In "Journey to the West", the status of this golden-winged roc eagle is very high, it is not only an ancient divine beast, he is also the brother of the Peacock Daming King Bodhisattva, that is, Rulai's uncle. After the netherworld, he is a demon, a lustful eater, who has been immortal, and who still has to eat Tang monk meat. It can be said that he is extremely vicious and evil, and many arhats are not his opponents, and later the Buddha himself came forward to accept him.
However, in folklore, there are several historical celebrities who are also reincarnated by the Roc golden-winged bird, and after being born, they become the great heroes in the hearts of the people.
First reincarnation: Zhang Fei, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms
In many folk legends, Zhang Fei is said to be the reincarnation of the golden-winged Dapeng eagle, Zhang Fei is a fierce general in the Three Kingdoms period, is the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Kingdom, and his status is second only to guan Yu, the god of war, among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, it can be said that he is also a god-like existence. Assist Liu Bei's three divisions of the world have one. It looks rude and good at whipping soldiers, but it is coarse and fine, and it has established an immortal merit for Shu Han. To this day, temples have been built in Langzhong and Yunyang to worship Zhang Fei.
The second time: Li Yuanba
In Sui and Tang dynasty novels such as Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Yuanba is considered to be the reincarnation of the golden-winged Dapeng Bird, and is the fourth son of Li Yuan, the ancestor of Tang Gaozu, with infinite strength, but when he was young, he was weak and sickly, and his flesh could not withstand the divine power of dapeng eagle. In the novel, Li Yuanba uses a pair of golden hammers, weighing four hundred pounds each and two eight hundred pounds, to defeat and kill Yuwen Chengdu. Of course, Li Yuanba is a fictional character in the novel and does not exist in history.
The third time: Zhang Tour
Feng Menglong's "Yu Shi Mingyan You Feng Du Hu Wu Di Poetry": "Yue Fei is a famous general of the Three Kingdoms Zhang Fei reincarnated, loyal and upright, and has not been polished through the ages." Once he was born as Zhang Tour, he changed his name without changing his surname; the second time he was born as Yue Fei, and he changed his surname without changing his name."
Zhang Tour was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty and made great military achievements. During the Anshi Rebellion, Zhang patrolled the town of Yongqiu to resist the rebels. In the face of no grain and grass, the disparity between the enemy and our forces and the lack of reinforcement support, they stubbornly defended the city, repeatedly defeated the rebel sieges, fought more than 400 battles before and after, and severely damaged the rebels. It ensures the safety of the southeast of Datang. After his death, he was posthumously given the title of Governor of Yangzhou and Duke of Deng.
The fourth time: Yue Fei
In "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue", the national hero Yue Fei is the reincarnation of the golden-winged dapeng eagle in the sky. It turned out that when Emperor Huizong of Song sacrificed to heaven, he wrote the Jade Emperor as the Jade Emperor Dog Emperor. It was really disrespectful to the heavens, so the Heavenly Emperor was furious, and the Jade Emperor sent the Red BeardEd Dragon to the Nether realm to disturb the Central Plains and subvert the Song Dynasty.
The Western Heaven Shakyamuni Buddha knew that after the Red Bearded Dragon netherworld, it would harm the human world and no one would surrender, so he sent a golden-winged dapeng eagle nether to subdue the red-bearded dragon. After the Golden-winged Dapeng Carved Netherworld, he was reincarnated as Yue Fei to save the Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji. After the Netherworld of the Red Bearded Dragon, he was born as a golden vulture. Therefore, the confrontation between Song and Jin and the great war between Song and Jin turned into a duel between the famous Jin Dynasty general Jin Wushu and the Great Song Yue Fei. Yue Fei was loyal to the country and became a model for all generations of people.
Fifth time: Xu Pengju
During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Kuibi, the Duke of Wei, gave birth to a son, Xu Kuibi dreamed of Yue Fei before the birth of his son, yue Fei said to him: I have a bumpy life, today I was born in your family, enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth. Therefore, the name of his son was Xu Pengju. Because Yue Fei wrote Pengju. This Xu Pengju was the seventh grandson of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, who had been married to the Ming Dynasty royal family for generations, and his wealth was boundless. This Xu Pengju did enjoy all the glory and wealth, but without the little courage of his ancestor Xu Da, when he was defending Nanjing, he encountered a mutiny of soldiers, and he fled in a hurry, and was called a straw bag by the soldiers, without any general's temperament.
The reincarnation of the Golden-winged Dapeng Eagle as Zhang Fei, Li Yuanba, Zhang Tour and Yue Fei these four times are all famous generals of a generation, Qingshi left a name; only the last reincarnation, ended up with the name of a straw bag general, thinking of the Golden-winged Dapeng Eagle is not only brave but also covetous.