There are two views in Taoism about the source of Cihang's real person. First, according to "Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties", there is a jurchen in Chaozhou Cave of Luojiayan in Putuo. According to legend, when Shang Wang practiced Buddhism here, he gained divine power and made a vow to teach men and women all over the world. Tasting Dan medicine manna water helps others, and people in the South China Sea call it Tzu Hang Da Shi.
Secondly, according to the annotation of Lingbao Jing, it is said that in the world of Zen and Li, the king had a daughter named Yin, who still kept silent when she was alive. At the age of four, the king scolded it, but abandoned it in Akong Mountain in South Fusang. Women have no food and often die every day, attracting the moon to get the essence and naturally making up for it. Suddenly, I met the man of God in Dan Ling's house under Berlin. The surname is pronounced in the right hand. Phonetic surname: Although I can't speak, I can remember this article. Send Zhu Gong Tong Ling, teach him the skill of treating his younger brother with surname sound, and give him the sound of picking books and entering words. So I can talk. Out of the mountain, still in the country. There was a drought in central China, and a fire was lit underground. The people were burned to death, and more than half of the dead were killed. Cross the ground to get water, there is no spring. Wang Hao was afraid. The woman showed the truth with the king, and the sky flooded to ten feet. So he turned away from the scene.
After Buddhism was introduced into China, due to the tendency of integration of the three religions, both Buddhism and Taoism tend to regard each other's gods as their own. In China, people generally equate real people with Guanyin Bodhisattva. Taoism believes that the real person Cihang is the original jurchen, while the Buddhist Guanyin was practiced by a man from the beginning. Furthermore, according to "Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties", Cihang lived in Shang Dynasty.
Cihang Master (1893- 1954), whose common name is Ai, was born in Jianning County, northern Fujian. 17 years old, became a monk in Dajin Lake, Fujian. Later, he followed Master Taixu, toured around China to preach Buddhism, and then went to Southeast Asia to publicize the national policy of resisting Japan. In his later years, he settled in Taiwan Province Province and founded Taiwan Province Buddhist College, which laid the foundation for the development of China Buddhism in Taiwan Province Province and had a far-reaching influence on Taiwanese Buddhism. From 65438 to 0949, he was falsely accused of "espionage" and was arrested and imprisoned by Taiwan Province provincial authorities. 1954, he was silent in a closed room. After he was silent, he sat in the jar, looking as if he were dead. Five years later, he opened the jar and checked it. His face is purple and his whole body is intact. Cihang Master's golden body is enshrined in the inner court of Maitreya Buddha in Taiwan Province, and he is one of the top ten physical bodhisattvas in China.