Lao Huang Li Hong Gou Chen

God in charge of human life.

"Seven Years in Yunfu", wenchang star Shen Jun, with a common prefix, is also a symbol of the life of the son of heaven. The person in charge of the Central Committee, or "Zhang", was born in the core monument of life in the year when he was born. He took a photo of Shoutian Jianxin, which changed the soul of Taiyi and became a symbol. The head of the Central Committee is mixed with Taiyi, so he is called Zhang Yan Zhi. The name is very clear. The original characters are Du Qing, a shinto and a spiritual China. The old man said: Siming Zuo is also a native of Changle. His surname is Han Mingsi. Siling, Sifa, etc. Zuo Si has 36 senior officials. You Siming's surname is Zhang Ming, and his handwriting is good, Yang Guangren. Lu Si, Si Fei, etc. Right company also has 36 senior officials. Shi Tian said: Zhang Han and Si Er were ministers of Emperor Gaozu. Wenchang God should be transformed from the world, with 73 transformations and 79 transformations. According to legend, the Jade Emperor once ordered Zhang Zhizi to be in charge of Wenchang Palace and the world, so he was named Wenchang Emperor in the Yuan Dynasty.

According to Chu culture, Siming has a very high status and is divided into Priestess of Death and ShaoSiming. Priestess of Death is in charge of life and death, and ShaoSiming is in charge of Fulu. There is no higher god in Chu culture.

Gou Chen, the name of the ancient star, belongs to Ziweiyuan.

Gou Chenyi is now the North Star.

China's ancient star name, with six stars, belongs to Ursa major in the current constellation system, and Gou Chenyi is the alpha star of Ursa major, which is now the Polaris.

Astrology: "Gouchen's six stars are the harem below the five emperors, and the emperor is the princess. It is also the general of the six armies and three kings. "

Goujian the Great, who assisted the Jade Emperor in holding high the three talents of the north and south poles, heaven and earth, ruling the stars and taking charge of the military revolution in the world, was especially respected in the Song Dynasty. 3'

After the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as' Hao Chen Yu Zun' (evolved from' Liuhe' and evolved into' Four Imperial Houses' after the Southern Song Dynasty and became a foregone conclusion):

1 The Jade Emperor who ruled for ten thousand days

Judge Wan Lei Gouchen the Great.

The ruling emperor Wan Wei.

Rule all kinds of Tsinghua emperors (or "East Pole Taiyi saves the suffering Buddha")

Ruling the immortal emperor

6. Ruled all the land, the land of the earth emperor.

In the system of "Sanqing" and "Four Princes", the "Four Princes" ranked third: Wei Zi, the divine emperor, also known as "Gouchen went to Gongnan"

The great emperors lived in Wei Zi Palace, that is, Chen Gong and Xiao Xia Palace in Antarctica. He is the master of gods and gods.

Gouchen is another name of realgar in medicinal materials.

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu refer to the legendary Four Holy Beasts in China.

The four great beasts are Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Tsing lung and white tiger palm in all directions, Suzaku Xuanwu meets Yin and Yang, and the four-spirit beast is the black dragon and white tiger, Suzaku Xuanwu Tiansi spirit. Qinglong is the God of the East; White tiger is the god of the west; Zhu is known as the god of the south; Xuanwu is the god of the north, and the tortoise and snake are one. Therefore, there is a "three auxiliary maps" saying: "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansi Spirit, taking the square as the square, the king makes the palace pavilion and takes the method." The ancient ancients divided the sky into four palaces, east, west, north and south, named after Qinglong (black dragon), white tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu (a turtle-shaped god). In fact, the sky is divided into four parts, which are connected by seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes.

The horn, horn, room, heart, tail and dustpan of the East Palace are shaped like dragons, so it is called Qinglong or Black Dragon.

The seven western stars, Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Horn and Shen, are shaped like tigers, calling the West Palace the White Tiger.

The well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and net in the south are bird-shaped, called suzaku;

The northern seven-star bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, houses and walls are shaped like turtles and called Xuanwu.

