For taoist sanqing's deities: Jade Qing Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Qing Qing Lingbao Tian Zun, Tai Qing Moral Tian Zun (Tai Shang Lao Jun). It is estimated that everyone is more impressed by the Taoist ancestor, the old gentleman, but the other two don't understand it, but in fact, in Taoist culture, Sanqing is headed by Yuanshi Tianzun. Who is Daozu? Why should Sanqing be headed by Yuanshi Tianzun instead of being too old?
From the Romance of the Gods and The Journey to the West's excavation of information, we can know that the Buddha was the first.
As for the two immortals, the scholar believes that you know more from the mythical novel Romance of the Gods in the Ming Dynasty and The Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels in China. Also, because The Romance of the Gods is regarded by many scholars as a prequel to The Journey to the West, there is a confusion as to who is the head, the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty or the old gentleman of Taishang.
It is well known that in the Romance of Gods, Grandfather Taishang was Lao Zi before riding a green ox out of Hangu Pass. He was a disciple of Lao Zu Hongjun, together with Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Leader, and this Lao Zi was a big brother. Because of this, many people thought that Lao Zi should be higher than Yuanshi Tianzun, but didn't everyone find a problem in the Romance? Why was this "list of gods" in the hands of Yuanshi Tianzun?
If you read the Romance carefully, you will find that this "list of deities" was made by the ancestor Hongjun calling his three disciples: Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Patriarch. Supposedly, shouldn't this "list of deities" be managed by the big disciple? How did Hongjun's bodhi old zu give it to his second disciple, Yuan Shi Tian Zun? Combined with The Journey to the West, we all know that the bodhi old zu is a grand old gentleman, but why is it that in the Romance, the founder of the Sect, Yuan Shi Tian Zun, manipulated the deity?
The Journey to the West also has taoist sanqing as a deity. At that time, the Monkey King was suppressed by the Tathagata Buddha in Wuxing Mountain, and the Jade Emperor invited Sanqing as the first deity to hold the "Antian Conference". As for the status of Sanqing as a deity, Mr. Wu Cheng'en was also headed by Yuanshi Tianzun, and the ancestor of Di Xian in the book, Yuan Daxian, called it the Great Tianzun.
The arrangement of Sanqing in the Taoist temple shows that
the deity of the Yuan Dynasty was honored as Daobao. Born before chaos, it was the beginning of vitality, so it was named "Yuanshi". Some people think that the prototype of Yuanshi Tianzun is Pangu.
according to the history of immortals as a mirror, the Buddha at the beginning of Yuan Dynasty was "wearing a round light and seventy-two colors".
Therefore, the deity of the Yuan Dynasty, enshrined in the taoist sanqing Hall, lives in the center. Generally, the deity of the Yuan Dynasty covers his head and holds a red pill in his hand, or draws it with his left hand and holds it with his right hand, symbolizing the "infinite state" when "heaven and earth are shapeless, chaos is not open, and everything is not born" and the first century when "yin and yang are undecided". As the "ancestor who presided over heaven", the God of the Yuan Dynasty was the ancestor of immortals, and his position was extremely high.
Its classic scriptures include The Wonderful Classic of Endless Man in the Yuan Dynasty, The Classic of True Charity and Filial Piety in the Cave in the Yuan Dynasty, etc. Every year, the winter solstice is the original Buddha Christmas, so it is helpful for mortals to read their classic scriptures more often to eliminate disasters and prolong life!
Lingbao Tianzun is honored as Jingbao. Lingbao Tianzun, born in Huang Zhi, is the symbol of the second largest Ji Hongyuan period of Taoism.
Daojun Lingbao, also known as Lingbao Tianzun or Shangqing Emperor, was once called Tongtian Leader in the list of deities. He was originally a little-known deity in Taoism, and he was born by Huang Zhi, the Chi Tai Wu Yuan Xuan, the king of the Yuan Dynasty, with jade in his hand. After the birth of the Virgin of Taiyuan, she stayed in Zi Xia's room in Ruizhu Que, which is located in the halal territory of Yu Yu Tian for 35 days.
