What's the skeleton in my closet about Lv Dongbin, which is not as powerful as the monkey?

Many people like to discuss the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in The Journey to the West. As the greatest authority in the three realms, although most people come from Taoism, the nature of Heaven is still above Taoism, and it is the imperial power in the traditional sense. Doula Palace and Lingshan are theocratic institutions, and the vassals, under the celestial institutions, jointly manage the three realms with theocratic assistance. When we clarify this relationship, we can know that in order to play a greater leading role in heaven, there will be competition between Dou Feng Palace (Laojun) and Lingshan (Tathagata), and the beneficiary of the competition is heaven. The more you fight, the more stable the rule of heaven will be. Therefore, the Jade Emperor, as the head of heaven, will take advantage of this contradiction and deliberately let the two factions compete. Of course, the two factions also started a long-term enclosure movement within the Three Realms. It can be said that you have me and I have you.

1, Heaven:

Grand Priest and Tathagata Buddha are the leaders and spokesmen of their respective religions in heaven, and their forces are divided into east and west, each with its own stronghold, which can be described as evenly matched.

2, the ghost world:

Of course, the ghost world is also a battleground between the two factions, and in order to compete for this territory, the Buddhist Tibetan King and Bodhisattva made a grandiose statement that whoever goes to hell will go to hell, and the evil spirits in hell swore that they would not become Buddhas. Starting from the spokesperson of hell Buddhism, he died in the ghost world with the nine-spirit mage and sage Taiyi.

3 the human world:

As the spirit of the three realms, of course, the two factions should also send spokespersons to compete. As we all know, Buddhism is a kind and compassionate bodhisattva who would rather not become a Buddha than spend it on earth. Unfortunately, during the Journey to the West, when the Tang Priest learned the scriptures, the Taoist immortal system on earth was rather chaotic, with different customs, idolatry and beliefs. There really isn't a fairy who can have a wide influence like Guanyin. Perhaps because of this, although Nanzhan Buzhou is the base of Taoism, it has not formed a unified endorsement model in terms of enlightenment, so that Tathagata found an opportunity in Yulan Expo.

The Tathagata Buddha delivered a speech on strategic eastward advancement at Orchid Club, which clearly stated that the significance of the Buddhist learning project lies in the fact that people in Buzhou, Nanzhan, are living in misery and need the help of Buddhists. I am very compassionate, very compassionate. You can carefully suck it up, which means there are other meanings. Buddhism occupied Xiniuhe Prefecture, so the local people were blessed by Buddhism: "Don't be greedy and don't kill, nourish the spirit, although there is no truth, everyone will live long." While the South Station is not controlled by Taoism, there is a world of "greed for more pleasure, killing more and fighting more". It is pointed out that the teachings of Taoism not only failed to educate people to take good advice, but in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the world was in chaos, the people were miserable and slaughtered, and the evil spirits in hell were seriously reborn, which affected the law of the Three Realms. This is the Tathagata who proves the advanced nature of Buddhism with facts. Obviously, Taoism is not good. Please go away and let's go to Buddhism.

Although the Orchid Club is a grand meeting of Buddhism itself, don't forget that the participants are not only Buddhists, but also representatives of heaven. Therefore, in this speech, the intention has been passed to heaven by giving. As a result, as we all know, since Buddhism is willing to go to the East to work for Heaven, Heaven will certainly support it, even if it does not support it openly, it will also support it secretly. Therefore, under the promise of calling for daily response and calling for the spirit of the earth, the Tang Priests' Learning Mission successfully completed the great cause of learning the scriptures, which made the Li Tang Dynasty, which was related to Laozi, begin to admire Buddhism.

Guanyin Bodhisattva, the chief engineer of Buddhist scripture learning project, is also famous for his fame and fortune. She has established a broad belief foundation in the human world, even spanning two major religions and being enshrined in Taoist temples and temples, thus establishing an unshakable belief force of Buddhism. Seeing that Guanyin is the only one in the east, the Taoists certainly don't want to live in the next place. The Journey to the West lost for a period of time, so it's only natural that he should try his best to regain the game. Therefore, Taoists also need to find a suitable spokesman within themselves to educate the world, educate all beings and do propaganda work for Taoism. So who is this person? You may not believe it, because this immortal appeared late in the immortal system and his status is still low. He is Lv Dongbin, a member of the Eight Immortals.

In the Hong Kong drama "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", it is said that Lv Dongbin was a real person in his last life, but he was banished to the world and reborn as an immortal because he offended the Dragon Prince. We won't discuss this kind of joke for the time being. Lv Dongbin was born in the 14th year of Zhenyuan (AD 798), and Zhenyuan is the national title of Tang Dezong Shili. That is to say, when Lv Dongbin was born, the project of learning from the scriptures in the Tang Dynasty was long over, and the events of Wu Zetian's reincarnation of Maitreya, changing the Zhou Dynasty and assisting Buddhism in the later period were also over. After experiencing its heyday, Buddhism suffered from the Tang Wuzong period, which was one of the three schools that destroyed Buddhism, and was greatly weakened. When Lv Dongbin was born, the status of Taoism had begun to recover, which also provided space for Lv Dongbin to establish a religious foundation among the people after he became immortal.

Since then, Lv Dongbin has become a master of Taoism. At present, the Northern Sect (Wang Zhongyang Quanzhen Sect), the Southern Sect (Zhang Ziyang Quanzhen Sect), the Eastern Sect (Lu), the Western Sect (Li) and other Taoist stories circulated by the people all claim to have originated in Lv Zu, and all Taoist temples are enshrined in Lv Zu Temple. Lv Dongbin was chosen as the spokesman of Taoism, so there are many immortal deeds in the world, and many stories are well known. Lv Zushan is regarded as the God of Salvation after Guanyin Bodhisattva by the world because of his illusion and the use of magic to punish evil and promote good and save the suffering people. Not only Taoism is regarded as the founder, but also magicians and fortune tellers in rivers and lakes are regarded as the founders of the industry.

At present, people who enter the temple on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month worship Guanyin for peace, but most people who enter the Taoist temple will pay an extra visit to Lv Zu Temple, pick up buckets and ask Lv Zu for a spiritual sign for good or bad luck. Of course, this can also be seen as a city where Taoism tried to overtake in a corner after learning a lesson from the Journey to the West, which was defeated in World War I.