The first few people are the civil and military judge, the bull-headed horse-faced man, the yoke master, and the suo master.
1. The judge is located in the Emperor's Palace in Fengdu (the underworld) and is responsible for judging the ghosts who come to the underworld. The four civil and military judges in the Palace of King Yama belong to the Division of Rewards for Good, Division of Punishment of Evil, Division of Yin Law, and Division of Investigation.
Some people now regard the Yin Law Division as Cui Pan, the urging judge. Cui Pan, who was originally in the Yin and Yang world, was moved here. The most famous four judges are: Wei Zheng, who rewards good deeds, and Wei Zheng, who punishes evildoers. Zhong Kui, Cha Cha Si Lu Zhidao, and Yin Lu Si Cui Yu.
2. Bull-headed horse noodles
The bull-headed horse noodles are based on the image of the seducer in traditional Chinese culture. According to the "Tiecheng Mud Plow Sutra": When Abang was a human, he was unfilial to his parents. After his death, he was transformed into a bull-headed person in the underworld, where he served as a government servant patrolling and hunting down escaped criminals.
There is information that Buddhism originally only had bull heads. When it was introduced to China, because Chinese people were most concerned about symmetry and pairs, horse faces were added. But there is also information that horse face is also called horse face Rakshasa, which also comes from Buddhism.
However, in the search of information, we did not find any mention of horse faces as servants of the underworld in Indian mythology. There is an image of "horse-faced king" in Tantric Buddhism, but that is a great god in Tantric Buddhism. It is said that he is the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and he is far away from the servants of the underworld.
The theory of bull heads and horse faces spread among the Chinese people, and was later absorbed by Taoism, and served as a subordinate of King Yama and the judge. It is rare to see bull-headed and horse-faced noodles in Buddhist temples, but they are more common in Taoist Chenghuang Temple, Dongyue Temple, Yama Temple, etc.
3. Ye Ye, Master Suo
General Ye has protruding eyes and spitting fangs, with a fierce look on his face. He wears a gold hoop on his head and a red embroidered robe; General Suo also has gold on his head. Hoop, wearing blue robe. ?
Golden Shackles and Silver Locks, also known as Big Ghost, Little Ghost, Shackles Master and Suoye, are one of the six generals (commonly known as the Six Generals) of the City God (the other four generals are bull-headed and horse-faced) Together with the Seventh Master and the Eighth Master), Jin Yong (Jin General) is what we often call Yong Ye, and Yin Suo (Yin General) is what we often call Lock Master;
The two generals are responsible for sending the souls of the dead to The Taoist Naihe Bridge is sent together with the book of life and death. The faces of General Jin (Ye Ye) and General Yin (Master Suo) are red and green respectively during the non-ghost moon. The origins of the two generals are unknown.
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The legend of the bull-headed horse-faced man
The bull-headed horse-faced man originally held real power in the underworld. Why did he later become a person-catcher under the King of Hell? Speaking of which, there is an interesting story.
A long time ago, there was a member of the Fengdu City named Ma, who was considered a wealthy and powerful man in the city. Ordinarily, he should be satisfied, but there is one thing that always bothers him. Because he is already in his sixties and has married eleven "partial wives", and only has one single child.
No matter how much you ask God to make a wish, you will never get it. Needless to say, Ma Yuanwai regarded his only son Ma Yichun as the apple of his eye. But he was very worried that if something unfortunate happened, it would not only end the Ma family's incense. Moreover, the Wan Guan family fortune has no heirs. For this reason, he was worried day and night and at a loss.
The house leaked and it rained all night. One day, Ma Yuan had breakfast outside and was preparing to go out to prepare food and drinks for his son's 18th birthday tomorrow. It's a coincidence that at this moment, a man with eight characters passed by the door, and he said: "Fortune teller, fortune teller!" Everything was completely forgotten. So he walked down the steps quickly with his long gown in hand and respectfully invited Mr. Bazi to come in and sit down. After tea, Yuan Ma said sincerely: "Sir, could you please tell the fortune of my child?"
Mr. Bazi nodded. Said: "Okay, okay."
Ma Yuanwai immediately reported the birth time to his son. Mr. BaZi counted on his fingers and couldn't help but turned pale and blurted out: "Oh, no!"
Ma Yuanwai became more and more panicked, but in order to find out clearly, he begged: "Sir, please don't worry. Just tell me."
