传说中后羿和嫦娥都是尧时候的人,神话说,尧的时候,天上有十个太阳同时出现在天空,把土地烤焦了,庄稼都枯干了,人们热得喘不过气来,倒在地上昏迷不醒.因为天气酷热的缘故,一些怪禽猛兽,也都从干涸的江湖和火焰似的森林里跑出来,在各地残害人民.

　　人间的灾难惊动了天上的神,天帝常俊命令善于封射箭的后羿下到人间,协助尧除人民的苦难.后羿带着天帝赐给他的一张红色的弓,一口袋白色的箭,还带着他的美丽的妻子嫦娥一起来到人间.

　　后羿立即开始了射日的战斗.他从肩上除下那红色的弓,取出白色的箭,一支一支地向骄横的太阳射去,顷刻间十个太阳被射去了九个,只因为尧认为留下一个太阳对人民有用处,才拦阻了后羿的继续射击.这就是有名的后羿射日的故事.

　　但是后羿的丰功伟绩,却受到了其他天神的妒忌,他们到天帝那里去进谗言,使天帝终于疏远了后羿,最后把他永远贬斥到人间.受了委曲的后羿和妻子嫦娥只好隐居在人间,靠后羿打猎为生.

　　嫦娥又是怎样奔月的呢?在古书上有种种不同的说法.根据《淮南子》的记载是,后羿觉得对不起受他连累而谪居下凡的妻子,便到西王母那里去求来了长生不死之药,好让他们夫妻二人在世间永远和谐地生活下去.嫦娥却过不惯清苦的生活,乘后羿不在家的时候,偷吃了全部的长生不死药,奔逃到月亮里去了.另一种说法是屈原(约前340椩记?78)《天问》的记载,说后羿后来对嫦娥有不忠行为,和河伯的妻子发生暖昧关系,因而引起嫦娥极大的不满,便离开后羿跑到天上去了.嫦娥奔月以后,很快就后悔了,她想起了丈夫平日对她的好处和人世间的温情,对比月亮里的孤独,倍觉凄凉.

　　关于后羿之死,战国时思想家孟子(约公元前372椩记?89年)所著《孟子》和西汉初年刘安(前179椙?22)编成的《淮南子》都说他是被恩将仇报的徒弟逢蒙暗害的.暗害的手段记载各不一样,有的说是用桃木大棒打死的,有的说是用暗箭射死的.总之这位盖世的英雄死在阴谋家的手里.

　　有的传说里还说,后羿死后英魂不散,变成了打鬼的钟馗神.这一说法是我国著名史学家顾颉刚(1893-1980年)根据《淮南子》等古书的记载考证出来的.这种说法,实际上反映了我国古代人民对这位不幸死去的英雄的无限怀念

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