The origin of Guanyin bodhisattva

According to the Sad China Sutra, Guanyin Bodhisattva was a prince without pure thoughts before the infinite robbery, and her name was arbitrary. He made a great wish, gave birth to great compassion, cut off the suffering and troubles of all sentient beings, and made them enjoy peace. Therefore, Bao Tathagata named him Guanyin. Hua Yan Jing said, "Brave the Goddess of Mercy". Guanyin was introduced to China during the Three Kingdoms period. Most of the avalokitesvara bodhisattvas we see now are women. But at that time, Guanyin was still a mighty man. The murals of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province and the statues in the Southern and Northern Dynasties both depict Guanyin as a man with two beautiful moustaches on his lips. Before the Tang Dynasty in China, the images of Guanyin were all male images, and the Indian Guanyin Bodhisattva was also a male image. Buddhist classics record that Master Guanyin traveled around the Dharma world, often transforming all sentient beings with various ingenious ideas. To what extent should all beings reach, that is, thirty-two responses, and their female images may come from this. The female images of later generations may also be related to Guanyin Bodhisattva's ability to "send her son", which is the embodiment of great compassion. Among the various images of Buddhism, there are many images of Guanyin Bodhisattva, which is probably related to the statement that Guanyin has various incarnations. Generally speaking, as one of the "Three Great Statues of the West", when he walked with the general trend of the Buddha statue, Guanyin Bodhisattva wore a treasure crown with a Buddha statue on it, and there was no obvious difference in other forms and costumes from other Buddha statues. In the Northern Song Dynasty, China people created a new story about Guanyin's life experience. It is said that there was a king of Miao Zhuang who gave birth to three daughters named Miao Yin, Miaoyuan and Miaoshan. All three girls are old enough to get married. The eldest girl and the second girl happily got married, but even the third daughter Miaoshan refused to get married and insisted on becoming a monk. King Zhuang was very angry and drove Miaoshan out of the palace. Miao Shan went up the mountain to practice and became an immortal in Xiangshan. Later, Zhuang Wang was seriously ill and dying. As an introduction to medicine, he needs the help of his relatives. Sister and second sister refused to make sacrifices. Only Miao Shan, who became a monk, gave his hand-eye and saved his father's life. The Buddha was moved by his filial piety and gave her a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, making it a goddess of mercy with thousands of hands and eyes. This story is the product of the combination of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, which has been mixed with Confucian filial piety and Taoist immortal thought (Miao Shan practiced as the "immortal leader").