Kevin·Z slew a dragon, and Emperor Taizong came back to life.

Kevin·Z slew a dragon, and Emperor Taizong came back to life.

10: the ghost of the second general Gongmen town, the resurrection of Emperor Taizong's underworld.

When Wei Zhi fought with Emperor Taizong, he dreamed of cutting off the old dragon. That night, Emperor Taizong dreamed that the Dragon King was going to die. Since then, he has been uneasy and ill. In order to prevent sneaking around, he asked Weichi Gong and Qin to stay at the palace gate at night.

Shortly after his death, Emperor Taizong met Wei Zhi's old friend Cui Jue in the underworld. He is now a judge in the underworld. Cui Jue lived for Emperor Taizong for 20 more years. On the way back to Yang, Emperor Taizong was haunted by ghosts and gave them gold and silver.

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Wei Chijingde 1

Wei Chijingde is a native of Yangshan, Shuozhou. Tang Dynasty famous soldier, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange.

Legend has it that Jingdezhen has a black face and is good at making iron whip ride a dark horse. According to the Journey to the West, Weichi Gong and Qin Qiong became two traditional Taoist door gods to protect Emperor Taizong Li Shimin from the ghost of the Dragon King. Weichi Gong was a blacksmith when he was young, and later blacksmiths often regarded him as a professional patron saint.

2. Cui Jue

Cui Jue, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, is also known as Cui Fujun among the people. He is also a character in The Journey to the West. The judge is located in the Tianzi Temple in Du Feng, and is responsible for trying ghosts who come to hades. The four most famous judges are: the department of rewarding good, the department of punishing evil, the department of supervision and Cui Panguan.

The first three are professional titles, so you can't take the exam. But the last one, Cui Panguan, is very famous. It has appeared in legends in The Journey to the West and other places. According to legend, Cui Panguan was a famous mg in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Ghost judges are drawn from the judges of hades in the traditional culture of China.

A Summary of Kevin·Z's Dragon-cutting Story

During the Zhenguan period, Chang 'an, Tang Dou suffered from drought for years, and the bare land stretched for thousands of miles. Limin people pray for rain every day, but they can't count on a little rain. A stone named Guiguzi decided that it would rain at three o'clock the next day, in the city at three o'clock and outside the city at seven o'clock. Jinjiao Lao Long, who is in charge of rain, doesn't believe it. He bet Master Guiguzi that he would go back to the office and open the Colleen Chan. It rained the next day, and it was clearly written in the book: clouds cleared at dawn, thunder at dusk, rain at noon, and never stopped at noon. Raindrops are exactly what Guiguzi Stone says now. So he tampered with Colleen Chan privately, changing three o'clock in the city to seven o'clock and seven o'clock outside the city to three o'clock. As a result, heavy rain fell in the city, drowning many Li people, and only three points fell outside the city. The fields are still dry, the seedlings are dead and the crops are poor. A loyal minister told this story to the Jade Emperor, who was furious and ordered Jinjiao's old dragon to be beheaded. Jinjiao Lao Long knows it! He was so afraid of everything that he immediately entered the palace and begged Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, to save his life. Li Shimin read that he was a founding father and granted him immunity from the death penalty. The next day, Li Shimin design prime minister Wei Zhi entered the palace to play chess and was put to death by the supervisor. It's time for execution, and Wei Zhi has no intention of running away. Finally, he fell asleep at his desk and dreamed of the old dragon beheaded in Jinjiao. In an instant, the bloody faucet rolled into the palace.

The Journey to the West, a classic, and Kevin·Z's legendary story of killing dragons are roughly the same. During the Zhenguan period, King Jinghe turned into a scholar and made a bet with the fortune teller. In order to win this gambling game, after accepting the imperial edict of the Jade Emperor, he deliberately changed the timing and number of rain spots, and the result was still discovered. After the diviner instructed the Dragon King, Kevin·Z, who had no trip, should not be beheaded. He turned to Li Shimin for help. Li Shimin and Kevin·Z played a game of chess together, trying to stabilize Wei Xuancheng. Unexpectedly, Wei Zhi took a nap and beheaded the Dragon King with a sword in his dream. Later, ghosts often went to Emperor Taizong to cry. So Qin He's portrait was posted outside the palace gate, and the ghost didn't want to disturb them.

