Why is it three souls and seven spirits? What's the secret of driving a corpse in Xiangxi?

In Li Sao, the words "soul" and "spirit" can be used together. "Three souls and seven spirits" is sometimes considered to have no specific meaning, and sometimes it is considered to have meaning with Huang Lao in medicine. Here are excerpts from different people's opinions to see which one is reliable.

Reprinted from Dr. Ou's reverence & gt Chapter 10

We discussed it. < Lu > has grasped the status of "man" and the existence attribute of "man" in multiple time and space, but it has not yet become the integration of multiple knowledge. The so-called multi-knowledge integration is its combined development with, < five elements >. Obviously, it is with the connotation of this knowledge system. Doesn't mean "numbers" or. In the Han dynasty, due to the development of this concept with doctor Huang; With the concept that has clearly become a fact, these four words explain; < Lu > The relationship between the two attributes, that is, the relationship of duality.

The word "soul" should also be limited to the medical narrative system and the study of Huang Lao in order to have its correct meaning. When misused as three souls and seven spirits, all cognitive confusion arises from this. Another kind of religious development, after Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Taoism regarded this theory as a memorial tablet with ancestors. Tombstone > When combined, the world after death is represented by three souls, one for each. So; Our understanding is confirmed by stages. What we want to ask is why; Because the definition of genus and direction in the book is transformed into a quantitative spatio-temporal attribute after membership, which is a concept of doctors. An obvious question is: If it doesn't hold true in other religions, is it still harmonious?

When we ask questions like this, it is obvious that the problem is here, and we can infer that; We should go back to the cognitive structure in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and use the systematic reference instead of quantitative reference. At that time, it was still a conceptual mistake to establish the name. Of course, the naming of July 7th is also a related mistake.

Quoted from Mr. Xu Hengshan's << Study on the Magical Power of Opening Eyes, the first meditation series >>

People have three souls and seven spirits, forming an intelligent and active body.

Divide into three souls

1. Soul-also called: celestial soul, main soul.

2. Feeling the soul-also known as the soul of the earth and the soul of sight.

3. Living soul-also known as human soul and elephant soul.

Seven points

Joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, evil and lust.

Three souls in spirit. There are seven souls in matter. So people died. Three souls belong to three lines.

Seven' o returned to his body and disappeared. The body disappeared where three souls and seven souls came back.

The main soul-the soul of heaven. He reported to the celestial road in space. Because the main soul is just a "conscience", it is also immortal.

Infinite extinction. Although there is a physical causal connection, it is impossible to return to the ancestral source. So we must be led.

Go to the sustenance of heaven in space and temporarily accept the "heavenly prison" as its main god.

Awakening soul-report to hell for the soul of the earth. Because the awakened soul is the "computer" of the main soul, we can know the main soul.

What goes around comes around. It can also indicate the good and evil of the "living soul" body, so the body dies and re-enters.

Cause and effect are right and wrong-hell).

Live a soul-become a human soul. Report to the cemetery. (Because the human soul is originally a surname of "Zude".

Not the body. With the courage of seven souls in sexual behavior. After death, they will face God in the cemetery. Come on, come on.

Often go to rest places on the road.

When the body dies, the seven orifices disappear. There's no need to talk about it.

Reprinted from Xu Huazhen's Collection of Western Mysticism > >

Three souls-the Chinese name for human energy, refers to the energy body with main consciousness, and these three souls mainly exist in the upper abdomen (porch), middle abdomen (sun plexus) and lower abdomen (three fingers below navel) of the human body.

Seven souls-the Chinese names of seven energy bodies of the human body, which come from the submarine chakra, umbilical chakra, solar plexus, heart chakra, throat chakra, eyebrow chakra and crown chakra.

The dialogue between the ghost of General Li Liang and Taoist in Liu Zhihong;

Report to the Buddha! People in the Yang world have three souls and seven spirits, that is, fetal light, refreshing, ghosts, dead dogs, lying teeth, finches and silkworms, non-toxic, deodorizing and smelly lungs. All spirits, qi, heart, stomach, kidney, intestine, gallbladder, liver and lungs are in danger, and the souls in the Yin world also have spirits, sugar and spirits.

That's what the so-called daylights out mean.

Xiangxi corpse drivers must interview when they enter the business. He must be at least 16 years old, more than 1.7 meters tall, ugly and courageous to be admitted.

