In the ancient Chinese mythology system, who is the most powerful person?
Ancient humans appeared in our country 1.7 million years ago. The ancestors lived on water. After a forest fire, they tasted cooked food. Since then, they have worshiped water and fire, and the water god has been derived. and Vulcan. This is how most ancient myths appear.
Our country has left many touching myths and legends in its more than 5,000 years of history, including Kuafu chasing the sun, Chang'e flying to the moon, the Yellow Emperor fighting Chiyou, etc. These myths and legends are rich and colorful, and they are extremely fascinating. Fascinated. However, the various gods and immortals are complicated, and Taoism and Buddhism are also closely related. What is the connection between them?
In fact, my country’s classical mythology has a system, from which all myths and legends are derived.
The mythological system under the Honghuang novel genre
After the rise of the Internet, online novels began to flourish. One of the genres is called the Honghuang novel genre. They artistically processed classical myths. It has become a wonderful chapter in the novel. (Here we use Pangu and other three thousand chaotic gods and demons, without the founding spirit)
1. The first generation of mythical figures: Pangu, Hongjun, Luohu
The earliest myths are Pangu killed three thousand gods and demons of chaos, created the world, and transformed into the wild world. Hongjun joined forces with the other three great gods to suppress the demon Rahu. The war destroyed the spiritual veins of the West, which was also the reason why the West was barren.
Later, the dragon, phoenix, and unicorn, representing the three major ethnic groups of scales, birds, and beasts, ruled the ancient times and triggered a war between the three ethnic groups, which greatly reduced their luck and led them to retreat into the mountains and forests.
2. The second generation of mythical figures: Laozi, Yuanshi, and Nuwa
After that, Hongjun began to preach, and the number of listeners in Zixiao Palace reached 3,000, and he accepted Got six apprentices. Sanqing Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian and Nuwa were accepted as direct disciples, while Jie Yin, Zhunti and eight hundred Western disciples were accepted as registered disciples.
Laozi: The leader of the Three Pure Ones, the leader of the Human Religion, also known as Taishang Laojun. Yuanshi Tianzun: the second in the Three Qing dynasties, the leader of the Chan Sect. Tongtian Cult Leader: The third in the Three Purities, Jiejiao Cult Leader. Nuwa: The creator of the human race and the saint of the demon race. Jie Yin and Zhunti: two leaders of Western religions who later betrayed Taoism and founded Buddhism. Some people also believe that Patriarch Bodhi is the incarnation of Zhunti, intending to train Sun Wukong to be a protector of Buddhism.
These six are recognized as the six great saints, immortal.
3. The third generation of mythical figures: Taoist Randeng, Taoist Duobao, Master Xuandu
After the six disciples became saints, they also accepted many disciples. There are only a few people in Laozi's sect, including the Great Master of Xuandu and others. There are twelve golden immortals under the sect of Yuanshi Tianzun, namely: Guangchengzi, Chi Jingzhen, Yuding Zhenren, Taiyi Zhenren, Huanglong Zhenren, Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun, Puxian Zhenren, Cihang Taoist, Lingbao Master, Wei Liusun , Dao Xingtianzun, Qingxu Daodezhenjun. Master Tongtian has many disciples, known as Ten Thousand Immortals, but the main direct disciples are: Taoist Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Sanxiao, Jinling Shengsheng and others. In addition, there are two great emperors from the Monster Clan, as well as several ancestral witches and great witches from the Wu Clan.
Three Emperors: Three human emperors who had great merits for the human race. After their merits were completed, they practiced Taoism in the Fire Cloud Cave.
Di Jun and Tai Yi: The two heavenly emperors of the demon clan established the demon clan’s heaven and ruled the prehistoric times.
Kunpeng: The body is a Kunpeng. After entering the heaven, he was revered as a demon master.
