As we all know, Taoist takes "faith of gods and immortals" as the most basic content. Moreover, it not only believes in gods and immortals, but also arranges a complete set of systematic "family genealogy" for the gods and immortals. The one at the highest position of the "genalogy" is of course the "Three Pure Ones".
Although the "Three Pure Ones" are the highest gods in the "Gods and Immortals" of Taoism, there are three other gods. Although their status is not as good as the "Three Pure Ones", their "appearance time" is earlier than the "Three Pure Ones", and these three are - "Three Officials Emperors".
The so-called "three officials" refer to "heavenly officials", " earthly officials " and " water officials ", and their full names are: "Shangyuan first-rank heavenly officials bless emperor", "Zhongyuan second-rank ge local officials pardon the sins the emperor" and "Xiaoyuan third-rank water officials solve the misfortune emperor". Obviously, in their full name, the three words "Shangyuan", "Zhongyuan" and "Xiaoyuan". In fact, there is another title of "Three Officials Emperor", that is " Three Yuan Emperor ". We will talk about the name of "Three Yuan".
We still look at the "three officials" of "heaven", "earth", and "water". In ancient times, both people's production capacity and cognitive ability were very low, so this inevitably led to the original worship of nature. The ancients believed that "heaven", "earth" and "water" are the basis for people to survive. Without them, human beings would not be able to survive. Therefore, people always have awe of "heaven", "earth" and "water" and worship it.
When "heaven", "earth" and "water" are personalized, the "three officials emperors" will also appear. We know that Taoism originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and at that time, the gods and immortals believed in by Taoism were these three great gods. As for the "Three Clears", it appeared later, but the "Three Clears" belong to the kind of god who "come behind". We will not talk about this more today.
"Heaven", "earth", and "water" are called "three officials", which is easy to understand. So, how do they have something to do with "three yuan"? "Three Yuan" is actually the "Three Yuan Day", that is, "Previous Yuan Day", "Middle Yuan Day" and "Second Yuan Day". "Shangyuan Day" is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, "Zhongyuan Day" is the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar month, and "Xiaoyuan Day" is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and "Xiaoyuan Day" is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and "Heavenly Officials", "Diyuan Officials" and "Water Officials" of " Sanguan Emperor " correspond to their birth dates: "Shangyuan Day", "Zhongyuan Day" and "Xiaoyuan Day", so the "Sanguan Emperor" is also called "Sanyuan Emperor".
We mentioned the full name of "Three Officials Emperors". From their names alone, it is not difficult to find that the heavenly officials give blessings, the earthly officials forgive sins, and the water officials relieve disasters, and "blessing", "abuses", and "resolving disasters" are obviously people's simplest pursuits and wishes.
Finally, I dare to ask my dear friend, in your hometown, on the "Three Years Day", do people have the custom of going to the temple to repent their sins and pray for blessings and avoid disasters? In addition, have you heard of a small village called "Sanguan Temple"? And all of this is actually related to the "Three Officials Emperors". Do you think about this?
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