The legendary story of Master Sanguan

The Legend of Master Sanguan

The Sanyuan Palace on Huaguo Mountain is the largest temple in the entire Yuntai Mountain. It is dedicated to Emperor Sanyuan, also known as Master Sanguan. , there are many interesting legends about Mr. Sanguan. .

According to the elders, Master Sanguan was the three nephews of the Jade Emperor, but they were born in mortal bodies in that place in Shaanxi. The three brothers were fond of charity and devoted themselves to doing good deeds. Later they developed Taoism and became immortals. The old man was in charge of the sky, and he was the Tianguan Master; the second brother was in charge of the earth, and he was the Earth Official; the third brother was in charge of water, and he was the Shuiguan Master. We collectively called the three brothers "Sanguan Master".

One year, Baoying was hit by a disaster and there was no harvest. The common people dug up all the wild vegetables and stripped off the bark of the trees. In the end, they had nothing to eat, so they also used the grain to survive the spring famine. Even if your life is saved, it’s time to plant crops, but you don’t have any food to plant. Sooner or later, you’re going to die! Baoying's land master was shocked and hurriedly went to find Mr. Sanguan to save his life. He happened to find Mr. Tianguan and agreed.

On this day, a little old man suddenly came to Baoying. He led a donkey and carried two bags to grow grain. Along the way, he said that he would grow grain on credit and settle the accounts after the crops were harvested. As soon as the bankers heard about this, they all came to get credit. The little old man's two pockets were full of grain credits, and crops were planted in every household.

It just so happened that the weather was good this year, and the crops grew surprisingly well. The carts and people's loads were used to clean up the grain. Baoying people were waiting quietly for the little old man to come and settle the accounts. The first waiter did not come, and the second waiter Not coming. At this time, the land master Baoying entrusted a dream to the villagers. The person who told people to grow grain on credit was Mr. Sanguan. He no longer wanted to grow grain! The man who received the dream asked: "Lord Tutu, how can we thank Master Sanguan?" Lord Tutu said: "How can we thank him? Isn't it enough to raise a few dollars to build a golden body for Master Sanguan and build a temple?" "The dreamer asked again, "Where can I repair it?" The Tu Tu Master was stunned for a long time and said, "I'll ask the Three Officials first."

The Tu Tu asked the Three Officials. Where is the temple built? Master Tianguan said: "We will go around various places to see which feng shui is good before we make a decision." The three masters separated and traveled around. On this day, Master Tianguan took the When the clouds came to the Aolai Kingdom in the East China Sea, I stood on the top of the clouds and looked down. I saw three hundred and sixty peaks in this mountain. There were auspicious clouds floating on each of the peaks. Master Tianguan lowered the clouds and stood on the front of Yuntai Mountain. Nine green dragons play a pipa together, this is the treasure "Nine Dragons Playing Pipa"! Master Tianguan said in his heart: Stay here, stay here, for peace of mind, the temple should be built here at Gedaling. He took out a big copper coin from his arms, threw it on the pipa, and the copper coin disappeared into the mud. The mark stays.

As soon as the construction of the temple here started, Mr. Sanguan returned to Shaanxi. On this day, the three brothers were talking at home. The Sanguan Temple in Yuntai Mountain was about to be built. Who would go and see it? Tianguan pretended to be the eldest and said, "You two have to suffer a little and go and have a look." Diguan said. Putting on the airs of the second child, he said: "Go to the third child, go and come quickly." Shuiguan wanted to put on airs but couldn't do it. There was no one younger than him, so he had to pout.

It stands to reason that the gods would be able to return in just one meal. However, for a certain hour, before the third child came back, the Heavenly and Earthly Officials were anxious and said that someone should go and have a look. The Heavenly Official commanded the second child and said, "Go and have a look again. Why haven't you come yet?" The second child wanted to control people again, but no one paid attention to him. He walked away angrily and did not look back for half an hour. Tianguan had no control now, so he went on his own. He was anxious, and the movement under his legs was surprisingly fast, and the time was up without a pack of cigarettes. After falling off the clouds, I walked a few steps to the Sanguan Temple. I saw that although the Sanguan Temple was not big, it was impressive. Master Tianguan didn't bother to take a closer look. He was thinking about his two younger brothers and hurriedly entered the Sanguan Temple. Looking inside, the fire was coming out of the liver again. There are three golden statues. The first one is the monkey, the third one is squatting, and the second one is the second one. Only the second one is left for him, the boss.

