daughter of the Dragon King

daughter of the Dragon King

Dragon girl is the family member of the Dragon King in mythology and legend, often the daughter of the Dragon King. The legendary image of Dragon Girl originated from Buddhism.

The Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures in Tang Dynasty, therefore, the image of Dragon Girl introduced by Buddhism appeared for the first time in Tang Dynasty.

The representative of Longnv in Tang Dynasty is biography of Liu Yi, whose image is a woman who was saved by the man and married with her. Influenced by the biography of Liu Yi, many images of Dragon Girl in later generations are mainly alien images of marriage and love with human beings.

The girl dragon girl beside Guanyin Bodhisattva is the daughter of Sagara nagaraja, the 19th day of the "twenty days". She is smart and clever. When she was eight years old, I heard Manjusri say the "Dharma Sutra" in the Dragon Palace. She suddenly realized that she knew the Buddha's Dharma and had a Bodhi Heart. So she went to lingjiu mountain to worship the Buddha and became a Buddha.

In the novel biography of Liu Yi written by Li Chaowei of Tang Dynasty, it is said that Liu Yi should be promoted to the next place, passed Jingyang, passed a letter for a shepherdess, and then went to the Dragon Palace.

The origin of words

The legendary image of dragon girl comes from Buddhism. After the Chinese translation of Buddhist scriptures in Tang Dynasty, the Dragon girl appeared in the legend of Tang Dynasty for the first time.

Before the Tang Dynasty, although there were many dragon gods in local mythology, the image of dragon girl never appeared. In Buddhist legends, Naga snake usually has many images of wives, concubines and children. After Buddhism was introduced into China, the saying of Dragon King's family members was also introduced.

Among the female dependents of the Dragon King, the most common one is the Dragon Girl.

The Dragon girl appeared after the legend of Tang Dynasty. Influenced by the biography of Liu Yi, most of the Dragon Girl in the legend is an alien female image who marries and falls in love with human men. Most of the classic plots such as exploring treasure, boiling the sea and repaying kindness often appear in Dragon Girl stories are also derived from Buddhist stories.

"Taiping Yulan" volume 803 quoted "Liang Sigong Ji" slightly said: Zhenze Middle East Sea Dragon King woman in charge of Dragon King pearl collection. The dragon is fond of burning swallow. (Liang Wu) the emperor presented the Dragon girl to the emperor by burning the Yan. The Dragon girl was very happy when she ate. He rewarded the emperor with three big pearls, seven small pearls and one stone. According to Si Gong Ji or Liang Zaiyan of Tang Dynasty. This is the word "Dragon Girl" which appeared earlier in the book. In Tang Cen Shen's poem "LONGNU Temple", it says: "where does the Dragon girl come from? When she comes, she will ride the wind and rain. Under the green forest of the ancestral hall, it is like Xiangyu. The people of Shu are praying, drinking and drumming. " At that time, the Dragon girl had been worshipped by the Chinese people.

Later, in the novel biography of Liu Yi written by Li Chaowei of Tang Dynasty, it is said that Liu Yi should be promoted to the next place, passed Jingyang, handed a letter to a shepherdess, and then went to the Dragon Palace. It is known that her daughter is the daughter of the Dragon King of Dongting. She married bandits by mistake and was trapped and humiliated by the Dragon son of Jingchuan. His uncle, Qiantang Jun, was angry when he heard about it. He took his daughter back with him because he wanted to take his wife Yi. Yi should not refuse it because of the location of righteousness, but the meaning should not be indefatigable. Later, he bid farewell to the Dragon King and returned home with a gift. When they first married Zhang and Han, they all died one after another, but they remarried in Fan Yang's Lu family. After more than a month's residence, Yi came into the House late and looked upon his wife as a dragon girl. However, Yiyan was rich, so he passed it again. Because of talking about the past. His wife said, "I am the daughter of the king of Dongting." At the end of the Tang Dynasty, some people imitated this work "Lingying Zhuan", while the Dragon girl was the good girl Qiu jiuniangzi.

It is also said in volume 5 of the book of miracles written by Du Guangting in the pre Shu period of the Five Dynasties: "Liu Zihua was the order of Chengdu in the Tang Dynasty, and the Dragon girl came to match him."

As for the Longzhu in xuxuanguailu quoted by Liu guanci in volume 421 of Taiping Guangji, and the Longnv in boyizhi quoted by Xu Hanyang in volume 422 are also Longnv. Longnv's supernatural spirit is the eternal music of the Tang Dynasty.