The traditional opera "Kevin·Z Chopping the Dragon" generally shows the long-term drought in Chang 'an. The Jade Emperor learned that the Dragon King was ordered to rain three feet. Yuan Tiangang calculated that it should rain heavily on the third day of May, and the Dragon King and Yuan Tiangang made a bet. After that, the Jade Emperor ordered it to rain, with the same time and amount as Yuan Tiangang's divination. The little dragon girl changed the dragon king from three feet to six feet, but the people suffered from floods. The Jade Emperor ordered Wei Xuancheng to behead the dragon, and the little dragon girl asked the Tang King to stall him with Wei Zhi. Wei Zhi unconsciously fell asleep at his desk and beheaded the Dragon King in his dream.

This story seems fatalistic, and its meaning is probably not difficult to understand. but

Why can Wei Zhi cut dragons?

Wei Zhi in history was a very important official in the Li Shimin period. At first, he was directed by Li to give him advice, but after Li's death, he naturally became a confidant. But there is such a plot in Journey to the West, "Kevin·Z beheaded the dragon", which sounds very mythical. But Wei Zhi is only a mortal after all, and Journey to the West didn't set the background identity of ghosts and gods for him, so why can Wei Zhi cut the dragon?

There is a classic plot in The Journey to the West, that is, when Emperor Taizong was playing chess with Wei _, Wei _ went to ride a dragon platform in his sleep and killed the King of Jinghe who was punished. It is difficult to verify the allusions of Wei, but it is certain that similar words appeared before Wu Cheng'en wrote The Journey to the West. In addition, before Wu Cheng'en, there was an ancient version of The Journey to the West, and the relevant plots were not only included in Yongle Dadian, but also the rudiments of the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand in some opera works in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties.

19 15, Mr. Luo Zhenyu and Mr. Wang Guowei borrowed a copy of Tang Sanzang's Poems from General San Pu. At the end of the book, there are six words "Zhong Wa Zhang Zi Jia Yin". According to Wang Guowei's textual research, "Zhongwazi" is the street name of Lin 'an House in Song Dynasty, and this book is presumed to be "Tan" in Southern Song Dynasty. It is particularly noteworthy that the chapters of the Three Monks in the Tang Dynasty are similar to those of The Journey to the West.

The Journey to the West, the earliest ancient book with the plot of "Wei _ Slaughtering the Dragon", probably appeared before the Ming Dynasty. For example, in the volume 13 139 of Yongle in the sixth year of Yongle in the early Ming Dynasty, there was a plot of "dreaming of many rivers and dragons". As Yongle Dadian is an official collection of documents, it adopts an eclectic approach and does not modify the contents of ancient books. It can be inferred that the story of Wei Zhanlong was not initiated by Wu Cheng'en, but appeared in ancient The Journey to the West.

According to Mr. Hu Shi's inference, like Qin He, the story of King Jinghe's crime was also found in the novels of the Tang Dynasty:

"On April 18th, Tai Ping Guang Ji quoted" Continued Hanging Strange Records "and told Li Jing that he had traveled on behalf of the Dragon King, and it rained 20 feet by mistake, which caused the Dragon King and his mother to be condemned by heaven." -Hu Shi: The Journey to the West's textual research

Myths and legends will never remain unchanged, but will be processed and interpreted by future generations with the evolution of the times. The story of Li Jing's dragon king walking in the rain in Tai Ping Guang Ji will naturally produce different versions. As far as this issue is concerned, in the study of Dunhuang studies, an article published by British scholar Stan in Oriental Magazine is particularly worthy of attention:

Textual research from Hu Shi and The Journey to the West.

This passage is taken from the remnants of Tang Dynasty vernacular novels seen in Dunhuang. Although this is only a remnant, it involves the plot of Emperor Taizong's going to hades, and it is obviously a reading close to mystery novels. Therefore, Mr. Hu Shi once inferred: "Wei _ Stegosaurus and its Introduction and the story are also in the damaged part."

Wu Cheng'en and The Journey to the West have a wide range of materials, including Xuanzang's story of learning from Buddhist scriptures, Tang Sanzang's poems of learning from Buddhist scriptures in Song and Yuan Dynasties, Tang Sanzang's learning from Buddhist scriptures in Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and Huayan Sutra. Of course, as a master, Wu Cheng'en naturally added a lot of his own imagination to make the whole The Journey to the West more vivid. But what is certain is that the story of Wei _ Chopping Dragon was not initiated by Wu Cheng'en.