Mr. Tianguan’s nose was so angry that he was angry that the third child was neither older nor younger and took the elder brother’s position. He was angry that the second child only cared about himself and did not dare to uphold justice. This is my younger brother. I was worried that something would happen to them at home, but they were planning to tease me! Alas, it doesn't matter, I won't compete for the chief position, so Master Tianguan attached his true body to the golden statue at the bottom.

As for the two younger brothers, neither of them dared to say a word, their eyelids were pulled down, and they couldn't understand. Master Tianguan was sitting at the bottom, getting more and more angry as he thought about it. Finally, the good god with kind eyes and kind eyes became angry and turned into a fierce god with blowing beard, glaring eyes, crooked nose, twitching mouth and bristling hair.

Let’s talk about it here in the mortal world, it’s the New Year. Other families come to attend the temple fair on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but Baoying people remember Master Tianguan's great kindness. After having the reunion dinner and burning the fifth watch paper, they go to the Yuntai Mountain Temple to attend. Climbing the mountain from the Burning Incense River, I took three steps to kowtow and nine steps to bow. I went up to the big temple and burned incense to the three officials. A year's wish. Unexpectedly, Master Tianguan, who really helped them, was sitting at the bottom, receiving a pitiful amount of incense. When it was not enough, he had to secretly pick up the incense money that the second and third children did not want.

Later, the mountain god of Yuntai Mountain found out about this. Since he was not happy with the third and second sons, he entrusted the people with dreams and enlightened them to build a spiritual hall under the Sanguan Temple with "Zizaitian" on top, specifically to worship Master Tianguan. Baoying people knew the basis of this. When they went up the mountain to offer incense, they first went to the Ling Palace to offer offerings to Master Tianguan, and then went to the Sanguan Temple to burn incense.

Master Tianguan was very grateful to the local people for upholding justice for him and at the same time eliminating the barriers between brothers, so he did his best to do things for the people. Now the second and third sons also understood the principle of fairness and justice, and felt ashamed. They also imitated the heavenly officials and worked for the people in this area. The water and soil in this area were particularly fertile, and with good weather and good weather, the soil produced unique crops. Specialty, people call this land "Sanguan Laoye Blessed Land". Later, people also honored Master Sanguan as the Sanyuan Emperor, and the Sanguan Temple was renamed "Sanyuan Palace". This place was also called the "Blessed Land of the Sanyuan Emperor". Outstanding people and outstanding people, from generation to generation, many capable people came out of this place. Later, there was a rumor that: "Eighteen villages in the East China Sea, every village has a wise man."

Sun Jigao is updating during the day

There was a man named Sun Jigao in Wuxi who worked as a watchman for several years because his family was poor. In the second year of Wanli, Sun Jigao was already twenty-five years old. He was very happy when he heard that the imperial examination in the capital was recruiting top candidates. However, when he went to Beijing to take the examination, he needed someone to recommend him. Sun Jigao was from a humble background, and he had no one in the court and no money. How can he go to Beijing to take the exam?

In Sanli Bridge in Wuxi, there is a "Jieguan Pavilion" where official ships berth when they come to Wuxi. Sun Jigao knocked the clock every night, always knocking from Gao's sedan along the canal to here. One day, Sun Jigao saw a lot of official ships coming and going in front of the "Jieguan Pavilion", so he came up with a way. That afternoon, Sun Jigao was carrying a bamboo tube on his back, holding a stick in his hand, wearing a torn cotton jacket on his upper body, a few fresh straws tied around his waist, and wearing torn socks and straw sandals on his feet. He came here to do the watch, and happened to be the official ship of Changzhou Futai Master Qin Daming. Stop here. Sun Jigao was knocking on the clock and shouting: "Sun Jigao, knock knock, there is no main exam in Sikkim and two counties!" Sun Jigao was knocking and shouting like an old monk reciting sutras. After shouting over and over again, Mr. Qin from Futai was very surprised: How can anyone in the world knock the clock during the day? What he shouted didn't sound like a warning, so he sent someone to call Sun Jigao to the boat and asked him why. After hearing this, Mr. Qin couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at your tone, you don't look like someone who is going to be the number one scholar. Let's do this. If you go to the capital for the oral examination, I will give you the answers. If you are correct, I will give you a recommendation. If you are not correct, then you will have to blame yourself!" Sun Jigao said, "Excuse me, Sir, are you serious?" "There is no joke."

