by waterway and pour to the Ha`-- the ocean.

3- People live on planting wet rice. The word “dien—
” in ancient Asian book indicates the rice field. Rice field in all ancient Asian drawing images is divided into square boxes, with significant high edges. The reason is the paddy need to turn to a shallow pond, to keep up water. The dry rice fields do not need to have such a proclaim edge, as the need of keeping water is not necessary and therefore is not significantly expressed or named. The word “Dien” means rice field. Outside Viet language, there is no special name dien –rice field anywhere. Therefore we can say that wet rice planting is the main production of the Ha dynasty and the Ha’s country should be located in the tropical climate zone. Region of north of yellow river Hoang ha/origins of Chinese Han’ ethnic group/ in contrast is the land of moderate climate, and until nowadays is, appropriate only for the dry crops.

Especially, the Hoangha region has geographical mild climate and at that Ha (Xia) time, the current technical level was not allowed the hydrological means to lead water to the rice field.  Today the Chinese, with much advance technology, has migrated the wet rice plant to Hoang Ha area. Yet, the crop is far from succeed,  and it yields only 1 crop per year, unlike 2,3 crops per year as in southern regions such as South China and Vietnam, Thailand etc..

4 - Territory 9 kingdoms in Ha dynasty, according to the Kinh Thu/ book of Literature-- in that geographic areas—is the land of natural species, such Elephant. Tusk is one of the dedicate gifts for the King.... But ironically, in the flat areas since antiquity, the word elephant has not been mentioned as the local animal (of course elephant cannot live in the cold climate). Until the centuries 15-16 the King refused to receive the Tusk, sent from Southeast Asian piers. The King ordered to give them back as this is the arbitrary gift never have known, and forbid to import it into China.    

5 – Kinh Thu/ Book of Literature indicates the territory in the Ha dynasty cultivate many large bamboo called “buong” or “giang”, or “nua”. The large type of bamboo grows in natural hot Parish only. In Ha not only grow bamboo but also have a traditional excellence in the bamboo produce. All people should know to make home production with bamboo.  Up north, the size of bamboo becomes small. Bamboo is not used in a daily life bases. Southwestern Chinese and Vietnamese bamboo trees are content, the Vietnamese can do everything necessary implement the bamboo. It is not overly generate that bamboo is the foundation of the cultural material heritage of Viet. Potentially "message writing” (Book bamboo) have been formed here, in Ha kingdoms or broader stretch in areas of cultural Bach Viet (One hundred Viet /many Viet groups’ country

   6 – Jute (tree called “day”) live in moderate climate. While the mulberry tree (type of crop year) requires warm climate and high humidity ...., physiologic characteristics of these trees character high yield neither relevant Hoang ha area, the research indicates region or river Chau giang can raise 8 times in 1 year, the field area can only feed 3 times in Chau Giang and up north Hoang ha only 1 time. That is means the production in the south is 8 times higher comparing to the north Hoang ha... Then a question is: in the science and technology of the age of Ha dynasty, the craft of silk textile could be popular if the area of Ha’s dynasty locates up north of the Yellow river as the Chinese historian have claimed?   In fact, the silk textile is very ancient, far before the age of Ha’s dynasty; we can read that in Viet proverbs and saying.

  Commonly, tree and animal farming always start from the trees in the nature, where the geographical logistics to meet the best physical condition of plants. That it is the territory - compass generates the same species which, later migrate to new place by migration of people. In new place, the old species still exist due to the ongoing needs and human activities. In those new settlement areas, they must harvest less, due to natural circumstances no longer being met optimally.

 7 - In the offer gift dedicate to the King of Ha, a special stone has already been used as khanh-- a musical type of instrument. In the Kinh thu/book of literature, write: The musician named Qui said to the king Thuan ... "I touch and knock into the skin of stone, myriad living beings, want to come to dance and sing ..."

As a result written in Kinh Thu, you should see music in Ha dynasty use musical instruments with clavier systems and instrument of stone ... , Whether  ... today the “dan da” has called?;  this type of unique instrument has not been found in China but in Vietnam -- ethnic minorities are currently still play. Archaeologists have found. Examined the perfect “dan da—stone musical instrument” which are thousand years old.

8 – Kinh Thu also mentioned about one type of object of offer: the stone made arrow. As we know, Excelent practician "is characteristic of the ancient Vietnamese, ancient Chinese books has written.., The Vietnamese do not only know to use the same longbow but also know how to effectively upgrade of the arrow to increase the pushing through force of regular arrow.  At the bronze time in the East, they have replaced with bronze arrow. The Vietnamese archeologist has found many objects with the stone arrow which has exactly mentioned in the Kinh thu. Whether any of that kind has ever been found in the land of Ha’n—north of Hoangha River yet?

Bizarrely and ironically, the Vietnamese land and vicinity today stand just adequate for puritanical required conditions both in scale – characteristic in Area territory, and moreover, have full objects have written in Kinh Thu.

Indeed, the bizarre let to convincing thinking to base 'convincing legend-historical legend of HUNG nation (One hundred Viet nations) to locate the true land of The Ha dynasty with 9 Kingdoms of the King VU is down the North Vietnamese and its vicinity land nowadays (The Northern region of Vietnam which is the Red river plain)