Regarding the Tanglin Shrine, a few years ago, I wrote an article titled "The Rise and Fall of the Church of Our Lady of Tanglin for a Thousand Years". I have always believed that myths and legends can be used as an aspect of the study of local history, but it does not have to take too much effort. However, I had no choice but to see that some people had convincingly verified that the Tanglin Virgin Mary was out of the Sea Tomb, Rugao built the Tanglin Virgin Shrine, and it was quoted on the Internet, widely disseminated in the newspaper, and I happened to see the "Taizhou Chronicle" in the "Taizhou Chronicle" about the "Tanglin Virgin Shrine has nothing to do with Tai" and the Rugao never had the Tanglin Virgin Shrine, which has the "out of the cage" of the "Answer to the Question" text, in order to correct the audio-visual!
Who knows, but it unexpectedly led to the question of whether the Virgin of Tanglin was a "fairy" or a "demon".
The rest of his life is also late, and he is shallow and thin, and he cannot write a large number of articles that are sprinkled with foreign words, quoting large articles from the scriptures, and only has the honest duty to seek answers from the original texts.
The "Naturalist" said: "The woman Du Jiang, the left way is theosophical." The county thinks it is a demon, and the prison is shackled. The pawn is deformed and does not know the extreme. In shape, because it is a temple shrine, it is called the Virgin of Tanglin. ”
"Left Path Theosophical". Mentioning the "Left Way", someone moved out of the "Ci Hai": "The Left Way is an evil way." "Etiquette, The Royal System" says: Sticking to the left road to chaos and killing. "Our Lady of Tanglin is naturally the "demon" who should be killed.
In fact, there is an interesting phenomenon in Chinese characters, that is, one word polysylation and one tone multi-word, one word polysemy and one meaning multi-word. The 1980 edition of Ci hai only has an explanation of "left way" as "evil way, should be killed". In fact, under the "Book of Rites and The King's System", Zheng Xuan has a note: "Left Dao, if the witch cup and the customs are forbidden." The 1983 edition of the Modern Chinese Dictionary also explains: "Refers to the religious sects of the uncorrupted school, which is also borrowed from scholarship." The explanation of the seventh edition of 2016 is: "Refers to unorthodox, unauthentic religious denominations." Borrowed also academically." The 2015 Xinhua Idiom Dictionary also explains: "Refers to unorthodox academic and religious sects, and also refers to improper methods and methods." This explanation is much more objective and accurate. Now "Baidu" lists a variety of sources. Among them, the text quoted in the "Zizhi Tongjian" has the meaning of "changing and doing everything". Combined with Du Jiang's "pawn deformation", it seems to coincide.
And Du Jiang's "left way theosophical mind" should have nothing to do with "demon". Because "god" does not communicate with "demons", only "gods" and "immortals" will communicate.
"The county thinks it's a demon." It seems that the question of whether the Virgin of Tanglin is a "god" or a "demon" has not been debated since today, as early as a thousand years ago. However, at that time, it was only "the county thought it was a demon". So what did his boss think? The text says: "On the form". After the county grand master reported to his superiors, the text concealed the attitude of "shang", but clarified the result of the treatment - "because it is a temple shrine, the number of our lady of Tanglin". If "Shang" also believes that Du Jiang is a "demon", he will definitely kill him, but he clearly instructs: build a temple to sacrifice and seal the title of "Virgin". Imagine that "Shang" will build a temple title for "demon"? That's probably extremely rare!
It seems that the title of an article by a Taizhou scholar is accurate: "The Legend of our Lady of Tanglin: From the Demon Girl WhoSe Husband Dislikes to the Goddess who Is Listed in the List of Immortals".
Do good and do evil. In fact, there is a most primitive and simplest way to distinguish between demons and immortals, that is, all demons do evil, and immortals always do good. Does Our Lady of Tanglin do evil or good? Huai Su said very clearly in the "Madonna Thesis": "Water and drought are troubled, all prayers are made, the gods answer, people use great health, and adulterers ... Sin is rewarded. "Although these descriptions have exaggerated and rendered elements, they will not always be made out of nothing!" This can also be reflected in the "sacrifice of the temple near and far".
Social repercussions. Whether it is a "demon" or a "fairy", there is also a test criterion, that is, to see the social repercussions. According to the "Madonna Thesis" Yun, at that time, Shangzi Jin Emperor Kang thought that "Zhongxing Zhirui, commanded in his immortal palace view, Qingshu Xiangye". Down to the people are "from the Jin Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, three hundred in the year, all despised and worshipped, and the car disciples ran to the genus", "far and near to the annexed, pouring out the Jianghuai". As for the Sui Dynasty Emperor, who moved him east to the wilderness, it was still "gathering in prayer", and "the old man was sad" also issued a sigh and expectation of "who is happy". The Virgin of Tanglin is a "fairy" or a "demon", and the ancients have long judged.
Besides, Our Lady of Tanglin, Xianye? ? The female Taoist nun Kang Zixia of the Shrine of Our Lady is still listed as a fairy, and there is a "fairy temple" to sacrifice, while the Virgin of Tanglin is actually a demon, how can people understand this?
In fact, immortals, demons, and our lady of Tanglin are all illusionary figures. However, it also reflects the wishes and prayers of the people at that time. We should no longer look at these folk myths and legends from a "left" perspective today. (Zhu Yuqi)'