What kind of person is Wang Zhongyang written by Jin Yong in history?
Wang Zhongyang was born in112 years, formerly known as Zhongfu. His ancestors lived in Xianyang, Shaanxi, and their families were rich. In his grandfather's generation, he moved to Liujiang Village, Zhongnan County where Wang Zhongyang was born. Like most literati, his experience when he was young was that he studied Confucian classics since childhood and hoped to become an official through the imperial examination when he grew up. However, according to the Record of Jin Ping Mei, Wang Zhongyang was convicted and removed from the list during the Fuchang period (1130-1137). For scholars in feudal times, the future is over. Fortunately, Wang Zhongyang is not only a scholar, but also studies martial arts. Later, he took a martial arts exam, and as a result, he got a grade. It is conceivable that Wang Zhongyang's martial arts skills must be extraordinary, which may be the reason why Jin Yong shaped him into a martial arts master.
However, Jin Yong's description is inconsistent with historical facts. In his works, Wang Zhongyang hated the Jin regime and led the army against the Jin people. However, according to scholars' research, Wang Zhongyang's thesis examination is an examination of the pseudo-Qi regime supported by Jin State, and the martial arts examination is also held by Jin State. It can be seen that it is not as hostile to the Kim regime as described in the novel.
After the martial arts, Wang Zhongyang was not reused by the imperial court and worked as a wine collector in Ganhe Town for a long time. He grew tired of officialdom and finally resigned and retired. In the fourth year in Zheng Long (1 159), Wang Zhongyang met two strangers. The two strangers taught Wang Zhongyang five secrets to correct the truth. Wang Zhongyang took this opportunity to devote himself to Taoism. There are also some versions that put Wang Zhongyang's meeting with Li Xiannian ahead and his resignation behind. It is generally believed that the two immortals Wang Zhongyang met were Lv Dongbin and Zhong Liquan, so they were listed as one of the five ancestors of Quanzhen religion.
After Wang Zhongyang became a monk, he changed his name to Wang Jia, whose name was Ming, and the Taoist name was Chongyang Zi, from which Wang Zhongyang came. There are two explanations about the name of Chongyang Zi: First, Wang Zhongyang wants to pay tribute to his enlighteners Lv Dongbin and Zhong Liquan, namely Chunyangzi in Lv Dongbin and Zhengyangzi in Zhong Liquan; Second, the cultivation of the Inner-alchemist school in China pays attention to eliminating Yin Qi and refining it into a pure yang, and "Chongyang" stands for pure yang.
After becoming a monk, Wang Zhongyang abandoned his wife and daughter and traveled around Zhongnan County. His behavior is bohemian. When he was hungry, he begged for food in the street. When he was sleepy, he slept in the street, so the locals called him Wang Youfeng. However, whether encountering immortals or playing the fool is a common plot in Buddhist and Taoist legends, so I'm afraid this story has been greatly exaggerated.
In the first year of Dading (1 16 1), Wang Zhongyang came to Shinan Village in Zhongnan County, where he dug a cave and named it "the tomb of the living dead". Yes, the tomb of the living dead in The Legend of the Condor Heroes is actually a hole in the ground. As the name implies, the tomb of the living dead shows that Wang Zhongyang has consciously transcended the secular world, transcended life and death, and no longer belongs to the living. He also hung a sign in the cave with six Chinese characters "Spirit Against the Wind" written on it, and planted all kinds of begonia in four corners of the cave, which read: "I will teach the four directions to each other tomorrow." After that, Wang Zhongyang began to practice in this ancient tomb for more than two years.
In the third year of Dading (1 163), Wang Zhongyang felt that his practice was full, so he filled in the tomb of the living dead and returned to his hometown Liujiang Village, where he lived in seclusion and began to educate his relatives in the village. In fact, since he was still practicing in the tomb of the living dead, someone came to ask him for advice. It was at this time that his first disciple, Shi Chuhou, received several disciples after returning to Liujiang Village, but none of them were as famous as the later Quanzhen Seven Sons.
In the seventh year of Dading (1 167), Wang Zhongyang suddenly burned down the hut and went to Shandong to preach. After arriving in Haining, I met the horse. Majia is a local nobleman, known as "Ma Banzhou". Ma Yi never had a dream, and a magician explained it to him. He said that this dream meant that he would not live to be forty-nine years old. Ma Yi-cong was very afraid. In order to learn to live forever in Immortal Technique, he made extensive friends with Taoist priests and became attached to Wang Zhongyang. He built a Tang for it at home. Wang Zhongyang named Antang "Quanzhen".
Later, he persuaded Ma to give up his family property and become a monk. In this way, Ma Yi became Wang Zhongyang's apprentice, renamed Ma Yu, with the same road number Yunzhongzi, and later changed to Danyangzi, which is Ma Danyang. Later, Wang Zhongyang took Tan Chuduan, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong, Liu Chuxuan and Sun Buer as disciples, that is, Quanzhen's seven sons. From eight to nine years in Dading, Wang Zhongyang established the Three Religions Seven Treasures Society, Three Religions Golden Lotus Society, Three Religions Three Lights Society, Three Religions Yuhua Society and Three Religions Equality Society in Wendeng, Ninghai, Fushan, Dengzhou and Laizhou. At this point Quanzhen religion was formally established.
Some people may ask why all the associations established in Wang Zhongyang are called "three religions". This is because Quanzhen, founded by Wang Zhongyang, not only preached Taoism, but actually combined Confucianism and Buddhism, and advocated the unity of the three religions. For example, he said, "Seek a clear heart first, and the heart is the Tao, and the Tao is the heart." ("Twenty-four Tactics for Chongyang to Grant Danyang"), in which "Ming Xin" comes from Buddhist teachings. For another example, he stressed: "Be loyal to the king and honor your parents and teachers." It belongs to the ethical requirements of Confucianism. Its founding purpose is: "the unity of the three religions, knowing each other, and being unique and true."
Wang Zhongyang died in the tenth year of Dading (1 170) at the age of 58. His four apprentices, Ma Danyang, Tan Chuduan, Qiu Chuji and Liu Chuxuan, transported his coffin back to his hometown Liujiang Village for burial.
Subsequently, Quanzhen's seven sons continued to preach in Wang Zhongyang's legacy and each founded a new sect. Ma Danyang founded Yushan School, Tan Chuduan founded Nanmo School, Liu Chuxuan founded Suishan School, Qiu Chuji founded Longmen School, Wang Chuyi founded Yishan School, Hao Datong founded Huashan School and Sun Buer founded Qingliu School. Among them, Qiu Chuji was appreciated by Genghis Khan and was appointed to be in charge of Taoism in the world, and Longmen School also reached its peak. Today, Quanzhen Sect and Zhengyi Sect have become the two remaining schools of Taoism in China.