Old tradition Tathagata

From the perspective of traditional culture, myths and classical novels are neither. Tathagata is Tathagata, too old gentleman is too old gentleman. They have nothing to do with each other, but the ancestors of two different camps. From the perspective of modern online texts, the relationship between the two is more complicated, and the expression of similar topics is also highly recognized.

In traditional literature and mythology, the Buddha in the west is the Buddha of Buddhism, and the old gentleman in Tai Shang is the founder of Taoism. That's all. There is no messy relationship between them. If anything, it is the antagonistic and competitive relationship between them because of different camps, but this relationship is also added by Taoist and Buddhist people for their own camps.

In China's traditional mythology, Tathagata and Taishang Laojun have nothing in common. Although both of them are the top gods in the sky, they have never had any contact.

Later, the Journey to the West and the Romance of Ghosts and Ghosts appeared in China, and people gradually confused traditional myths with novels, so in modern myths, there was contact between the Tathagata and the old gentleman on the throne. Therefore, we can find some clues about the relationship between Grand Priest and Tathagata from The Journey to the West and The Condor Heroes.

However, in the Romance of Gods, the position of Taishang Laojun is detached. At this time, Buddhism was just in its infancy, which was clearly stated in The Journey to the West. Tathagata once mentioned that it would be troublesome for him if the old gentleman went to see him, but what did the old gentleman say in front of Guanyin? Turn Hu into Buddha? It is obvious in The Journey to the West that their relationship is not harmonious.

In the modern era of online writing, some online writers have increased their understanding of the spread of these myths, such as putting Laozi's? Turn Hu into Buddha? The Taoist priest Duobao in the Romance of the Gods, combined with these two messages, made Duobao a Tathagata and shaped Laozi into an extremely lofty saint.