Liu Hong
Liu Hong
Liu Hong is a character in the appendix of journey to the West. Originally a boatman, he conspired with Li Biao to murder Chen Guangrui, and took over Chen Guangrui's wife, Yin Wenjiao, to be the magistrate of Jiangzhou. Later, Chen Guangrui's son Xuanzang grew up and avenged his father. He led the army to catch Liu Hong and Li Biao. Li Biao was shown to the public. Liu Hong was taken to the place where Chen Guangrui was killed in the first year of Hongjiang ferry. Xuanzang and others went to the riverside to worship in the sky. They plucked Liu Hong's heart and liver alive and sacrificed to Chen Guangrui.
Character setting
During the reign of Tang Zhenguan, Chen Guangrui, a native of Haizhou, went to Chang'an, the capital of the emperor, to take part in the imperial examination. After winning the imperial examination, the emperor personally gave him the number one scholar and ordered him to boast about his official position across the Horse Street for three days. Unexpectedly, he came to the Prime Minister Yin Kaishan's house. When Wen Jiao, the youngest daughter of the prime minister, threw the hydrangea ball to choose her son-in-law, the young lady immediately fell in love with Chen Guangrui's talent. The hydrangea ball suddenly dropped and hit Chen Guangrui, The prime minister and his wife came out of the chamber, called the guests to praise him, and betrothed the young lady to Chen Guangrui. After three bows, they entered the bridal chamber.
Character experience
In the early morning of the next day, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty drove the Jinluan palace. In the early days of zhongwenwu, Emperor Taizong appointed Chen Guangrui, the governor of Jiangzhou, and ordered him to go to his post immediately.
Chen Guangrui bid farewell to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, took his wife Yin Wenjiao back to his hometown Haizhou day and night, and negotiated with his wife to take his mother home and go to Jiangzhou together. Haizhou is more than 1500 li away from Jiangzhou. It takes half a month to travel. Chen Guangrui and his party spent a few days in the morning and night. They came to Hongzhou city and stayed with Liu Xiaoer's family in wanhuadian. Their mother, Zhang's family, suddenly fell ill and couldn't move forward. The next day, a man in front of the door hawked a golden carp. Chen Guangrui bought it with his usual money and wanted to honor his sick mother. However, seeing that the carp was golden all over and the golden eyes were blinking, Chen Guangrui was surprised and said, "I've heard that the golden eyes of the golden carp were blinking long ago. It's certainly not an easy thing." Then he asked the fisherman, "where did you catch your fish?" The fisherman said, "it's 15 Li from here. It's from Hongjiang river." Chen Guangrui sent the fish into the Hongjiang River and let it go. Chen Guangrui wanted to leave immediately. His mother said, "it's hot at this time. I'm still sick. Why don't you go to Jiangzhou first and pick me up in the cool autumn." Chen Guangrui negotiated with his wife, rented the house, paid the money, and left with his mother, leaving his mother and his wife. When he came to Hongjiang ferry, Liu Hong and Li Biao, the local boatman, arrived on the shore to meet her. Liu Hong saw that Miss Yin's face was like peach blossom, her eyes were like autumn, her cherry mouth was small, and her green willow was wild at the waist. She was really like a drowned fish and a wild goose. She was shy of the flowers with a closed moon. She had a lustful heart. She designed with Li Biao to hold the boat to a place where there was no one. In the middle of the night, she killed the boy first, and then killed Chen Guangrui In the Hongjiang river. When the young lady saw that her husband was dead, she also wanted to jump into the water. Liu Hong hugged her and said, "if you follow me, everything will stop! If you don't, I'll kill you at the same time! " Although the young lady wanted to peel her skin and eat her meat, she knew she was pregnant, but she was just an unknown man and woman. In order to keep Chen Guangrui's offspring, she had to bear the humiliation and comply with Liu Hong. Liu Hong, a daring water thief, changed into Chen Guangrui's official uniform, took his official seal, and soon arrived in Jiangzhou.
As time goes by, Yin Jiaoying suddenly faints and feels pain in her husband's stomach. When Liu Hong came back to the house to see this, he became angry and wanted to cover up the baby. Miss Yin Wenjiao said, "it's late today. Let's throw it into the river tomorrow." It happened that the next morning, when Liu Hongfu had an emergency business trip, Miss Yin Wenjiao wrote a blood note and bit off the boy's toe as a future record. Then she drifted away from the river on a board. The boy drifted to the side of Jinshan Temple and was rescued by the monks.
