What is the status of Jigong among immortals? Who has a higher position, him or Yang Jian?

Hijigong and Yang Jian, two seemingly unrelated characters, often appear in many fairy tales. As a monk, Jigong seems to be disdainful of many rules, and Erlang God Yang Jian is also a very powerful fairy in legend. Some people will put him and Erlang God Yang Jian together to compare who has a higher or lower status, and who is more powerful, Kikuji Palace or Yang Jian?

1. Introduction to Jigong

Jigong (1 130 or 1 148- 1209), formerly known as Li Xiuyuan, was born in Yongning Village, Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, and became a monk in the Southern Song Dynasty. Later generations are honored as "Living Buddha to help the public".

He is a broken hat, a broken fan, a broken shoe and a dirty dress. He seems to be crazy. He first became a monk in Xiaoguo Temple, then lived in Lingyin Temple and then in Jingci Temple. He is not bound by precepts, loves wine and meat, and behaves like a crazy monk. He is a learned and moral monk. He is listed as the fiftieth ancestor of Zen Buddhism and the sixth ancestor of Yangqi School, and he is the author of Quotations from the Peak.

Jigong knows Chinese medicine and has cured many intractable diseases for the people. I like to fight against injustice, relieve people's grievances and save lives. His virtues of helping the poor, eliminating violence, promoting good and punishing evil have left a unique and beautiful impression in people's hearts.

Stories and legends about Jigong began to spread from the Southern Song Dynasty. First, some legendary stories about prodigy Li Xiuyuan or Taoist Daoji spread among the people in China, and then gradually enriched the content through storytellers' stories. The stories circulating in Tiantai, the hometown of Jigong, are mostly about his birth, childhood life, drama, punishing evil and helping the poor, such as "Jigong was born", "Little Jigong threw mustard leaves to save the temple", "Li Ji Bridge", "Playing Shoulian", "Saving the son in western Zhejiang" and "mending the fate and becoming a monk". The stories spread in Hangjiahu area are more extensive, because it is the main living and activity place of Jigong after he became a monk. Among them, stories such as Feilaifeng, Gu Jing Yun Mu and Teasing Qin Xiangfu are the most popular. It was not until the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty that the Biography of Jigong appeared, which recorded the legendary deeds of Jigong.

Jigong's life is legendary. He is both "bumpy" and "economical". His virtues of helping the poor, eliminating violence, punishing evil and promoting good left a unique and beautiful impression in people's hearts. People miss him and deify him. Deification began with his birth. "The Story of the Western Regions" contains: "The ancient Fangguang Temple of Liang Shi Bridge in Tiantai Mountain, the abbot of 500 arhats, is often known for its vast magical powers." When Jigong was born, it happened that the 17th Luohan in the Luohan Hall of the Treasury Temple (that is, Luohan who descended the dragon) suddenly fell down, so people said that Jigong was reincarnated as Luohan. People look forward to the savior, and society calls for heroes. When people were in urgent need of sages, monks became "living buddhas", and Dao Ji, a mortal, became a deity offering sacrifices in past dynasties. After becoming a Buddha, his honorific title is as long as 28 words: "Great kindness, great compassion, great wisdom, purple gold, arhat, venerable sage, sage", which combines Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and can be called the ultimate deification. This also shows that Jigong is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people and has become a "living Buddha" in the hearts of the people, reflecting the broad affinity of Jigong's image.

As a Zen monk, Jigong wrote 10 volume of peak quotations and many poems. Like Han Shan, Feng Gan and Shide, he was influenced by both Zen and Taoist seclusion. The difference is that the color of Buddhism and Taoism makes him unique among many Buddhist disciples. This is related to his study in Chicheng Mountain, where he practiced Buddhism and Taoism since childhood, and was influenced by the folk customs of "Taizhou-style car-scrapping".

2. Status of Emperor Wen of Sui

Yang Jian's power and influence in heaven are unmatched by the younger generation of war generals by virtue of his personal strength, personal armed forces and interpersonal relationships. It is precisely because of this that the Jade Emperor gave Yang Jian the privilege of "listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement". This privilege means that Yang Jian and his soldiers and horses can accept the call of heaven to go out or take part in other military tasks as long as they want, but they will not go to heaven to meet the Jade Emperor.

