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What is the origin of Yuan Shoucheng in The Journey to the West?

Yuan Shoucheng, a famous warlock in the Tang Dynasty, was Yuan Tiangang's uncle. In The Journey to the West, he described his life as "fantastic in appearance and beautiful in spirit". He was able to know the past and know the future, and was good at judging Yin and Yang.

The Dragon King of Jinghe River found that the fish and shrimp in the river decreased sharply, which was caused by a fortune teller named Yuan Shoucheng. He wants to solve the problem through euphemism, and let Yuan Shoucheng pack up and leave Chang 'an.

The Dragon King was confident and asked him to calculate tomorrow's rainfall time and rainfall. He didn't believe that Yuan Shoucheng could accurately predict the rainfall. After all, it was the jade emperor's arrangement, and even he could only act according to orders.

Wait until the next day, the Jade Emperor really ordered King Jinghe to rain, which is exactly the same, Yuan Shoucheng said. In order to win the gambling game, he secretly changed the time and amount of rain regardless of the jade emperor's wishes.

The Jade Emperor soon knew what King Jinghe had done, so he asked Wei Zhi to behead King Jinghe.

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Although he was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he was unable to interfere in the affairs of heaven, so heaven could not stop King Li of Jinghe and ask the king for help.

This is only because the official in charge of beheading is Li Shimin's Prime Minister Wei Zhi. If Li Shimin can stop Wei Zhi from enforcing the law, it will become a problem. But in fact, Wei Zhi was the king who beheaded many rivers in a dream. Although it was a dream at this time, the affairs he performed did not belong to the deceased.

So there is nothing he can do, and King Jinghe can't ask Li for help. He asked Li for help, which is as meaningful as asking any dead person for help. Even if he promised, it would have no effect.

In this sense, King Jinghe started off on the wrong track, not only committing a crime, but also finding the wrong backer to let a helpless Taizong perform the impossible task. There is no doubt that he is negligent in employing people.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuan Shoucheng