In "Journey to the West", Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was sued by the Dragon King to the underworld because he failed to fulfill his promise to save the life of the Dragon King of Jinghe River. Judge Cui and Lieutenant Zhu, who were subordinate to the Lord of Hell, took t

In "Journey to the West", Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was sued by the Dragon King to the underworld because he failed to fulfill his promise to save the life of the Dragon King of Jinghe River. Judge Cui and Lieutenant Zhu, who were subordinate to the Lord of Hell, took the opportunity to lead Tang Taizong to travel in the underworld.

When I walked to a place, I saw that "there are mountains, there are peaks, there are ridges, there are caves, and there are streams; but there are no grass on the mountains, no peaks reaching into the sky, no visitors on the ridges, no clouds in the caves, and no flowing water in the streams." In front of the shore There are monsters all over the mountains, there are wild ghosts in the caves, and evil spirits lurking in the valleys. In front of the mountains and behind the mountains, there are oxen and horses shouting wildly; they are half-hidden, and hungry ghosts cry when their souls are exhausted."

I went through many yamen, and everywhere there were sad sounds that shook my ears, and evil monsters that frightened my heart. Taizong asked again: "Where is this?" The judge said: "This is the eighteenth level of hell behind Yinshan Mountain." Taizong said: "What are the eighteenth level?" So Judge Cui explained in detail -

Diaojin Prison, Netherworld Prison, Fire Pit Hell - Loneliness, troubles and annoyances, all of which are caused by thousands of deeds during life, and you will be punished after death;

Fengdu Prison, Tongue Pulling Hell, Skinning Hell - Crying and weeping , miserable and miserable, just because of unfaithfulness and unfilial piety, violating the laws of heaven, the Buddha's mouth is like a snake's heart, and he fell into this door;

grinding in jail, pounding in jail, and crashing in jail - skin and flesh are torn, wiping mouth and teeth, it is to hide one's heart. Fairness, clever words and flattering words are harmful to people;

Ice Hell, Shelling Hell, and Intestine Hell - Dirty faces and unkempt hair, frowning eyes, they are all about big fights and small scales, bullying the stupid, causing disasters to accumulate on oneself;

Oil Pot Prison, Dark Prison, Knife Mountain Prison - trembling, full of sorrow and sorrow, all because of rape and bullying of good people, hiding the head and shrinking the neck and living alone;

Blood Pond Prison, Abi Prison, Weighing Steel Prison - peeling off the skin and exposing the bones, broken bones His arms and tendons were broken, but he killed himself just for money. He slaughtered animals and living things. He fell into a state of depravity that is difficult to explain for thousands of years, and he fell into ruin and turned around for eternity.

——According to this, those who "acted" during their lifetime, those who are unfaithful and unfilial, those who are sarcastic, those who hide their own minds and are unfair, those who harm others with flattering words, those who deceive others by big fights and small scales, those who rape and bully good people, and those who seek to harm others. Those who harm lives with money and slaughter animals will go to hell after death.

Those who went to hell were naturally miserable. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty saw that the ghosts in hell were "tied tightly to bolts and tied with ropes. Some of them were red-haired ghosts, black-faced ghosts, long spears and short swords, bull-headed ghosts, and horse-faced ghosts. The ghosts were beaten with iron slips and bronze hammers until they frowned, their faces were covered in blood, and they screamed and screamed, but there was no response from the heavens."

(Different from the misery of hell, there is singing and dancing in heaven)

(Author: Fei Lian)