Taoist explanation of solar eclipse

Taoism believes that the sun and the moon are the essence of the sun and the lunar calendar respectively, and they are usually regarded as the emperors of the sun and the lunar calendar, and they are gods dedicated to God to correct the sins and blessings of life and death of the world. Sun Palace is responsible for birth registration and Moon Palace is responsible for death registration. * * * Assess the rise and fall of immortals, and maintain the balance of Lu Si.

"San Yuan Ji" points out that the sun fire official is the master of life, and the lunar water official is the master of death. Sun is Sanyuan's father, Sun. The moon is a pure yang representing hope and a gloomy pure yin.

But knowing that Yang Sheng is a fairy, I don't know that she is the mother of Six Yang. Yin is born in Yang, and Yang Can is born in Yin. Xuanwu stung the rabbit, giving Tianjing, extremely returning, and the winner will not die.

Yang essence is the sun, Yin essence is the moon, and the essence of the sun and moon is the stars. The star * * * faithfully supports twenty-two thousand things. Six animals, dung, soil and vegetation all grow under the guidance of their secret passages. Five stars and seven stars are both manifestations of Tao.

The book Jing Huang Ming Su Shu points out:

The essence of yang is the sun, the essence of yin is the moon, and one yin and one yang is the Tao. The sun shines on Liuhe, Shuhe and Wanhui. The moon Lord is silent, barren and obviously prosperous. On the third day, all souls were appointed to the Yiri Palace and Bai Siming was appointed to the Yuegong Palace to examine the eyes of the world for their sins and blessings and present them to God.

The sun is sunny, the moon is cloudy, and Yang De is cruel. Eclipses are afraid of moral decay, and eclipses are afraid of punishment damage, that is, gentlemen use wisdom and villains use force. Erosion of Xiu De, erosion of its punishment, when fasting chanting, to save it.

Stars crisscross, the sun and the moon are unconscious, fasting and chanting, and the merits are very heavy. It eliminates natural disasters, protects the emperor and poisons the people. Life and death depend on each other, and it's hard to win.

The ancients looked up at the astronomical phenomena and saw the stars coming and going. Look, the moon is an eclipse. The moon is covered by the sun. Fire and water are still incompatible, leaving is better than winning. The sun and the moon eat each other, and the turn of the number is also. Lift water to light the fire, and then the fire is defeated by water, and the fire suddenly goes out.

On the causes of solar eclipse

Taoism is often deified as Luo Ji, the star king of the capital, and Huang Zan, the god king of leopard tail. Luo Pianji is a star king, who often disappears, eclipses the sun, the moon and the moon, so he becomes the protagonist who hides from the stars.

Luo Wei, also known as Huang Fang and Axiu, is a remnant of Mars, assisted by Yang De. The capital is the remains of Saturn, also known as the tail of the leopard and the top of the moon. This is hidden in the dark.

There is a folk saying that "the sun is afraid of Luo Biao and the moon is afraid of calculating the capital", and "Luo Biao punishes men and calculates that women are forbidden in the capital".

It is generally believed that the compass is one of the main reasons for the formation of solar eclipse. Although China's traditional statistics are always invisible stars, it is considered that under special circumstances, it can be measured as seven houses.

The compass blocks the light of the sun and the moon to form an eclipse, so it can be measured during the eclipse.

If the sun is covered by the shadow of the moon, the yang will overcome the yin, and the sun will be dark during the day. who is it? When yin and yang intersect, they eat each other, which is the nature of Tao. Wei used the opportunity of solar eclipse to show the beauty of Dan Dao; And give the statement that fire and water are mutually resistant, so as to speak in parallel.

Although the solar eclipse is often between the night and the new moon, alchemists steal heaven and earth and seize nature, but it is also between the night and the new moon.

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1, Tiangou Food Day

A long time ago, in a small village in China, as usual, children played, adults farmed, and old people basked in the sun in twos and threes. ...

Suddenly, the perfect sun disappeared, and a black shadow was engulfing the sun. Slowly, the whole sun disappeared, the stars in the sky shone, the earth was dark, the animals were terrified, dogs began to bark, and cocks began to crow.

Some knowledgeable people said, no, Tengu came to eat the sun. Let's knock on pots and bowls, drums and gongs, and make the loudest noise to scare away the Tengu!

Sure enough, in the deafening noise, the shadow gradually receded, and so did the last contact of the sun.

In ancient China, people believed that dogs ate the sun and toads ate the moon. When the eclipse happened, it was the dog that ate the sun, and when the eclipse happened, it was the toad that ate the moon.

2. Why did Tengu come to eat the sun?

The ancients believed that heaven and man could interact and influence each other.

The behavior of heaven is related to human behavior, especially the behavior and political measures of emperors. The emperor is the son of heaven, the son of heaven. God specially sent him to govern the country and benefit the people.

If he goes against God's will, Heaven will issue a warning through abnormal phenomena. If he is still stubborn and unrepentant, then heaven will bring disaster and even arrange others to replace him.

Among all the abnormal phenomena displayed in the sky, the solar eclipse is the most serious, that is, the so-called "the old gentleman on the top is outside the sky, and the change of the sky is outside the solar eclipse."

So once there is a solar eclipse, it means that the emperor has made a major mistake.