Myths and legends

Legend one

According to the biography of Liu Yi written by Li Chaowei in the Tang Dynasty and Chinese folklore, during the Yifeng period of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yi, a scholar, came back to the south from Chang'an and failed in the exam. On his way through Jingyang, Shaanxi Province, he met a beautiful young girl who was herding sheep by the river. She looked up and wept. After asking mingyuanyou, she learned that she was the daughter of the Dragon King in Dongting, and she married the second son of the Dragon King in Jinghe. The Dragon girl was bullied in the Jinghe Dragon Palace, and was driven out of the palace to the outskirts of the country to herd sheep, live in the open and suffer. That Dragon Girl's misfortune. Liu Yi is filled with indignation and is determined to turn to Yueyang to deliver the letter to Longnv. Liu Yi runs all the way to Dongting and finds the orange well called by Longnu by the Dongting Lake. On an orange tree beside the well, he knocks three times with Longnu's golden hairpin, which startles the Sea Patrol yecha to welcome him. He escorts him from the orange well to the Dongting Dragon Palace, where "there are tens of thousands of gates, strange grass and precious wood.". When he learned that the Dragon girl had been humiliated and bullied in Jinghe, the Dragon King could not help but burst into tears. Qian Tangjun, the youngest brother of the Dragon King, who was imprisoned in Dongting, was very angry when he learned about the situation. He broke the chain and turned into a red dragon. He went straight to Jinghe, killed jingyangjun's family and took back the Dragon Girl. The Dragon girl was saved. She admired Liu Yi deeply and was willing to give her life to each other. However, Liu Yi, an upright and kind-hearted man, insisted that "a gentleman is a metaphor for meaning but not for profit", so he declined politely and went home alone. Longnu respects him more and follows him. After many twists and turns, she finally forms a happy couple with Liu Yi.

The story tells that Liu Yi met a shepherdess on the way, and the woman asked him to write a letter on his behalf and said that she was the daughter of the Dragon King in Dongting. Liu Yi sympathized with the Dragon Girl's misfortune and asked curiously, "what's the use of shepherding since you are the Dragon Girl? Is it true that gods, like human beings, raise livestock for slaughter? " The Dragon girl replied, "it's not a sheep, it's a rain worker." Liu Yi asked: "what is rain work?" Dragon girl replied: "thunder and the like." Dragon female shepherd, the shepherd and extraordinary sheep, but with the Dragon division of water spirit.

Legend 2

Once upon a time, there was a kind businessman who drove eight cows to a country far away called Judo to sell them.

He has been away for many days. On this day, he checked into a hotel early. Because in the past, when he just climbed over a hillside and saw the hotel, he saw a big lake beside the hotel. The lake was broad and green. He wanted to make use of the time before dusk to let the eight cows graze by the lake. The merchant drove the eight cows to the grassy lake and let them nibble on the grass, while he sat on a stone in the grass and had a good rest.

There are blue sky and white clouds above, and there are blue sky and white clouds in the lake. Those changeable clouds are surging unconsciously. There are eight cattle herded by him on the lakeside, as well as cattle herded by other merchants in the hotel.

At this time, a boat came from the corner of the lake. As the boat drew near, people could see that the fisherman was barehanded, bearded and hairy. On the side of his boat was tied what seemed to be a very big fish. The fish kept rolling around, trying to break the rope and escape. When the boat reached the shore, many people gathered around to look.

The fisherman jumped out of the boat and landed in the water. He pulled the fish tied to the boat up to the shore. This is a fish with black scales all over its body. It also has sharp claws under its body. It's strange that the claws and the edges of each scale of this fish are shining. It looks very beautiful. The fish has been struggling with pain. Her mouth was bleeding all the time; she wanted to get rid of the rope that tied her neck and pierced her nose. That's where the bright red blood came out.

She kept turning on the ground, which made the grass, where the wild flowers were in full bloom, soon become messy and bloody.

Seeing this, the good businessman felt very sad. He was suddenly compassionate and wanted to save the fish. So he came to the fisherman and said to him:

"This is a beautiful and lovely fish. I can't bear to see her miserable look! Why did you catch this fish? "

The fisherman's name is Li Che. He specializes in fishing on the lake and selling money for a living. His chest was covered with withered yellow hair, which was connected with his beard. Although he looks fierce, his heart is not so bad. Because he killed too many lives in the water, his mind became numb and weak; killing has become a habit, and his compassion has disappeared completely. He usually talks and does things like a man who shows his evil feelings. When he saw the sudden compassion of the passing businessman, he was very surprised. He didn't want to miss the good opportunity to blackmail the businessman! He deliberately made a vicious appearance and said to the businessman:

"I'll kill her! I'm going to have a good meal tonight

"You don't want to kill her!" The merchant said, "please let her go! I'll give you a cow in exchange I left the car and didn't talk.

"I'll give you two cows in exchange," said the merchant.

"No change!"

"I'll give you five cows!" The merchant said he was determined to save the fish.

"No change!" Get out of the car.

"I'll give you all the eight cattle I've driven. I'll replace this fish."

He left the car for a moment, then suddenly said, "well, I'll fulfill your wish. Take this fish away

After that, he left the car and coughed loudly. He drove the eight oxen of the merchant away! The merchant put the fish from the car on his coat, carefully untied the rope tied to his neck and on his nose and mouth, and gently wiped the bleeding wounds.

Everyone whispered that the businessman was too stupid. They all followed him to get out of the car

At dusk, the lake is quiet, and the bloody sunset makes the lake blood red. The fish suddenly turned into a beautiful and smiling girl. She was wearing a dress made of colored silk, which was chattering in the breeze, and the wind from the lake made her long hair hang. She was standing in front of the young good businessman with a smile and said to him:

"I thank you for saving my life. You give up all your eight cows in order to save a fish. Your compassion should be rewarded. I'm the daughter of the Dragon King of the sea. I came to this lake to play. Unfortunately, I was caught by the fishermen. I'm in pain. I can't get out of it. This is God's call for you to come to my rescue with compassion. Now I will be very happy to invite you to come back to the Dragon Palace with me, my father and mother

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