A detailed explanation of the ancestors of Wudang Mountain

Classification: social livelihood >> religion

Analysis:

Isn't that Zhang Sanfeng?

Zhang Sanfeng was a Taoist in Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The year of birth and death is an ominous year. Tong Ming, also known as Quan Yi, is called Junbao, which is called Sanfeng, and Fengfeng is also a peak. It can be said that Zhang Sanfeng lived from Yuanyou (A.D.1314-1320) to the fifteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 14 17). He was born in Yizhou, Liaodong (now Liaoning), and later generations regarded him as a hermit. In other words, Zhang Sanfeng was born in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and even the Jin Dynasty, and his native place is also said to be Pingyang, Yi and Baoji.

Ming Yingzong Tianshun three years (AD 1459), named "Tongwei Exposes Real People". In the twenty-second year of Chenghua (A.D. 1486), Xianzong named it "a true immortal who hides his light and pursues his ambition". In the third year of the Apocalypse (A.D. 1623), Emperor Xizong called Sanfeng a god, and named him "the benevolence of showing dragons and the real king of saving the world".

Legends and historical facts:

Zhang Sanfeng is "tall and straight, with a turtle-shaped crane back, big ears and round eyes, and a beard like a halberd." . Only one withered in cold and summer. I have tried my best, or I have not eaten for several days, or I have not eaten for several months. "Reading classics is unforgettable, well-read, and can write poems and books. Free and easy, quite immortal. He is slovenly, also known as "Zhang is slovenly".

There are many legends in "Zhang Sanfeng": It is said that Song Huizong once called it at the end of the Song Dynasty, so "it is said that people are rich in money"; Sanfeng's martial arts are amazing, and it is said that he once killed hundreds of thieves with one punch; Successful cultivation, it is said that you can walk through the valley and come back from the dead. According to his account, he worked as a county magistrate and later abandoned his official position and became a monk. I once saw a fire dragon in Zhong Nanshan, and it was told by real people.

Zhang Sanfeng traveled to Wudang Mountain, and with his disciples, he "went to quiet truth and rubble" and created a thatched cottage to cultivate monks. He predicted that "this mountain will flourish in the future" and told his disciples to "stay fragrant". Soon he left Wudang Mountain for Sichuan, and visited Range Rover in Qingcheng Mountain and heming. Tai Ji Chuan, the pioneer of monasticism and fitness, is popular in the world today.

Zhang Sanfeng is known as the "hidden fairy". I have never worshipped Li Rong in my life. I live in seclusion and have a clear mind. Travel around the world, with uncertain whereabouts. In the 24th year of Hongwu (139 1), Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhang Yuchu, a 43rd generation Shi Tian, to look for him everywhere, but there was no trace. Later, during the Yongle period, Ming Taizu Chengzu sent Zhang Yuchu and others to look for it many times, but they didn't find it. As a result, the palace of Wudang Mountain was overhauled, which made Sanfeng's prediction that it would be prosperous in the future come true.

Emperor Zhang Sanfeng's admiration and praise in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng's inscrutable way of doing things and Zhang Sanfeng's wandering whereabouts made Zhang Sanfeng's immortal legend enduring. Until the Qing Dynasty, even in modern times, the story of Zhang Sanfeng's preaching was still circulated among the people.

Works and ideas:

Zhang Sanfeng advocated the homology of the three religions. It is believed that Taoism and Buddhism have been divided into good and evil since ancient times, and Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism are all orthodox religions. Although the founders of the three religions are different, they all "cultivate themselves and benefit others, and tend to be integrated." Therefore, "Muny, Confucius, and Lao, all are called Tao". He said in "On the Avenue": "Confucianism is also a doer of the way to save the world, Buddhism is also a doer of the way to save the world, and immortals are also doers of the way to save the world. He advocates that cultivation is the way to cultivate yin and yang, and "the saints of the three religions all establish education by this way." "He advocated' metaphysics takes merit as the body, then uses elixir, and then becomes immortal'. There are many works,

The Complete Works of Mr. Zhang Sanfeng, edited by Li Xiyue and Gao Dao in Qing Dynasty, was included in Taoist Collection.

References:

"History of Ming Dynasty" Volume 299

Biography of Zhang Sanfeng

History of Taoism in China, Volume III,

Taoism in China, Volume 1.

Cihai 1999