What is the relationship between Yan, Zhong Kui and the judge?

In all kinds of myths and legends in ancient China, there are several people related to "hell", such as Yan, Zhong Kui and the judge. It can be said that these characters often appear in many legends, but there are some different situations when they appear, and their stories are also very different. So what is the relationship between Yan, Zhong Kui and the judge? What is their status and whose rank is higher? Let's take a look.

1. Yan, Zhong Kui, the identity of the judge Yan, in charge of hades. It is often called the God of Terror, and it is one of the ancient religious myths and beliefs in China. Most importantly, the god of terror is the king of demigods and ghosts, who controls the life and death of all beings. His left and right arms are "black and white impermanence" and "bull's head and horse's face", both of which are born with an evil image, which is very scary.

Let's talk about Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui's main job is catching ghosts. In the old society of China, people often hung the image of Zhong Kui to ward off evil spirits and seek spiritual comfort. Zhong Kui was originally from Chang 'an in the early Tang Dynasty, with a pig iron face and a strange appearance. On the one hand, it does have a strong deterrent. However, Zhong Kui is a talented, knowledgeable and extremely talented person. Moreover, he is upright and upright, and treats people with integrity. Therefore, later generations deified him as catching ghosts and gods, which is also an affirmation of his moral character.

Zhong Kui is one of the most famous immortals in Taoism, and he can often be seen among the door gods. Although he is in the immortal system, his main function is to catch ghosts.

Finally, the judge, the judge mainly works in Hades. It looks fierce and gives people a very uncomfortable feeling. But the judges are kind and upright at heart. Their daily job is to sentence people to reincarnation, punish bad people and reward good people. In other words, the relationship between the judge and Yan is superior and subordinate.

2. After reading the functions of the three people, I think the question of which is more important, Yan, Zhong Kui and the judge, has been answered. Zhong Kui is a fairy, Yan is the king of demigods and ghosts, and the judge is Yan's subordinate. Among thousands of years of traditional culture in China, immortals are of course the biggest. In other words, Zhong Kui's official position is higher than Yan's, and Yan is higher than the judge.

But Zhong Kui and Yan came from different backgrounds. In fact, Yan Luowang is a foreign name. He came with the introduction of Buddhism into China. There should be only one king. After he arrived in China, he gradually evolved into the "Ten Temple Yamaraja" and became the general belief of Buddhism and Taoism in China. The ten halls in Yamaraja are: the first hall, King Qin Guang; the second hall, King Chu and King Jiang; the third hall, Emperor Song; the fourth hall, King ENT; the fifth hall, King Rosen; the sixth hall, King Bian Cheng; the seventh hall, King Taishan; the eighth hall, the capital city; the ninth hall, the equal king; and the tenth hall, the rotating king.

For Zhong Kui, it is another name. He is one of Mundus in the dog days. The three demon-exorcists are: the demon-exorcist Guan, the real demon exorcist Zhong Kui. Since you are the emperor, you can realize that you are taller than Yan just by this name.

People who like to play the glory of the king are no strangers to Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui, dressed in scarlet robes and their jobs, walked with a sword in one hand and a fan in the other. His skills are even more amazing, he can hook people from a distance, and his big moves are even more powerful than the star-sucking solution, and his life value becomes too fragile in front of him.

And it is easy to distinguish from each other in function. Yan Luowang only sentenced ghosts to good and evil, and Zhong Kui was named Emperor, who could slay demons. From this point of view, Zhong Kui is superior in both mana and strength.

3. Yan Luowang, the Ten Halls of Hades (hereinafter referred to as Hades) is a foreign concept, which came with the introduction of Buddhism into China, and Hades became the king of hell.

Buddhism is developing gradually in China. After the Tang Dynasty, in order to adapt to China people's attention to the underworld, there was only one Yan Luowang in Buddhism, which gradually evolved into ten, namely "Ten Temples in Yamaraja", commonly known as "Ten Temples in Yanjun", and became the universal belief of Buddhism and Taoism in China.

In the common belief system of China people, the three emperors manage the things in the three realms, namely, the Heaven Emperor of Shangyuan protects the people, the Emperor of the Central Plains, the Yin Emperor of Erdong, the Yin Emperor of Shuipin, and the last three gods Yao, Shun and Yu.

In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Qing Xu was in charge of all the mountains, rivers, land and ghost affairs, while Emperor Dongyue was in charge of the five mountains and ghost affairs. Under the rule of Emperor Dongyue, Fengdu Emperor was in charge of the ghost town of Du Feng. Under the gods of Emperor Guan, Dongyue and Fengdu Emperor, the "Ten Hall Yamaraja" is responsible for judging the good and evil of ghosts and sending them to the results.

The ten halls in Yamaraja are: the first hall, King Qin Guang; the second hall, King Chu and King Jiang; the third hall, Emperor Song; the fourth hall, King ENT; the fifth hall, King Rosen; the sixth hall, King Bian Cheng; the seventh hall, King Taishan; the eighth hall, the capital city; the ninth hall, the equal king; and the tenth hall, the rotating king.