Excavate is not the emperor, but the company commander of Chen Tangguan, and his third son, Nezha, dares to be called the "Three Princes". Is Li Jing tired of living?
Li Jing is the king of Tota. He is a fictional character in the Romance of Gods, but he has a historical prototype. There are two prototypes, one is Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty, and the other is King Vishnu.
Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty was a famous soldier under Li Shimin, who made great contributions to the creation of the Tang Dynasty, and later ranked eighth among the twenty-four outstanding figures in Lingyange.
King Vishamun is the protector of Indian Buddhism. It was introduced to China by Tang Xuanzang and later enshrined by the Tang people. His fame is getting bigger and bigger. King Vishamun has a son named Nezha.
After the Romance of the Gods combined Li Jing and King Pishamen into one, a brand-new figure, King Tota, was born!
The prince is the eldest son of the emperor. However, the title of "Emperor" was only available during the Ying Zheng period of Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang was not called "emperor" before, but "king", such as the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The Western Zhou Dynasty practiced modern federalism, which was composed of many vassal states. Zhou Wang is nominally the Lord of "* * *", but in fact he doesn't have much power. Vassal states have their own countries, armies and palaces, and their successors are also called "princes".
Excavate was founded by Yan, the king of Vishnu, and the heavenly king is also the king, so it is reasonable for the eldest son to be called Prince.
This belongs to the people, who is the eldest son, who is the second son and who is the third. They call all the sons of the emperor princes.
Just as the sons of the Qing emperor were all called princes, in fact, not every son was crowned king, and people still used to call them princes.
For another example, just like the middle and lower employees in the company are called managers, in fact, not every employee has a letter of appointment, but everyone is used to calling them managers.
First, his name is Prince Nezha, not Prince Nezha! This is very important!
Second, Nezha is not a prince! Nezha's two brothers are not the second prince of the eldest prince! So this third prince must not be the prince we think! That means he is not a prince at all! What is Jing Li's identity? Textual research on Li Jing's obvious identity is undoubtedly a kind of "waste wood" practice. It is even more "useless" to prove whether Nezha is someone's adopted son. Because no one can change the fact that Nezha is not a prince!
3. Who named Prince Nezha III? Author? Not necessarily! Where did the people who wrote a book in the Ming Dynasty come from? Folklore, street talk. The legendary Nezha is not a kind person. In ancient times, such a fierce face can be described as "entering the tiger's den." I think this fierce child is probably described as a small lion's den. But after all, Nezha is a positive person. It is not appropriate to call him "Tai sui" or "Xiao Tai sui". A storyteller should have the ability to be flexible and romantic. Over time, Tai sui is most likely to become a prince!
Fourth, the author may have changed history in one fell swoop, but I didn't expect us to compete here. Prince Nezha III, perhaps a powerful brand, should not be understood as a real "prince". Just like Pig Bajie, we can't think of him as Lao Ba! Too, it means awesome here! !
5. The result may be a little simple. You have a more reasonable statement that the above speculative test is invalid.
I believe that there must be an anime that has exploded everyone's social software recently, that is, an anime movie about Nezha and a magical child in Nezha. Like everyone else, the author has witnessed the development of Nezha from generation to generation. I won't say much about this generation of Nezha. Today we are discussing another issue that netizens are very concerned about. It's about why Nezha is called the "Three Princes".
As we all know, China has always been called "the state of etiquette". In ancient China, "etiquette" was an indispensable part, ranging from the most common titles to national sacrifices.
As the saying goes, "all the land is king's land, all the land is king's land." As the most powerful person in the feudal dynasty, the emperor followed stricter etiquette. In ancient times, the heir to the throne chosen by the emperor was qualified to be called the prince. Other sons can only be called princes, not to mention nobles and ordinary people in the palace.
After careful inspection, the author found that this should start with his father Li Jing.
Li Jing, the king of Tota, is a fictional character in the Romance of Gods, but it is not fabricated out of thin air, but has a historical prototype. One is Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is King Vishnu.
It is also described in the Tang translation of the Guardian Ceremony of the Heavenly King of Beipishamen:
So in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty named Pishamen the God of War. And Li Jing, in the Book of Tang Dynasty, is one of the twenty-four outstanding figures in Lingyange Pavilion. The official worships Xiben Army, saying that he is the first famous soldier in the Tang Dynasty and can be compared with Han Xin in previous dynasties.
Moreover, Li Jing made great achievements during his lifetime, especially in the later foreign wars. He defended the North Gate of the Tang Dynasty for a long time and was gradually regarded as a god of war by the army after his death.