Absorb the essence of Yuchen and the purple smoke of Qingyun day and night, concentrate on gathering qi, take shape in illusion, and then reincarnate in the western country of Luna Jade, send it to the Hong family, and nurture it into a human body. His mother was pregnant for 3,7 years, and just now he was born at the foot of Luo Feng floating in Yucha Mountain in the west. When I get older, I begin to realize the truth and pursue the supreme Tao with all my heart. He sat in the forest of Qibaodu, thinking hard for a hundred days, and then met the arrival of the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty, and awarded him ten wonderful classics of the Mahayana of Lingbao, and Lingbao Buddha then completed the Tao.
according to "The Journey to the Mysterious Book of the Cave", Lingbao Tianzun treats people with the method of Lingbao, and there are thirty-six changes and seventy-two changes in Tianzun. People want to see it, respond with their feelings, and they can be in two places at once. Among the Sanqing Hall, it is located on the left side of the original Buddha, and most of them hold the best. If you meet someone who is destined to learn, please ask me questions, and Lingbao Tianzun will not hesitate to teach you. Every summer solstice is Lingbao Tianzun Christmas. Sincerely worship and worship, and you will be blessed by Tianzun and lucky!
Moral Tianzun, known as Shi Bao, is recognized as the ancestor of Taoism, and also known as Taishang Laojun. In Journey to the West, it is also called Taishang Daozu. Among the Sanqing statues, it is located on the right side of the original Tianzun, usually holding a cattail fan, and its 18th reincarnation is Laozi, so it is also considered that the prototype of Taishang Laojun is Laozi.
According to Taoism, I was originally a thinker, philosopher and founder of Taoism in the Spring and Autumn Period, and wrote the Tao Te Ching with more than 5, words. However, Lao Tzu was not a religious scholar himself, nor did he establish religion, just because his Tao Te Ching was in line with the purpose of Taoism, Lao Tzu was born early and there were many magical legends (such as the famous story of "Purple Gas Coming from the East").
On the occasion of Emperor Hanming and Emperor Zhang in the East (AD 58-88), Fu Wang, the prefect of Yizhou, wrote a poem "Monument to the Virgin of Laozi", saying, "Laozi is a Taoist." Deify Laozi as a deity in the natural world, and be equal to Tao.
When the Eastern Han Dynasty was in the reign of Emperor Shun (126-144 AD), Zhang Ling founded Zhengyi Mengwei Road in Hemingshan, Bashu, which named Lao Zi as its leader. It is said that Zhang Ling's Notes on Lao Tzu's Thinking of Er when he preached a sermon said: "One way is the same. ..... One is outside the heavens and the earth, and enters between the heavens and the earth, but people come and go in the middle ear. " ? "... a scattered shape is qi, and a gathering shape is too old gentleman. It often governs Kunlun, or it is nothing, or it is natural, or it is nameless, all with the same ear." For the first time, the name of Taishang Laojun appeared in Taoist books.
in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the name of the old gentleman on the throne became more and more obvious. To the Tang dynasty, the prestige of the old gentleman was more prosperous. He was not only regarded as the ancestor of the Li and Tang Dynasties, but also helped Tang Gaozu Li Yuan to pacify the world. It is said that when Wu Zetian usurped the Li and Tang Dynasties, she appeared to the world again, saying that "Wu Hou is not revolutionary" and "she has to take a different surname. ..... Wu Hou also fear this, dare not stand Wu Sansi ". Therefore, during the Tianbao period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty finally honored him with the title "The Great Sage ascended the Golden Que Xuanyuan Emperor". In the sixth year of Xiang Fu in Song Dazhong (113), the plus sign was "Tai Shang Lao Jun mixed Yuan Shang De Emperor".
As for the status of the Sanqing deity, in fact, by looking at the placement of the deities of Sanqing deity in the "Sanqing Hall" in reality, we can know that Jade Qing is in the middle, Lingbao is in the left, Taiqing is in the right, and China's ancient ceremony is centered. It is the most honorable thing that Zuo Wenchen is the right military commander, and Taishang Laojun ranks third.
Yuanshi Tianzun is a natural spirit, which existed before all things in the universe. His noumenon is immortal, even if it is completely destroyed, it will not affect his existence at all. Whenever a new world is formed, the Buddha will descend to the world, teach secret ways and rob people. Those who are measured are all top-grade immortals, including Taishang Laojun, Naive Emperor, Wufang Tiandi and other immortals.