After Sakyamuni founded Buddhism, he continued to use this theory and regarded Yan as the Lord of the underworld.
According to the Hell Book, the Prince of Yan was originally from Sand King. In the war with king Vito, he vowed to be the Lord of hell and that the wicked would not wear the sky. Later, his eighteen ministers also led millions of people to swear that they would rule the sinners in hell with Yan. From then on, Yan entered the underworld, with eighteen ministers as eighteen kings and millions of people as hell jailers. According to the Forbidden Three Flavors Classic, Yan Zhi has five senses: fresh officials forbid killing, water officials forbid stealing, iron officials forbid prostitution, local officials forbid two tongues, and heaven officials forbid alcohol.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the theory of "Rebecca" was introduced into China with Buddhism, and the belief that Rebecca was the God of Hell began to spread in China. Subsequently, Wang Yanjiao was accepted and carried forward by the local Sect "Taoism" in China. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Taoism changed the owner of the underworld from one to ten, that is, the ten halls of hades.
According to the legend of Taoism, in order to control the ghosts of Jiuyou Hell, Emperor Tsinghua in the East Pole became ten gods to save suffering: Baodi in Dong Fangyu, Wanfu Buddha in Zhen Xuan in the south, Dream Buddha in the west, Chen Yu Buddha in the north, Tianzun in the southeast, Tianzun in the northeast, Tianzun in the southwest, Tianzun in the northwest, Shangtianzun and Xiatianzun.
Dong Fangyu cherished the emperor and Buddha, and was in charge of storms and hell, observing the good and evil among the dead. Those who do good are written on green stripes, and those who do evil are marked on black books.
In the south, Zhen Xuan was blessed by the Buddha, who was responsible for curing hell with fire and was punished by it. Life and death are different, and rolling your eyes is inevitable.
The west is so wonderful that it is in charge of the hell of gold and steel. Whether it is a good story or not, there is no difference between sin.
In the north, Buddha joy chen is in charge of the cold hell, the punishment of ice and snow, the wandering of all beings, and the escape of five hardships.
Southeast is in charge of the promotion of hell, the punishment of boiling collapse, the trial of life and death, and the division of good and evil.
In the northeast, immortals go to the Buddha, take charge of the bronze column hell, punish with their feet, and distinguish between good and evil, such as selflessness of the sun and the moon.
In the southwest, it is too spiritual to be an emperor. He is in charge of killing hell, with the punishment of cutting with a knife, impartial and without party affiliation, and rewards and punishments for robbing thousands of lives.
Northwest boundless Taihua Tianzun, in charge of the train hell, set the fate of good or bad, set the balance stone and pass the exam, equal and selfless.
The jade on it is empty, and the emperor is a Buddha. He was in charge of the plundering hell in the past. He was born, sick and dead, and he went back and forth in nine places and three ways.
The real god in the Emperor Cave below is the Buddha, who is in charge of the Luofeng Hall and decides the matter of reincarnation, life and death together.
Then, in order to control the ghosts and gods in Jiuyou hades, ten parties saved the gods and turned them into ten halls of hades: one hall of Qin, two halls of Chu, three halls of Song Emperor, four halls, five halls, six halls, seven halls of Taishan King, eight halls of Du, nine halls of Pingwang and ten halls of Lunwang.
Qin wangguang. He lives in Xuan Ming Palace, the first of the ten halls, and is in charge of the first hall. Specializing in the premature life and death of human beings, controlling the good and bad of the underworld and the end of a better life, and then leading to transcendence. After the deceased went to hell, he went to the first class to see whether it was good or evil before his death. Do more good deeds before his death, go straight to the ten-square hall, and then reincarnate as a man, changing from male to female and from female to male; If the evil is greater than the good, go to the evil mirror to learn the merits and demerits, and then take them to Hall 234 in batches for punishment.
Chu wangjiang. Gupuming Palace is in charge of the second hall and the hell on earth (ice hell). After the deceased entered the First Temple, if they were found abducting and selling children, bullying others' property, injuring limbs, raping thieves and killing people among the dead, those hideous red-haired ghosts would be pushed into the hell on earth in charge of Chu to be punished. After the punishment of hell on earth expired, they were sentenced to 16 small prisons according to their crimes. After the expiration, he was taken to the five halls to inspect and review the merits and demerits.
Emperor Song. He lives in the Forbidden Palace, in charge of the three halls and the Black Rope Hell. After the deceased entered the first house, if he was found to be a person who disobeyed his elders, instigated litigation, spread heresy about Jaken, ungrateful, slandered others, excused the wicked, and was cruel and vicious, he ordered the powerful ghost to be pushed into the black rope hell in charge of Song Emperor. After serving his sentence, he was sentenced to sixteen small prisons according to his crimes. After the expiration, he was taken to the five halls to inspect and review the merits and demerits.
Guan Wang. Living in Taihe Palace, in charge of the fourth temple, in charge of the great hell (blood pool hell). After the deceased entered the first temple, if he was found to be posing as a Taoist priest or holding a magic stick to deceive all beings, resisting renting food, trading fraud, reversing right and wrong, greedy killing animals, committing crimes, disobedience and unfilial, he was sent to the official king to take charge of the earth mansion, and after serving his sentence, he was punished according to his crimes.
After the expiration, he was taken to the five halls to inspect and review the merits and demerits. Yan Luowang. He gathered in the Nine Wheels Palace and was in charge of the five halls (this is the first hall, but because the wronged dead are often returned to the sun, it is often reduced to five halls), and the palm calls hell. For the dead who do more evil than good, they will be taken to the fifth hall after receiving the punishment of Hall 234. Because the deceased didn't drink Meng Po Tang when he entered the first hall, the memory of his past life is still vivid, so in order to solve the suffering of the deceased's lovesickness, the deceased who was escorted to the fifth hall will go to Wangxiangtai first to see his hometown and relatives when he was born. Later, after seeing their hometown and relatives, these guilty deceased will go through a more detailed trial again and be punished in sixteen small hells according to their crimes.
