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Because he was trying to scare Sun Wukong at that time, he made such a move, and the whole drama effect will be more optimized.

Turning Hu into a Buddha refers to Taishang Laojun, which means that Taishang Laojun has enlightened a cultivator.

That is to say, after Lao Jun came out of the customs, he turned into a Buddha with a beard, shaved his hair and beard, and became a monk. The first is to enlighten and educate. That is to say, Taishang Laojun ignited a cultivator in Hudi to become a Buddha, and then returned to Heaven to continue alchemy.

Judging by the text of Journey to the West, it is clear that it is the latter, not the former.

Because he turned Hu into a Buddha, all thanks to the mana of Vajra. If you just change into a monk by yourself, you don't need to be a vajra at all, you can just find a razor and do things. Therefore, the transformation of Hu into a Buddha here refers to the fact that he has enlightened a monk to become a Buddha.

Turning Hu into a Buddha object:

In "Journey to the West", Maitreya Buddha also had a chance to appear, and it was he who helped Sun Wukong subdue the old monster with yellow eyebrows. We should all have seen Maitreya Buddha, and the image of Maitreya Buddha is always smiling, giving people a very kind and optimistic feeling. In fact, this is also a major element of being a future Buddha, because no matter whether good or bad things happen in the future, you need to face them with a positive attitude, so Maitreya Buddha can become a future Buddha.

In fact, there is another saying that Taishang Laojun turned Hu Cheng Buddha into a Buddha, called purple qi from the east, and Maitreya Buddha is the Buddha from the east. Moreover, Taishang Laojun's ability to make a diamond is equivalent to the ability of Maitreya Buddha's cloth bag, which can store all items in the world, so the object of Taishang Laojun's transformation into a Buddha is Maitreya Buddha.

Turning Hu into Buddha is an extension of Lao Tzu's transformation into Hu. Lao Tzu's transformation of Hu into Buddha refers to the event that Lao Tzu of China sent a letter to Guguan and went to the Western Regions (including Tianzhu) to educate foreign Hu people such as the people of the Western Regions and Tianzhu.

Lao Tzu's surname is Li Ming'er, the word Boyang, once served as the palace librarian at that time, and he was very erudite. Seeing that the country was beginning to decline, Lao Tzu resigned from his post and went to the West. When he crossed the border, a local ** Yin Xi asked him to write something, so he wrote an article about morality and gave it to that ** Yin Xi.

This is the world famous book "Tao Te Ching" left by Lao Tzu, and it is also the most important classic of Taoism in the future. Legend has it that Lao Tzu lived for more than 200 years, and later sent a letter to Guguan to go to India, the Western Regions and other foreign countries to educate the Hu people. More than 2,600 years ago, Lao Tzu left Luoyang Pinliang and sent a letter to Guguan to the west, and no one knew his whereabouts after that.

The Historical Records generally said that he sent a letter to Guguan in the west, but he did not know what to do. Legend has it that he became Shakyamuni Buddha there, founded Buddhism, and began to indoctrinate the Indians, which is known as "Lao Tzu Hua Hu".

From a historical point of view, this is just that Buddhism came from India to the west, but few people believe that the Chinese who are extremely confident in culture believe that in order to better let the Chinese accept Buddhism, Buddhism itself said "Lao Tzu Hua Hu" when he was preaching in China, and Taoists also thought it was a fact, and later Taoists wrote "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Sutra", which became an event recognized by both sides.

What does it mean to "turn a beard into a Buddha"?

These four words, at first hearing, are not a problem, and they are even a little handsome. Once scrutinized, it makes people scratch their heads.

First of all, Taishang Laojun is the ancestor of Taoism, what does it have to do with "Buddha"? It should be "turning Hu into Tao" or "turning Hu into immortals".

If you take a closer look, not only does "Buddha" have problems, but also "Hu". Why?

Many people interpret these four words like this: from "Hu" to "Buddha". This "Hu", in ancient China, was the Hu people, referring to the ethnic minority. Lao Tzu was born in the Central Plains and has nothing to do with ethnic minorities. How did you "change from a Hu person to a Buddha"?