As a result, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have become the four gods who guard the heavenly officials, create evil and regulate Yin and Yang. Among the four gods, Qinglong and Baihu are mainly regarded as spirits to ward off evil spirits, and their images mostly appear in palaces, temples, gates or tombs and their artifacts. On the last occasion, the dragon is not helping the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but deterring evil spirits and defending the soul peace of the tomb owner.

Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu: Four Holy Beasts is the ancestor of all animals. Jin Mu, four lines of fire and water.

Qinglong controls the power of thunder for nine days (thunder robs the sky). It is blue and belongs to wood. It protects the animals in the East and guards the stars in the East Palace.

The white tiger controls the power of tornadoes and storms (summoning all animals). It is white and belongs to gold. It protects western animals and guards the stars in the West Palace.

Suzaku controls the power of burning fire (three unique fires in heaven and earth), and vermilion belongs to fire, protecting southern animals and guarding the stars in Nangong.

Xuanwu's power to control ice and snow (dark ice) is black and belongs to water. It protects the animals in the north and the stars in Gong Bei.

Qinglong-the patron saint of the East in Taoism

Qinglong was originally the God of the East in ancient mythology, and one of the Seven Hosts and Four Elephants in the East in Taoism. Twenty-eight lodging houses, and seven lodging houses in the East (Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Fan) have the image of dragons, which are located in the East, belong to wood and are blue in color, collectively called Qinglong, also known as Black Dragon. The forty-four volumes of Taizhi call Qinglong Dongdou as follows: "Jiao Su Tianmen, Kang Su Ting, Chang Su Tianfu, Su Fang Tian Yi Xing Jun, Xin Su Uranus Jun, Wei Su Tian Ji Xing Jun, Ji Su Tian Lu Xing Jun." As for its image, there are seven clouds in The Collection of Doors and Tongjiao: "Oriental Dragon Horn, full of pride, spits clouds and glows, thunders, flies to octupole, walks around the four ghosts and stands on my left. In addition, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Seven Chapters of Clouds" quotes the Dan of the four ancient gods, saying: The dragon is a dragon, and the oriental wood is also mercury. It is clear and unwilling, not turbid, not desirable, far away, and infinitely hidden, so it is called dragon.

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu

Originally, it was the four spirits worshipped by the ancient star gods in China, and it evolved into the patron saint of all directions through Taoism. Based on the ecliptic of the sun, the ancients divided the stars into twenty-eight lodges, each named after four spirits, and the eastern horn, Yuan, Earth, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji were called Qinglong. Nanjing, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Wing and Bird are all Suzaku; Xi Huang, Lou, Wei, Chang, Bi, Gou and Shen are white tigers; Northern bucket, cow, female, virtual, dangerous, houses and walls are all basaltic. Four spirits are blue and white, which is based on the theory of five elements and five colors. "Book of Rites Quli Shang": "Before the trip, Zhu Bird followed Xuanwu, left Qinglong and right White Tiger." Taoism believes that as the guardian of the old man, such as "Bao Pu Zi Miscellaneous English", the old man said that "there are twelve green dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front and seventy-two basalt in the back". There is a guard at the entrance of the Taoist temple, a dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right. Taoist practice also has the art of keeping god, believing that as long as you keep thinking about the image and name of god, you can get the protection of god. For example, "The Secret of the Seven or Six Purple Courts in the Arctic" said: "There is a dragon name on the left, a white tiger prisoner on the right, a suzaku name in front of it, and a Xuanwu name later. Hold the building every festival and surround me with bells and drums on my back for tens of millions of weeks. " The Quartet God is the main object of thinking about gods outside the body, but the images and names mentioned are not consistent. After the Song Dynasty? Blow on. ? What's the matter with you? Idle?