Qin Daming saw a sprig of osmanthus hidden in Sun Jigao's sleeve, so he said: "Primary school students hide the beauty of spring." When Sun Jigao heard this, he immediately said: "The master can clearly see the details." Qin Daming secretly exclaimed. He walked up to the bow of the ship and chanted again: "Longguang Tower, the top of the tower is as sharp as a pen, and the pen writes five continents and four seas." After saying that, he looked back at Sun Jigao. Sun Jigao thought: You used Longguang Pagoda as the title, and I was born at Huilong Bridge in Shuanghe. Let’s answer with Huilong Bridge. He said to him, "Huilong Bridge, the bridge hole is round, as round as a mirror, and the mirror reflects all the countries and nine continents." When Master Qin heard this, hey, this man is indeed talented! He immediately wrote a letter of recommendation on the boat and gave him a sum of silver to take the exam, so that Sun Jigao could go to Beijing to take the exam. Later, the news that Sun Jigao won the first prize reached Changzhou Prefecture, and Master Qin was also very proud.

"Street paved with rubble" style

Zheng Banqiao's excellent calligraphy was achieved through hard work. Zheng Banqiao not only practiced writing every day, but also couldn't sleep well at night. He would scratch the bed with his fingers while sleeping in bed, pondering the writing skills. Once, while paddling, he unknowingly touched his wife's body and woke her up. She angrily said to Banqiao: "You are really the same person. Don't you have your own body? What are you doing by paddling on other people's bodies?"

Who knew this sentence touched me so much? Zheng Banqiao's heart was touched, and he understood the word "body" in the body to mean the "body" in the font. Banqiao thought to himself: "Everyone has his own body, and I have my own body. I should write my own font, and I can't always imitate others and follow in the footsteps of my predecessors!" Later, he practiced hard day and night and boldly innovated. Finally, I jumped out of the ancient calligraphy frame and created a unique new style.

One day, Zheng Banqiao was walking on the street and saw several children playing games of pouring nails and grabbing stones, and arranging words with nails and stones. Banqiao was fascinated by it and pondered it over and over again after returning home. Slowly, Banqiao incorporated the method of placing characters with nails and stones into his own handwriting. As a result, when Banqiao wrote words, the strokes and frames had the artistic conception of iron nails slanting across the street and rubble-paved streets. Later, people called Zheng Banqiao's font "stone-paved street" style.

Only Mei Zhanbai Huakui

One day, Zheng Banqiao was drinking tea in a teahouse in Yancheng and met a rich man, and they started chatting. The rich man said: "I have a child at home, and I would like to ask a good teacher to teach him."

"What kind of good teacher do you want to teach?"

"I want to ask Zheng Banqiao from Xinghua . I heard that this person has a weird temper and is difficult to hire!"

Zheng Banqiao smiled and said, "I also want to find a place to sit in. What do you think of me?"

The rich man was known as a lover of talents, so he couldn't refuse in person, so he reluctantly agreed.

Zheng Banqiao arrived at the rich man's house and sat there. He saw a peony picture hanging in the middle hall. It was a good painting, but it was off to one side and looked unpleasant.

One day, when Zheng Banqiao was washing his pen, he accidentally flicked the pen, and a few small ink dots appeared on the peony picture. The little boss next to him was so anxious that he puffed up his mouth and said: "Sir, this This piece of white peony was painted by my grandfather for fifty taels of silver." Zheng Banqiao looked up. Without saying anything, he waved his pen on the peony picture a few more times. When the young master saw it, he thought it was not good and hurriedly called me. The rich man came to take a look and was very angry: "How can peonies and plum blossoms be together?"

