Guan Yu's promotion among Taoist gods is indeed legendary.

Many people know that Guan Yu's Shinto identity is Guan Shengdi or Wu Caishen. However, few people know that Guan Yu was only the "revenge god" of folk beliefs after the late Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties, which spread in some areas.

What really made Guan Yu a Taoist orthodox Shinto belief was an experience of cutting jiaozi during the reign of Song Huizong.

According to "Daofahui Yuan Di Li Mo View Marshal Secret Law":

In the past 30 generations, Tianshi was given a worship order: Call your majesty, because the salt pond was damaged by coke, can your majesty help me?

So Zhenjun sealed the rune, swam to Dongyue Gallery, saw the statue of Guan Yu, and asked left and right, what god is this?

A disciple replied: it was Guan Yu, the Han general. This god is a loyal god.

Teacher: Why not use it? So it was used to combine words, and six dice were added, and the book was thrown into the pool.

In an instant, the wind and cloud are everywhere, lightning and thunder, and the head is cut on the pool.

The teacher repeated that I had cut jiaozi.

The emperor said: what god?

Teacher: Guan Yu, a general in the Han Dynasty.

Emperor said: Visible.

The teacher said: I'm afraid of being electrocuted.

When the emperor ordered it, the teacher knocked three times before revealing it to your highness. jiaozi's head with a broadsword stood still. When the emperor voted for Qian Baining, he named him the true king of Baining.

Teacher, I want you to molest Du Feng, and you will be fined for 500 years. Therefore, Du Feng will.

This method is to kill dragons and demons, and the ancestral method begins. Therefore, this book is written at the beginning and end to show the heirs of the law.

Chen xiwei is determined.

At this point, Guan Shuai has a formal throne in the Taoist system, and he is the Marshal of Du Feng's Langya Demon to protect the country. He belongs to the Shinto system in Du Feng and was awarded the title of "Zunning Zhenjun" by Song Huizong.

Then, Guan Shuai has always been loved by emperors and rulers because he has always been loyal and brave.

[1] In the fifth year of Di Xian Jian 'an (200 years), Guan Yu was named [Hanshou Hou Ting].

[2] In the 24th year of Jian 'an in Han Dynasty (2 19), Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, worshipped Guan Yu as [former general].

[3] Liu Chan Jing Yao, the late ruler of Shu Han, spent three years (260 years) chasing Guan Yu as [the queen of Zhuang Temple].

[4] Song Taizu Chongning first year (1 102), Guan Yu posthumous title [Zhongjungong].

Before that, Guan Shuai was respected only because of his personal character.

[5] Song Emperor worshiped Ning for three years (1 104), and named Guan Yu "a true gentleman who worshiped Ning".

[6] In the second year of Song Huizong (1 108), Wu Wangan was blocked.

[7] Song Taizu Hui Zong lived in harmony for five years (1 123), and was later named "King Yong 'an Wu".

[8] In the second year of Jianyan in Song Xiaozong (1 128), Wang Yi of Miao Zhuang was sealed to Wu 'an.

[9] Song Xiaozong Xichun 14th year (1 187), sealed [Miao Zhuangyi Wu Anying Ji Wang].

【 10 】 In the first year of Yuan Wenzong (1328), he was awarded "King Ying Ji of Wu 'an".

Guan Shuai really ascended the throne in the Ming Dynasty, rising higher and higher between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and finally formed the belief cognition of Guan Shengdi and Wu Caishen, which is generally recognized now.

[1 1] In the first year of Hongwu (1368), the original [Shoutinghou] was restored.

[12] In the fourth year of Zheng De (1509), he was given the entrance to the temple [Zhongwu Temple].

[13] Ten years of Jiajing of Sejong in Ming Dynasty (153 1 year), still called [Hou Ting, the general of Han Dynasty].

[14] Ming Shenzong Wanli Decade (1582) was named [Xie Tiandi].

[15] In the eighteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1590), he was named [Emperor Xie Tianbao].