As the sun and the moon were flying, I didn't realize that this son had spent 18 years in the temple. The elder asked him to cut his hair and practice, and named him Xuanzang. He was Tang Sanzang, who later went through the difficulty of getting Buddhist scriptures in Tianzhu. When Xuanzang grew up, he often talked with monks about sutras and Buddhism. A meat drinking monk was baffled by Xuanzang for preaching sutras and meditating. He scolded him for having no father or mother. Xuanzang cried to the elder, who told him the truth. With the help of the elder, Xuanzang went to Jiangzhou to meet his mother, Yin Wenjiao, under the pretext of Huayuan monk shoes. The mother and son hugged their heads and cried bitterly. Immediately, Yin Wenjiao wrote a letter to Xuanzang, telling him, "can you grandma Can still be in Hongzhou city wanhuadian. Today's Prime Minister Yin Kaishan is your grandfather. When you arrive in Chang'an, you can give the letter to your grandfather and avenge your father. "
Xuanzang took a boat all the way to Hongzhou and found Liu Xiaoer, the owner of Wanhua. He heard that his grandmother had gone to the streets to beg for money because she had no money and lived in a broken tile kiln in the south of the city. Xuanzang found his grandmother and handed in some silver. He still settled in Liu Xiaoer's shop and went to Chang'an immediately. When Prime Minister Yin knew the truth, he told Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty to send the imperial guards to Jiangzhou to catch the water thief Liu Hong and take him back to his hometown Hongzhou city (now Liuhong village, Liuqiao Township, Qihe County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province). He gouged out his heart and liver at the Hongjiang ferry and sacrificed Chen Guangrui. The people applauded him.
It is said that after Liu Hong killed Chen Guangrui, his body sank to the bottom of the water. This event shocked the Dragon King of the East China Sea. It turned out that the golden carp released by Chen Guangrui was the Dragon King of the East China Sea. The dragon king felt his life saving grace. He rushed to Town God's Temple to take Chen Guangrui's soul, transported the corpse to the East China Sea, and put a "fixed bead" in his mouth.
When Liu Hong was at the Hongjiang ferry, Xuanzang and his mother were weeping for Chen Guangrui by the river. Suddenly, a dead body appeared on the water. Yin Wenjiao came closer and recognized that it was her husband's body, crying. Unexpectedly, the corpse gradually spread out, and finally got up. It turned out that the Dragon King had been waiting for this day after collecting Chen Guangrui's soul. So the Dragon King sent his men to pack Chen Guangrui with a reviving pill and send it back to Hongjiang to reunite with his family.
Xuanzang, together with his parents and grandfather, happily went to Hongzhou wanhuadian to spend the night with his grandmother. The next morning, when he was ready to leave for Chang'an, he suddenly disappeared Yin Wenjiao. City people said that Mrs. Yin had committed suicide in the river because of humiliation.
Later generations felt the chastity of Yin Wenjiao, so they changed Hongjiang into wenconghe.
After Tang Xuanzang succeeded in learning Buddhist scriptures from the west, he led his apprentice Sun Wukong to build a Jinfu temple in Hongzhou city. First, he spread Mahayana Buddhism and second, he transcended his mother's soul. Before the Sutra, it was Hinayana Buddhism that spread. Hinayana Buddhism taught people to believe in causality, while Mahayana Buddhism could transcend for life. It is said that Tang Xuanzang transformed his mother into a beautiful Phoenix. Every time he went to Jinfu temple to have a major Buddhist event, the Phoenix flew to Jinfu temple to sing and circle, to cheer up.
After Liu Hong's ambush, people hated him so much that they buried him at the crossroads of Liuhong central street, where they set up a market, so that Liu Hong, whom thousands of people had accused, could not be trampled on forever. In the old days, the flood flowing market was very busy, with people coming and going, lots of traffic and endless flow. It was the most prosperous town within dozens of miles. Now liuhongji has been relocated. Later, the people changed Hongzhou city into Liuhong city because they were evil to Liu Hongqi.
Film and television image
Han shanxu plays Liu Hong in 1986 journey to the West (Episode 4)
Chinese PinYin : Liu Hong
Liu Hong
