Who can tell me the origin or story of the ancestors of Sanqing Taoist?

Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three countries have stood firm and the war has never stopped. Be immersed in love with children in troubled times has always been left and right. Who will cook the wine? Sorry, sorry, it's about the lyrics. Since the introduction of Buddhism, the survival and development of Taoism have been seriously threatened by Buddhism. So in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a generation of famous Taoist appeared-Tao Hongjing, who made a map of the real spiritual position and "invented" the Sanqing statue in comparison with Buddha III of Buddhism.

The highest god of Taoism is the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty. According to legend, the Yuan God is a Chinese-style "God", which is the epoch-making Pangu in ancient China mythology. He is called "Pangu real person" and calls himself "Yuan Wang", and he is the ancestor who presided over the heaven. Legend has it that the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty was "one gasification and three purges", and the "three purges" were jade Qing, supernatant and too pure. It refers not only to the three gods, but also to the three incarnations of the original god, as well as the "Sanqing Heaven" and "Sanqing Land" where the three gods live. This "Sanqing Tianzun", the first Qing Dynasty was the Yuanshi Tianzun, the largest god in Taoism, who lived in the highest level of Jade Qing Wonderland in the highest triple heaven; The second Qing Dynasty was Lingbao Tianzun, the second great god of Taoism, who lived on the second floor of the highest third world. The third Qing Dynasty is a moral Buddha, also known as the Taishang Laojun, that is, Laozi, the third largest god in Taoism, who lives in the third floor of the highest triple heaven, Taiqing Wonderland.

These three gods have statues in the larger palaces of Taoism, which are called "Sanqing statues". At first, the Buddha was in the middle, Lingbao Buddha was on the left and Moral Buddha was on the right. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the Buddha's left hand was empty and his right hand was empty, symbolizing the "infinity" when the world was invisible and everything was chaotic. Lingbao Buddha holds a half-black and half-white circular "mirror of Yin and Yang" in both hands, symbolizing "Tai Chi" derived from the "infinite" realm; The moral Buddha holds a fan with a mirror of yin and yang, which symbolizes the "two instruments" of heaven and earth (or the "two instruments" of yin and yang) differentiated from "Tai Chi". Taken together, it is a Taoist cosmic schema, which embodies the Taoist world view.

The early Taoism was Wudoumi Road and Taiping Road. When Shun Di was in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Ling, a native of Fengxian County, Jiangsu Province, claimed to be Shi Tian, preached and helped the world, and founded Wudou Midao. When Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hebei Julu people's suburb founded Taiping Road. Because of its simple teachings and organization, it is called primitive Taoism, also known as folk Taoism. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Taoism entered its heyday after being formally accepted and respected by the ruling class. In order to raise his family background, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty claimed to be a descendant of Laozi and pursued the policy of "worshipping Taoism". The order of the three religions is: Taoism first, Confucianism second and Buddhism last. The policy of worshipping Taoism by the rulers of the Tang Dynasty greatly promoted the prosperity and development of Taoism.

Why is there a saying of "one gasification and three purification"? Compared with Buddhism, Taoism rose late. During the prosperous period of Taoism, Buddhism was introduced into China, which had a great influence. Taoism should overwhelm Buddhism. At that time, when Taoism was born, Laozi was the earliest ancestor, and Laozi's Tao Te Ching was regarded as the main classic. Later, Taoism felt that it was not enough to have only the old gentleman, and it could not compare with the "three buddhas" and "three buddhas" of Buddhism, so it created the Yuanshi Buddha and Lingbao Buddha and formed the "Sanqing Buddha".

Yuan Shi Tian Zun is the first deity in China Gate. His full name is a bit long. Generally, there are two full names, one is "Shanghe Xu Daojun should be called yuanshi county Tianzun", and the other is "Jade Qing Zi Xu Gao went to Huangyuan Taiwanese Avenue Jun".

In fact, there was no deity in the earliest Taoism, but as the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism intensified, only Laojun, the third Buddha of Buddhism, could not stand the so-called "three strikes and one", that is, "it is difficult to hit four hands with two fists", not to mention the "six hands" of the third Buddha. Therefore, Taoist Ge Hong took the lead in proposing the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty. According to Taoist Ge, in Book in Pillow, he wrote: "... chaos is ancient and yellow, Pangu is a real person, the essence of heaven and earth, and he has been king since Yuan Dynasty." In this way, Pangu is the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, which is really more than the eternal origin of Buddhism III Buddha! !

Lingbao Tianzun

Lingbao Tianzun

Lingbao Tianzun, formerly known as a monk, is the king of Huangyuan Avenue in Chen Yu. The Bitmap of True Spirit compiled by Tao Hongjing, the director of Qi and Liang Dynasties, ranks it as the second deity, second only to the first deity. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called "Taiwanese Avenue Jun", and in the Song Dynasty, it was called "Lingbao Tianzun" or "Lingbao Jun" ..

According to the Taoist scriptures, he was born from the vitality of chaos before the formation of the universe. It turned out to be "the essence of two mornings, the purple smoke of nine celebrations", which was born in 3700 years after the birth of the fetus. It lives in Yujing Xianfu, Du Xuan in Shangqing, with 300,000 guards in golden couple, and countless people turn over. Thirty-six changes to seventy-two, and people can see him anytime and anywhere.