[16] In the 22nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1594), he was made emperor and given the title of [hero] to Miaokou.

[17] In the forty-two years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 14), it was sealed that the Three Realms conquered the demon emperor as far away as Guan Sheng Emperor in Megatronus.

[18] In the ninth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1652), he was named [Loyal SHEN WOO Guan Sheng the Great].

[19] In the third year of the Qing Dynasty (1725), Guan Gong's ancestors were granted three generations for the first time. His great-grandfather was Guang, his ancestor was Yu Changgong, his father was Cheng Zhonggong, and the descendants of Luoyang, Henan Province were all hereditary five classics doctors. He also named Guan Gong [Shaanxi Guan Fuzi].

[20] In the fourth year of Emperor Sejong Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1726), Guan Yu's descendant was awarded Xiezhou [hereditary doctor of the Five Classics] in Shanxi.

[2 1] In the tenth year of Qing Sejong (1732), he was awarded a hereditary doctor of the Five Classics, a descendant of Guan Gong in Dangyang, Hubei.

[22] In the tenth year of Emperor Gaozong in Qing Dynasty (1745), the Ministry of Rites obeyed the imperial edict and avoided Guan Yu's taboo.

[23] In the 25th year of Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty (1760), the Ministry of Rites ordered Yi Shi [Miao Zhuang] to be called [Shen Yong].

[24] In the thirty-third year of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty (1768), it was sealed [Loyalty and Righteousness, SHEN WOO, gave spiritual protection to Guan Sheng the Great].

[25] In the forty-first year of Qing Dynasty (1776), it was easy to call "Yong Hou" as "Zhong Hou".

[26] In the 19th year of Jiaqing of Renzong in the Qing Dynasty (18 14), it was sealed [Loyalty, SHEN WOO, and Ren Yong, Guan Sheng Da Di].

[27] In the eighth year of Daoguang in Xuanzong of Qing Dynasty (1828), it was sealed as "Loyalty, SHEN WOO, Ling You, Ren Yong, Wei Xianguan, Sheng Dadi".

[28] in the fourth year of Xianfeng in Qing dynasty (1854), "loyalty, SHEN WOO, Lingyou, Ren Yong, Wei Xian, protecting the country, protecting the people and Guan Sheng the Great" were sealed.

[29] In the fifth year of Emperor Wenzong of Qing Dynasty (1855), Guan Gong was the ancestor of three generations of kings, his great-grandfather [Zhao Guangwang], his father [King Yuchang] and his father [King Weizhong], and Guan Gong was also named as [Loyalty, SHEN WOO, Ling You, Ren Yong, Xian Wei Bao Guo, protecting the people and sincerely appeasing Guan Shengdi].

[30] Mu Qingzong Tongzhi nine years (1870), sealed [Loyalty, SHEN WOO, Lingyou, Ren Yong County, Wei Baoguo Baomin, sincere appeasement, righteous praise of Guan Shengdi].

[3 1] In the fifth year of Emperor Guangxu's reign in Qing Dynasty (1879), it was sealed [loyalty, SHEN WOO, Lingyou, Ren Yong, Xianwei, protecting the country and benefiting the people, sincerely appeasing and praising Xuande and Guan Sheng the Great].

However, all these are promoted by humanitarian officials, and the deity and demon protector Guan Marshal are still widely used in Taoism.

Guan Shuai's image is recorded in the Secret Law of Marshal Guan, which is roughly like this:

Marshal Guan has jujube-colored eyebrows, phoenix eyes, three beards, a one-foot-eight-inch beard, azure scarf, red robe, jade belt, soap boots, leading broadsword and red hare. The wind is always happy, like a scowl.

According to the Secret Law of Marshal Moguan in Langling, Du Feng West Railway Station, the matter is as follows:

The general commander of General Meteorology is Marshal Guan, wearing a long scarf, a heavy jujube face, phoenix eyes, a beautiful moustache, an official green goose robe, bare armor and green hanging boots, riding a red horse and carrying a big knife.