The hierarchy of ghosts in China mythology

In religion, ghosts are divided into six grades, each grade of ghosts is different, and their origins are different.

Six ghosts

1, ghost

This is a very evil ghost. They often do harm to people everywhere and have deep grievances. They are ghosts caused by the grievances of people who committed suicide or were murdered by others. It is mentioned in Han Yu's "Liuzhou Luosi Temple Monument" and Lao She's "Four Generations under One Family".

2. Ghost meeting

Wearing armor and holding long guns, they are the ghost soldiers who defend the hell and the generals who command every ghost soldier in the hell. They were famous generals when they were alive, wearing armor and holding long guns. After their death, they were chosen by Yan and appointed as ghost generals.

3, ghosts and gods

Ghosts and gods are ghosts similar to immortals, wearing white or reddish official uniforms. Most of them are kind and help mortals everywhere. They were all famous local doctors or scholars before their death. Although he did good deeds, he could not become immortal after death, so he became a ghost.

4. Ghost King

The head of the hundred ghosts, they are generally fierce, like to kill people, and often kill a person at night, and their men are also some ghosts. When they speak, they are thieves or felons. They died, and hell refused to take them in, so they ran to the dead and stood on their own feet as kings.

5. Ghost Emperor

The ghost emperor is in charge of some areas of the underworld. They manage all the fields of the underworld. They all manage the underworld. It can be said that the ghost emperor is a regional official of the underworld. Because they were benevolent emperors of various dynasties and made great achievements, they were allowed to take charge of all parts of the underworld after their death.

6. The Ghost Emperor

The ghost emperor, like the ghost emperor, is a ghost who works in hell after death, but the ghost emperor is in charge of the ghosts in the dead, large and small, and they are responsible for dealing with those who think they are lonely ghosts.

In some books about ghost stories in ancient China, there are actually many records about the level of ghosts. The above six levels of ghosts are roughly introduced according to the location of ghosts. Let me introduce you to the ghosts divided into 36 levels.

Thirty-six ghosts

36. Kill ghosts, don't take the right path when you are alive, and suffer in hell after death. Even if reincarnated, they are poor, deaf and dumb.

35. When dealing with ghosts, they robbed passers-by of dry food before their death, and those who left others hungry were rewarded after their death, and they would be inferior and bullied in the afterlife.

34. Ghosts live in trees. They are all villains who cut down trees in temples and gardens. They were trapped in a tree after death and endured the pain of being cut down. When they are reborn, they will also sell flowers, trees and pots.

33. Ghosts who eat hot dust in the grave, they used to be people who stole the flowers and plants offered in front of the temple Buddha, and they got what they deserved. Even if they are reincarnated, they are lowly people.

32. The ghost of the wilderness was a robber when he was alive, specifically destroying the water source of trees and robbing others of their wealth. Even in the afterlife, it often appears on steep roads.

3 1. Poisoners, when they are alive, are people who kill others with poison and then rob others of their money. When they die, they fall into hell and endure the mistakes they made before. If they are reincarnated and continue to harm others with poison, they will return to hell and suffer.

30, charcoal eaters, they used to be prison directors, abused prisoners, and ate charcoal after death.

29. Wind eaters, who used to promise the poor to give them food without commitment. After their death, they lived by the wind and suffered from hunger for a long time. Even if they are born again, they are poor and humble people.

28, living in a clean alley, ghosts, used to be unclean people, ate feces after death, and were all prostitutes after reincarnation.

27, the stove burns ghosts, people who used to be greedy for food, eat fire after death, even if reincarnated, will still be burned to death.

26. Luo Cha, a Brahmin, was once an insatiable person who bought cheap and sold expensive. After his death, he often took the opportunity to kill people in the alley because of hunger and thirst. The afterlife is also a demon who likes to eat human flesh.

25, cannibal, used to like to deceive people, clever tongue like a spring to deceive people to join the army and other people to seize property after death, endure hunger after death, beheaded and suffer, even if the afterlife, but also poor people.

Dog eaters used to cheat money by witchcraft. Fall into hell after death and become a ghost who steals people's babies.

23. The ghost with the scepter was once the pawn of the king's ministers. He often bullies men and women without mercy. After his death, he was an emissary of the king of hell, specializing in catching those sinners. Even in the afterlife, he is a guide for those who have lost their way.

22, Haizhu ghost, used to blackmail people who are sick and have no strength in remote places. After death, he becomes a skinny ghost with exposed diet, and even in the afterlife, he is limping.

2 1, goat, who used to get money through prostitution, became a ghost who could change his appearance at will and steal other people's food after his death, even if he was an actor or prostitute in the afterlife.

20. Wait for the baby to be a ghost. It used to be because others killed their children and vowed to avenge themselves. After death, he became a ghost who killed babies. Even in the afterlife, they often complain about others.