Sixteen little hells are:
First, disrespect for ghosts and gods, doubt whether there is a heart hell of karma;
The second is a small hell that endangers human or animal life;
Third, the little hell of doing evil before the good wishes are finished;
Fourth, close to the small hell of evil deeds such as sin and behavior mistakes;
Fifth, bully the good and fear the evil and curse the small hell where others die early;
Sixth, talk about whether the small hell should blame other people's hearts;
Seven, the whole heart of adultery or adultery hell;
Eight, a little hell that harms others and benefits others;
Nine, from the destruction of the heart is a small hell;
Ten, stealing, bullying other people's property in a small hell;
Eleven, ungrateful heart, revenge the little hell of hatred;
Twelve, excessive gambling, and then drag down the hearts of others;
Thirteen, the whole heart that deceives the world for money is a small hell;
Fourteen, abetting others to break the law;
Fifteen, the whole heart of jealousy is a small hell;
Sixteen, slander others' little hell.
Later, after serving his sentence in Zhuxin Sixteen Little Hell, he went to Hall 6789 and was punished according to his crimes.
King Bian Cheng. He lived in the morning palace of the Ming dynasty, was in charge of the six halls, and shouted for hell and the city of death. Anyone who curses heaven and earth among the dead, steals the property of Buddha statues, disrespects Buddha statues, collects books that violate the principle of justice and wastes food without going through Buddha temples will be punished in the earth prison. After the punishment expires, they will be sentenced again in 16 small prisons according to the crimes committed. After the expiration, he was taken to the Seventh Temple to investigate whether he had committed a crime under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Temple. King Taishan. He lives in a deified palace, in charge of the seventh temple and the great hell (the great hell of grinding meat sauce). Anyone who eats red lead, yin jujube and human cells in the body of the deceased, drinks too much to hurt people, spends too much, swindles money, steals the property of the deceased, damages the body of the deceased, incites others to gamble, misleads children, bullies villagers, disobeys elders, and encourages his wife or offspring to have an abortion will be punished in the hot and angry hell. After the expiration of the hot and angry hell, they will be sentenced again in 16 small prisons according to their crimes. After the expiration, he was taken to the eighth hall to investigate whether he had committed a crime under the jurisdiction of the eighth hall.
King of equality. Ju Bizhen Palace, in charge of the eight halls, in charge of the heat, in charge of the great hell (pot hell). Anyone who is unfilial among the dead and makes his parents feel depressed and annoyed will be punished in the hell of great anger. They will be sentenced again in 16 small prison according to their crimes after the expiration of the penalty in the Great Fury Hell. After the expiration, he was taken to the tenth temple and became a beast forever.
He, the king of the city, lives in the seventh non-palace, is in charge of the ninth temple, and is in charge of A Bi Hell (endless hell). Anyone who kills, sets fire to, beheads or helps people to have an abortion will go to hell. After the punishment expires, they will be sentenced to 16 small prisons respectively according to the crimes they committed. Because most people who enter Abi Hell are people who harm people's lives, they need to wait until all the victims are reincarnated before they can enter and leave the six divisions in the wheel of karma (heaven, humanity, tunnel, Ashura, hell and beast); If the victim is not reborn, he will never be reborn.
King Lun lives in Su Ying Palace. He is in charge of the tenth hall and reincarnation. Specializing in solving ghosts in temples, distinguishing good from evil, testing grades, and sending four continents to reincarnation. Where there is a ghost who has committed a heinous crime, he is reincarnated as an oval animal and a ephemera. After his crime is over, he will be reincarnated as a savage. The rest of the ghosts were reincarnated in four continents, rich or poor, expensive or cheap, according to their good and evil before their death.
Wheel king holds four kinds of wheel treasures: gold, silver, copper and iron. The deceased voted for four continents when he entered the wheel king, three continents in the east, west and south when he entered the king of Yin Lun, two continents in the southeast when he entered the king of copper wheel, and Jambu-Di^pa when he entered the king of iron wheel. At the same time, whatever was sent to the reincarnated hand, he had to be handed over to Meng Po by the wheel king, drunk with mysterious soup, and let him forget his past life before he could enter reincarnation.
The above is what the Ten Halls of Hell are in charge of.
As for the names of the Ten Temples of Hades, there are many versions because they are legends, but the most widely circulated and recognized versions are Jiang,,,, Song,,, Four Temples, Bao Zheng, Bi, Dong He, Taishan King, Huang Zhongyong, Lu You and Wheel King.
Ginger. It is speculated that this person is Jiang, the magistrate of Moling County in the late Han Dynasty.
Presumably, it was Wen Li, the satrap of the Han and Wei Dynasties.
Yu chong. Presumably, it was Yu Liang, the secretariat of Hongzhou in Tang Xizong period.
Lv Dai. Presumably, this is Lv Dai, an important minister of Dongwu.
Bao Zheng. There is no doubt that it is Bao Zheng, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can, it must be Bi Zhongjing, the son of Bi, and Liu, a famous Song Dynasty star.
Donghe. Presumably, this is Dong He, the magistrate of Yizhou and a famous official of Shu Han.
Yellow. It is speculated that Huang was a famous figure in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Lu You It is speculated that Lu You was a writer in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Li Xue. It must be Xue, a famous soldier in the Tang Dynasty.
Because it is a myth and legend, there are different opinions in the past dynasties, so which historical figure the Ten Halls of Hades refers to is still inconclusive, just a guess.