Before the birth of Christianity, Zoroastrianism was the most influential religion in the Middle East and the state religion of the ancient Persian Empire. It was once called Zoroastrianism by Islamists and Zoroastrianism in China (be careful not to mistake Zoroastrianism for Zoroastrianism). Religions mainly popular in Persia and Central Asia. It is the predecessor of Zoroastrianism. This religion holds that Ahumazda (meaning "the master of wisdom") is the supreme god, the all-knowing and all-powerful creator of the universe, with virtues such as light, life and creation, and also the embodiment of heaven, order and truth. Mazda not only created the material world, but also created fire, that is, "infinite light", so Zoroastrianism regards Zoroastrianism as their sacred duty.
Zoroastrianism is a dualistic religion. Judaism and later Christianity and Islam were deeply influenced by it, and the Zoroastrian god "mitra" also entered the religion of the Roman Empire. At present, it still has great influence in the remote mountainous areas of Iran and Mumbai, India.
Zoroastrianism was founded by Zoroaster (628 BC-55 BC1year). He was born into a noble knight family of Persian nomadic tribes before the establishment of the Persian Empire. At the age of 20, he abandoned his family and lived in seclusion. At the age of 30, he was inspired by God to reform traditional polytheism and establish Zoroastrianism, but he was persecuted by traditional priests. Until the age of 42, the Prime Minister of Daxia married his daughter.
Manichaeism in history is Zoroastrianism, also known as Venetianism and Zoroastrianism. It was founded by Persian Manichaeism in the 3rd century, which was approximately equivalent to the Wei and Jin Dynasties in China. Manichaeism was introduced into China in the Tang Dynasty and gradually developed. The core of Manichaeism is that at the beginning of the world, there were two kingdoms of light and darkness. Light occupied the east, west, north and south, and darkness occupied the south. In the kingdom of light, light, goodness, beauty, peace, order and cleanliness, the Manichaean classic "Xiazan" says:
The light is generally clean, and joy is always silent.
He has no happy troubles, and it is useless to say that he has pain.
In view of constant happiness, it is useless to say that you are ill.
If there are people who can live in another country, there will be no worries.
The solemnity of the place is clean, and the evil is not clean.
Happiness is full of Zhang Kuan TV, and there is nothing to say about it.
The ruler of the kingdom of light is called Chawan (meaning eternity) in Persia, and Mingfu and Daming Zun in the East. Dark kingdom is full of fireworks, anger, hurricanes, sludge and poisonous water. It was ruled by the dark king, lived in Parademons, and indulged in desires and quarrels all day. Light and darkness fought several times, and the dark Lord made the devil give birth to human ancestors. Because human beings are descendants of the dark devil, Daming Zun sent a light messenger to save human souls with light molecules.
In the Song Dynasty, Manichaeism was translated into Zoroastrianism, and its teachings were briefly summarized as "purity, light, strength and wisdom". There are farmers, scholars, officials, ranks, outlaws, Jiang Yang thieves, Wulin Yan Jun and so on. Christians wear white clothes and black hats, and secretly associate with each other, honoring ambassadors as gods in the church. At that time, because it was in a secret state, there were many nicknames for Christian names, except Manichaeism in Zhejiang and Zoroastrianism in Fujian. According to Lu You's Collected Works of Weinan, there are five notes, Huainan is called the Second Bureau, Jiangdong is called Guo Si, Jiangxi is called Jingangchan, and Fujian is called Jiedi Village.
Zoroastrianism was further combined with the original culture of China in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and became a secret form of struggle between the lower classes and the Jianghu against the imperial court. Because Zoroastrianism has been suppressed by the imperial court for a long time, its actions are extremely secretive, and sometimes it is misunderstood by the "white road" in the rivers and lakes, and the pressure it faces is greater than that of ordinary rivers and lakes, so it is more determined to resist the imperial court and set off huge waves several times in history. The first time was at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Fang La used Manichaeism to organize the masses and held a massive uprising, which shook half the country in the southeast. The second time was after the Southern Song Dynasty. Zoroastrianism and Anbailism were linked together and played an important role in the peasant war at the end of Yuan Dynasty. Han Liner, the leader of the Red Scarf Army in the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, was also called "Wang Xiaoming", which was related to Zoroastrianism. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was also the middleman between Anbalism and Zoroastrianism. Just him. After gaining power, he gradually fell out with the two major religions because he knew the power of secret sects. When he became emperor, he adopted Li Shanchang's suggestion. In the Ming Dynasty, the white lotus religion was forbidden and religion was respected. The prohibition of "left-leaning witchcraft" was written into the eleventh etiquette of the Ming Law, which was fixed in legal form. Since then, Anbaili religion has been renamed and developed in the form of various tribes, but Zoroastrianism has gradually declined. In the martial arts novels, because Jin Yong's martial arts masterpiece "The Dragon Slayer" was written in Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism became famous for a while and became a typical secret Sect in the form of chivalrous culture.