Ru Shou

Ru Shou Ru Shou is an autumn god with a snake and two dragons in his left ear. This is for Bai Di's assistant god Shao Hao. Some people say that Ru Shou is the son of Bai Di. Some people say that he is the name of the western god in ancient legends, Qiu Si. According to Huainanzi Astronomy, "Ru Shou folk music ruler is in charge of autumn ..." That is to say, he is mainly responsible for autumn harvest, so there is a "Ru Shou House" archway in front of the Wang Crane Tower. Shao Hao and Ru Shou are father and son, so there are two archways in Xiyue Temple. Shan Hai Jing also said, "Ru Shou lives in Lingshan". There are many beautiful jade in the south of this mountain and realgar in the north. On the mountain, you can see the sun setting in the west. Phosgene was round at that time. The god who controls the sun is called Red Light, which is said to be Ru Shou.

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In the west of Ru Shou, there is a snake's left ear, riding two dragons.

Guo Pu said: "The golden god is also; Face, Tiger Claw, white hair, holding a lot. I saw the rumor. "

Ke case: Guo said that his mother tongue is Jin dialect. Two clouds said in Jin language, "Duke Guo dreamed that he was in a temple, standing in the west with a god-faced, white-haired hand holding lots, and he left in fear." God said,' There is nothing to go. The emperor ordered Jin to attack the second gate. The official bowed his head, feeling that he had called Shi Xiao for something, and said to him,' If you say so, then Ru Shou will do the same, and God will punish him, and God will punish him successfully. Minister of prison and make people happy. ..... Six years later, Guo was dead. "The god of this punishment, with mountains and seas from the west three times as the god of the company into heaven. Three western classics say: "The mountain is where God Ru Shou lives, where the sun is seen in the west, and its aircrew is where God shines." Hao Yixing said, "The red cover is Ru Shou." Nearby is. This god may think that he is the son of a young man. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals and His "God"

Gao said to him, "My son, what is truth?" ? ) and Jinde, who died as a golden god. "Or thought it was a young uncle. Twenty-nine years of Zuo Gong: "Shaoyou's family has four uncles, who are heavy, responsive, repair and cherish, and can really help the water." We should pay attention to Ju Mang, Ru Shou and Xuanming. If the world doesn't neglect its duty, it will help poor mulberries. "Biography of Shangshu" says: "The extreme of the Western Heaven, from quicksand west to the wilderness of three dangers, is under the control of the emperor God Ru Shou. "Ru Shou, young Sasuke. Chu Ci made a big fuss: "The soul has almost no west, and the west is quicksand, only beauty; "The scorpion head is vertical and only made; Long claws on your teeth, once you laugh wildly. " Wang Yi's note: "This covers the shape of Ru Shou God." Then, in the eyes of the world, this god of punishment and slaughter, its fierce spirit doubled.

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Ru Shou lives in Lingshan. There are many beautiful jade in the south of this mountain and realgar in the north. On the mountain, you can see where the sun goes down. The god who calls the sun down is red light, that is, Ru Shou.

Guo Gong lived in the ancestral temple and had a dream. He dreamed that there was a face of God, Tiger Claw with white hair, standing in the west corner with a big axe in his hand. Guo Gong ran away in fear. Shinto said, "Don't go! The Emperor of Heaven ordered Jin to attack your country. " Guo Bai fell to the ground, woke up and asked Shi Tao to elaborate on his dream. Shi Tao said, "This god is Ru Shou, the god of punishment in heaven. A matter of heaven, a trip to heaven. " Guo recognized Shi Tao's unlucky words and locked him up so that people could celebrate his good dream. Six years later, the State of Jin destroyed the State of Guo. Ru Shou-Shao Hao assisted The Book of Rites and the Moon Order, and Son of God Shao Hao: "The autumn dream moon is on the wing, the stars are built, and the flowers are completed." Its day is Geng Xin, its emperor is young, and its god is Ru Shou. Zheng Xuan's Note: "Ru Shou, son of Shaoluojia, is also a gold official. "Guoyu Yujin II": "Guo Gong dreamed that in a temple, there was a god, Tiger Claw, with a white face and a lot of money in his hand, standing in the west ... Feeling it, he called history to occupy it and said,' If so, he will also be punished by heaven.' Zhao Wei's Note: "Ru Shou is an official of the West White Tiger Kim Jong Il. Chuan said,' The young Luo family has a son named Ru Shou.' "Tang Li Bai's" Antique "32:" Ru Shou is full of gold, sea and moon. " In the Qing Dynasty, Gu wrote a poem titled "Under China, there is a bosom pushing an official": "Call for me, and Tiger Claw holds frost gold. "Tan Zuomin's nightmare poem:" Throw a pot and get drunk, and want to dance. " Ru Shou-The western gods were named after the western gods, and Di Chin Shao Hao won the Golden God Cup.

