The so-called fairy is the fairy who rises during the day. For example, Liu An, the king of Huainan, got the advice of Bagong. After eating the elixir, he not only soared during the day, but also left with his chicken and dog.
The so-called immortal is immortal. Immortals, like Mozi, live forever after being instructed by immortals and live in the deep mountains. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was seen when he was only in his fifties.
The so-called autopsy fairy died suddenly, then mysteriously disappeared and appeared in the world. An autopsy fairy, like Dong Zhongshu and Li, first died, and then the body disappeared instantly.
Xie Ziran is a fairy.
First of all, these three immortals all have their own cultivation methods.
In Ge Hong's universe of cultivating immortals, doing good is the basis of cultivating immortals, while not doing good is like a rootless tree and passive water. He said that if you want to be immortal, you have to do 1,200 good deeds, and if you want to be immortal, you have to do 300 good deeds. And a bad thing can't be done. You have done a bad thing, and all the good things will be cleared immediately. You have to start all over again-this reminds me of Chairman Mao's sentence: "It is not difficult for a person to do good things, but it is difficult to do good things all his life without doing bad things."
Ge Hong also demanded that you can't ask for anything in return for doing good deeds, nor can you say in obscurity that you must be a good person. God will put it on your daily account of doing good deeds.
On this basis, you can become different immortals by eating different things. "Bao Puzi" said that "cinnabar is gold, and those who serve it will not die, staff sergeant; Under such guidance, the deceased is immortal, and the sergeant is also; Eating grass and plants, returning to Chitose, corporal also. " The so-called cinnabar here is gold, which is what he said. If you eat it, it will become a fairy.
Take Ganoderma lucidum and Saussurea involucrata, and exercise by guiding qi every day, which makes Xian Di; And those who eat herbs every day can only become necrophilia. In addition to taking medicine, sometimes other skills are good, and it seems that they can become immortals. For example, Peng Zu and Shi Gan were proficient in house art and became immortals, not only men but also women. In The Legend of the Immortal, a woman who sells wine and a woman who sells pills get a book on this subject, and then they choose a beautiful teenager to practice while selling wine. More than 30 years later, their faces are still in their twenties.
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a book, Biography of Ziyang, which introduced the method of becoming an immortal. It is said that immortals have to pass 12 exams and are divided into immortals, earthly immortals and corpses according to their grades-it is really fair.
Secondly, the three immortals can be transformed into each other.
Immortals can be promoted to flying immortals through cultivation. It is also said that Nvwan has been practicing on the earth for more than 30 years. Later, the fairy couldn't see the past. It's time for you to fly high. The world is unhappy (I added this idiom), and the female pill rises reluctantly in the sky.
Immortals, as upper-level immortals, are much more free. They can choose to be in the sky or underground. Zhang Daoling, a legendary fairy, was made into an elixir in Shushan, but refused to take it, saying that it would fly to the sky and could not serve the country.
He first preached national interests and harmed the country, and then he soared in the daytime-Taoism also had the heart to help the world. The legendary immortals Ma, Sihe and Yin Changsheng only took half of the elixir and stayed on earth. After hundreds of years, they were tired of the world and drank half the dose (as if this medicine had a long shelf life).
The process of cultivating immortals is also reversible. When a fairy makes a mistake, she will be banished to the mortal world and become a fairy. For example, Gong Hu, who saved the world by hanging pot, turned out to be a civil servant from heaven, but was banished to the mortal world because he didn't work hard. "Bao Puzi" said that there was a birthday for Cai, and the cultivation of immortals failed. He lied that I was releasing the dragon for the old gentleman in heaven, and as a result, the dragon was lost and I was demoted to a fairy. Later, the great poet Li Bai claimed to be immortal, which is also true.
Immortals make mistakes and become immortals, so immortals make mistakes and become corpses. Legend of the Immortal said that Sun Simiao was supposed to be an immortal, because he used animals as medicine in medical books, which caused many lives, so he was demoted to Xiexian corpse.
The autopsy fairy made a mistake and probably had to be removed. But the necromancer can also fight back, that is, refining the moon. Ge Hong didn't mention this, but it was mentioned in other story books. A man named Shen introduced this kind of magic in Fairy Tales. After death, put it in a big coffin, keep it ventilated and take a bite of real jade in your mouth. A hundred years later, they were called immortals.
In another hundred years, he will become a fairy. In the Legend of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang absorbed Shen's story, but there is one more requirement for the exquisiteness of the lunar calendar: mating with men. The art of sexual intercourse has become an indispensable part of shaping.
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Third, there is a mutual contempt between immortals, immortals and corpse immortals.
This kind of contempt is divided into three layers, the first layer is between the same kind. For example, we are both immortals, and there is a difference between soaring during the day. Liu Gang and his wife, Mrs. Fan, in fairy tales, were supposed to be monks, both of whom rose during the day, but they competed with each other. Liu gang set fire to the house, and Mrs. Fan can rain to put out the fire; There are two peach trees in the yard, and the couple choose one to cast spells. As a result, Liu Gang's tree was knocked out of the wall. Liu Gang spit on the plate and turned it into a crucian carp. Mrs. Fan spit out an otter and ate the fish ... Later, Mrs. Fan sat on the bed and flew. Liu Gang climbed onto the acacia and flew. It seems that even in heaven, Liu Gang will be looked down upon by his wife for life.
Liu Gang spit on the plate and turned it into a crucian carp. Mrs. Fan spit out an otter and ate the fish ... Later, Mrs. Fan sat on the bed and flew. Liu Gang climbed onto the acacia and flew. It seems that even in heaven, Liu Gang will be looked down upon by his wife for life.
The second chain of contempt is top-down. Immortals despise immortals, immortals despise corpses. For example, Mrs. Taizhen laughed at An Qisheng. "What are you doing as a fairy for a long time?" Do you know why you have been a fairy for so many years? This tone is like a leader criticizing his subordinates: "Do you know why you have been a deputy for so many years?" The speaker's sense of superiority is beyond words, and the listener is sweating: Do I still have no chance this time?
Both immortals and earthly fairies can look down on the corpse to solve immortals. In Biography of Immortals, Wang Yuan said that Cai Jing: "Less gas and more meat, you can't get up. It should be a corpse, such as through the sinus of a dog. " It's insulting to say that the body was decomposed into immortals and climbed in through the dog hole. In Hanwu Biography, the Queen Mother of the West also proudly said, "I don't care about the corpse." -In the eyes of a great god like the Queen Mother of the West, there is no such thing as an autopsy.
The three levels of contempt are from bottom to top. For example, Peng Zu wants to be a fairy quietly under the condition of mastery. Even he didn't admit that he was a fairy, and said that he was just enlightened. In his eyes, those immortals are all mutated like yellowbirds turning into clams. Besides, Mr. Baishi doesn't want to soar. He said that the sky is full of leaders. After going up, it is better to be happy on earth.
But these are earthly gods. As the lowest fairy, the corpse fairy has nothing to despise, so she has to silently improve herself through monthly training. However, the corpse fairy is at the bottom of the pyramid and occupies an absolute advantage in number. Yin Changsheng said in Biography of Immortals: "Since the Han Dynasty, there have been 46 immortals, including me, and 20 corpses have become immortals."
The number accounts for nearly 50%, and the autopsy is very operational. This method is widely used in later generations and can be subdivided into several types. Ge Hong didn't mention it, but we can sum it up from many stories about cultivating immortals.