Xiangxi has both the world-famous Zhangjiajie and the mysterious corpse driver. In the early days, if you stayed in the mysterious mountain village inn in western Hunan, you would probably see dead bodies walking. Before dawn, a row of bodies staggered in front of the inn, all covered with a wide black shroud. In front of these bodies covered with black shroud, there is a living person holding a gong. This living person is called "corpse driver" by local people. In fact, he is not so much a "corpse-driver" as a "corpse-driver", because he is beating the small yin gong in his hand and leading the group of corpses forward. He didn't play lanterns, but shook a bell that could evoke memories, told Nightcrawler to avoid it, and informed the dog owners to lock them up. If there are more than two bodies, the corpse driver will string them one by one with a straw rope, one every seven or eight feet. When walking in the dark, the body will wear a tall blanket hat on its head and some yellow paper with calligraphy will hang down from its forehead. There is a "dead body inn" on the road. This mysterious "dead inn" only lives in dead bodies and corpse drivers, which ordinary people can't live in. Its gate is open all year round. Because behind the two door panels, it is where the body stops. The corpse driver rushed to the "corpse shop" before dawn and quietly left at night. The body leans neatly against the wall behind the door panel. When it is difficult to walk on rainy days, I will stop in the store for a few days and nights.

You have to go through three levels to become an apprentice.

There has been a corpse-driving industry in Xiangxi since ancient times. Learning this industry requires two conditions: courage and good health. Moreover, we must learn from our teachers. Medics never take apprentices in disorder. The apprentice is written by the parents first, and then the corpse driver must interview. Generally speaking, you must be 16 years old and 1.7 meters tall. At the same time, there is a very special condition that you should be ugly.

The corpse driver first shows the examinee the sun in the sky, then rotates, and then suddenly stops, so that you can distinguish between east, west, north and south at once. If you can't tell the difference, you can't be hired. Because you can't tell the east, west, north and south at this time, it means that you can't tell the direction at night and can't drive the car. Then, the corpse driver wants you to find something and carry the burden. Because the body is not alive after all, you can't climb steep slopes. The corpsman had to carry on the high slope one by one. Finally, there is an interview, that is, the corpse driver put a tung leaf on the grave in the deep mountain for you to retrieve alone in the dark. Only in this way can you show that you have the courage to be a competent corpse driver. After Sandao Pass, you will have the possibility to be an apprentice to the corpse driver.

Like ordinary farmers, people who drive corpses still "work at sunrise and rest at sunset." Only when they received the corpse removal business did they dress themselves up and go to the corpse removal. Although they drive corpse people, they are afraid of the name "corpse people". So the insider asked them to drive the body away and said, "Master, please take a walk" or "take a walk". If the corpse owner agrees, he will take out a special piece of yellow paper and ask you to write down the name, date of birth, date of death, gender, etc. of the deceased on this yellow paper, then draw a symbol, stick it on this yellow paper, and finally hide this yellow paper on yourself.

The corpse driver's dress is also very special: no matter what the weather is like, he has to wear a pair of straw sandals, a green cloth, a black belt around his waist, a blue cloth cap on his head and a bag of symbols hidden in his pocket.

The first thing Master taught his disciples was to draw symbols. This strange symbol is to draw something that looks like words and pictures on yellow paper with red ink. In case of an emergency on the way, he would hang this strange symbol on a tree or a door, and sometimes he would burn ashes and boil water to swallow it.

At the same time, the apprentice must learn 36 skills to drive the corpse. The first achievement is that the dead body "makes contributions", that is, to let the dead body stand up first. The second work is "walking work", even if the corpse stops walking freely, the third work is "turning work", that is, the corpse can turn when walking. In addition, there are "downhill workers", "bridge workers" and "dumb dog workers". The "dumb dog skill" can make the dogs along the way stop barking when they see the body. Because dead bodies are afraid of dogs barking, when dogs bark, dead bodies will be frightened, especially when dogs bite, and dead bodies have no resistance. The body will be bitten to pieces. The last kind of work is "rejuvenation work". The better the rejuvenation work, the more souls there will be, and it is especially easy to catch up with the dead body. This kind of "rejuvenation" is actually sprinkled on the body with a herb unique to Xiangxi.

It is particularly worth mentioning that this peculiar industry can only work in the western part of southern Hunan. Because, first, only Xiangxi has a "dead body inn". Second, only Xiangxi people smell the little yin gong of the corpse driver and know to avoid it. Third, there are highways outside Xiangxi village, and other provincial roads generally pass through the village. Of course, they won't allow the bodies to enter the village. 4. Xiangxi people will take the initiative to lock their dogs at home when they smell the sound of Yin Gong. Otherwise, when dogs come out, they will bite the body. Therefore, this strange corpse-driving industry is only available in Xiangxi.

How can the dead be driven away by the living? Many scientists are studying it. Opinions vary. Maybe one day, this strange industry and phenomenon that ordinary people can't understand will get the scientific explanation it deserves. However, another way of saying it is that "corpse removal" is actually a smuggling activity of gangs, and this creepy queue is used to cover up illegal drug trafficking.