Qinglong is the name of the star, and it is the general name of seven of the twenty-eight lodges in the East (horn, sound, rafter, room, tail and dustpan). Shaped like a dragon, also known as the black dragon, the color indicates the East. "The Secret of the Seven Yuan Purple Court in the Arctic" contains: "There are young friends on the left and white tigers on the right, called prison soldiers. There is a rosefinch named Lingguang in front of me, and then there is a Xuanwu named Ming, who builds festivals and holds buildings, carries bells and drums and surrounds me. "

Dongfang Qinglong

There are many legends about dragons.

There are many stories about the origin of dragons, some of which were introduced from India, others were transformed from the stars in China. India itself is said by the dragon god, but the status of dragons in India is not high, and there is a real thing-python.

In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the Southeast and Northwest Middle Schools, and each color was equipped with a beast and a god. East is cyan, with dragons, west is white, with tigers, south is scarlet, north is black, with martial arts, and yellow is the central positive color.

Among the four gods, according to Shan Hai Jing,' Southern Zhurong is a beast with a face and rides two dragons.' ; In the west of Ru Shou, there is a snake in the left ear. You can ride two dragons. ; In the East, there is Ju Mang, who is a bird and a man, riding two dragons. ; In the north, Yu Jiang, with dark hands and feet, rode two dragons. Interestingly, the dragons in Shan Hai Jing are all riding, while the snakes of the same kind with him are all being led or held or held or wrapped around their necks, which shows the difference between them. However, the five gods are different from the four gods, so I won't elaborate here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise snake, martial arts means tortoise snake), Qinglong and Baihu represent the twenty-eight lodges in four directions respectively. The dragon is the seven lodges in the East-horn, clang, car, room, heart, tail and dustpan. These seven lodges are all dragon-shaped. As can be seen from their meanings, horns are the horns of dragons, and clanging is dragons.

There is still a part of the dragon's heart, which some people call' fire', which is related to sunny and rainy days, and because Qinglong is a wood, it is also the age of Jupiter. After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits were also given names to facilitate human beings to call them. Qinglong is called Meng Zhang, White Tiger is called prison soldier, Suzaku is called Lingguang, and Xuanwu is called Zhiming. In many dynasties, emperors took Qinglong as their country title, such as Wei Mingdi in the Three Kingdoms, and there were also records that the Xia Dynasty belonged to the Mude Dynasty, so he had'

In China after ancient times, the male dragon had horns on his head; Double horns are called dragons, and single horns are called dumplings; Those with horns are poisonous snakes. In ancient times, there were often large and small Ssangyong in Yu Pei, and it was still called mother and son poisonous snakes. The status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because it is sacred and supreme in the dragon, it is also a symbol of the emperor. It is also the representative of the east, and the five elements belong to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there is the saying of Zuo Qinglong and you Bai Hu.

Among these 28 stars, seven stars in the east-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used as stars. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because it is located in the east, the five parties are colored according to the theory that the east is blue, so it is named' Qinglong'.

There is also a folk saying that dragons are lustful, that is, having sex with cows will give birth to unicorns, and having sex with pigs will give birth to elephants.

The so-called dragon gives birth to nine children, unlike the dragon. Here's the thing-

The eldest son is called prison cow: he loves music, so he often stands on the head of the piano. Such as Hu Qin of Han nationality and Qin Sang of Bai nationality. Ma Touqin in Mongolia may also be a variant of prison cattle.

White Tiger

The white tiger was originally the western god in ancient mythology, and it was one of the four images of the seven Pleiades in Taoism. The seven western lodgings (Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, tapir and Shen) in the twenty-eight lodgings are elephant tigers, located in the west, belonging to gold and white in color, which are collectively called white tigers. The emperor's father is like a vegetarian. Volume 44 says that the White Tiger Xi fights Xing Jun: "Xing Jun, a heavenly general in Su Kui, Xing Jun in Lousu Tiancang, Xing Jun in Suwei Tiancang, Xing Jun in Angsu Tianmu, a two-star gentleman in Bi Sutian, a star gentleman in Li Su Tianping, and a star gentleman in Shen Su Tianshui." As for its image, there are seven clouds in the book "Collection of Daomen Tongjiao": "The West should be a tiger, with the quality of Yingying, and the tone should be fixed. At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Tanabata quoted the Dan of the Four Gods in ancient books and said: "White tiger, western gold, also get a real position." "Jing" says: if a son succeeds, his wife's synonym and five elements are born together, which is also caused by essence. It can't move, so it's called a tiger.

