After 150 years of wind, frost, rain and snow, the Eastern Han Empire is heading for extinction again. The coffin opener who introduced the Eastern Han Dynasty to the mausoleum was Zhang Jiao, a huge deer man. On the basis of primitive Taoism, the Yellow turban insurrectionary swept through eight states, but with the help of a wonderful book, Taiping Shu Yao.
So, is there really a peaceful Shu Yao in history?
The Orthodox Taoist Collection is one of the important Taoist collections in the history of China, among which there is no Taiping Shu Yao. But there is a similar book called Taiping Jing. Although Taiping Jing is not well-known today.
But it is the oldest of the three caves and four auxiliary classics, and it is regarded as one of the classics by "early Taoism".
So, what kind of secrets does Taiping Jing contain that can help Zhang Jiao organize such a large-scale uprising, and whether it can be called wind and rain as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms says? ...
In fact, three different versions of Taiping Jing appeared in the Han Dynasty.
First, when the Western Han Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor, Gan Zhongke, a Qi man, adapted Zou Yan's theory from the maritime alchemists in Yanqi area.
Secondly, when Emperor Shundi was in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling passed the Taiping Cave Sutra. On the occasion of Liang and Chen, he was already dead when Meng arranged to write "Daotong". When Zhang Junfang wrote down the seven signs of clouds in the jubilee of northern Song Zhenzong, he said, "Now I am in exile, and I almost long to be a ruler.".
Thirdly, it is the Taiping Ching Ling Shu handed down by Yu Ji, and it is also the only remaining Taiping Jing in the Taoist collection.
In a word, this classic belongs to the early works of Daojing and still maintains a simple concept. In the aspect of monasticism, only the techniques of self-cultivation such as avoiding the valley, eating gas, nourishing the nature, staying in the house, divination and noble spirit are put forward, and there is no absurdity of "calling the wind and calling the rain".
Then, what is the causal relationship between the three different versions of Taiping Jing and how to distinguish it?
According to The Biography of Xiang Kai in the Later Han Dynasty, "Shun Di entered Luoyang, the capital of Shandong Province, during the reign of Emperor Langye, and presented his teacher with 170 volumes of sacred books entitled" The Book of Taiping Qing ". In other words, the books written by Yu Ji and Zhang Daoling belong to the same period.
In today's incomplete edition of Taiping Jing, the answers between "Shi Tian" and "real person" can be seen everywhere, and more than 20 words of "East Pole" are also left behind.
Furthermore, it can be inferred that Taiping East Ji Jing and Taiping Qing Ling Shu should have the same name, each with its own remains, or "one book and two copies", or have the same reference. At the same time, the ideological source of the two books should be the Taiping Jing written by Li Baoyuan, a heavenly palace in the Western Han Dynasty.
Yu Ji is a native of Beihai, which borders Bohai Sea in the northeast of Shouguang County, Shandong Province and Linzi County in the west. Gongchong is a native of Langya, that is, the southeast border of Shandong Province near the Yellow Sea. Quyang, where the Book of God was written, belongs to Donghai County, which is now Pixian County, Jiangsu Province, and borders Shandong Province in the northwest.
Geographically, the three neighbors all belong to the present Shandong Peninsula area, and most of them belong to the same area.
At the same time, Gan Zhongke, who compiled Tiangongyuan Taiping Jing, is a Qi native, whose native place is Linzi County, Shandong Province, adjacent to Beihai. The biography of Han Li Xun records: "When Gan Zhong proclaimed himself emperor, he forged twelve volumes of the Taiping Classic of Tian Guan Bao Liyuan." In order to teach Xia, Rong Qiuding, etc., Liu Xiangzou can pretend to be a ghost to mislead the public, go to jail for treatment and die ...
It was after Gan Zhongke was executed that this book was introduced to people by believers such as Ding He of Rong Qiu.
According to the geographical records in Hanshu, Zhong Ping County belongs to Bohai County, Rongqiu County belongs to Donghai County, and Dong Jun County belongs to Yanzhou, all of which are located in Yanqi. If we go back, Zou Yan was a native of Qi at the end of the Warring States Period, and Taiping Jing also inherited his Five Virtues Theory.
It can be said that the inheritance of "Taiping Jing" has been in the Qi area, and it comes down in one continuous line.
"Taiping Jing" became the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and it was recorded in the biography of Li Xun. Gan Zhong can say, "When the Han family reached the end of heaven and earth, it was the fate of heaven. The Emperor of Heaven made the real person have a pure essence and taught me so." The red essence is Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu.
Later, he was imprisoned for the crime of "pseudo-ghosts and gods" and died in prison.
When mourning for the emperor in the Han Dynasty, Xia, a student of Gan Zhongke, presented the Taiping Jing and participated in the Mourning for the Emperor. "In June, Xia and others made a prediction about red essence, and the luck of the Han family experienced a decline. When you order again, you should change your name and change your name. " And advised Eddie to change the title.
In August, because Xia's words were fruitless, he was accused by Ai Di of being "misleading" and by Sifugu.
Shun Di and Langya People's Palace dedicated the Taiping Jing and ignored it. Later, he participated in "The Biography of the Later Han Dynasty" and said, "Before I went to Langxie Palace, I worshipped Ganji Shenshu. I don't know." The Immortal Classic is the Taiping Classic of Taoism today.
When Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Kai also presented the Taiping Jing. "Its words are home to Yin and Yang and the five elements, and there are many strange words." There is a department that worships demons who have gone to places without passing by, but only collect them. "Didn't take it seriously.
The back opening angle is considerable. However, there are only two ways for Zhang Jiao to obtain Taiping Jing:
First, there should be books in places where people believe in Langxie Palace and Xiangkai.
Secondly, the imperial library recorded in Xiang Kai Zhuan was not accepted by Emperor Huan when he presented the book to Xiang Kai, but was incorporated into the imperial court by some departments.
"Biography of Xiang Kai" also said, "Emperor Ling ascended the throne and naturally used regular script." In other words, Emperor Ling agrees with Taiping Jing very much.
Taiping Road can sweep through Bazhou, which can not be separated from the recognition and support of Emperor Ling for Taiping Jing. Otherwise, how can Zhang Jiao spread the Taiping Jing, which has long been banned by the imperial court, for decades?
Therefore, it is more likely for Zhang Jiao to get Taiping Jing from folk believers.
Tiangongyuan's Taiping Jing is an inheritance of Zou Yan's Five Virtues Theory, and his Taiping Jing is based on serving heaven and earth and following five behaviors. The back opening angle is based on Taiping Dao created by Taiping Jing, marked by the yellow turban, and based on the growth and decline principle of the five elements in the scripture.
Han respects fire virtue, and those who prosper in the generation of Han must be earth virtue, and the soil color is yellow, so they wear a yellow scarf and put forward the slogan "Huang Tian Tai Ping".
The Taiping Jing said: "Heaven governs by Tao, land by virtue, and people by harmony. Heaven, earth and people have achieved morality. God is born, the landlord is raised, and man is the master. Staff sergeant dharma heaven, its way; Sergeant law, its virtue; Corporal legal person, its benevolence; If it is not the morality of these three systems, it is not the king of peace. "
Therefore, the opening angle brothers will be commensurate with heaven, earth and people.
Although Zhang Jiao's Yellow Scarf Uprising ended in failure, it dealt the heaviest blow to the Eastern Han Dynasty and opened the prelude to the history of the Three Kingdoms. And all this started with this Taiping Jing, which pushed the gears of history behind the scenes.