Who is Lao Zu Chen? It is estimated that many people know this person from the legend of Mount Hua. It is said that Song Taizushang was passing through Mount Hua during the Qianlong period, was fooled by a Taoist priest named Chen Zhuo, lost a game of chess, and wrote a contract to transfer Mount Hua to Chen Zhuo. It is clearly proved that Mount Hua has left historical landscapes such as "chess pavilion" and "Wenyue Stone". In the real history, there is indeed Chen Zhuo, a Taoist ancestor-level figure, proficient in health maintenance, good at Taoist cultivation techniques, Huang Laozhi and Yi Xiang Busuan, worthy of the word master. But he really did not play chess with Zhao Kuangyin, but was just a monastic master who had been pushed to the altar due to the needs of the regime.
1. The myth about the birth of Chen Zhuo's ancestors
Since it is a god, of course, birth will be different. It is said that Chen Zhuo was a purple-clad meat ball caught by a fisherman fishing in a fishing net while fishing in the river. The fisherman did not know what it was, and he was bold, so he filled his stomach first. When I went home and was preparing to steam the meat ball and eat it, I was preparing to put the meat ball into the pot, when a thunderous lightning bolt suddenly came from the sky, and the fisherman lost his hand and dropped the meat ball to the ground, and a baby jumped out of it, and Chen Zhuo was born. Is there a taste of Nezha? After chen was born, he could not speak until he was four years old, when he met a woman dressed in green clothes and fed him the milk of wisdom. Since then, Chen Xuan has not only learned to speak, but also read all the books in the world at that time, including poetry, books, Yi, Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine and so on. Became a well-known god man.
From a modern point of view, these contents can only prove two points, one is that Chen Zhuo is an illegitimate child or an abandoned baby, born by the river, and lived in poverty at an early age; the other is that Chen Zhuo is indeed a smart child and has read many books. It was only because of the fisherman's family background that I had the conditions to go to school and study, which was very difficult for me to understand.
2. How old did Chen Zhuo live
There are many records about Chen Zhuo's life span, ranging from 118, 180, and 380, and the more orthodox version at present is that he was born on October 10, the twelfth year (871) of Tang Yizong's Xiantong, the so-called "day of great auspiciousness". He died in July of the second year of the Song Dynasty (989), and died in Zhang Chaogu, Huashan, at the age of 118. Such a high life expectancy is difficult to achieve even under modern medical conditions. The suspicion came from the fact that chen Zhuo, a young man with lofty ideals, had participated in the imperial examination in the later Tang Mingzong period (932) and did not pass the examination, and since then he has been indifferent to his meritorious name and concentrated on seeking the Tao. If Chen Zhuo was really born in the Tang Dynasty, by 932, Chen Zhuo was already sixty years old, a corrupt Confucian who had tried and tested repeatedly would have decided to break the merits, and did not believe that Chen Zhuo, who only concentrated on cultivation at the age of sixty, had the whim of drawing the Taiji Diagram, writing the YiLong Tu, the Xiantian Tu, and the Wuji Tu, explaining the Book of He Tuluo, and annotating the Zhengyi Xin Fa to advocate innate and easy learning. The only thing I can understand is that when participating in the imperial examination, Chen Zhuo should be about twenty years old, and when he is in full bloom, he will rely on the way of health and live for a total of about 80 years. As for the legend that Tang Dezong gave three beautiful women to Chen Zhuo, it should be attached to Chen Zhuo's body for other cultivators. But the poem in the story that returns to the woman is worth appreciating with friends: "The snow is the jade for the body, and I am deeply grateful to the king for sending it." The virgin did not know the dream of the Witch Gorge, and the clouds and rain fell on the balcony. It is simply the confession of a straight man, and the cultivator is pure-hearted, "the beast is not as good."
3. What is the relationship between Chen Zhuo and Zhao Kuangyin
Chen Xuan was well-read and proficient in the Tao of Medicine, and should have been a big V-level existence at that time. Zhou Shizong summoned him specifically for his fame and stayed in the palace for more than a month. It is estimated that at this time, Chen Zhuo had an acquaintance with Song Taizu, who was serving as an envoy at that time. And Chen Zhuo, who was in the art of xiangren, estimated that he had already seen that Zhao was reviewing things that were not in the pool, and as for the extent to which the two had communicated, all the history books had avoided it. However, when Zhao Kuangyin's imperial robe was added and he needed public opinion to support the legitimacy of his throne, Chen Xuan appeared in time and declared that the world would be stable from then on. I'll still excerpt the description of the Water Margin: "At that time, there was a Chen Zhuo priest in Xiyue Huashan, a man of high morality and virtue, who could distinguish between wind and clouds. One day, riding a donkey down the mountain, between the lines in Nahua's vagina, he heard the legend of the guests on the road: 'Now Tokyo Shiba Sejong gave way and Zhao Checkpoint ascended the throne.' When Mr. Chen Zhuo heard this, his heart rejoiced, and he raised his forehead with his hands, laughed on the back of the donkey, and turned the donkey upside down. People ask why. The gentleman said, 'The world will be set from now on!' It is the upper heavenly heart, the lower part of the geography, and the middle of the people. From the Taoist point of view, Zhao Kuangyin's position as the true son of heaven was determined. Curiously, after ascending the throne, Taizu repeatedly invited Chen Daoshi to go out of the mountains and enter Beijing, but was rejected. However, Emperor Taizong, who was suspected of killing his brother, invited Master Chen to Kaifeng and was awarded the title of "Mr. Xiyi".
