After introducing Taishang Laojun last time, today I will introduce you to a white-bearded grandfather who is very important in the sky - Taibai Venus.
The Most Familiar Taibai Venus is the old immortal who fooled the Monkey King to heaven in "Journey to the West", and later asked the Jade Emperor to seal the monkey a "Qi Tian Dasheng".
This old immortal can be said to be the one who helped Sun Wukong the most in "Journey to the West", such as fooling the monkey king to heaven, in fact, he gave the monkey a formal compilation of the heavenly court - you look at other mythological and fantasy novels, how many immortals are cultivated in the mortal world, most of them are scattered immortals or doing miscellaneous work in the heavenly court, how difficult is it to become an official in the heavenly court? As soon as this monkey ascended to heaven, he was not only exempted from the crime of breaking into the Dragon Palace, but also became a bow Ma Wen, or was it not the credit of Taibai Venus's advice?
unbelief? Please see the original text of "Journey to the West":
Taibai Chang Gengxing flashed out of the class, and he bowed down and said, "Shangsheng, anyone who has nine skills in the Three Realms can cultivate immortals." Nai this monkey is the body cultivated by heaven and earth, the body of the sun and the moon, he also walks on the heavens and the earth, and serves lu xia, and now that he has cultivated into the Immortal Dao, he has the ability to descend the dragon and the tiger, so why is he different from people? His Majesty, who may recite the mercy of biochemistry, send down a summons of the Holy Will, proclaim him to the Upper Realm, grant him an official position of a large and small size, and bind him here by his name. If you receive the Mandate of Heaven, you will be rewarded later, and if you disobey the Mandate of Heaven, you will be captured. One is not moving the laborers, and the other is collecting immortals and youdaoya. The Jade Emperor was very happy to hear this, and said, "According to Qing's music." "That is, the Wenqu Star Official's Cultivation Commandment, the Taibai Venus Zhao An."
Not only that, when Sun Wukong pulled the flag to rebel, it was still Too Platinum Venus who proposed to give an empty title of "Qi Tian Dasheng", saving Huaguo Mountain from a catastrophe.
In addition, on the way that Sun Wukong assisted Tang Sanzang to learn the scriptures, Taibai Venus also personally went down several times, either to ventilate the message, or to guide the mystery and help the monkey quickly solve the problem.
- To be honest, I don't think Taibai Venus has any close relationship with the monkey's master, Bodhi Grandmaster, otherwise how could he be so enthusiastic about helping this monkey? We can't ask about this, let's have doubts first.
These deeds and images of Taibai Venus in "Journey to the West" have been mistaken by many people as he is very amiable and gentle, in fact, Taibai Venus can be literate and martial, and he ignores women and men.
Why?
In ancient times, Venus represented the military affairs of the Gango, in charge of the affairs of war, and the main killing. Ancient astrologers and military experts often observed the changes in the platinum star to divine the military activities of the country.
"Tianguan Zhan" Yun: "Taibai, the essence of Western Gold, the son of the White Emperor, the Shanggong, the elephant of the Great General." "The son of the White Emperor is naturally a man, and he is also a great general elephant, a warrior."
And legend has it that as long as Venus appears at a special time and region, it is a symbol of "changing the sky" and a precursor to the outbreak of revolution or ZHENG change.
The Book of Han and Astronomical Chronicles says: "Taibai Jingtian is the revolution of the world, and the people are more kings." ”
Seeing Venus moving slowly on the surface of the Sun like a small black dot during the day, the so-called "Taibai Jingtian" (astronomically called "Venus Transit"), heralds chaos in the world. In June 626, Taibai Jingtian, Taishi LingFu Yimi played Tang Gaozu Li Yuan: "Taibai sees Qin, and the King of Qin should have the world." In the same month, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, and two months later he took the throne.
The ancients believed in astrological signs, and there were many theories of the appendix, and this was also a delusional listen.
But during the tang xuanzong period, there was a poet known as who immortals turned out to be born, and his uncle Li Yangbing said that he was a taibai venus, reincarnated as an adult, named Li Bai, the character too white. Therefore, the name of Li Changgeng, the taibai venus, also spread.
As for "suddenly female to male", in fact, it is more of an influence from foreign cultures.
During the Tang Dynasty, the Western Tianzhu Brahmin monk Jin Juzha compiled an astrology book called "Seven Yao You Disaster Recipe", which described Taibai Venus as a goddess dressed in yellow, wearing a chicken crown, playing a pipa, and a false disaster disease.
The Taibai Star in the Dunhuang murals
(Biography) Tang Dynasty Liang Lingzhuan's "Five Stars and Twenty-Eight True Shapes"
In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, Venus was also a woman, and was the goddess of love and beauty, Venus (Aphrodite). The Latin word for "Venus" is Vĕnus.
By the way, Venus, who is now active in the entertainment industry, is also a goddess.
However, when it came to the Ming Dynasty, the image of Taibai Venus was fixed as an old fairy with childlike crane hair and love to help people.
In folklore and novels, there is no shortage of helpful accounts of Venus, such as:
During the Han Dynasty, Liu Chen and Ruan Zhaoci lived in seclusion on Tiantai Mountain, and Taibai Venus matched their marriage to two fairies.
In the Jin Dynasty, Xu Xun ruled the water in Poyang Lake, and Taibai Venus gave him a sword to help him slay the rebellious dragon and eliminate the harm for the people.
Taibai Venus was given to Xue Dingshan, the son of the famous Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui, with armor and saddles to help him achieve victory.
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Therefore, the "old good man" of the platinum star is so standing.
Now, when we look up, the easiest thing we can see is The Platinum Star.
From a scientific point of view, Venus due to its large size, close to the Earth, its surface composed of carbon dioxide and concentrated sulfuric acid atmosphere has a very high albedo of sunlight, so we Earthlings can easily see it.
It is only in the early morning that it appears in the east and is called "Daystar"; at night it shines in the west, and it is mistaken for another star, so it is also called "Chang Gung Star" - this is also the reason why Taibai Venus is also known as Li ChangGeng.
In astrology, Venus (Jinde Xingjun) and the four planets of wood, fire, earth, and water form the five yao, and if you add the sun, moon and India imported Jidu and Luo Ju two stars, it becomes the nine yao, and the nine yao star jun belongs to the Doubu. This is also an example of the confusion of the Chinese mythological system.
After talking about the Jade Emperor's chief staff officer Taibai Venus, the next time we will talk about the history of Li Jing, the king of Tota, who has ascended to the throne--how did a son's father become the commander of the three armies of the Heavenly Court.