Emperor Donghua said to Sun Wukong this way: "You monkey, no matter what, you are, you will cause trouble everywhere. The Yuanzi of Wuzhuangguan Zhen is the same as the king of the world, and is the ancestor of the earthly immortals."

Zhenyuan Daxian, "as horrible"

Zhenyuan Daxian

Zhenyuan Daxian, the road name Zhenyuanzi , also known as and Shitongjun , is respected as the ancestor of Earth Immortal .

His temple is 1,50, Shoushan Wuzhuang Temple . There is a spiritual root of heaven and earth in the

- ginseng fruit tree .

Although he is an immortal originally created by Journey to the West (the great immortal is not in Buddhist Taoist and folk beliefs), his level is very high.

" Sanqing Tianzun is his friend, Four Emperors (Four Emperors) is his old friend, Nine Yao (Nine Yao Xingjun) is his junior, Yuan Chen (Twelve Zodiac God) is his inferior guest."

Donghua Emperor

Emperor Donghua (Advanced God Dongwang) said to Sun Wukong :

"You monkey, no matter what, you are, you are causing trouble everywhere. Wuzhuangguan Zhenyuanzi, whose holy name is the same as the world, is the ancestor of the earthly immortals."

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Zhenyuanzi is the ancestor of the earthly immortals, and I also let him three points."

This is a world of difference from Sun Dasheng who says to everyone, "Five hundred years ago...".

He once forced the lawless Monkey King to "call that every day doesn't respond, and that the earth and earth are not effective."

One move "the universe in the sleeve" almost made the Great Sage doubt life.

Sun Wukong

Facing Zhen Yuanzi, Sun Wukong doesn't even have a chance to escape.

(You know, escaping is the master of Monkey Brother.)

From this we can see that Zhenyuan Daxian is truly a "terrifying" super god.

is such a great master completely fabricated by "Journey to the West"?

is not the case. Zhen Yuanzi has his own prototype.

Who is the prototype of Zhen Yuanzi?

clue 1: The ancestor of the earth immortals, only worships the heaven and earth, the god of the earth

Journey to the West, it is written in the original text:

After Tang Monk entered the Wuzhuang Temple Hall, he found that the words " heaven and earth " were hung in front of the wall, and a vermilion scented table with lacquer carved lacquer , there is a golden furnace bottle on it, and there is a convenient incense beside the stove.

Fairy Child also said to Tang Monk: "To be honest, the word ' day ' in the two words ' heaven and earth ' is also worshipped at the ceremony; and the word ' earth ' is actually not worthy of our master's incense."

In other words, from the perspective of Zhen Yuanzi, "the earth" is not worthy of his worship.

analyzes the title of "Ancestor of Earth Immortals", and Zhen Yuanzi's divine character is closer to the "God of Earth".

Then who is the god in our myths and legends who can be called the "God of the Earth"?

First of all, we will think of Houtu Niangniang , one of the " Four Imperial ".

, but their images are far apart and are not desirable.

In addition to her, there is another god who can also be called the "God of the Earth", which is " Zhongyuan Earth Official Emperor ", one of the " Three Official Emperors ".

Zhongyuan Earth Official Emperor

Zhongyuan Earth Official Emperor

Three Official Emperor has a long history of belief. They are Shangyuan Tianguan , Zhongyuan Earth Official , and Xiayuan Water Official .

(One said that the heavenly official is Tang Yao , the earthly official is Yu Shun , and the water official is Dayu .)

The Taoist scriptures say: Tianguan gives blessings to , the earthly official forgives sins, and water official resolves misfortune .

This " Sanguan " comes from the ancients' worship of nature.

Heaven, earth and water are the three major elements of people's survival, and Taoism is originally a religion that advocates nature.

So they regarded these natural elements as gods.

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Clue 2: Ullambana Club, Zhongyuan Festival , Zhongyuan Earth Official Emperor

Everyone knows that the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is Zhongyuan Festival , which is called Ullambana Festival in Buddhism, and is commonly known as " July 2, ".

This Zhongyuan Festival originally originated from the Taoist belief in the "Three Officials Emperors".

The birthday of the Three Officials Emperor is the three-year day.

Shangyuan Tianguan God's Birth - the fifteenth day of the first lunar month,

Zhongyuan Earth Official God's Birth - the fifteenth day of the seventh day of the lunar month,

Xiayuan Water Official God's Birth - the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

Zhongyuan Festival was originally a festival to celebrate the birth of the Great Emperor of Zhongyuan .

Zhongyuan Festival

Now it’s interesting—

The original work of "Journey to the West" once wrote that Tang Seng was originally the second disciple of Western Tathagata Buddha Jin Chanzi reincarnation.

Once, the Ullambana meeting was held on the west day, and Zhen Yuanzi was invited to the meeting.

At this time, Jin Chanzi once offered tea to Zhen Yuanzi with his own hands. The two of them had a friendship from then on, so Zhen Yuanzi called Tang Monk a "old friend".

In other words, on July 15th, Jin Chanzi and Zhen Yuanzi met.

Friends who know Buddhist knowledge should know that the Ullambana originated from the allusion of " melian saves mother ".

Here melange refers to the second disciple of Tathagata Buddha - Maudgalyayana .

"The First Supernatural Power" Maudgalyayana

combined with the original work, it is speculated that Maudgalyayana is likely to be the prototype of Jin Chanzi.

The god directly related to the Zhongyuan Festival is undoubtedly - Zhongyuan Earth Official Emperor .

Let’s take a deeper look. Isn’t “ Zhenyuan ” the homonym of “ Zhongyuan ”?

clue 3: Zhen Yuanzi and Yuanshi Tianzun

Journey to the West once wrote that when the team to obtain scriptures came to Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi had already left first, leaving only two Taoist boys, Qingfeng and Mingyue , to receive them.

Why did Zhen Yuanzi know that the old friend (Tang Monk) was coming, but he still had to leave?

That's because he wants to go to Shangqingtian to listen to Yuanshi Tianzun talk about Hunyuan Daoguo .

He once said: "Don't violate Da Tianzun simple posts."

It can be seen from this that although Zhen Yuanzi claims to be friends with Sanqing , he is extremely respectful to Yuanshi Tianzun.

Yuanshi Tianzun

What is the reason for this excessive respect?

might as well find the reasons for the Zhongyuan Diguan Emperor.

full name of the Earth Official Emperor of Zhongyuan - second-rank Zhongyuan forgives sins and the Earth Official Qingxu Emperor, belongs to the Shangqing Realm of , and is the chief commander of the Five Emperors and Five Mountains and Gods in the Five Mountains.

A common saying about the origin of the Earth Official Emperor is: Yuanshi Tianzun refines the Yuan Cave Mixed Spirit Qi , and forms the Yellow Qing and becomes the Earth Official .

In other words, Yuanshi Tianzun is the creator of the Earth Official Emperor, and it is likely that he is also his teacher.

Therefore, the Earth Emperor must be extremely respectful to Yuanshi Tianzun.

To sum up, the prototype of Zhenyuan Daxian can basically be concluded that it is - Zhongyuan Diguan Emperor .

[A family's words, listen to them in vain, it's not enough to be a lesson]