What are the traditional Chinese origins of the trickster metaphysics in The Grandmaster of the Magic Path?

When it comes to the recent hot delayed novels, "The Ancestor of the Magic Path" is bound to be involved. So what are the traditional Chinese origins of the Gui Dao metaphysics in it?

? In Buddhism there are six paths of reincarnation, which include the celestial path, the Asura path, the human path, the animal path, the hungry ghost path, and the hell path. This shows that there is no "ghost path" in Buddhism, only the "hungry ghost path".

Hungry ghosts, as one of the six paths of reincarnation, have their own classification. The hungry ghost path is divided into three main categories: external barrier ghosts, internal barrier ghosts, and dietary barrier ghosts. For the external barrier ghosts, there are various obstacles that prevent them from eating properly even if their esophagus is normal, so their stomachs are extremely large; for the internal barrier ghosts, the mouth of the throat is only the size of the tip of a needle, so even if they look at the food in front of them, they can't swallow the food, and they don't have a sense of fullness for many years; and for the dietary barrier ghosts, the food in front of them turns into weapons, and other inedible things.

These ghosts are unable to eat for a variety of reasons, so they have deep resentment and are very powerful, and are often referred to as ghosts without the word "hungry". This shows that the ghost path can also be a state of mind after death.

Wei Wuxian in The Grandmaster of the Devil's Path practiced the Ghost Path, which is also known as the Trickster Path. In ancient China, there are rumors that ghosts are ominous creatures, combining the unfortunate signs of poverty, sadness, decay, and calamity. Therefore, it is said in the book that those who cultivate the path of ghosts will damage their bodies and even more so their minds.


The Ghost Road is the first book in the history of the world to be published in the United States, and the first book to be published in the United States.

But what's not clear is that Wei Wuxian's practice of the Ghost Road is not voluntary, but is the result of his inability to continue practicing the Way of the Sword after he dissected his jindan for Jiang Cheng. Wei Wuxian has never revealed to others the real reason for practicing the Ghost Road, which can be described as the most secretive.