Chi Songzi was an early Taoist deity, first seen in Liu Xiang's Biography of the Immortals of Huainan:
Akamatsuko, Shennong Shi Rain Master also. Serve water jade to teach Shennong. It can burn itself on fire. Often to the Kunlun Mountain, often stop in the Western Queen Mother Stone Chamber, with the wind and rain up and down. The Yandi Maiden chased after her, and she also had to go away. He was reinstated as a rain master at the highest level of Singh. The Rain Master of the Present Day is Yan.
A red pine, a fluttering girl. Take over and fly, coldly lifted. Long wind, Russian wing xuanpu. Myoda Xunkan, as Fan Siyu.
Later Akamatsuko stories are mostly quoted from the stories of the Legend of the Immortals.
For example, Guo Pu's "Classic of Mountains and Seas" of the "Nanshan Classic" says: Three hundred miles to the east of the Ritang a mountain of the court, many trees... Multi-water jade, water jade, now water essence also. Mandarin as "Shanglin Fu" said: Water Jade Lei'a. Akamatsuko served, see The Legend of the Immortals.
"Xianyuan Weaving Pearls" Cloud: Red Pine Rain, Yu Feng with Smoke. "Legend of the Immortals" Yun: Akamatsuko, Shennong Yushi also...
In addition, there are many sutras that supplement and explain the story of Akamatsuko. For example, the "Taishang Dong Xuan LingBaoZhi Grass Product" says: Red Pine Zi ascended to Kunlun Palace, serving water jade and teaching Yan Emperor. Here is consistent with the "Biography of the Immortals" recorded that the Yan Emperor's daughter chased after her. It shows that Akamatsuko and Emperor Yan were contemporaries.
Due to the age of time, although Akamatsuko's physical and mental identity has been recorded in many scriptures, the records are not consistent.
The "TaishangDong Xuan Lingbao Five Rune Order" says: In ancient times, there was Huang Chuping, whose surname was Chi, and Chuping changed the word to Chi Songzi. Its view is that red pine nuts are Huang Chuping.
The Yellow Emperor Jiuding Shendan Jingjing says: The Ancient True Emperor Wang Qiao, Chi Songzi, and the Yellow Emperor were subject to the Xuan daughter. The Niece, the Celestial Daughter also. Here it is believed that Akamatsuko and the Yellow Emperor and Wang Qiao are all real people in the ancient times, and they are all taught by the Nine Heavenly Virgins.
"Yuanyangzi Jin liquid collection" said; The Red Pine Seed is the King of Huainan. He believed that Akamatsuko was the King of Huainan himself.
The True Record of the Immortals of the Western Mountains records that the Master, the model of man, the Yellow Emperor asked for red pine seeds, and it took half a year to obtain the "Middle Precept Sutra". It is said that the Yellow Emperor visited Chi Songzi, and it took half a year to move The Red Pine Zi and grant the Yellow Emperor the "Middle Precept Sutra". In The Dozo, there are two articles with red pine nuts in their names. One is the "Red Pine Zi Chapter Calendar", and the core idea of the Red Pine Zi Chapter Calendar is "to help the country and save the people". It is the most important text in the early days of Tianshi Dao. The other is the Akamatsuko Sutra. In addition, there are also annotated versions of Akamatsuko's commentaries on the Yellow Emperor's Yin Rune Classic.
In addition, there is also a saying that Akamatsuko was a disciple of Lao Tzu. The "Shangqing Taiji Hidden Annotation Jade Scripture Treasure Recipe" records: Since the beginning of the disaster, Chi Songzi, Wang Qiao, Xian men, Xuanyuan, yinzi, and received five thousand secret notes.
The "Song of Huan Dan" says: Yellow buds are not the same as the world's lead, in vain to work hard to see the work, the virtual room is born of white heads, where leisurely visit the red pine. It is like Akamatsuko is the representative of the gods.
The "Shangqing Seven Sacred Xuanji Classic" says: East Pole True Man Ling Yang Zi Ming, South Pole True Man Chi Songzi, West Pole True Man Wang Fang Ping, Arctic True Man An Qisheng. Akamatsuko is listed as one of the early Four Pole True Men.
We have a general understanding of who Akamatsuko is, and it should be one of the early immortals. We look further through his teachers and the disciples he taught.
The Dongxuan Lingbao True Spirit Position Karma Chart believes that Akamatsuko was a disciple of Central Huang Laojun. Its record reads: Zuo Sheng Antarctic Nanyue Zhenren Zuo Xian Gong Tai Fei Zhenren Chi Songzi, a disciple of The Central Huang Laojun. Central Huang Laojun is one of the Five Elders of the Five Directions, fully known as the Central Jade Treasure Yuanling Elder, because the five elements belong to the soil, and the soil is yellow.
He also said: Pei Junshi. Pei Jun here refers to the Qingling Zhenren, the character Xuanren. That is to say, Akamatsuko has a disciple who is a Qingling Zhenren. If we are not very familiar with this person, then the following one must be familiar to everyone
"Xuan Pin Lu Said": Now with three inches of tongue as the emperor's teacher, sealing ten thousand households, ranking the marquis, this cloth is the extreme, Yu Liang is enough. Willing to abandon human affairs and travel from Akamatsuko. It is to learn the Tao, to want to lift lightly, and to become a marquis. This one is Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang, one of the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty". Among Zhang Liang's descendants, there was an eighth grandson, known as Zhang Tianshi. He is Zhang Daoling. The Daozu of Wudou Rice Road.
And that's not all. The "Ziyang Zhenren Inner Biography" says: Nai Deng Taihua Mountain, met Nanyue Chi Songzi, and was subject to the "Shangyuan True Book". Ziyang Zhenren is also a great historian, he is the seventh grandson of Zhou Bo, the founding father of the Western Han Dynasty. Ziyang County, Shaanxi Province, China, is the only county in China named after the Taoist name. He was also a disciple of Akamatsuko.
Chinese culture is so interesting. Although the ancients were far away, their influence, their mantle, their thoughts. In fact, we have been inheriting.