What is the relationship between Yan, Zhong Kui and the judge, and whose rank is high? What are their abilities?

"Yan" is a foreign concept, which came into being with the introduction of Buddhism into China. The king of Yan is the king of Yan.

Buddhism is developing gradually in China. After the Tang Dynasty, in order to adapt to China people's attention to the underworld, there was only one Yan Luowang in Buddhism, which gradually evolved into ten, namely? Ten Yamaraja? Commonly known as Ten Dian Yan Jun? And became the common belief of Buddhism and Taoism in China.

In the common belief system of China people, the three emperors are in charge of the things in the three realms, namely, the Heaven Emperor of Shangyuan protects the people, the Emperor of the Central Plains, the Yin Emperor of Erdong, the Yin Emperor of Shuipin, and the last three gods Yao, Shun and Yu.

The second-class officials in the Yuan Dynasty forgave sins, and the Qing emperor was in charge of all affairs of mountains, rivers, land and the underworld. Under Emperor Dongyue, he was in charge of the affairs of the Five Mountains and the Ghosts. Under Emperor Dongyue, he was in charge of the ghost town of Fengdu Emperor in Du Feng. Ten Yamaraja? Under the deities such as Emperor Guan, Dongyue and Fengdu Emperor, they are responsible for judging the good and evil of ghosts and gods and sending their results.

The ten halls in Yamaraja are: the first hall Qin Guang Wang, the second hall Chu Wang Jiang Wang, the third hall Song Di, the fourth hall ENT Wang, the fifth hall Rosen Wang, the sixth hall Bian Cheng Wang, the seventh hall Taishan Wang, the eighth hall Capital Wang, the ninth hall Equal King and the tenth hall Wheel King.

And Zhong Kui is one of the demons. Guan Sheng, the demon king of Sanfu, the demon Buddha and the martial arts, and Zhong Kui, the true king of exorcism.

Zhong Kui's image is: dressed in scarlet official clothes, wearing a black hat, holding a sword in one hand and a fan in the other, stepping on evil spirits. Or there are little devils carrying lanterns, holding seals, holding umbrellas, leading horses, carrying gourds and so on.

Yan Luowang only sentenced ghosts to good and evil, and sent them to retribution, while Zhong Kui, who was named Emperor, was more powerful and powerful than Zhong Kui.

The judge is an important role in assisting the underworld to manage Yin and Yang. There are two judges: civil judges and military judges. The judge is dressed in official clothes, with a writing brush in his right hand and a life and death book in his left. Judge Wu drew a stupid shape on his forehead, wearing official clothes and holding it in his hand. Mescone? , also known as Jiu Duan (layer) whip, is responsible for escorting the dead and checking the life and death book. According to records, there are 2 1 judges: Wang Fu, Judge Ban Jian, Judge Jian Sheng, Judge Qi He, Judge Jia Yuan, Judge Zhao Sheng, Judge Zhang Qi, Judge Yang Tong, Judge Fu Pu, Judge Zhu Shun, Judge Xue Zhong and Judge Zhi.

So the judge's position is lower than Yan's.

To sum up, Zhong Kui > Yan > Judge.

In addition to China, there are Japanese Zhong Kui believers who believe that Zhong Kui can defeat the blister god (the god of smallpox). And the famous Japanese General Qi Teng Xinyi during the Warring States Period was also called? Zhong Kui after the Vietnam War? .