Not to mention the records of Shan Hai Jing, let's look at the records of other books:

"The extreme of the Western Heaven, from Kunlun to the kingdom of three dangers in the Western Heaven, Shicheng Golden Room, people who drink gas, immortals, teenagers and Ru Shou, is 22,000 miles." -"Huai Nan Zi Shi Zexun"

"The God of the Western Heaven called Ru Shou, and when it was changed to autumn, Geng Xin belonged to gold, and gold flourished in autumn, and the color was white, so the autumn emperor called Bai Di." -"Study in Qionglin"

"In the west, the gold industry, his emperor Shao Hao and his assistant Ru Shou, ruled the autumn by controlling the timing."-Huainanzi Astronomical Training.

"In the autumn dream, the sun is on the wing, the stars are faint, and it is over. Its day is Geng Xin, its emperor is rare, and its god is Ru Shou." -The Book of Rites and the Moon Order in Ru Shou-Historical Textual Research The word "Ru Shou" only appeared twice in Ru Shou's Classic of Mountains and Seas, once in Xishan Classic and once in Overseas Xijing. To make it easier to understand, let's start with overseas western classics.

"Overseas West Classic" said: "West Ru Shou, there is a snake in the left ear, riding two dragons." Very conventional saying: the simple description of the four gods in the quartet is really confusing to read now. It's too simple: Ru Shou in the west wears a snake as decoration in his left ear and two dragons on his feet. There are descriptions of the other three gods in Shan Hai Jing. Ju Mang is a bird-faced man, Zhu Rong is a beast-faced man and Yu Qiang is a bird-faced man, but only Ru Shou did not describe his appearance.

So, what is the description of Ru Shou in Xishan Jing?

"Spirit mountain, Ru Shou in it. There are many babies and short jade on it, many jade in its yang and many green and realgar in its yin. It is a mountain, looking at the sun in the west, and its flight attendants are also the land of the gods. "

This passage needs to be explained, that is, there is an "angry man" in it, which is a bit difficult to understand. Some vernacular versions of Shan Hai Jing are explained together with the following sentence: "(Lushan Mountain) is in charge of two gods, Qi Yuan and Hong Guang." However, the whole text will find this explanation more attractive to unknown so: when talking about the gods in Shan Hai Jing, the word "God" is almost always added before their names, such as Ying Zhao, the mountain god of Jianghuai, and Lu Wu, the mountain god of Kunmuqiu, etc. But the crew and Hong Guang are two gods in parallel, so why not add "God" in front of the crew and put it in front of the name of Hong Guang that appears later? This is a very strange question. Examining the annotations of various editions of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, we didn't see that "strange fate" was a description of God. Therefore, in the annotations of the vernacular version of Shan Hai Jing, the author did not refer to those classic annotations well, but made assumptions according to his own subjective understanding.

In ancient times, you can use the word "yuan" and "yuan" to ask for leave. Therefore, Guo Pu's statement that "the sun is shaped, so is the weather" is accurate. What is described here is nothing more than the shape of the sun or the shape of the clouds around the sun. So the explanation here should be: "This mountain looks west, where the sun sets. The clouds around the sun are round, and the red light of God controls the sunset. "

According to Shan Hai Jing, Lingshan is Ru Shou's residence. Moreover, Lushan has a great feature, that is, "it is a mountain, looking at the sun in the west", where the sun sets slightly to the east. Therefore, Lingshan should be the westernmost point of the third mountain range in Xishan, otherwise the position of sunset can't be seen. In the original Shan Hai Jing, there is only one mountain to the west of the mountain, called Yiwangshan. But the geographical problems here are a bit strange.