Thus, after some folk artistic processing, a generation of Tota King Li Jing was born.
Nezha, as the third son of King Vishnu, was originally named Nezha, and became Li Jing's son after localization.
You may ask, even if his father is the king, but the king is not the emperor, why do you call him the third prince?
Don't forget that the story background of Romance of the Gods took place in Shang Dynasty, and there was no title of "Emperor" in this period. Before Qin Shihuang, the emperor at that time was called the "son of heaven", and the eldest son of the son of heaven was called the "prince" as a candidate of Chu Jun.
Too, refers to the older, "prince" is the eldest son. A vassal, the eldest son of a vassal, can be called "prince" or "prince" at this time, and there is no explicit stipulation on the title. At this time, "Prince" can also be the general name of the eldest son, with a serial number in front to distinguish the age, such as "big prince" and "Second Prince".
It was not until the Han Dynasty that appellations were accurately distinguished. In order to emphasize the identity and dignity of the royal family, it was also graded to distinguish it from the prince's son. Only the heirs of the royal family can be called "princes" to show their unique aristocratic status, while other princes and sons of prisoners can only be called "princes", which is lower than "princes". If the son of a vassal is called a "prince", it is an insult to the dignity of the royal family. Those who are light will be punished for dereliction of duty, while those who are heavy will be punished for treason.
The Han Dynasty formally divided classes and defined the hierarchy. And Nezha's father is the company commander Li Jing of Chentangguan who has mastered the relieving. He is a powerful vassal. In Shang Dynasty, his son could naturally be called "Prince", because "Prince" was synonymous with his son at this time, and there was no hierarchy. It should be distinguished from the royal heirs to show the unique dignity and dignity of the royal family.
So it makes sense for Nezha to be called "Three Princes".
In the fairy tale, Mrs. Yin, the main commander of Chen Tangguan and Li Jing, was pregnant for three years and six months and gave birth to a meatball. Suddenly there was a flash of fire, and Li Jing was frightened. He cut it with his sword, but a teenager jumped out. Excavate was unhappy, but a Taoist named Taiyi came to congratulate him, named the child Nezha, accepted him as a disciple, and gave him two treasures on the spot: Gankun Circle and Huntianling. One day seven years later, seven-year-old Nezha came to the East China Sea to play. The dry land is cracked, and the Dragon King in the East China Sea keeps dripping. He also ordered Hag to rob boys and girls at the seaside.
At this time, Nezha was brave enough to kill the hag with the circle of Gankun, and also killed Ao Bing, the son of the Dragon King who came to reinforce him. The Dragon King went to the Heavenly Palace to complain and was beaten half to death by Nezha on the way. So the Dragon King of the East China Sea invited the three brothers to discuss revenge. The next day, the Dragon King of the Four Seas led the sailors to make waves and flooded Chentangguan. Only after Excavate handed over Nezha did he retreat.
Nezha wanted to fight back, but he was stopped by Excavate and robbed Nezha of two magic weapons. Nezha committed suicide for the safety of the city people. Afterwards, Taiyi real people borrowed lotus flowers and fresh lotus roots to bring Nezha back to life. After the resurrection, Nezha, armed with muskets and riding hot wheels, made a scene in the Dragon Palace, defeated the Dragon King and killed the people.
And Ao Bing is known as the "Three Princes of Dragon Palace". It is said that Taiyi's soul was added to Nezha's body shaping, so Nezha was also called the "Three Princes".
He is a mixture of two character stories, one is the God of Nezha. In the well-known story of Nezha, the story of "the son of King Tota", the story of slaying a dragon in the East China Sea, the story of the son who shot an arrow at the rocks, the story of beheading his bones and returning to his father, and the story of lotus incarnation are all in this version of Prince Nezha.
Another prototype is "Marshal Tai Sui Yin" in "Three Religions Seeking the Source of God". "Correcting the name of Jin Nezha, also known as Yin Jiao"-the name of Marshal Yin, also known as Nezha! But the story of being born as a meatball, being born after being split by a sword, learning from real people, helping the prince of Wu chop people, being a marshal and so on. , from the deeds of this Jin Nezha.
And this Jin Nezha's father is and his mother is Empress Jiang, so this Nezha is the real "Prince".
It is generally believed that when Xu wrote The Romance of Gods, he intended to merge and re-divide Li and Yin Jiao. In fact, these two images probably merged once before the three religions spoke for God. It shouldn't be a coincidence that a Li and a Jin Nezha have the same name. Xu deliberately avoided the plot of his son attacking his father, but gave most of Yin Jiao's story to Li, drew out Yin Jiao's personnel and rewrote it again. At the same time, he rewrote the marshal's narrative into Li, the son of Tota King Excavate, which is now the complete image of "Nezha" in most people's eyes.