In Four Holy Beasts, China, another dragon is often compared with the "white tiger"; The tiger is the leader of all animals. Its strength and legendary ability to subdue ghosts make it a beast belonging to Yang, and it often goes out with dragons. The cloud follows the dragon and the wind follows the tiger' to become the best partner for subduing ghosts.

And the white tiger is also the god of war and war. White tiger has many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying and punishing evil, promoting good, making a fortune and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Among these 28 stars, there are 7 in the west: osmium, building, stomach, ang, bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is due to the west. The five elements belong to gold and the color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including dragons and white tigers, and even when Feng Shui masters explore cemeteries, the terrain protruding from the left and right sides in front of the terrain can be used as burial rooms, which have unique titles, called Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger, to take the meaning of their guards, and also have the same decoration in the court. The left and right pillars are painted with dragons and white tigers to suppress evil spirits. After the rise of Taoism, dragon and tiger were borrowed as Taoist alchemy terms, meaning "lead, mercury, fire, water, yin and yang" and so on. Taoist alchemy is divided into two parts: internal alchemy and external alchemy (I'm not sure). As far as Yin-Yang and Five Elements are concerned, Inner Dan means that dragons are born in fire, so the cloud' dragons are born in fire', while tigers are born in ridges and ridges belong to water, so the cloud' tigers are born in water'. After the two elements are combined, one yin and one yang are mutual. Another way of saying this is that sex belongs to wood, and wood represents the East. In divination, it is an earthquake, so it is a dragon. Love belongs to gold, gold represents the west, and the hexagrams are exchanged, which is golden white, so it is called white tiger. Gold can crush wood, so feelings are more harmful. If we use the true meaning of 28 to make it one, then it will be seamless, and the dragon and tiger will change from crouching tiger to Dan. In the human body, the liver is the dragon and the kidney is the tiger, while the external Dan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, with the dragon as the lead and the tiger as the mercury.

In the eyes of the ancients, the tiger is a terrible thing and a respectable thing. The terrible thing is that it will eat people and animals. Respectably, it can ward off evil spirits because of its great power. In some ancient books, such as Ying Shao's Custom Yi Tong. Sacrifice in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Draw a tiger on the door, ghosts dare not enter", "A tiger is a penis, and all animals are long. Can resist sharpness and eat ghosts. Today, people have to burn tiger skin to drink after they die. Beating its paws can also cure evil. This is also a fact. " The ancients also thought that the white tiger was an auspicious feeling:' virtue is a hundred birds and beasts.'

The original West Star gods were bears and owls, and later, because of the totem of the ancient Qiang people, when bears became dragons. When the Yellow Emperor developed eastward, the dragon totem was brought to the east and merged with the' Oriental Black Dragon Constellation', and Zhu Bird became the new home of the celestial phoenix totem when the south was unified, and eventually became a' dragon and phoenix' because of the integration of the two tribes. As an ancient totem, it is the East Phoenix and the West Dragon, and as an astrology, it is the East Black Dragon and the West Zhu Bird. After the Zhou Dynasty, the feudal system was formally established, and the five elements thought also became mature. The astronomical phenomena were re-divided, and the Zhu bird was placed in the south, where it was sacrificed with Zhu Rong Vulcan. The west worships the white tiger. In the tribal struggle and migration, the dragon in the northwest moved eastward, the phoenix in the east moved southward, and the tiger in the south moved northward, showing a great conceptual movement throughout the country. By the Han dynasty, the concept of five elements had become a unified thought, and with Xuanwu, the' God of the Four Sides' was completed.