This is good for the Jade Emperor and Yang Jian. The Jade Emperor can use Yang Jian's military forces to help him fight, but he doesn't have to see this cold nephew. And Yang Jian can be useful, don't have to see this heartless uncle. To put it bluntly, Emperor Wen of Sui was given the privilege of "listening to the tune but not listening to the announcement", which means that the Guanjiangkou Corps is no different from the local warlords. However, this privilege is also a double-edged sword. Yang Jian also has the right not to be ordered. When Yang Jian accepted the heavenly decree to suppress Huaguoshan, he said, "I want to draw my sword to help." It can be seen that Yang Jian positioned himself as a helping outsider, rather than a subordinate who obeyed orders.

The Jade Emperor didn't ask Yang Jian before, because he would disobey orders. If Yang Jian refuses to go out with troops, his face as the head of the Three Realms will be greatly reduced. After the recommendation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Jade Emperor didn't want to do it, or he was afraid. However, the Jade Emperor is very clever. He asked the angel to send a message and promised a promotion reward after success. Yang Jian did reward him after he was arrested in the Monkey King. No, Yang Jian has such power and influence in the lower world, but it is a gift from heaven. The Jade Emperor and Yang Jian, two uncles, will never be together.

3. Who has a higher position, Kikuji Palace or Yang Jian?

From the prototype, the prototype of the real Taoist priest who helped the public in history is not only a generation of eminent monks, but also has many tangible achievements for the people, and he is charitable and saves lives. Yang Jian's words, even with the title of Erlang God, are mostly legends. It's hard to say whether those things really exist in history. Just like in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao commented that Sun Ce "doesn't take his father's name as a hero".

Jigong is really a humanoid prototype of the dragon-descending arhat, one of the eighteen arhats, namely, the venerable Ye Jia, the venerable Ye Jia, one of the Tathagata disciples, and the venerable Ye Jia, one of the top ten disciples of Sakyamuni. He is regarded as the most persistent disciple of the Buddha, trusted by the Buddha and has a prominent position.

Lohan, the incarnation of the venerable Ye Jia, has boundless magic, helped the Buddha to subdue dragons and demons, and made many remarkable achievements. Erlang God and Jigong are two stories of independent origin, which have no intersection and cannot be compared together at all. If we have to compare, we can only say that "Erlang God is stronger than Jigong in the story of Erlang God, and Jigong is stronger than Jigong in the story of Jigong". But this statement is really embarrassing.

We don't even know what the whole Taoist immortal system has done, but we often see someone from the Buddhist community descending to earth on TV. In terms of the development of the two major religions in China, traditionally, no matter what festivals are Taoist culture, but in our belief, Buddhism has a greater influence in society than Taoism.

Jigong and Yang Jian are in different classes, Jigong is in Buddhism and Yang Jian is in Taoism. Jigong is the Tathagata's big disciple, and Yang Jian is the jade emperor's nephew. The Jade Emperor is known as the sky of science, in charge of 36 days and 72 places, and in charge of all things related to gods, immortals, saints, human beings and hell. Commonly known as god, the power is infinite.

Tathagata is only the supreme leader of Buddhism, and his mana is really high, but he came on orders from the jade emperor, and the dishonest jade emperor dismissed him. Anyway, there are many people staring at his position! Tathagata is only a vassal of the Jade Emperor, and Jigong is Tathagata's great disciple. Therefore, Yang Jian's position is much higher than that of Jigong. Why do you say that?

There is a saying: "There are people in the DPRK who are good officials." Yang Jian is the nephew of the Jade Emperor. Can his uncle not promote him? Jigong has no advantage in this respect. If he stays away from the center of power, he will be marginalized sooner or later. Besides, Ji Gong may not beat Yang Jian, and Yang Jian is as famous as the Monkey King. Ji Gong and the Monkey King will be defeated if they don't fight for two rounds.