As for the story of the third son of Vishamun, how it was mixed with the image of Yin Jiao, the son of Shang Zhouwang, and when it first merged, I'm afraid there is no textual research.
Perhaps it is in the constant evolution and changes of the characters that the title of "Prince" was transferred to the third son of the eponymous King Tota of Nezha?
This is just a guess by the author.
Finally, in my opinion, this may be a way of writing in the creation of operas, novels and romance novels. Throughout the history of China literature, this technique is also endless. For example, Guan Ping, Guan Yu's adopted son in Romance of the Three Kingdoms (address: the biological son in Historical Records), is also called Prince; Saburo on Mount Tai, Son of God on Mount Tai, is the title of Huang Tianhua in the novel Romance of the Gods, also known as Prince Ling Bing; In the drama of the late Qing Dynasty, Erlang God was also called Prince Jinhua.
In addition, the prince is probably just a title, referring to the young immortal second generation.
There is also the people's simple awe and worship of the gods. They think that the male fairy is the "emperor", the female fairy is the "queen", the little fairy is the "prince" and the child is the "boy". It may be called so because the ancients thought immortals were very powerful, so they were called immortals with the title of the most powerful among mortals.
Based on the above historical factors and the novel's unique writing techniques, it is not difficult to infer that it is reasonable for Nezha to be called the Three Princes.
The origin of Nezha's "three princes" can't be judged by his father, because Nezha was the son of Li Jing, the company commander of Chentangguan at the end of Shang Dynasty. As we all know, the first emperor in the ages, Qin Shihuang, established the Qin Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. Does it mean that a deer is a horse to measure the title of the former dynasty by the standards of later generations?
Before Qin Shihuang, the emperor at that time was called the "son of heaven", and the eldest son of the son of heaven was called the "prince" as a candidate of Chu Jun. Taitai means older and older, and the "prince" was the eldest son.
A vassal, the eldest son of a vassal, can be called "prince" or "prince" at this time, and there is no explicit stipulation on the title. At this time, "Prince" can also be the general name of the eldest son, with a serial number in front to distinguish the age, such as "big prince" and "Second Prince".
It was not until the Han Dynasty that appellations were accurately distinguished. In order to emphasize the identity and dignity of the royal family, it was also graded to distinguish it from the prince's son. Only the heirs of the royal family can be called "princes" to show their unique aristocratic status, while other princes and sons of prisoners can only be called "princes", which is lower than "princes". If the son of a vassal is called a "prince", it is an insult to the dignity of the royal family. Those who are light will be punished for dereliction of duty, while those who are heavy will be punished for treason. The Han Dynasty formally divided classes and defined the hierarchy.
Nezha's father is Li Jing, the company commander of Chentangguan who holds the relieving power. He is a powerful vassal. In Shang Dynasty, his son could naturally be called "Prince", because "Prince" was synonymous with his son at this time, and there was no hierarchy. It should be distinguished from the royal heirs to show the unique dignity and dignity of the royal family.
Li Jingyue has three sons, all of whom have appeared in The Journey to the West, namely the eldest prince Jin Bai, the second prince Bai Mu and the third prince Nezha. The prince here has nothing to do with the emperor, but the title of Li Jing's son, which is the relationship between the eldest son, the second son and the third son.
Jinyuling Mountain serves as a Buddha and protects the body before serving.
Qi Mu Putuo Mountain is dedicated to Guanyin, also known as Hui 'an Walker. Wukong made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, went out with Guanyin and lost to Wukong. Pig and Friar Sand both appeared in the camera, and only two immortals were left to fight with the Tang Priest. Later, Hong Haier also appeared.
Nezha, as the jade emperor, failed to defeat Wukong in Huaguoshan. Later, he helped Wukong subdue the devil in the battle with Green Cowherd and Niu Wangmo.
In Shang dynasty, the sons of emperors and princes could be called "princes", and the hierarchy was not so clear. Excavate's son, as a powerful vassal, can of course be called "Prince", and Nezha ranks third in the ranking of all ages, so he is naturally called "Three Princes".
In China, especially in ancient times, great emphasis was placed on addressing, especially the title of "Prince", which usually represents the next heir of the emperor. So Nezha's father Excavate is not the emperor. Why do people still call him the "Three Princes"? Let's listen to some analysis by You Shujun.
