What zodiac is Tianlong Babu?

Tianlong Babu is not a Chinese zodiac. Anyone who has read the novel knows that Tianlong Babu is a Buddhist term, symbolizing eight kinds of animals. It is a metaphor for all kinds of people in the world.

The word "Tianlong Babu" comes from Buddhist scriptures. In many Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, when describing the Buddha's views on various bodhisattvas and monks, eight dragons and eight sects often participate in listening to the dharma. For example, "Hokkeyo: The Taste of Devadatta": "Eight dragons, people are not, all see their dragon daughters become Buddhas from a distance".

"Non-human", including eight kinds of Shinto monsters, is called "Eight Dragons" because it is headed by "Heaven" and "Dragon". Eight districts, seven in Naro and eight in Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha.

"Heaven" refers to immortals. In Buddhism, the status of gods is not supreme, but they can enjoy greater and more lasting blessings than people. Buddhism believes that everything is impermanent, and the gods will die after their lives are over. Before he died, the God had five symptoms: dirty clothes, withered flowers on his head, smelly body, sweating under his arm, and unhappy sitting in his seat (the fifth symptom or "Yu Zi powder"). This is the so-called "Five Decades of Heaven and Man", which is the greatest sorrow of the gods. Emperor Shi is the leader of the gods.

"Dragon" refers to God. The dragon in Buddhist scriptures is similar to the legendary dragon in China, except that it has no feet. Some pythons also call it. In fact, China people's ideas about dragons and dragon kings mainly come from Buddhist scriptures. There are five dragons, five dragons, seven dragons, eight dragons and so on in Buddhist scriptures. The ancient Indians respected the dragon very much and thought it was the most powerful main object in the water. Therefore, people with lofty virtues are honored as "dragon elephants", such as Xi Lailong, which refers to eminent monks from the West. Ancient Indians believed that rain was caused by dragons taking water from the sea and sprinkling it on the ground. China people also accept this statement, and several dragons are marked on the calendar to fetch water, indicating the rainfall this year. Among the dragon kings, there is a dragon king named Shakiro. When he was eight years old, he and his young daughter went to jiusan, the spirit of Sakyamuni, and turned into a male body, showing the Buddha's appearance. When she became a Buddha, she was taken by Tianlong Babu. "Hag" is a kind of ghost in Buddhist scriptures, and there are nouns such as "General Eight Hags" and "General Sixteen Hags". "Hag" means a god who can eat ghosts, and it also means agile, brave, light and secretive. Vimalakīrti Jing notes: "What does it say:' There are three kinds of hags: one is on the ground, the other is in the air, and the third is hag. ""Now when we say' hag', we all mean evil spirits. But in Buddhist scriptures, there are many eight women who are kind, and their task is to "safeguard the world of all beings."

Mrs. Gandalf is a god who doesn't eat wine, but only seeks incense for nourishment. Is one of the XiShen who served the emperor's interpretation of the law. Gandapa exudes a strong fragrance, which means "unpredictable" in Sanskrit. The magician is also called Gandalf, and the mirage is called Gandalf City. Aroma and music are vague and elusive.

The Shinto of Asura is very special. Men are extremely ugly and women are extremely beautiful. Because there are beautiful women but no food, and Qin Shihuang has food but no beautiful women, he often leads troops to fight with Qin Shihuang. They are jealous and rob each other. Every time there is fierce fighting, they are always turned upside down. We often call that big battlefield that was bombed to death everywhere "Ku Luo Chang", which is the reason. As a result of the war, King asura was defeated, went to the world, and had nowhere to escape, so he sneaked into the silk hole of the lotus root. Asura King is short-tempered, stubborn and jealous. Confucius said, "Four Hearts", and King Asura also said, "Five Hearts"; Sakyamuni said "37 items", but King asura added another item, "38 items". Fairy tales in Buddhist scriptures are mostly metaphors. Asura King has great power and ability. He likes to do things like "I don't believe in evil" and "the world is in chaos, the more chaotic the better". Asura is also very skeptical. On Great Wisdom Volume 35: "Asura is not obsessed with Buddhism, but always doubts Buddhism, saying that Buddhism helps heaven. The Buddha said' five groups', that is, there are six groups, not one; When you say' four truths', you mean there are five truths, and you didn't say a word. " "Five Masses" are five connotations, and four truths are the basic concepts in Buddhism. After listening to the Buddha's statement, Kun suspected that the Buddha was partial to the emperor's explanation and deliberately said less.

"Goruda" is a big bird, with all kinds of solemn and precious colors on its wings and a big tumor on its head. It is a wishful pearl. This bird cries bitterly and feeds on dragons. The former Ministry said that Yue Fei was reincarnated as a "Dapeng Golden Winged Bird", and Goluda was a Dapeng Golden Winged Bird, eating a dragon and 500 dragons every day. At the end of its life, everyone vomited poison and couldn't eat any more, so I flew up and down seven times and flew to the top of the diamond wheel. Because it ate dragons (serpents) all its life, it accumulated a lot of poisonous gas in its body and set itself on fire when it died. After the pulp is burned, only one heart is left, which is pure blue glaze color.

In Sanskrit, "Kinnara" means "Man is inhuman". He is shaped like a man, but he has a horn on his head, so he is called "nonhuman". He is good at singing and dancing, and he is the god of music of the emperor.

"Mohologa" is a snake-headed python god. This novel, named Tianlong Babu, tells the story of Dali Kingdom in Yunnan during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Dali is a Buddhist country. The emperor always believed in Buddhism and often gave up the throne to become a monk. This is a very strange phenomenon in the history of our country. According to historical records, among the emperors in Dali, Emperor Shengde, Emperor Filial Piety, Emperor Ren Xuan, Emperor Zhenglian and Zongshen all avoided becoming monks. The Nandi section written in The Legend of the Condor Heroes is the Bi Emperor of Dali. The age of "Dragon Eight Branches" was before the legend of the condor heroes. The story of this book took place around A.D. 1094, during the reign of Wuhou and Qiang people in northern Song Zhezong.

These eight kinds of Shinto monsters in Tianlong Babu have their own unique personalities and magical powers. Although they are all beings outside the world, they also have worldly joys and sorrows. There is no Shinto in this novel, but this Buddhist term is borrowed to symbolize some secular figures, just like "