Why is Li Jing the King of Tota? Introduction to the Origin of King Tota Li Tian

In ancient fairy tales, Li Jing is Nezha's father and one of the four heavenly kings, Tota Li Tian. Excavate once participated in the Yin and Zhou Wars, and later became a teacher by burning lanterns. Since then, he has become an immortal in the fairy class, and he and Nezha are both guardians of the Jade Emperor. In The Journey to the West, Li Jing and Nezha both crusaded against the Monkey King, but they didn't succeed. Many people may wonder why Li Jing became the King of Tota, and what is the origin of this King of Tota? In fact, these fictional stories also draw lessons from many other teaching contents. Here is a brief introduction for everyone.

If you want to ask about this year's summer movie, which movie is the most popular, it must be Ne Zha. The film received rave reviews. It has been on the market for less than half a month and has created a box office scale of 3 billion. The protagonist of the story is one of the most famous orthodox immortals in China. About Nezha's life experience, many people must know. In ancient myths and novels, his real name is Li and his first name is Nezha, and he is the third prince of Wang Li's family in Tota.

Who is this King Tota?

Friends who are familiar with The Romance of Gods should be familiar with it. This Tota Heavenly King, surnamed Li and named Jing, was the general commander of Chentangguan in Shang Dynasty, and was ranked among the immortals because of his contribution to the King of Wu, Ke Yin. Li Jing is superb in martial arts, profound in mana and loyal to the Jade Emperor, enjoying a lofty position in heaven.

At the same time, we also know that there was a general named Li Jing in the early Tang Dynasty. What is the relationship between the two?

Li Jing was a strategist in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. Excavate, a word pharmacist, was originally from Sanyuan, Yongzhou, and was born into a famous family. His uncle was the famous Sui general Han Qinhu. Li Jing was an official in the Sui Dynasty in his early years. He served as a meritorious official in Chang 'an County, a director in the hall, and a member of the driving department. However, his official position was humble and it was difficult to make a difference. Later, it was opened by the Li and Tang dynasties, and it was put into the account of Li Yuan, who was appointed as the mayor of Mayi County. After Li Shimin acceded to the throne, Li Jing was appointed as the secretary of the proofreading department and the minister of the Ministry of War, and worshipped the minister's right servant, sealing the country, ranking one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange.

Li Jing, who was both civil and military, made good use of the magic weapon to pacify Xiao Xian, pacify Lingnan, exterminate Fu Gong, exterminate East Turkistan and levy Tugu Hun, and made few defeats in the southeast and northwest, which was just like a god in the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan once commented: "Li Jing is Xiao Xian, Fu Gong, and the ancient famous Han, Bai, Wei and Huo can't be reached!" Li Jing made great contributions to the unification and consolidation of the Tang Dynasty. Later, the imperial court invited him into the Wu Temple, enjoying the name of "Ten Philosophers" with Bai Qi, Sun Wu and others.

The imperial court held Li Jing in high esteem, and later dynasties such as Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped him, which was the premise for Li Jing to be deified.

In the folk, Li Jing became an important figure in folk sacrificial activities, and was even directly written into operas and novels, and was promoted to be a fairy. "The Story of Sui and Tang Dynasties" contains "Wei Gong Li Jing, who was trapped in poverty at first, appealed to God because of crossing Huashan Temple, and please inform an official of his arrival. The rhetoric is strong, and the viewer is different. Standing for a long time is to go. A hundred paces out of the temple gate, after hearing it, someone shouted,' Li servant can shoot well.' Ignore people. After that, it came to an end. "Excavate can talk to the gods, and it has already begun to show signs. In the Tang Dynasty, the mystery novel "Continued Mystery Record" has the story of Li Jing's rain. In the Song Dynasty, Li Jing became a god of war, guarding one side's peace. Li Jing has become a god who calls the wind and rain for the people and protects peace. In Henan, Shanxi and other places, people set up temples to worship Li Jing.

It's natural for Li Jing to become an immortal because of both official and folk worship.

Since Li Jingcheng has been deified, why is he the image of King Tota?

The predecessor of King Tota was one of the four great kings of Indian Buddhism. Duowen Tianwang is the God of Wealth in India, located in the north, covered in green, wearing armor, holding a treasure umbrella in one hand and a magic mouse in the other. After Buddhism was introduced into China, some cultures were gradually localized, and even a mixture of the two produced many images. In China, the Heavenly King, who has heard a lot, has a name called Vishamen Heavenly King, and Vishamen Heavenly King is the patron saint of northwest Tang Jun. Excavate is invincible in the west, and has defeated Turkic, Tuguhun and other ethnic minorities. Therefore, it is easy for people to associate Li Jing with the King of Pishamen.

At the same time, the image of the King of Heaven in Pishamen has quietly changed, and it is combined with the culture of the Central Plains and has obvious oriental colors: wearing armor, wearing a golden wing and a black crown, holding a tower in his left hand and holding a trident in his right hand. At this time, the image of King Tota is vividly portrayed.

Li Jing evolved into the King of Pishamen, which was strengthened in Yuan Zaju, and the saying "Tota is the King of Li Tian" appeared for the first time. For example, "Ghost Valley Down the Mountain" in the Yuan Dynasty's Le Yi Tuqi Seven Kingdoms Spring and Autumn Pinghua Postscript contains: "Dugujiao fights alone with four generals, and five horses fight in melee, such as the black evil spirit, the brave sage and the sage, and the Samoan Tota, the king of Li Tian."

This shows that the images of Li Jing, Pishamen Tianwang and Tota Tianwang have been integrated. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the image of Li Jing was further deified on this basis, and moved from popular literature to more secular folk. The Journey to the West described Excavate as the marshal who commanded hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers, while The Romance of the Gods said that he was the company commander of Chen Tangguan in Shang Dynasty and participated in the war against Shang Zhouwang. At this time, in order to set off other characters, King Tota was also endowed with bureaucratic, timid, ruthless and other human inferior products by the author.

It has to be said that although the King of Vishamen is an extension of the Buddhist system, he eventually became the King of Tota in Taoism. From the source, this image is really embarrassing. Just as King Tota holds a tower symbolizing Buddhism in his hand, he works for the heaven under the Taoist system. However, this also reflects the reality that Buddhism and Taoism are not divided and mixed in China.

On the whole, there are no 1, heavenly soldiers and generals in the sky, and there is no general commander Chen Tangguan on the ground, but only the famous Li Jing in the early Tang Dynasty is the most authentic. The formation of King Tota was born out of Li Jing's personal image, gradually deified in the spread of Buddhism to the East, and gradually formed in the combination with local culture. King Tota is destined to be not only Nezha's father, but also a unique cultural imprint.