19. Hot ghosts used to cheat money, kill innocent people, and give the robbed money to the king's ministers, who begged for wealth. After death, you often have to endure torture, and even be plundered by thieves in the afterlife.

18. The fooled ghosts are ministers or kings of those poor countries even in the afterlife.

17, the underground ghost, who used to frame others for economic reasons, became a ghost living in the dark underground after his death, even if the afterlife was poor.

16. Wait for the baby to be a ghost. In the past, people cheated money and became ghosts who endured fire and set themselves on fire after death. Even the afterlife is full of disasters.

15, the scurrying ghost, once a monk who broke the rules and blackmailed everywhere, became a scurrying ghost after his death, and even a guardian of the temple in the afterlife.

14. People who used to smoke were all people who bought inferior spices. After death, it becomes a bone covered with spices and entertains itself. Even in the afterlife, they will be poor.

13. Carnivores used to kill meat and sell it to others at a high price. After death, he became an ugly ghost in an alley temple. Even in the afterlife, they are demons who think they are hungry and cold and eat human flesh.

12. Blood-eating ghosts used to be bloodthirsty people and didn't give food to their wives and children. Become a ghost after death and eat food mixed with mud and blood. Even in the afterlife, they are grumpy.

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10. Spitting ghosts used to give unclean food to monks or give food obtained through improper means to people who were being ordained. After death, he became a ghost who ate and spat. Even in the afterlife, most of them are poor and thin people begging in temples.

9. The ghost of hope, who used to be overbearing, has become a ghost who often has to endure hunger and thirst after death, even if he is a humble servant in the afterlife.

8. Draughters used to be profiteers who mixed water in wine. After death, he became a ghost living with the river at the foot of the river crossing person and was beaten by the water ghost. Even in the afterlife, they will be poor people living in arid areas.

7, eating ghosts, people who used to cheat money by talking about Buddhism have become ghosts who live by Buddhism after death, and even people who visit temples and beg for a living in the afterlife.

6. Gas-eaters used to ignore their wives and children and only eat by themselves. After death, they become ghosts and can only live by smelling the food they provide, even if they are sick in the afterlife.

5, do not eat ghosts, used to be jealous of others, framed others, and let others starve. After death, he became a ghost who solved hunger and thirst by steam, even if the afterlife was short.

4, dung eaters, who used to say that unclean food was sent to monks, became dung eaters after death, even if the afterlife was full of stinking lowly people.

3, eating and spitting ghosts, once a woman who cheated her husband's son, became a female ghost who ate vomit after death, even if she was a beggar in the afterlife.

2. The needle-billed ghost who used to hire people to kill people to cheat money turned into miasma after his death. The throat is as thin as the tip of a needle, the stomach is as big as a mountain, dripping water is difficult to enter, and people are often hungry and cold, and mosquitoes bite ghosts with fever. Even in the afterlife, they are always hungry and poor.

1, ghost, used to be hired by others to kill others to make money, but after death, it became a ghost who lived by the smell of dirty water.

It is impossible to know whether these ghosts are true or not. They are recorded in China's long-standing historical documents and are part of China culture.

Extended data

Some religious or superstitious people think that there is a "soul" after death and call it a "ghost". Scientific research shows that ghosts only exist in people's brains. After a large-scale scientific investigation, scientists have come to the conclusion that "ghost" does not exist, and "haunted" is caused by environmental and psychological effects.

Soul refers to the activities of consciousness, spirit and psychology, which is the result of physiological activities of the brain and the product of physical and chemical reactions. Without the brain, it cannot exist. When a person dies, brain activity stops, consciousness loses, and the so-called soul disappears. This is the scientific basis for the existence of the soul. People usually have hallucinations, but most people don't realize this, so sometimes they will understand these hallucinations as ghosts.

So far, we have never found any so-called supernatural phenomenon that exists objectively. Experiments have proved that ghosts are only illusions created by the mind, because the human brain loses its position at a certain moment because of illness, fatigue or stress.

There are many explanations for ghost phenomenon in the scientific community: one explanation is due to psychological effects, including cognitive errors caused by illusions and hallucinations; Another explanation is psychopathology, that is, brain organs are damaged, leading to forgetfulness and mental disorders. The third possibility is related to environmental changes, mainly electromagnetic field changes.

He believes that human living space is full of electromagnetic waves. The human brain is an electrochemical organ, and bioelectrical signals transmit information between brain cells. Strong electromagnetic fields will affect those signals and produce strange vision, touch and hearing. Electromagnetic fields act on people's brains, which can also lead to different emotions, such as fear and nervousness, and make people see ghosts abnormally.

Ghosts are hieroglyphs. Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph, with the word "man" below and a terrible head (not the word "field") above, is a monster that looks like a man. "Ghost" is one of the radicals of Chinese characters, and the characters from "ghost" are mostly related to superstition and ghosts and gods.

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