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Yang Jian is a real person in history. He was a eunuch at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and was favored by Huizong. There are biographies in the history of song: Volume 468 biographies, 227. (that is, one of the four treacherous ministers in Water Margin, who is as famous as Gao Qiu, Cai Jing and Tong Guan)
Erlang God belief has existed since ancient times. It can be traced back to the worship of Dujian Erlang in the Tang Dynasty. Du Jian is the second son of the king of Pishan (this is the origin of “Erlang”). Who is the king of Pishan? It is said that when Li Shimin followed Li Yuan to set up the army, “there is a God who came forward and called himself the king of Pishan, and he is willing to settle the chaos together.” The main miracle of Dujian Erlang is that he solved the siege of Anxi soldiers during the reign of Tianbao. The worship of Dujian Erlang, a Buddhist deity, was widely spread in the late Tang Dynasty and extended to Guankou (guanjiangkou in journey to the West) in the Five Dynasties. Guankou is located in Qingcheng Mountain, the holy land of Shu Daoism.
So the Taoist quit. They presented a new "e; Erlang God “– Zhao Yu. It is said that Zhao Yu was from the Sui Dynasty. He lived in seclusion in Qingcheng Mountain and learned Taoism. Because emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty forced him to become an official, he became the prefect of Jiazhou, Sichuan. At times, there was an old Jiao who made waves and became a disaster. Zhao Yu threw himself into the river with a knife, submerged into the water, and fought with the old Jiao. In an instant, the river was completely red, the stone case half collapsed, and the roar was like thunder. Finally, Zhao Yu held the head of the Jiao in his left hand and the knife in his right hand, and rushed out. So the people of the state wore it and worshipped it as a God. Then Zhao Yu abandoned his official position and disappeared , I didn’t know what to do, but when the Jialing river overflowed, I “showed my spirit” several times.
The story of Zhao Yu’s killing of the Jiao is similar to Li Bing’s water control performance in establishing Dujiangyan in Guankou area. therefore, A new “Erlang God” — Li Erlang, the son of Li Bing “It was born. According to literature records, Li Erlang integrated the deeds of Dujian, Zhao Yu and Li Bing, and added new miracles as needed. In addition to the name of Erlang, he also inherited the heroic figure of Dujian. The story of Zhao Yu beheading the dragon was absorbed by him. As for Li Bing’s water control achievements, he made a further transfer, so that Li Erlang became an omnipotent water control expert. All these, plus the detection of floods, the shooting of tigers, and the capture of lock evils Long and so on, with the composition of the plot twists and turns and touching deeds of Li Erlang’s ability.
As for how Yang Jian became Erlang God, there are many theories. One is:
In Feng Menglong’s “awakening to the world” Volume 13 " Leather boots documents Erlang God " In the short story, it is described that Mrs. Han, a palace member of Huizong of Song Dynasty, recuperated in the eunuch Yang Jian’s mansion, and went to the temple of Erlang in Miaodao, Qingyuan to incense one day. The temple official sun Shentong would practice magic, disguised as Erlang God, and went into the eunuch Yang Jian’s mansion at night to have an affair with Mrs. Han. After the incident, Yang Jian first asked judge Wang to lose, and then asked Taoist pan to shoot down a leather boot, so as to explore the case. The author explains at the end of the article: "e; It was originally a biography of the old man in the capital and has been incorporated into unofficial history& quot; It is obviously compiled by the author according to the stories spread since the song and Yuan Dynasties.
It is possible that Erlang God appeared in the story about Yang Jian, and later generations falsely transmitted the erroneous information, and even combined Erlang God and Yang Jian into one.
Later, after the interpretation of various novels and operas, especially journey to the West and the romance of the gods, the saying that Erlang God is Yang Jian was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
As for the fact that Yang Jian ranks second in the TV series “Baolian Deng Qianzhuan”, he has a brother named Yang Jiao, who said that it should be a patch made by the TV writers to solve the problem of why the “Erlang God” is “two” (in the TV series “Baolian Deng”, Yang Jian also ranks second in the Seven Saints of Meishan, and the reason is estimated to be the same), which is not consistent with the legend of Yang Erlang in history:
The sinking story can be seen in the libretto drummers, which is similar… Only the Tanci “Baolian Denghua mountain saves mother”, in addition to the story of Chenxiang saving mother, there is also the origin of Erlang splitting the mountain to save mother. It is said that Yang Tianyou, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty, practiced Taoism in Taoshan. Zhang Xiangu went down the mountain to cooperate with Yang and gave birth to a man and a woman. The man’s name was Erlang and the woman’s name was Sanniang. Disclaimer: the above content originates from the network, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.