Did the Ming Dynasty founded by Zhu Yuanzhang originate from Zoroastrianism?

The origin of Zoroastrianism is clearly recorded in Jin Yong's martial arts novel "Eternal Dragon Slayer": Zoroastrianism originated in Persia and its real name is Manichaeism. The first year of the fifth Tang Dynasty) was introduced to China.

describes the following plot: It originated in Persia and spread to Middle-earth in the Tang Dynasty. It was called Zoroastrianism at that time. Emperor Tang built Dayun Guangming Temple everywhere, which is a temple of Zoroastrianism. Because corrupt officials oppressed me in the past, the church brothers were arrogant and often rebelled. There have been countless times since Fang La was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty, six sects besieged Guangmingding, the altar of Zoroastrianism, with the intention of destroying Zoroastrianism, but later Zhang Wuji lifted the crisis of Zoroastrianism and became the leader. Later, Zhang Wuji lived in seclusion in the desert, where he was spread to Yang Xiao. It is believed in the novel that Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was born in this religion, and the name of the Ming Dynasty originated from this secret. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, Zoroastrianism was banned in order to strengthen autocracy.

So, what is the true Zoroastrianism in history? Did the Ming Dynasty really come from Zoroastrianism?

Mani, the founder of Zoroastrianism, was born in 216 AD, preached in Babylon in 242, and was crucified in 277. His goal is to build a world religion that transcends all religious traditions. Mani claimed to be the successor of Buddha, Zoroaster and Jesus and the last prophet. Mani said: "Wisdom and miracles are constantly passed down to mankind by the messengers of God. So the former emissary was the Buddha from India, and at another time it was Zoroaster from Persia; Another era is Jesus of Nazareth, Israel.

Revelation has come again. This eschatological prophecy was made through me, Mani, the messenger of God from Babylon. Manichaeism is influenced by Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Buddhism. Under the influence of Gnosticism, Manichaeism advocated the complete liberation of the soul from the body, thus emphasizing abstinence and vegetarianism. It also includes the reincarnation theory of Buddhism, said the angel in Syria. In addition, they opposed Judaism and regarded Judaism as the creation of the god of darkness.

during the period of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian, Manichaeism gradually spread in Anxi. In the first year of Yan Zai after Wu, Persian Mier-Olmazde was introduced into Manichaeism; In the third year of the Tang Dynasty, Dayun Guangming Temple was built in Chang 'an.

Manichaeism is also called Zoroastrianism in China, because believers call their gods "Ming Zun". But Manichaeism didn't go well when it first came to China. They tried to preach in the name of Buddhism. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, King Tuhuoluo presented a token of admiration to China, which was received by the Tang Dynasty. However, before the Anshi Rebellion, the church did not set up a temple in China, but it was recorded in the history books that the church was forbidden. According to the report in "Eternal Dragon Slayer" in, Xuanzong quickly ordered China people not to participate in Manichaeism on the grounds that "this is Jaken, and the Buddha deceives Li Yuan".

Manichaeism was introduced to the Tang Dynasty, but it was also introduced to Uighur soon after, and was designated as the state religion by the latter. After the Anshi Rebellion, Manichaeism was able to preach in the Tang Dynasty with the support of Uighur, because Uighur helped Tang Ping uprising by self-reliance. In the year of "General History" and the third year of Tang Daizong solar calendar, Uighur monkeys built the Mani Temple-Dayun Guangming Temple in Chang 'an. Later, at the invitation of Uighurs, temples were built in Jingzhou, Hongzhou and Yuezhou. In the second year of Yuanhe in Tang Xianzong, two Mani temples were built in Henan and Taiyuan, which were protected by the Commissioner. Since then, Manichaeism temples have spread all over China. Manichaeism priests came to China with the messengers of Islam, received the courtesy of the Tang Emperor, and spread rapidly in China.

Later, Manichaeism was banned before Zoroastrianism and Nestorianism. Manichaeism could no longer preach openly in society, but spread secretly among the people, and gradually combined with other religions until the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty. Since then, combined with the struggle of the lower class, it has become one of the call flags of peasant uprising.

In the Six Years after the Five Dynasties, Wu Yi and Dong Yi rebelled.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Zoroastrianism was further combined with the local culture of China, which became a form of struggle for the lower classes and Jianghu people to resist the imperial court. Because Zoroastrianism has been suppressed by the imperial court for a long time, it is very secretive and sometimes misunderstood by the "white road" in the rivers and lakes. Compared with ordinary Jianghu people, Zoroastrianism faced greater pressure, so it was more determined to resist the imperial court, which caused great waves several times in history. The first time was at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Fang La used Manichaeism to organize the masses and held a large-scale uprising, which shook half of the southeast. The second time, after the Southern Song Dynasty, Zoroastrianism became attached to Anbailism, which played an important role in the peasant war at the end of Yuan Dynasty. Han Liner, the leader of the Red Scarf Army in the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, was also called "Wang Xiaoming", which was related to Zoroastrianism.

Zhu Yuanzhang started from Huai Youbu and finally chose the land of China, which is legendary. In the history of China, no emperor came from such a humble background, and few people finally unified the north and the whole country on the basis of the Yangtze River basin in the south. When Chahan Timur and his adopted son Kukuo Timur broke through Kaifeng, the capital of the northern Red Scarf Army, in 1359 and gradually wiped out the northern peasant army, the Mongolian court could not help but gloat. According to historical experience, no one has set out from the south but the northern expedition has succeeded. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did it, which is an unprecedented achievement.

Zhu Yuanzhang's name "Ming" is a topic that can arouse people's interest. Wu Han said, "Only twenty-seven years, that is, the first year of Wu, and the next year he ascended the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang's first name was Daming, and the era was Hongwu. Wu is neither a country name nor a year number. Daming is not the first place name, nor is it a knighted city, nor does it date back to the late Tang Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty. "

The name "Ming" embodies some characteristics of the peasant emperor, because it obviously comes from the people, whether it is "Zoroastrianism", "Zoroastrianism and the Ming Empire" or others. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he adopted Li Shanchang's suggestion, issued an imperial edict forbidding White Lotus and Zoroastrianism, and wrote in The Birth Classics of Big and Small Ming Kings and the Ming Law forbidding "Left-wing witchcraft", which was fixed in legal form. Since then, Anbailism has been renamed and developed in the form of various tribes, such as the Tang Saier Uprising in Yongle and the Anbaili Uprising in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. Zoroastrianism gradually declined.