1. Symbol of aristocratic status
In the Romance of Gods, Nezha is the son of Li Jing, the company commander of Guan in the Tang Dynasty, and belongs to the late Shang Dynasty. There was no such thing as an "emperor" at that time. The supreme ruler is called the king, and most of the sons of princes are called princes. Excavate was a vassal at that time, and Nezha was the third, so he was called the Third Prince. "Prince" is just a title of prince and grandson, not the heir of the emperor.
2. Nezha's birth
Nezha in Gone with the Wind was born after Mrs Yin was pregnant for three years. He was not born naked like other babies. He wears a gold bracelet in his right hand and a piece of HongLing on his stomach. People say that this is clearly the "Prince Ye". Plus, he is the third child, so people call him the third prince.
3. The son of King Tota
Nezha in The Journey to the West is the son of King Excavate of Tota, since he is the son of Excavate. In ancient times, it was said that the emperor was the son of the gods, and Li Jing was one of the four heavenly kings, and his status was definitely higher than that of the emperor. Even the son of the Dragon King is called the Prince, and the status of King Tota is not lower than that of the Dragon King, so it is normal to be called the Third Prince of Nezha.
4. From Buddhism
China myth originated from Buddhist myth. It is said that Buddhism has the king of Vishamen, who defeated the demon king and became the patron saint of the northern sky. His third son's name is Nezha, and Nezha evolved from Nezha. Therefore, it is called the Three Princes.
Coincidentally, just like Erlang God, it actually evolved from the characters in Buddhist mythology. Erlang God, the only son of King Vishnu, gradually evolved into Erlang God.
This is also the reason why Erlang God is called Erlang God when he clearly has no brothers.
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The origin of the appellation of Nezha's Three Princes can be traced back to the source, because Nezha was formed on the basis of Buddhism, a "foreign god", and combined with local myths in China.
As for the name of the third prince, it is natural that Ina is the third son of Vishnu, a famous Buddhist king.
How was Nezha born? How to become the son of Li Jing?
A remarkable feature of many gods in China is artificial gods. For example, I became a great old gentleman, Guan Yu, Bao Zheng, Qin Qiong and so on.
The movement of artificial gods has made many people who had a good reputation before their death commemorated by the people and even recognized by the state power. Over time, it gradually became a myth and was absorbed as a god by Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
It was in this situation that Li Jing gradually became a god.
When it comes to Li Jing in history, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Tang Dynasty Li Jing. Li Jing explored things all his life, breaking the gourd in the north and Qinghai in the west.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing was introduced to Wu Wang as a temple and became his mythical capital. Coupled with the interpretation of Tang legends, Li Jing gradually became magical. In the late Tang Dynasty, Li Jing became a folk myth.
The original image of the King of Pishamen is a pagoda with a right hand and a trident with a left hand.
During the Tianbao period, it is said that he helped Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty retreat from the army of Fan Bing, so Tang Jun began to worship King Vishnu. In the Tang army, flags were also painted in the image of the heavenly king, nicknamed "Heavenly King Flag" to bless the five clouds and dragons.
The image of Li Jing's invincible army god and the image of Pishaman King are constantly overlapping.
Perhaps the image of King Pishaman is not in line with the aesthetics of China people. In the Yuan Dynasty, King Vishnu and Li Jing gradually overlapped.
For example, "The Spring and Autumn Pinghua of the Seven Countries of Tuqi, Le Yi": "Dugujiao fought alone with four generals, and five horses fought in melee, such as the black killing of God Zhenwuxian, the jihad of Samoan Tota and Li Tianwang."
From then on, King Vishnu became the king of Tota and Li Tian, and Ina became the son of Li Jing.
In myth, Li Jing has three sons, Jin Bai, Bai Mu and Nezha. Why didn't Nezha be named after the Five Elements? The reason is that Nezha is the localization of foreign gods.
In Buddhist scriptures, Ina is a ferocious hag god. He has three heads, six arms to subdue demons and three realms of peace, and once killed Naga (a poisonous snake with many heads, translated as dragon in Buddhist scriptures when it was circulated in China).
So looking at Nezha's supernatural powers and stories is very similar to Nye's.
In the communication between Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, as well as in folklore, the image of Ina was localized by Taoism. Perhaps the original ferocious image was not liked by China people, so a child image was chosen as the real body, and the Taoist God Nezha was born.
After such a long time and deduction, Nezha joined the story of returning the meat to the mother and the bone to the father in the Song Dynasty, and finally fixed it as a classic fairy image in The Journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty and the Romance of the Gods, namely Tota Li Tianwang and the third prince Nezha.
To understand why Nezha is called "Three Princes", we should start with how the title of "Prince" evolved step by step to represent the heir to the throne.
The significance of the representatives of governors in past dynasties.