WU GANG's attack on Guangxi, Taoist allusions. According to legend, WU GANG was a woodcutter and a native of Xihe. He is obsessed with fairy tales, but he refuses to concentrate on his studies all the time. So the Emperor of Heaven was furious and left him in the Moon Palace, asking him to cut down the osmanthus tree, so that he could get magical power. However, every time WU GANG is cut in half, osmanthus trees will heal automatically. Day after day, WU GANG's work can't be done, and he must keep cutting.
Huainanzi, an ancient wonderful book, said that "there is a laurel tree in the moon", indicating that the imagination of laurel trees in the moon palace has a long history, and the myth of WU GANG cutting laurel trees was recorded as early as the Tang Dynasty. Miscellanies of Youyang said that "there are laurel trees and toads in the old legend, so different books say that laurel trees are 500 feet high. There is a man under the tree who often deceives him. The tree works with him. His surname is Wu, Minggang, and he is from Xihe. He studied Taoism and ordered to cut down trees. " Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote: "Mo Xianxian's family has the truth, and the immortal family has been handed down for thousands of years." How tall is the laurel in the middle of the month? Ask the tree people in Xihe. "Also told the same story.
Following the records of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Ru in the Art Garden in the Song Dynasty made a further explanation: "Therefore, the Song Dynasty's Satirical Poem on the Moon said,' Wu Sheng is blunt with the axe of Xihe River, but how can he be full?". "Miscellaneous Notes on the Life of Wu Sheng in Guangxi" quotes Li Heshi:' Wu Sleeps Leaning on the Guishu', Li He calls it Wu, and Duan calls it WU GANG. Its meaning is unclear. Stealing the so-called Wu is not WU GANG, so fear is another matter. "Obviously, WU GANG, also known as Wu Zhi, also known as Wu Sheng, the author's question is superfluous.
Tang and Song documents all said that WU GANG was from Xihe (now Fenyang, Shanxi), so why was WU GANG, a Taoist priest of Xihe, punished for cutting down osmanthus trees? This may be related to Xihe folk customs. "Notes on Water Classics" transcribes a passage from Wang Su's Notes on Mourning for the Past in the Three Kingdoms Period: "The maker of osmanthus trees began with meson push. Zi tui, Jin's people are also. It is difficult for the government to go abroad, and the son pushes and cuts meat to continue rations. After the restoration of Wen Gong, he suddenly forgot to push the child. The son pushed and sang, and the public began to realize that he deserved the honor. The child pushed the mountain and burned it with firewood. When Chinese people bury them, they are afraid of being fascinated by the ground and pretending to be osmanthus trees. " It seems that in Xihe county, it is widely circulated that osmanthus trees can protect the soul, so naturally woodmen provide osmanthus trees. In ancient times, there were osmanthus trees in sunny places in Xihe area, but after all, there were not many, so cutting osmanthus may become a profession. Wu Zhi, a Taoist priest of Xihe River in Sui and Tang Dynasties, probably let the cat out of the bag by accident, and was described by his master as a joke about cutting laurel trees on the moon, which may be a mockery of Wu Zhi. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem by a poet: "Wu Zhi was worried about illness, and he was still tireless at that time." Therefore, Wu Zhi is blessed by nature, and is called Wugang by later generations, and regarded as a fairy of the Moon Palace. Although he was a little lonely, he realized his dream of becoming an immortal.