Who knew that Zheng Banqiao didn't answer, but picked up his pen and wrote "swish, swish, swish" on the painting. A poem:

A branch of plum blossom next to a peony,

A pair of riches, nobles and poor people,

Even though the peonies are good, there are always thanks,

Only Mei Zhan Bai Huakui.

After writing, take out the seal and press it. The rich man stretched his neck and came up to take a look. It was clearly the four characters "Banqiao Zheng Xie". He was shocked and flattered him quickly: "Sir, Mr. Magic Pen, can you give me a calligraphy and painting?" Zheng Banqiao ignored him and put down his pen. Throw it away, turn around and leave.

Zheng Banqiao's Bamboo Painting at Jinshan

Among the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" there are two most famous calligraphers and painters, one is Zheng Banqiao and the other is Li E, both of whom are from Xinghua. We often write and draw together.

Once, Li Eel and Zheng Banqiao went to Zhenjiang. The great monk Jinshan heard that Li Eel had arrived, and immediately sent a young monk to send an invitation with gold letters.

After receiving the invitation, Li E looked at Zheng Banqiao who was sitting next to him and said with a smile: "You always said that you are famous. Look, people came to invite me as soon as I arrived in Zhenjiang. How about it?" ?Tomorrow, just watch me go eat vegetarian food alone!"

Zheng Banqiao looked at Li E with a smile on his face, and blurted out: "I will go too tomorrow!"

Li E said: "Ho! I was invited, and you were not invited. How can you go!"

Zheng Banqiao smiled and said: "I am younger than you. Tomorrow I'll pretend to be a book boy, so we can eat together!"

"Well, that's a good idea!" Li Ear nodded happily after hearing this. Zheng Banqiao works as a book boy for me, what a platform!

The next day, Li Eel was in front, and Zheng Banqiao, who was dressed as a book boy, was behind. They had just arrived in the boat to cross the river, and the great monk had already greeted them at the mountain gate. The elder monk accompanied Li E into the abbot's room, and the younger monk accompanied Zheng Banqiao, who was pretending to be a book boy, and then walked in. Immediately, tea and snacks were all served. Li Ao said in his heart, you have nothing to do with me, you always want some calligraphy and painting. Then he said, "Master, please prepare some paper!"

"This poor monk has already prepared this." After saying that, he introduced Li Eel into the living room. As soon as the door opened, I saw the four treasures of the study: pens, ink, inkstones, and rice paper, all arranged neatly on the table.

Li E looked at Zheng Banqiao again and said in his heart: Do you want to be vegetarian? I'm going to make a joke on you today and ask you to give me ink. Then he said: "The boy who writes is the master of ink!" What is "the master of ink"? In the past, calligraphy was exquisite. To write the words in a flying and flying way, the book boy always had to hold the inkstone and follow the calligrapher's strokes. Wherever the words were written, the inkstone would be moved to that area.

Zheng Banqiao was so angry when he heard that he was asked to write ink! I'm pretending to be a book boy, but I'm just joking! You really treat me like a book boy! How can this work? If you don't want to do it, but you can't say it, why should you ask for it yourself? I had no choice but to hold back my voice and hold up the inkstone.

Li Eel smiled and dipped the pen on the inkstone, licked it, and got ready to write. With a "plop" sound, the inkstone slipped from Zheng Banqiao's hand and fell into the middle of the rice paper, rolling straight to the corner of the paper.

Li E took a look and thought, oh, this is something special. It was a neat piece of rice paper as big as a tabletop, with a streak of inky black dyed from the bottom to the upper corner. In addition, the inkstone is bumping and bumping on it, and this black bar is intermittently standing up to the sky and the earth. Li Eel was so angry that his face looked like a purple eggplant. How should he write this? He threw down his pen and said angrily to Zheng Banqiao: "You write it!"

"I will write it!" Zheng Banqiao looked at his face Li Lin, who was flushed with anxiety, looked at the rice paper again and said with a smile: "I don't write, I draw!"

"You draw, and I watch you draw!" Li Eel said in his heart. This rice paper is stained with ink. How do you draw it?