Mr. Bazi hesitated for a moment and said, "Your young master is well-paid, but unfortunately his life span is only eighteen years!"
Ma Yuanwai: "Mom! "Ah!" He fainted and fell to the ground. It took him a long time to wake up, his face turned pale. Asked: "Sir, please think of all ways to save my poor son!"
Mr. Bazi thought for a while and said: "There is only one way for mortals. I don't know how to save my poor son." Are you not willing to spend money?"
When Ma Yuanwai heard that there was another way, he quickly said: "As long as I can save my son, I will do whatever it takes to save my family."
Mr. Bazi! Then he told him: at midnight tomorrow night, you prepare the most sumptuous table of wine and food, pack it in a food box, take it to the twelve steps in front of the "Ghost Gate", and give the wine and food to the two chess players. . However, you have to ask them three times in a row to wait patiently and don’t be impatient. Ma Yuanwai kept everything in mind.
The next day, when he arrived at the designated place, he saw two people concentrating on playing chess there. These two people are none other than Ox Head and Horse Face.
The horsemen did not dare to disturb them, so they had to kneel quietly aside, put the food box on their heads and watched silently. After they finished playing a game of chess, he cautiously asked: "Two gods, please eat before playing!" The two men seemed to be listening but not listening, saying nothing and not answering.
Nuutou and Mamian couldn't help but salivate when they saw how sincere this man was and how rich the delicacies in the box were. Ma Mian quietly said to Niu Tou: "Brother Niu, we are on a business trip and haven't eaten yet, so let's just have a full meal.
It's hard to be sympathetic to this person. What do you think?" Niu Tou had already done this. I just didn't want to say it, so I nodded and said: "It's not too late to go down the mountain after eating." After saying that, he ate up all the food like a leaf blown by the wind, and was about to walk away when he saw the person who brought the food. Kneeling on the ground, he asked: "You have spent money for us, do you think you have something to ask for?"
The horseman kowtowed and said: "The villain is in trouble, please ask the two gods. Help." He said and burned a bunch of money paper.
The bull-headed horse was so embarrassed that he had to say: "What's the matter with you? Tell me quickly! I have something important to do and have to travel far away."
"Two gods, I only have one Mingzi, my life is about to end, please help me."
"What is your name?"
"Ma Yichun"
Niu Tou opened the "Education Order" given to him by Judge Cui and was shocked: "Brother Ma, the person we are going to capture is none other than his son. It's just that the time has not come yet. Unexpectedly... .This..."
The horseman kowtowed repeatedly: "If the two gods can extend his life, I will be grateful, and I will thank you very much!" Niu Tou said: "Yin Cao's law! "Yan Ming, it's not easy to do!"
Ma Yuanwai was secretly worried. He had an idea and turned to Ma Mian and said, "I have a brother named Ma who is also in charge of the underworld. If you don't do anything, I have to go." Looking for him."
After hearing this, Ma Mian thought to himself, I know everyone in this underworld from kings to ghosts, and there is no one else named Ma except me. If this relative is me, but I have never seen him, so I asked tentatively: "My surname is Ma too. I wonder who your brother is?"
Yuanma said in surprise: " The villain is short-sighted and can hardly write the word "horse" in one stroke. Brother, please help me."
Ma Mian said: "You said you are my brother, why don't I remember?"
< p>"You drank the ecstasy tea after you arrived in the underworld. You completely forgot about the things in the underworld. How can you remember them?"?As soon as Ma Mian thought about it, what he said was true. Now, After eating his food again, this matter could not be done well, so they exchanged looks with each other. Niu Tou understood. In this case, he might as well do it as a favor and give him some change.
So, while drunk, he returned to Cao to give up. Emperor Yama knew about this matter and sent Bai Wuchang to find out personally, and found out that it was indeed true. Emperor Yama suddenly became furious and ordered the bull's head and horse's face to be brought to the palace.
In order to kill one and respect a hundred, in front of the ministers, he gave each of them forty pieces of work, and then blew two more breaths of evil wind. Suddenly, the bull's head and horse's face returned to their original shapes. When Emperor Yama saw that the two of them were really repentant, he demoted them from their official positions and sent them to the underworld as slaves to catch people.
References Baidu Encyclopedia - Black and White Impermanence