Ancient myths and legends have created one classic image of the gods and immortals one after another, and among so many images, one of them can make people question, he is the iron abductor Li. Tie Quan Li is one of the legendary Eight Immortals, which is a very grounded combination of gods and immortals in folklore, because most of them are mortal cultivators.
There are also different versions of the Eight Immortals, but the generally accepted version consists of the following eight immortals, namely Tie Quan Li, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe, He Xiangu, Lü Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, and Cao Guo's uncle.
Chinese culture has a long history, broad and profound, all-encompassing, one of the branches, is the after-break language, there is such a sentence after the break, called "eight immortals across the sea - each shows divine powers", the source of this post-break language, is the Ming Dynasty Zeng Luoyang paper gui a divine and demonic novel, known as one of the four famous works of "Journey to the West"
Since the eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing his divine powers, then tieqiu Li is also a great god with divine powers, in addition, he is also known as the medicine king by the folk, the question is: Tieqiu Li is already a god, he has divine powers, why not cure his legs?
People have different interpretations of this problem, some think that the lame leg of the iron abductor Li, itself is not curable, although the iron abduction Li spell is strong, the medical skill is strong, but the healer can not self-heal, there are also believes that the iron abduction Li is not lame, the problem lies in his abduction, this abduction magic weapon has a spell, on the limp, thrown away on the stride like a fly. Of course, there are also people who believe that since the iron abductor Li has become an immortal, he is naturally riding the fog in the clouds, lame and not lame, without the slightest impact, and if he becomes an immortal, he will see through everything, and naturally he will not pay attention to the so-called image.
The above statement is not unreasonable, but it does not say the root of the problem.
Let's see why Iron Kidnapper Lee is lame! In folklore, when the eight immortals became immortals, they all went through transitional robbery, and when the iron abduction Li Du was robbed, he encountered difficulties and put his soul on a dead cripple, which happened to be just right at that time, so the image was fixed and could not be changed.
A typical example, you can refer to the Zhenwu Emperor in the "Journey to the North", the Zhenwu Emperor one day, on the mountain tied his hair, tied up, felt very lazy, so he no longer tied his hair, barefoot lying on the stone asleep, in the dream, there are gods and immortals to give the Zhenwu Emperor Tianshu, when he woke up, the Zhenwu Emperor became an immortal. Emperor Zhenwu wanted to tie his hair again, and found that no matter how his hair was tied, he couldn't tie it up, so in the temple of Emperor Zhenwu, the image of Emperor Zhenwu was cloaked and barefoot.
If the immortals can change their image at will, then Tuxingsun may be eight feet tall, the red child is not a hairy boy, the eight precepts of the pig are the dancing princes, and Sun Wukong is not a hairy-faced Lei Gong.
The book "Journey to the West" was written in the Ming Dynasty, but the prototype of the story of the Western Heavens Sutra has already appeared for many years, in the original version, there is no image of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, the prototype of the Eight Precepts of the Pig is the pig, and the "home" character in the pig is the pig, the ancient people raised pigs, the weapon of the Eight Precepts of the Pig is the nail rake, and the ancient people cultivated, using the nail rake, the character of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, very urban, very grounded, it can be seen that the image of adding the Eight Precepts of the Pig to the Western Heavens is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people.
The image of the Eight Precepts of the Pig represents the peasants and is taken from life, and in the same way, the image of the iron abduction of Li is also based on life.
In addition, most of the gods and immortals in folklore have their own unique appearances, such as three eyes, pairs of wings, a bulging forehead, barefoot feet, etc., which are conducive to the people to distinguish. Otherwise, they are all handsome and beautiful, and no one can recognize who is who.
Therefore, iron abduction Lee is not unable to cure his own lameness, but his image has been fixed by people.