Zheng Banqiao politely picked up the pen, dipped some ink, and began to paint on the rice paper. The great monk was very anxious. I finally had someone make a large rice paper from Xuancheng, Anhui. What should I do if I open the book and fill it with black ink for you, a little book boy? If the master doesn't paint, you still want to show off your skills and try to stop him, but seeing that Li Eel doesn't say anything, it's hard for him to get angry.

This "book boy" really has a lot of talent! I saw him drawing and poking at the intermittent ink lines three times and two times. Alas, it turned into a group of ink bamboos, with suitable thickness and shades. , the ink mark among them turned into a pole of ink bamboo standing tall and tall, thin and tall, standing in front of my eyes as if alive. I couldn't help blurting out: "Wonderful, wonderful, what a bamboo!" The book boy took something out of his pocket again. He took out a jade seal and stamped it on the lower part. The great monk looked at the bright red square seal with the word "Zheng Xie" and was stunned! He never expected that the person standing in front of him would be the famous Zheng Banqiao, and he greeted him one after another: "I don't know whether you, sir, are coming to town, I hope you don't mind." After saying that, he called the young monk to "make tea". I thought wrong, so I added, "Make tea!"

At this time, Zheng Banqiao looked at Li Eel with a smile and blinked, meaning, what do you think, the great monk invited me! Only then did Li Eel wake up.

It turned out that Zheng Banqiao deliberately knocked over the inkstone and painted bamboo with ink. He really admired Zheng Banqiao in his heart!

At that moment, the great monk asked Li Eel to write an inscription. Legend has it that Li Eel and Zheng Banqiao collaborated just once. This painting was still preserved in Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang during the early days of liberation.

Kitchen God, Bridge God and Ox God

In very ancient times, plowing the land and growing crops relied solely on manpower, which was too hard and tiring. Farmers are exposed to the wind and sun, and it is difficult to make ends meet. They often die in the fields due to exhaustion from digging the fields.

The resentment in the world goes straight to Nantianmen. One day, the Jade Emperor was gathering all the gods to discuss matters. Suddenly he saw a wave of resentment rushing into the Lingxiao Palace. He asked Taibai Jinxing, "What's going on?" People often die from exhaustion in the fields, and many farmers live in misery. Please ask the Jade Emperor to issue an edict to relieve the suffering in the world! "The Jade Emperor heard the memorial and sent the Kitchen God, the Bridge God, and the Ox God to the earth to help the farmers. Solve the pain of farming on farmland.

When the Kitchen God and the Bridge God came to the human world, they could not bear the suffering and wanted to return to the Heavenly Palace, but they did not dare to leave. Only the Ox God stayed with the farmers all day long, pulling plows and plowing the fields for them. ,arable land.

On this day, the Kitchen God and the Bridge God couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to escape. The Kitchen God said to the Ox God: "Brother Niu, I will go to heaven for a while and come back tomorrow. When I come back, I will cook soup and rice for you to eat. I will keep you warm in the winter. If I don't keep my word, I will eat your shit from now on." It doesn't stink." The loyal Ox God believed it and let the Kitchen God go. The Kitchen God went to heaven and never came back to earth.

When the Bridge God saw that the Kitchen God had gone, he pretended to be pitiful and said: "Brother Niu, Brother Niu! I had a dream at night. I dreamed that my child was sick and asked me to go back and take a look. Please do it for your convenience." The Ox God was afraid that he would be deceived again. Before he could answer, the Bridge God swore, "If I don't come back, I won't let you poop on me again." The honest Ox God was deceived again. The bridge god left and never came back.

The harvest was over, and the Jade Emperor sent a decree asking the Ox God to return to the Heavenly Palace. The Ox God shares the joys and sorrows with the farmers. Once they have feelings for each other, they are reluctant to leave and do not want to return to the Heavenly Palace. They are willing to endure hardships in the human world and help farmers solve the pain of planting.

Guotang, this is the Kitchen God eating cow shit. The Bridge God was brought down to earth by the Jade Emperor and set up on the river, allowing people to trample on it as they pleased. Most cows would poop every time they came to the bridge. This is the cow shitting on the Bridge God’s head, and it is also the retribution the Bridge God deserves.