There is no doubt that Wei _, as an ordinary person, is absolutely not qualified to cut the dragon. The story was originally fictional. But why did the ancients invent such a story? Why does this story appear in The Journey to the West?

This involves the confluence of the three religions in ancient China and the secularization of Taoism.

China culture is very tolerant. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced into China, and gradually moved towards a development path different from Indian Buddhism. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, Confucianism and Taoism, which were born and raised in China, influenced each other in the debate and confrontation with Buddhism, and the trend of integration of the three religions gradually appeared. In the development of Taoism, apart from advocating alchemy and self-cultivation, there is also a trend of secularization, advocating evil among the people, punishing evil spirits and establishing a fairy system. The archetypes of these immortals include immortals from Buddhism, historical figures, and some immortals directly taken from fairy tales or simply fabricated.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, some strange novels absorbed and influenced the confluence of the three religions and the secularization of Taoism. For example, Tai Ping Guang Ji mentioned above and Li Jing's Rain on behalf of the Dragon King make the name of the Tang Dynasty immortal. Similarly, as the most famous courtier in Zhenguan period, Wei surpassed ordinary people and became a "dream catcher".

It may be a long process from the punishment of the dragon king in the strange stories of Liaozhai to the interpretation of Wei _ beheading the dragon. But what is certain is that this story was absorbed and interpreted in the later version of The Journey to the West, and was continued by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming Dynasty, thus becoming a particularly noteworthy plot in the book. It can be said that The Journey to the West itself is a classic novel reflecting the confluence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and the story happened during the Zhenguan period when Emperor Taizong was in power, so it is quite normal to emphasize Wei _ Chopping the Dragon.

This edition of Journey to the West Wei _ Duanlong is set in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, when the King of Jinghe made a bet with fortune teller Yuan Shoucheng. In order to win, the Dragon King changed the rainfall time and points:

"When I arrived, it thundered at noon and stopped when it rained, but it was only three feet and forty. I'll change him for an hour, hit him at three inches and eight o'clock, and divide my forces after the rain "-the ninth journey to the West"

As a result, as soon as the dragon king was proud, he made a big disaster. Yuan Tiangang's uncle is said in the book, and he knows that the Dragon King is in great trouble, and points out that it is Cao _ who will be beheaded then. Let the Dragon King ask Emperor Taizong.

As a result, after Emperor Taizong promised the Dragon King, he deliberately pulled Wei _ to play chess and prevented Wei _ from going to supervise the country. Disembarking, Wei _ slept for a while and killed King Jinghe in his dream, while Qin, others came to meet Taizong with a faucet, saying that a faucet fell from the sky. At this point, Wei _ clarified the reason:

"Master, I am in front of you, dreaming of your majesty-I am in front of you, I am sleepy; Dream away from your majesty by Ruiyun, full of energy. The dragon, on the dragon chopping platform, was bound by the heavenly soldiers. The priest said,' If you break the dogma, you will die. I was ordered by heaven to cut off the rest of your life. "Long Wen Ai, I shake its spirit. The dragon hears sorrow, and the claws and scales are willing to die; I am full of energy and my clothes are improving. Wearing a knife has gone too far, so the faucet has failed. " -the tenth journey to the west.

Wei beheaded the Dragon King of Jinghe River, revealing several key figures: the Jade Emperor Dragon King, Emperor Taizong, Wei, military commanders, counselors, resourceful and so on. From then on, it leads to the plot that the Dragon King dragged Emperor Taizong to the underworld to find the underworld. It can be said that heaven, earth, people, ghosts and gods meet in one place, which is full of fun.

However, as a classic, the structure and specific plot of the book have become the object of modern people's research.

In a word, the myth of defending the dragon can be traced back to the end of Tang Dynasty. Wei, a courtier before the Tang Dynasty, had an extraordinary ability in the secularization of Taoism, so that in the game with Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he beheaded the dragon king who violated the dogma in his dream. This story was later included in The Journey to the West, became a classic plot in the book, and was processed and interpreted again for the Ming and Qing operas, becoming a well-known story.