Lushan Mountain 1, Lushan Mountain is Ru Shou's residence. Moreover, Lushan Mountain "looks at the sun from the west", and the immortals living here must be related to the sun. Although the existence of red light is mentioned below, it cannot be said that Ru Shou has nothing to do with the sun.

Second, Lushan Mountain "looks at the sun from the west", so it should be the place where the sun sets, not far from the west. But to the west of Lingshan is a lookout mountain. Looking at the mountain is a mountain that has traveled hundreds of miles to the west. There is no record of the sun on Mount Yiwang in the original work of Shan Hai Jing. Wang Haoshan has nothing to do with the sun? Yiwangshan is the western end of the third mountain range in Xishan Jing. How to understand the geographical relationship between the sunset place and Yiwangshan Mountain? Does the sun set in the west of Wang Yishan or in the east of Wang Yishan? So what is the relationship between the abundant Yumen Mountain, Longshan Mountain, Sun Moon Mountain, Yaoju Mountain, Changyang Mountain and the Great Barren Mountain recorded at sunset in Shan Hai Jing and Yiwang Mountain? There is no clear explanation in Shan Hai Jing. The six mountains above are all in the Wild West Classic. It seems that Wang Yi is still a little far from where the sun goes down. It is in the east of the sun. Otherwise, Yiwangshan will not be a classic in Xishan, but should go to the Wild Classic.

On the surface, the records in Xishan Jing only record Ru Shou's residence, which seems to be of little value. But Hao Yixing thinks that the red light is actually Ru Shou ("Red light covers Ru Shou"). Although there is no record in Shan Hai Jing that the red light is Ru Shou, it is meaningful to look at the name of the red light. At sunrise and sunset, under the refraction of light, it seems that the light is red, and the sunrise and sunset are basically red, and there is a saying that there are clouds and flames. So is the name red light God's real name or another name besides his name? Judging from the records in Shan Hai Jing, especially Xishan Jing, Hao Yixing's views are very insightful. It is normal and practical to say that red light is actually another name for Ru Shou. One is Ru Shou, the western god of gold, and the other is Hong Guang, the great god in charge of sunset. If Hong Guang lives here on business and Ru Shou lives here, it's a bit strange-there are mountains in the west, why not live in the mountains in the west? And must choose the third mountain range recorded in Xishan? All these signs indicate that the red light is actually Ru Shou, and Hao Yixing will come to the conclusion that the red light is Ru Shou. Therefore, in Hao Yixing's view, the red light is Ru Shou.

Therefore, Ru Shou is the great god in charge of the sunset.

The written record of Guoyu Yujin 'er:

"Guo Gongmeng in the temple, there is a face god, white hair, Tiger Claw, holding a handful, standing in western Asia, walking in fear. God said,' There is nothing to go. The emperor ordered: "make Jin attack the second gate." Everyone bowed down and kowtowed, and felt it, calling Shi Xiaozhan to take it. He said to him,' If you say so, Ru Shou will be punished by heaven and will be an official tomorrow. Minister of prison and make people happy. ..... Six years later, Guo was dead. "

Face, white hair, Tiger Claw, holding a big axe, is a description of Ru Shou's appearance in Mandarin in this second middle school. In addition, Shi Xiao also called Ru Shou "the God of Heaven's Punishment".

Wang Yi, in the annotation of Songs of the South Zhao Da, said, "The soul has no west, and the west is quicksand, but it is full of enthusiasm; Scorpion's head is upright, it is just made; Long claws on your teeth, once you laughed hysterically and said, "This hides the shape of the God Ru Shou".

