What is the relationship between fox spirits and Taoism? The more detailed the better, thank you ~

The so-called fox spirit has a very deep relationship with Taoism.

To say this origin, we must first say that Taoism-Tao and Tao are two different concepts. The former is a religion, while the latter is a philosophical system. Taoism borrows Taoist theories and viewpoints, and combines ancient witchcraft (such as cultivating immortals and descending spirits). ), spells (such as hate victory, wish you success, etc. ), alchemy (such as practicing Dan, collecting medicine, etc. ) and other graphics (such as fu style), and borrowed many Buddhist theories and terms.

There is a deep relationship between fox spirits and witchcraft in Taoism.

In ancient witchcraft, the image of animals is the most used as the idol of witchcraft, and the fox is the most vivid totem. The fox is clever, cunning and mysterious. In ancient times, wizards everywhere liked to use foxes as magic items. Chu was particularly prosperous in the pre-Qin period (there were many witches in Chu, and ghosts, foxes, snakes and rats were all spirits. ) —— When Chen Guang rose up in osawa Township, he used the fox's cry to confuse people. This is the source of witchcraft.

The second origin is the origin of the Book of Changes, which is regarded as the standard by both Confucianism and Taoism. In ancient times (Nuwa's family, before Fu's ignorance), divination occupied a very high position in people's lives. People were occupied when they were alive, and people were predicted when they moved. Divination is to drill shallow holes in animal bones and tortoise shells, and then bake them on the fire. According to the discontinuity of cracked texture, write divination and continue words to judge good or bad luck. However, the wizard's method comes from the fox-the birthplace of Chinese civilization is in the Yellow River and Luohe River basins. In winter, the rivers in these places are frozen but not thick, and some people have fallen into the river and drowned before, so the "angry tiger river" is considered to be the two most dangerous things at that time. But if people want to live, sometimes they have to cross the river. At this time, people found that there was an animal that had never fallen into the water, and that was the fox. I found the fox walking on the ice with its tail trailing behind, and my ears could hear the slightest crack under the ice. Therefore, the fox has never slipped away. Therefore, as long as people follow the trace of the fox's action, most of them can cross the river safely-if the trace of the fox's tail dragging on the ice is continuous, it will be fine. If the trace is broken, the fox jumps over, indicating that there is a crack below. This is based on the fox's traces (dots and continuous or dotted lines). People copied these irregular marks on animal bones and tortoise shells, and later divination was formed. The original meaning of Zhan is to drill a hole in the bone, and Bu is the sound and cracked shape of animal bones after burning. This is the second origin.

The third origin is that Taoism was formed between the late Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so the number of gods began to increase. The gods of Taoism are right gods and evil gods. But they both sacrificed-"just sacrifice" and "wretched sacrifice". As an important worship in grass-roots culture, the fox will certainly not be ignored. The famous ones are Hu (fox), Huang (weasel) and Chang (snake). But foxes, weasels and snakes are all famous troublemakers, and people die because of fear. Therefore, you can't get a high ranking. It can only be circulated in rural areas, and it is a lewd sacrifice. In many biographies and interpretations of Taoism, most of them appear as villains, and their endings are very bad (either they become playthings or they are killed and suppressed-making a list of gods, serializing stories, saying nothing, telling stories of white snakes, etc. ).

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