About immortals
Ancient myths and legends in China refer to people who can do anything, escape from samsara, jump out of the three realms and live forever. ?
Taoism says that "those who jump out of the three realms are not in the five elements" are also immortals. Immortals are people who get the Tao and saints of the Truth. They are invisible, invisible, immortal and immortal.
"Dong Yuan's Natural Classics" says: Tao says: A real person has nothing, is true to Tao, is the same as nature, is omnipotent, omniscient and omniscient.
There is an end to life, an end to earth, an end to nature, an end to fairy life, and countless lives. The so-called immortality.
Note: Immortal is a unique word in Taoism.
Aliens are not immortals, Buddhist immortals are not immortals, ghosts and gods are not immortals, heaven and man are not immortals, and neither are Japanese immortals. Don't be confused, it's not the same kind.
About immortals
Fairy is said to have special abilities and can live forever in ancient China mythology. "Home Talk" Tian: "Those who don't eat die and become gods." "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "Immortals: Immortals go. From people to mountains. " Shi Ming "Being old and not dying is immortal. Fairy, move also. Move to the mountains. So its word maker is also a mountain. " Ge Hong, the author of Bao Puzi, thinks that the mountain forest is a place where Taoists avoid hiding and combine medicines, and emphasizes: "If there is no Tao in the mountain forest, Taoists must enter the mountain forest, and sincerely want to stay away from it to make it clean." ("Bao Puzi's Internal Volume X Ming Ben") also said: "It is precisely because the ancient Taoist priests cooperated with the elixir that they must enter the famous mountains, not just in the mountains." (Chapter IV of Bao Puzi) He thinks it is a very solemn and mysterious thing to live in seclusion in the mountains, and "the famous mountain is the place where doctors are combined" is the main external condition for him to choose the place of alchemy. He believes that religion is a sacred work, and it is also "suitable to enter famous mountains" and stay away from laity. As a Taoist, "there are mountains and forests that disappear." Such as: immortals, or talented people: poetry immortals. At the same time, it is also a euphemism for "death": the fairy has gone.
About god
God, the original meaning refers to the spirit of observing oneself and everything; As the old saying goes, "Hold your head three feet high, there are gods". In ancient times, anyone with artistic talent would look up at the sky with emotion, as if there were gods in the sky to protect or guide people. In people's cognition, God descended from the sky, and this habit of looking up is gradually formed subconsciously. Of course, this sentence "there is a god when you look up three feet" was formed. At the same time, it also implies that gods come from the sky and there are gods in the sky.
God knows words. Follow the instructions to apply. "Show" means to enlighten wisdom. 1. Ancient wizards believed that totems were the most intelligent and omnipotent beings and could be inspired by their ancestors; Shen is the shape of a bolt of lightning in the sky. The ancients thought that lightning was unpredictable and powerful, so it was called God. 2. The legendary God is the creator or master of all things in the world. The ancient book Shuowen said: "God, God causes everything." . Dai Zhuan: "The essence of Yang is called God."
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: God
Baidu Encyclopedia: Fairy
Baidu Encyclopedia: Immortals