It is speculated that Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Zhuo, who have long been ambitious, should know each other after they met, and Chen should have come up with the idea of a coup for Zhao. And during the critical period, from the public opinion to endorse the legitimacy of the Song Zhao regime. Later, Zhao repeatedly summoned Chen Chushan just to be a temptation, and Chen Chuishan was showing his will: Please let the Zhao family rest assured, I am indifferent to fame and fortune, I will not expose your ugly deeds, nor will I let my disciples and disciples engage in conspiracies and tricks against you, please do not give me a cruel hand.
Let's talk about chess. In the fourth year of the Later Jin Dynasty (939), Chen Xuan traveled to Mount Emei to give a lecture, and was called "Emei Zhenren". He studied Yi Yi and wrote "Taiji Yin yang theory", "Taiji Diagram" and "Xiantian Square Circle Diagram". In the twelfth year of the Later Jin Dynasty (947), Chen Zhuo and the Mai Daoists lived in seclusion at the Yuntai Temple in Mount Hua. He often travels between Mount Hua and Mount Wudang. At this time, Zhao Taizu had already surrendered to the Later Han Privy Council and made Guo Wei's account requisition. Where is the time to run to Mount Hua to play chess? Besides, Mr. Chen Zhuo's best thing is to sleep, often sleeping for more than 100 days, and the chance of encountering Zhao Guanren in Huashan, Nuoda, is more difficult than winning a lottery special prize.
4. How did Chen Zhuo get to the altar
As a master of the times, Chen Zhuo's contribution to the Great Song Dynasty was not only to stand for Song Taizu, but also to help Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong, and it was Taizong and Zhenzong who made Chen Zhuo a god. Emperor Taizong's ascension to the throne was not right, and there were various rumors among the officials and the people, and although Emperor Taizong joined forces with Zhao Pu to create the "Golden Jade League", he still could not convince the public. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone's recognized master Chen Zhuo to come forward to correct his name. And Master Chen judged the general situation correctly, did not prevaricate, came at the call, and put on the signature feather to tell everyone that Song Taizong was a true dragon incarnated, and when he saw Zhao Father's second son (Kuang Yin and Guangyi) passing through Mount Hua many years ago, he saw that he was carrying two true dragons.
Emperor Taizong, who was not a true dragon, liked the I Ching and asked Chen To meet his son to see which child could serve as heir. Master Chen once again performed superb acting skills, and when he followed Taizong Guangyi to the door of his third son Zhao Heng, he suddenly turned around and returned. Zhao Taizong was very angry, and pretended to be profound: Although I have not entered the Southern Temple, I already know the weather and future of the Heavenly Dynasty. It's him who is him. Of course, Guangyi didn't believe it, you hadn't even seen it, so why did you think so? Chen Daoren replied, and I saw that the doormen of his family had the appearance of a high official written on their faces. So Zhao Guangyi determined Zhao Heng's successor status.
I have great respect for "Easy to Learn", but to the point of Master Chen Zhuo, I think it is still intelligence that plays a big role. After all, Master Chen has many disciples, and it should not be difficult to find out which child Emperor Taizong likes, and then it is not a question of performance ability? Therefore, the royal nobles led by Song Taizu, Song Taizong, and Song Zhenzong promoted Chen Xuan to the position of immortal, and then proved the legitimacy of his inheritance with the mouth of the immortal. And Chen Xuan was just the most suitable tool to be used at that time.
Finally, it looks a lot like a legend, but it is likely to be the real "Stone Room Immortal Death". In the early years of Duan Gong, Chen Zhuo asked Jia Desheng to chisel stones in Zhang Chaogu as a room. The following year, the stone chamber was chiseled, and Chen Zhuo personally wrote hundreds of words as a sonata, which roughly said: "My qi will be exhausted, and the Holy Pilgrimage will be difficult to attach to, and then I will be transformed into Zhang Chaogu under the Lotus Peak on the twenty-second day of this month." After seven days, his limbs and body still had residual warmth. At that time, there were five colors of colorful clouds covering the clogging of the cave entrance, which did not disperse through the moon. For predicting life and death, there are masters in ancient and modern times who can do it, which cannot be explained by current science.