According to Seven Stars Cloud and Zhendong Zhen Jing, Lingbao Tianzun is "the essence of jade morning, the purple smoke of the ninth celebration, the light of jade, the beauty of gold, the beauty of flowers, the beauty of buds, the birth of mothers and the cultivation of people." "Lingbaolue" said that "Taishang Avenue gentleman was born in Xibi country in the first year of Emperor Kaiyuan, pregnant with the family of Hong, and born on the side of Yuedanxuan, the jade tea floating mountain in his country, with the name of Qidu and the word Kaiyuan. It's been a long time, but it's enlightening the truth, sitting under the withered mulberry, thinking about it for a hundred days, and giving Lingbao ten wonderful scriptures of the great multiplication. "

On the noble Saint, you went to Chen Yu Avenue. After getting Buddhist scriptures in the early Yuan Dynasty, he assisted Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty, ranking second in 36 days. After 34 days, you ruled Rique, Jolie, and managed seven rooms reflecting purple, with 300,000 guards for the golden couple. Worship of gods, five virtues spells, truth waits for the morning, and the emperor holds pictures.

According to the "Cave Xuan Ben Jing", Lingbao Tianzun lived with the world by the method of Lingbao. Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, as for the first year of Chiming, after the robbery of 990 billion yuan, people are like dust and sand, which is immeasurable. If you meet someone who is destined to learn, please ask me questions, and Lingbao Tianzun will not hesitate to teach you. There are thirty-six changes in Buddhism and seventy-two changes. If people want to see it, they should respond with affection and can be in two places at once.

In the Sanqing Hall of Taoist Temple, Lingbao Buddha often occupies the left position of Yuanshi Buddha with the wishful image in his hand, holding Tai Chi map or Jade Ruyi. In the large-scale fasting ceremony of Taoism, there are also many Sanqing gods, and Lingbao Tianzun is on the left of Yuanshi Tianzun. Lingbao Buddha's birthday is the solstice in summer, about the middle of May in the lunar calendar. Folk worship from summer to the sun often takes Lingbao Tianzun as the main god. Taishang Laojun is one of the Taoist "Sanqing Tianzun", that is, moral Tianzun. He is actually a deified Lao Zi. Laozi is a real person, a famous thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of Taoism. Taoism is not Taoism. Taoism is an academic school in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. For example, Confucius founded Confucianism and Mo Zhai founded Mohism, both of which are among the "hundred schools". Lao Tzu's surname is Li Minger, also known as Lao Dan. He is a native of Henan. He worked as a librarian in the Zhou Dynasty, which is equivalent to the director of the National Library now. He has a wide range of knowledge. He believes that Tao is the foundation of all things in the world, and the movement and change of all things in the world are restricted by Tao. The so-called "Tao gives birth to one, two, two, three, three things." At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Ling founded Taoism. In order to compete with Buddhism, he respected Laozi as the ancestor and the old gentleman, and regarded Laozi's Tao Te Ching as the main classic. In this way, Lao Tzu became a Taoist god. After Laozi became a god, his birth was greatly deified. Taoist books say that Laozi was conceived in a mysterious woman in an extremely distant age, 865,438+0, and was born from the left. Because I was pregnant for too long, I was born with white hair, so I was called "Lao Zi". I happened to be born under the plum tree, so I take the tree as my surname, and my surname is Li. More than 2500 years ago, there was a "door official" named Yin in Hanguguan of the Zhou Dynasty. He found a beautiful place at the northern foot of Zhong Nanshan, Shaanxi Province, and made grass into buildings to observe celestial bodies, which is called "the view of grass architecture". It is said that one day, Yin saw "purple gas coming from the east" and knew that a saint was coming from here. Soon, as expected, Lao Tzu rode a green cow west to enter the customs. Yin welcomed Lao Tzu into the grass house and addressed him as a distinguished guest. Laozi lived in Caolouguan, wrote a book "The Classic of Tao Te Ching", and built a platform on Gaogang in the south of Loulou to talk about his "The Classic of Tao Te Ching". In the future, this platform will be called "lecture platform", also called "Louguantai", and become a holy place of Taoism. It is said that there is an ancient cypress called "Niubai" not far from the platform. It is said that when I rode a green cow into the customs, I tied the cow to this ancient cypress. After I became a god, I was widely worshipped in the past dynasties and reached the peak in the Tang Dynasty. In order to improve his family status, Emperor Li of the Tang Dynasty forced Li Laojun to join hands with him, making Li Er his ancestor a thousand years ago and calling him "Xuanyuan the Great". Taoism almost became the state religion of the Tang Dynasty and flourished for a lifetime. In order to commemorate this old gentleman, Emperor Li Jia built a huge Taiqing Palace covering an area of more than 800 mu in Luyi County, Laozi's hometown. There is still an auditorium today. There is a golden statue of an old gentleman on the shrine in the temple, with two disciples on both sides, South China Zhenren (Zhuangzi) on the left and Supreme Zhenren (Yin) on the right.