Taoism believes that the old gentleman in Taishang is as tall as the original Buddha and belongs to the highest god.
According to the novel "Romance of Gods", the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty took shape, which can be said to be a senior brother with a slightly higher status.
The specific reasons are as follows:
HarmonyOS system didn't score, and the nothingness halo formed a group of yuanguang.
The first born leader. Yuanshi Tianzun
The second is joy chen Daojun. Lingbaofo
Third, the Lord of Taiqing. Moral paradise.
Taoist Sanqing originally refers to three gods: Jade Qing Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Qing Ling Bao Tian Zun and Tai Qing Moral Tian Zun. The moral Tian Zun is referred to as "Tai Jing Qing Da Chi Tian Moral Tian Zun" for short, and the moral Tian Zun is one of the incarnations of Tai Shang Lao Jun, which is the third generation. Or the moral god incarnates Lao Tzu.
Lao Tzu's note on Xianger clearly tells the world that Lao Tzu's old gentleman is Tao and Tao is Lao Tzu's old gentleman.
Too many old gentlemen are in two places at the same time. The doppelganger includes Pangu Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Moral Tianzun, Jade Emperor, Zhenwu Emperor, Laozi and Guangchengzi.
Later, due to the saying that "the old gentleman melted into the Sanqing", he changed from one god to three gods, and the old gentleman was divided into three gods.
-This is unofficial history's objective record.
With the help of the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism has made great progress under the banner of "saving the suffering". This religion is far more powerful than Taoism in the ideological field. When the Taoist priest looked at it, he could not do it. He had to resist, but heroes didn't account for many people, so his Lord God was old, and he couldn't stay alone. The three Buddhas of Buddhism were not enough, so he came to Five Dhyani Buddhas and seven buddha ... So Taoism embarked on the road of creating new gods. At that time, there was a famous Taoist Tao Hongjing in Jiangnan. As the first systematic Taoist spectrum, his Bitmap of True Spirit began to appear. In this book, Tao Hongjing divided the immortals into seven grades, each with a middle position, presided over by a fairy, and there were several seats on the left and right sides except the middle position to arrange immortals.
At the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there appeared a unified supreme god "Sanqing", that is, Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Moral Tianzun. The appearance of Sanqing God marks the final finalization of Taoist immortal pedigree.
To sum up, God is man-made. At first, there was only the old gentleman. Later, due to the influence of development, Taishang Laojun became the original Buddha, Lingbao Buddha and moral Buddha (Taishang Laojun-the human world, Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period).
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