Therefore, these four words, when studied deeply, are not so simple.

In fact, Lao Tzu did not change from a Hu person to a Buddha, so this interpretation is not correct. Let's see what the history books say:

Hanshu Cai Kai Biography "Cloud: "Lao Tzu entered Yidi as a floating slaughter".

The Biography of Gao Shi said: "Lao Tzu turned Rong customs into floating slaughter.

The meaning is very clear, Lao Tzu went out of Hangu Pass, and then educated the Hu people there, making them "Futu", that is, monks. Turning Hu into a Buddha means that educating Hu people gives them Buddha nature.

How did the saying "turn Hu into Buddha" come about?

From the above analysis, we can guess that the four words "turning Hu into Buddha" are intended to confuse Lao Tzu with Western Buddhism.

This statement must not have been put forward by Taoists, but most likely by Buddhists.

Why? Very well understood. Taoism is a native religion in China, and it does not need to be related to foreign Buddhism. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's surname was Li, and he took Lao Tzu as his ancestor, and the whole country respected Taoism, and his status was extremely high.

In order to make Chinese people better accept Buddhist ideas, Buddhists called Taoism, and even confused Shakyamuni with Taishang Laojun. This practice is also quite common in life.

Those with low status always try their best to have a little relationship with high status, so that they can do things easily. Isn't it?

Buddhists claim that Lao Tzu went to the West to educate the Hu people and spread the teachings, which led to Buddhism. Buddhism in the West and Taoism in China are of the same origin.

Lao Tzu divided Mahayana Buddhism, that is, the luck of Western Buddhism, so he turned Hu into Buddha outside Jiayuguan and turned Duobao into Sakyamuni, that is, Duobao Rulai Buddha, and established Hinayana Buddhism.

At that time, Confucianism believed that the Buddhist doctrine was Yi Di nonsense, no father and no king, no shame, and should be abolished. Buddhism in order to survive had to be fostered under the Taoist door, just in the same era of the Buddha has the legend of Lao Tzu out of the customs, so Buddhism tried its best to get closer to the Buddha that the Buddha was Lao Tzu into a Buddha. With the protection of Lao Tzu, he avoided many unnecessary xenophobic attacks, so it was smooth sailing, and when he arrived in the Jin Dynasty, he caused a noisy situation.

Later, the Jin Dynasty Taoist Wang Fu wrote a "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing", although the content of the Hua Hu Jing was only a supplement to the general view of Buddhism in traditional Chinese, but Buddhism at that time was not what it used to be"Wuxia Amon", the power has become so great that it is no longer there"Endure"That's right"Buddhism is irreverent""Slander"The remarks of the remarks. It is also this Sutra of Transformation that has made Buddhism and Taoism compete for thousands of years.

"Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing" During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty ( 2 9 0 — 3 0 6 ) Heavenly Master Taoist Sacrifice Wine King Fu Mei fought with Shamen Silk Yuan for evil and righteousness, so he made a volume of "Hua Hu Jing" to record Lao Tzu's transformation into a Buddha in Tianzhu , Teaching the Hu people to Buddhism was successively expanded and reorganized into 10 volumes after slandering Buddhism, which became one of the bases for Taoists to attack Buddhism, so as to elevate Taoism above Buddhism. This led to a fierce conflict between Taoism and Buddhism, and Tang Gaozong and Zhongzong both ordered a ban on it.

In the 22nd year of the Yuan dynasty (1 2 8 5 AD), he ordered the burning of the "Daozang" apocryphal scripture, the first of which was the "Huahu Jing", and thus the "Orthodox Daozang" did not exist. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Dunhuang found fragments of this book written in the Tang Dynasty, some of which were "Lao Tzu Xi Shenghua Hu Jing" ( Bo 2 0 0 7 ) and some of which were "Taishang Lingbao Lao Tzu Hua Hu Miao Jing" ( 2 0 8 1 ) are the same book with different names. The fragments of the Dunhuang "Hua Hu Jing" in the collections of Britain and France are now ten volumes, not Wang Fuyuan's books.