Why is Tai Sui's trouble making trouble?

"To stir up trouble on Tai Sui's head" is an old saying in Chinese culture. To stir up trouble on Tai Sui's head is also called to offend Tai Sui. It originally refers to the conflict with Sui Jun in numerology, which means that there is a relationship between the horoscope and The five elements of Suijun and Tiangan are in conflict with each other. In modern Chinese, it is often used as a metaphor for offending a violent and powerful person, and it is also used to refer to challenging a powerful person. So in Chinese culture, who is this Tai Sui? Why is it that making trouble on Tai Sui's head is making trouble?

(Jiazi Taisui Jinbian General)

Tai Sui first appeared in "Xunzi Ru Xiao", and the belief in avoiding Tai Sui comes from the astrology of the avoiding star. The two beliefs were often confused during the Warring States Period, and it was not until after the Han Dynasty that they were gradually clarified. According to the records in "Tongdian" by Du You of the Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the "Twelve Gods" (that is, the twelve Tai Sui gods) were established to worship Tai Sui.

Taoism absorbs popular folk methods of counting years and puts forward the term "benming", saying that the year of birth of a person in the sixty-sixth year of the zodiac is called natal Yuanchen and natal year. If someone is born in the year of Jiazi, then Jiazi is his natal Yuanchen, and the year of Jiazi is his natal year. My birth day is in the sixty-sixth year of the zodiac, which is called the zodiac day. For example, if someone is born on Bingzi day of the Jiazi year, then his birth year is the Jiazi year. Taoism believes that the sixty years are the sixty stars, and the sixty years become the sixty Yuanchen star gods.

(Yichou Taisui General Chen Cai)

Tai Sui is also known as the God of Sui, Sui Xing and Shun Xing. The ancient Chinese calendar uses sixty years, which are cycled by the heavenly stems and earthly branches. Sixty years constitute a week. Every year, a Tai Sui takes turns. Tai Sui can dispel evil spirits, reward good and punish evil, and manage the misfortunes and blessings of the world. It is the year of Tai Sui. Commonly known as Suijun. For example, in the year of Jiazi, Jiazi is "Tai Sui", and in the year of Yichou, Yichou is "Tai Sui".

Tai Sui originated from the ancient celestial body worship. Jupiter orbits the sun every twelve years, so people also call Jupiter the Sui star or Tai Sui. Some people also say that Tai Sui is a virtual star in ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology that is opposite and moves in the opposite direction to the year star (Jupiter). As the years go by, it later evolved into a kind of divine belief.

In ancient times, Tai Sui was a god worshiped by the people and considered a fierce god. There is also a record in ancient books: "Tai Sui is like a king, the head of the gods and the lord of all evil spirits. He is like a king over the world and cannot be offended." Tai Sui divides the heavens into twelve times, and Jupiter passes through it once a year, with specific The name means that Tai Sui is in a certain place in a certain year. Since the Western Han Dynasty, people have believed that this place cannot break ground, build, move, marry and other matters. If you violate Tai Sui and disturb the earth, it will bring disaster.

(General Geng Zhang, Bingyin Taisui)

There are records about the disaster caused by breaking ground on Taisui's head. In the book "Youyang Zazu" of the Tang Dynasty: there is a book called Wang Feng's people dug a hole in Tai Sui's head and found a piece of meat, which was as big as a cow and could wriggle. So Wang Feng buried it, but the piece of meat would grow as it was buried. Wang Feng was very frightened when he saw this, and immediately abandoned him and ran away. After one night, Wang Feng's brothers and slaves all died suddenly a few days later, and only his daughter survived.

So, in ancient times, if there was any trouble, they would first find out the location of Tai Sui to avoid it. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, special altars were specially set up to worship Tai Sui. Later, people also angrily rebuked others for infringing upon themselves, to show their power and authority. This is the origin of the term "Tai Sui Trouble".