Wei Zhi dreamed of cutting dragons.

The old Dragon King of Jinghe near Chang 'an made a bet with a fortune teller. In order to win the bet, he sprinkled rain and practiced dogma. The Jade Emperor wanted to chop off his head and sent Wei Zhi to chop off the head of the old dragon at three o'clock at noon. The day before, Lao Long asked Li Shimin to intercede for him, and Li Shimin readily agreed. The next day, Li Shimin announced Wei Zhi to North Korea and left Wei Zhi to play Go with him.

Unexpectedly, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Zhi dozed off, and the soul in the dream beheaded the old dragon. The ghost of the old dragon lingered, resenting Emperor Taizong for breaking his word, and making trouble in the palace every day, which made Li Shimin's six gods uneasy. Knowing that the emperor was afraid, Wei Zhi sent two generals and Weichi Gong to guard the palace gate. Sure enough, the old dragon dared not come to the front door to make trouble.

But a few days later, Lao Long came to the back door of the palace to get even with Li Shimin, and Wei Zhi held a sword to guard the back door for Li Shimin, so that Lao Long never dared to make trouble again. Considering their hard work of guarding the door at night, please ask the painter to hang a portrait of Weichi Gong at the front door and a portrait at the back door. It still worked.

This trick has also begun to spread among the people. Qin Qiong, Weichi Gong and Wei Zhi have become door gods, and Qin Qiong and Weichi Gong have put them on both sides and one side.

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The story of Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi was a very famous figure in the Tang Dynasty. He made great contributions to being an official and was also a reassurance of political stability. His great achievements not only sounded an important alarm at that time, promoted the prosperity of the country, but also had a far-reaching impact on modern times, so Wei Zhi's story shocked ancient and modern times.

As long as Wei Zhi thinks it is feasible, he must risk his life and never discuss it behind his back. This is a very respectable thing about him.

On one occasion, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, came to Sun Chang for questioning, saying that every time Wei Zhi gave him advice, as long as he didn't accept it, Wei Zhi wouldn't stop until he promised, and he insisted that Li Shimin promise him and asked Sun Chang what the reason was.

Wei Zhi was nearby, but before Sun Chang could answer, Wei Zhi began to say that if the emperor did something wrong, I would tell the truth. If the emperor doesn't want to listen to me, wouldn't it be a violation of my original oath to tell the truth?

At that time, Emperor Taizong said that we could talk privately. At this time, Wei Zhi jumped out and said that if we talk privately, it would be a private matter and a lie. I don't do anything deceptive. This is the behavior of a villain. It is admirable that Wei Zhi expressed his views so openly.

Wei Zhi advocated winning people's trust. He thinks we can't change it often. Politically, he thinks that there are few soldiers but good ones, and we can't recruit very young people privately for the sake of the situation. He thinks this is the people's regret. Although Emperor Taizong felt pain, he was still very happy, so he adopted his idea and praised Wei Zhi.

There are too many stories about Wei Zhi, which are worthy to be admired and learned by future generations. This spirit also plays an irreplaceable role in the development of the whole country.

Is it true that Kevin·Z cut the dragon?

First of all, it is certain that Kevin·Z's Dragon Slayer is absolutely false. It is very easy to overthrow this matter, although the people of China have always called themselves descendants of the Chinese people and the descendants of the dragon. but

in fact

According to legend, it was learned by Jinjiao Laolong, who was in charge of rainfall. In order to defeat Shi Xian's spirit, Jinjiao Laolong changed the number of rainfall points predicted by Shi Xian, making it rain at seven o'clock in the city and three o'clock outside the city. As a result, it rained cats and dogs in the city, and it rained in Mao Mao outside the city. For people at that time, what they longed for was a little more rain outside the city, to relieve the arid land and let the crops grow rapidly outside the city, but Jinjiao Laolong's behavior did not solve this urgent need.

Finally, the Jade Emperor learned about it and said that he would kill this old golden horned dragon on the earth. After learning about this, Jinjiao Laolong hurried to Li Shimin's palace, hoping that Li Shimin would spare his life. Finally, Li Shimin also agreed to Jinjiao's request and tricked Wei Zhi, the dragon slayer, into getting drunk in the palace. Finally, Wei Zhi dreamed of beheading a golden dragon in his dream. Of course, legends are just legends after all.