Ancestral witches: The twelve ancestral witches are Lingshou, Jumang, ***gong, Zhurong, Houtu, Tianwu, Xuanming, Qiangliang, Xizi, Dijiang, and Zhujiuyin Compared with corpses. The ancestral witch is born with a powerful physical body and is an immortal body. He can devour the heaven and the earth, control wind, water, thunder and lightning, move mountains and seas, and change the heaven and the earth. The ancestral witch has a soul and is not weak. He cannot practice Taoism, know his own blessings, and understand the world. The essence is that it is no longer possible to prove Hunyuan. In the end, they were all physically damaged and dissipated between heaven and earth.
Great witch: A small part of the ancestral witch circulates in the six paths of reincarnation, attaches to the souls of humans and monsters, and is reborn as a great witch. The great witch has a soul, but is very weak. Hou Yi, Xing Tian, and Kua Fu were all great witches.
Randeng Taoist: Together with Yuanshi Tianzun, he is one of the three thousand listeners in Zixiao Palace. He is the deputy head of the Chanjiao. After the Conferring God War, he entered Buddhism.
Taoist Duobao: The great disciple of Jiejiao, one of the best among the entire second generation of Taoism. After the Conferring God War, Duobao entered Buddhism, divided the destiny of Buddhism, and became the Tathagata Buddha.
Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun, Puxian Zhenren, Cihang Taoist, and Ai Liusun: The four people were originally disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun. After the Conferring God War, they apostatized and became Buddhists. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.
Zhen Yuanzi: The ancestor of the Earth Immortal. He was accompanied by Earth Books and also listened to Taoism in Zixiao Palace.
Kong Xuan: The first peacock between heaven and earth. He was not afraid of power and dared to fight with the saints. Later, he was forcibly converted by Zhunti and accepted into Buddhism. He became the Peacock Great Ming King Bodhisattva.
4. The fourth generation of mythological characters: Yang Jian, Nezha, etc.
The fourth generation of mythological characters are basically the direct disciples of the characters of the third generation. Yang Jian studied under Yuding Zhenren. Yuding Zhenren was definitely not a fool like in "The Prequel to the Lotus Lamp". In fact, all the twelve golden immortals were extraordinary, and each one could play his own role. Nezha studied under Taiyi Zhenren, and Yang Ren and Huang Tianhua studied under Qingxu Daode Zhenjun. Jin Zha and Muzha studied under Master Puxian and Taoist Cihang. The three generations of disciples of Jiejiao and Renjiao declared that they were not visible.
Next, there are the immortals that we are familiar with, such as Lu Dongbin and other eight immortals, the three stars of fortune, wealth and longevity, etc. Compared with the ancient gods, they seem insignificant.
Different from traditional mythology
In Taoist allusions, there is no such character as Patriarch Hongjun and is not recognized by Taoism. In the Taoist classics, there is a saying that the Second Patriarch, the Three Pure Ones and the Four Imperial Patriarchs represent the highest status in Taoism.
The Three Pure Ones are the Taiqing Daode Tianzun, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, and Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun mentioned above. The first one is usually Pangu or the Queen Mother of the West, and the second ancestor refers to Nuwa and Fuxi.
The Four Emperors refer to the four emperors who assisted the Jade Emperor in handling affairs. Gouchen Shanggong Emperor: assists the Jade Emperor in controlling the North and South Poles and the three talents of heaven, earth and man, controls the stars, and presides over the military revolution in the world. Zhongtian Ziwei, the North Pole Emperor: is in charge of the misfortune, good and evil in the world, the causes and consequences of wealth and poverty, and the time of life and death, all of which can be taken away from him. Cheng Tian followed the example of Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi: the female god who dominates the earth, mountains and rivers. The Antarctic Immortal Emperor: Commander of the gods of the Thunder Department, general control of all spirits, command of the Thunder Department, all the power of the gods of the Thunder Department comes from him.
Beyond the Four Emperors, there is the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor is the supreme ruler of the three realms. He was secretly taught by Yuanshi Tianzun to carry out the laws and decrees of the Three Pure Ones. The four emperors of Jinque serve as assistants, and the four saints of the North Pole protect him. All in heaven and on earth respect you, the true and most holy teacher of the gods.