"Ancient History of Tiangong" records, "Black Dragon in the East Palace, Zhu Bird in the South Palace, Fairy Pool in the West Palace, Gong Bei Xuanwu." This is not a white tiger, but a salty pool. Salty pond is the star of staple food. Mainly in autumn, because the grain is harvested in autumn, it is released in autumn. But it's not an animal. How can it be combined with dragons, birds and turtles into four spirits? In "Justice": "The three stars in Xianchi are among the five cars, and the sky hits the south, and the fish and birds also scream." Therefore, the song dynasty questioned:' black dragon, Zhu bird, Xuanwu, seven nights are considered together. As for Xianchi, don't be a star and stay away from 28 nights. There is another explanation for the salty pool, which is where the sun bathes. In Huai Nan Zi. Astronomy:' The sun rises in the valley, bathes in the salty pool and blows on the hibiscus, which is called morning light'. It can be seen that Xianchi was originally regarded as the sunrise place by Qiang people. Xianchi is also an alkali lake, which should be Minshan area or Shantou Lake in Qinghai. It can be proved that the astrology worshipped by primitive people does not have the concept of dragon and white tiger. The Book of Rites says:' Returning to the dragon in the face of the wind is called the Four Spirits.' Replace the salty pool that does not belong to animals with Kirin. Later generations have the habit of four spirits, four elephants and four tigers.

And because the White Tiger is a god of war and an axe, many brave generals are said to be famous white tigers, such as Luo Cheng and Xue and his son in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the white tiger was absorbed and released by Taoism, deified and became the keeper of various temples.

rosefinch

Suzaku was originally the god of the south in ancient mythology, and one of the seven stars and four elephants in southern Taoism. The seven hotels in the south (Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi and Zhu) are 28 hotels, with a dark image, located in the south, belonging to fire and red in color. They are collectively called Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku". In Volume 44 of Emperor Taizong Zhai Yi, the southern Cui surnames are: "Su Jing Tianjing Xing Jun belongs to Su Tiankui Xing Jun, Liu Su Chutian Xing Jun, Su Xingtian Kuxing Army, Su Zhang Libra Xingjun, Yisu Tiandu Xingjun and Jisu Tianjie Xingjun." As for its image, there are seven clouds in "Jiao Tong's Must-Use Collection": "Nan Zhu Cui, guide me from the length of birds, the change of Dan's points, the sound of blue thunder, the colorful colors and the six images of artifacts." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Seven Chapters and Yunzhi quoted the "Dan of the Four Gods" in the ancient classics, saying that Zhu Cui was the founder of Zhu Cui, and Nanding Binghuo Cinnabar was also a dragon, and it became a bird. Its qi rises to heaven, and its mass array is the ground, so it is the foundation of the Great Dan, and it flies when it sees fire, so it is obtained.

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Xuanwu was originally the God of the North in ancient mythology and one of the Seven Stars and Four Elephants of Northern Taoism. The seven northern lodgings (bucket, female, virtual, dangerous, house and wall) and the twenty-eight lodgings are located in the north, also known as Guishetai, which belongs to water and has a mysterious color, and is collectively called "Xuanwu". Volume 44 of Emperor Tai Shang Ru Zhai Yi calls North Xuanwu Star Jun: "Dou Su Tian Miao Xing Jun, Niu Su Tian Ji Xing Jun, Female Su Tian Nv Jun, Xu Su Tian Qing Xing Jun, Su Su Tian Qian Xing Jun, Su Su Su Tian Qi Xing Jun, Su Bi Shi Tianxing Jun". As for its image, Jiao Tong's Essentials of Daomen has seven clouds: "North Xuanwu, Taiyin Metaplasia, and Virtual Danger. At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Tanabata quoted the Dan of the Four Gods in ancient books and said, "Xuanwu is the black mercury in northern China, which can be soft and firm." The Classic says: Bodhisattva is like water. Non-lead, non-tin, non-stone and the like, water is Hedong Shenshui, born before heaven and earth, so medicine can't be abandoned temporarily, and it can support everything, so it is called Xuanwu.

Among the Taoist guardians, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu specialize in guarding the gates, which are called "Four Elephants" and "Four Spirits".