What are Tai Shang Lao Jun and Tai Bai Venus?

Tai Shang Lao Jun, Taoist God and leader. It's the third in Sanqing. Also known as "moral Buddha", "mixed old gentleman", "born Buddha" and "Taiqing Emperor". In the "Sanqing Hall" of Taoist Temple, its statue occupies the right position, holding a fan. According to legend, its prototype is Laozi.

The Northern Wei Dynasty used to call: the moral Buddha is one of the highest gods in Taoism, that is, Laozi. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has also been called Taishang Laojun. Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is a collection of biographies of Laozi, or Laozi gave birth naturally, or his mother was born 72 years pregnant and had white hair, so it was called Laozi. He also said that his mother was born under the plum tree, and he was born to talk, pointing to the tree and surnamed Li. According to the Ming of Laozi written by Sean Bian Shao in the eighth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Laozi "got rid of the chaos and started from the three lights", "When the Tao becomes the Tao, the cicada will spend the world". Tao Hongjing, a Taoist priest in Qi and Liang Dynasties, named Taiqing Taishang Laojun as the fourth middle position, which is the 34th day in 36 days and above the 33rd day. "Shu Wei's Interpretation of the Old Man" said that Taishang Laojun was "in Yujing, the ancestor of the God King; Next to it is Wei Zi, the Lord of Feixian County. " In the Tang Dynasty, the royal family took old Gigi Lai as their surname, worshipped the old gentleman and accumulated their honorifics. Tang Gaozong addressed the old gentleman as "the emperor's father", and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty addressed him as "The Great Sage is the Golden Que Xuanyuan".

Taibai Venus, also known as Qi Ming, Chang Gung and Venus. According to "Poetry Xiaoya Dadong", "Qi Ming is in the east and Chang Geng is in the west." "Qi Ming, Chang Gung is Venus." According to the official's Official Book, "Taibai visited Japan." Justice quoted Tian Guan Zhan as saying: "Taibai is the essence of Western Jin, the son of Bai Di, the official and the general."

In ancient times, Venus was called "Qi Ming" when it was in the east, and "Taibai" when it was in the west at dusk. He also said, "The East has consciousness and the West has Chang Geng." Legend has it that Taibai Venus is the main war faction, which is often used as a metaphor for soldiers in ancient poems. There is a saying in The Journey to the West that Taibai Venus was ordered by the Jade Emperor to descend to Zhaoan, the Monkey King.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia