The story of Lu Dongbin Ancient folk myths and legends about Lu Dongbin

The story of Lu Dongbin. Lu Dongbin is one of the Eight Immortals in Chinese folk mythology and one of the five ancestors of Quanzhen Taoism. There are countless legends about Lu Dongbin. Let's take a look with the editor.

Original name, his father Lu Rang was once the governor of Haizhou. His real name was Xiaoshao, and he was born on April 14, the 20th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, in Yongle County. This book is easy to read from a young age, and it has hundreds of profound chapters, but it is not the first of the three moves to become a successful scholar.

The second year after Wu Zetian passed the exam, the 46-year-old Lu went to Chang'an to take the exam again and met Angel in a hotel. Zhong Liquan asked him to have a dream to become famous for himself, make a fortune and close the shadow of his wife. When he woke up, he knew that fame and wealth were all dreams, so he realized that he worshiped Zhongliquan as a teacher and went to Zhongnanshan to practice monasticism. He changed his name to Shao and his courtesy name was Dong Bin. After that, he traveled all over the landscape and preached. At the age of fifty-three, he returned to Lushan. At the age of 64, he went to the Yuan clan and the Jade Emperor and was named Chun Daizi.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, he, together with Tieguai Li, Han Zhongli, Lancaihe, Zhang, He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu, have been known as the Eight Immortals. In folk belief, he is the most famous of the Eight Immortals and the one with the most folklore. He was born into a family of officials, and his ancestors were officials in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Lu Dongbin has been familiar with history since he was a child. Some people say that he was a local official in the first year of Tang Bao.

Later, because he was tired of the chaotic era when soldiers launched popular uprisings, he abandoned his fame and fortune in the world and went to Jiufeng Mountain in Zhongtiao Mountain to practice spiritual practice with his wife. He and his wife both lived in a cave, and they were relatively hopeful, so they changed their names to Lu Dongbin; Lu refers to the couple, and both of them are Lu; Cave is the cave where you live; Bin means to tell He is a guest in a cave, and his name is Jun Yoko.

Before he abandoned his official position and left, he generously distributed his wealth to the poor and did many good things for the people. According to folklore, during his practice, he met the immortal Zhongliquan and worshiped him as his teacher. After I succeeded in cultivating immortality, I went down the mountain to treat people's illnesses without any reward. Lu Dongbin was kind and helpful throughout his life, helping the poor and the poor, and won people's admiration. After he soared, people in his hometown built Lugong Temple to commemorate him.

In the Jin Dynasty, because Lu Dongbin believed in Taoism, he changed the temple into a temple. In the early Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan knew that the Taoism that Lu Dongbin believed in was very popular among the people, so he wanted to use religion and Lu Dongbin's reputation to consolidate his rule. He sent Buddhist Qiu Chuji to take charge of Taoism, demolished Lu Gong Temple, and built Yongle Palace.

It took 110 years from the construction of the main hall to the painting of several murals, which lasted almost until the entire Yuan Dynasty. Lu Dongbin is a little-known ordinary figure, but in the long-term folklore, it is like a snowball, and the story becomes more and more rich, becoming an arrow-like legend.

Lu Zu’s autobiography is recorded in the 18th volume of Can Gaizhai Man Lu written by Wu Zeng, a man from the early Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that Lu Dongbin once said to himself: The whole world said that I can fly a sword to take people's heads. I am very surprised. In fact there are three swords, one is the trouble of ignorance, the other is the anger of ignorance, and the third is greed of ignorance.