In that case, it is not surprising that Ru Shou is the god of punishment. So fierce, and folk customs think that the golden spirit is boundless, it should be normal for Ru Shou, the god of gold, to be in charge of the execution. However, in Shan Hai Jing, there are often many characters, so it is easy to understand that Ru Shou is the god of punishment.

As the god of punishment, he appeared in the dream of the monarch of the state of Guo, indicating God's punishment.

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One day, the monarch who beheaded Guo in a false way dreamed that he was in the ancestral temple and saw a man of God (whom I received, of course), with a white face and a big axe in his hand, standing under the Western Wall. The king of the state of Guo was afraid and ran away. The man of God said, "Don't run. I am instructed by the Emperor of Heaven to let the army of the State of Jin enter the capital of Guo. " Guo's monarch bowed to Ru Shou. I woke up to find Shi Tao divining my dreams. Shi Tao said, "If it is as the monarch said, then the man of God is dead. Ru Shou is the god in charge of punishment. " However, the monarch of the state of Guo not only refused to listen, but also imprisoned Shi Tao, so that the Chinese people could congratulate him on realizing this dream. Later, Jin Xiangong borrowed Yu's way and sent troops to attack Guo, and Guo also perished. This is the famous story of "attacking the enemy with false facts".

Obviously, Guo Guojun is very groggy. The God of Heaven sent the god in charge of punishment to warn him that he not only did not repent (according to Zuo Zhuan, Guoyu and other books, the name of the monarch who ruined Guo was ugly and dissolute), but instead threw Shi Tao who told the truth directly into prison and asked Guo's people to congratulate him on his dream. In the original text of Guoyu II, an overseas Chinese said, "I know why everyone wants Guo to perish. Instead of self-discipline, the monarch praised the attack of great powers. What's the use for himself? " Because he couldn't bear to see Guo's demise, he moved his family to the state of Jin. After only six years, Guo was destroyed.

The story of fake soldiers attacking the enemy has not only become a big joke in history, but also spawned several idioms, such as "Killing the enemy is dangerous", "Facing the enemy at dusk" and "My lips are cold and my teeth are cold". In these idioms, I can see that I also have some sympathy for the country of Yu, and the monarch of the country of Yu is in a coma, so that people can borrow the road of their own country and put the danger out on the way back from Guo. Both Yu and Guo are small countries. How can they compete with the powerful gold? During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the law of the jungle prevailed. On the one hand, it is very similar to the Oriental God (bell ornaments), who gave 19 years of life at the behest of the Emperor of Heaven.

So who's Ru Shou?

When Ru Shou said "headstrong", he quoted "Twenty-nine Years of Zuo Gong" and said: "The Shaoluo family has four uncles, which are heavy and should be repaired and enjoyed, which can really help the water. We should pay attention to Ju Mang, Ru Shou and Xuanming. If the world does not slack off, it will help the poor mulberry. " So, Ru Shou's real name is "this".

When Gaoyou annotated Lu Chunqiu Meng Qiu Ji, it was like betting: "The children of the young Luo family said that it was time, and everyone had a kind of gold and died like a golden god."

The similarity between the two is that Ru Shou's name is "the", but the relationship is a bit confusing, but he doesn't know who Ru Shou, the golden god, is in Shao Hao: a brother? Offspring? The true nature of this legend cannot be proved.

When I was in Ru Shou, I lived in the third mountain range recorded in the Western Hills and was in charge of human punishment and sunset. This kind of clergy is very prominent in income. And according to "Huai Nan Zi Shi Zexun", he assisted Bai Di Shao Hao, who was responsible for crossing the quicksand and sinking feathers from Kunlun Mountain to the west (weak water means that even feathers will sink on the water, and the water can't hold it, so weak water is also called sinking feathers. "Shen" is the ancient writing of "Shen"), and to the west is the place where the three-dimensional country and the queen mother of the west live, the fairy field, and the land of 12 thousand miles. Moreover, I no longer take a ruler (moment) to govern autumn, which is the god in charge of autumn.

In this way, Ru Shou's priesthood became more and more complicated: the god of gold, the god in charge of sunset, the god in charge of human punishment and the god of autumn.