Three dead and Five ghosts(sān shī wǔ guǐ)

Three dead and Five ghosts

It is a metaphor for a treacherous minister. "Xuzizhitongjian · the third year of Qingli reign of emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty:" Ouyang Xiu, the admonitor, played in the hall of shiyanhe, talked about Shu (Li Shu)'s treachery, and then said: "Shu Peng has LV Yi's bamboo slips. He is dead in three bodies and Five ghosts. I hope he will be sent to another place as soon as possible."

Word information

Three corpses refer to the three corpse gods of Taoism. The corpse is God's will. Taoism believes that the human body has three elixir fields: the upper, middle and lower, each with a god standing in it, which is called "three corpses", also known as three insects, three Pengs, three corpse gods and three poisons. The upper corpse is good for decoration, the middle corpse is good for taste, and the lower corpse is good for lust. In early Taoism, it was thought that cutting "three corpses" was a kind of immortality. It also refers to the place where the desire of infatuation, greed and anger comes into being. In baopuzi Weizhi, it is said that the "three corpse gods" belong to the category of ghosts and spirits. It is said that the three corpse gods like to indulge themselves and want to make people die early. Therefore, every year on the day of Gengshen, he goes to heaven to report his life and accuse people of their sins and wrongs. Therefore, those who want to seek immortality must first go to the three corpses, be calm and self-conscious, have no desire, be calm and have a clear mind, accumulate Bodhisattvas and take medicine to help them grow into immortals. The eighth volume of the book of all the immortals of the past dynasties says: "the three corpses are Qinggu, who cuts down people's eyes, causing dark eyes, wrinkled face, bad breath and falling teeth; the second is Baigu, which makes people's abdomen full, bone withered and flesh scorched, will not rise, and can't think about it. "The Five ghosts are the God of plague, also known as the five plagues. These are the five powerful men. They are the Five ghosts in heaven and the five plagues (gods) on earth. Among them, spring plague Zhang Yuanbo, summer plague Liu Yuanda, autumn plague Zhao Gongming, winter plague Zhong Shigui, director of Zhongwen history and literature. One holds a ladle and a jar, one holds a leather bag and a sword, one holds a fan, one holds a hammer, and one holds a fire pot. Every year, some temples worship five ghosts for the safety of livestock, which refers to the Five ghosts. Lu Shizhong, a Taoist of Tianxin school in the Southern Song Dynasty, discusses the reason why the God of pestilence carries out pestilence and the method to control pestilence in Volume 13 of the supreme Xuanyuan santianyutang Dafa, which is written by Lu Shizhong, a Taoist of Tianxin school in the Southern Song Dynasty. It says: "but at the end of the times, the times are thin, people's hearts are broken, and five emotions are mixed, so Liu Yuanda, a ghost of green pestilence in the East, and Zhang Yuanbo, a ghost of red pestilence in the south, lead ten thousand ghosts to carry out the disease of evil wind; Zhang Yuanbo, a ghost of fire, leads ten thousand ghosts to carry out the disease of Zhao Gongming, the ghost of fangbai plague, and the essence of Jin, lead ten thousand ghosts to the disease of injecting Qi; Zhong Shiji, the ghost of northern black plague, and the essence of water lead ten thousand ghosts to the disease of evil; and the essence of history, literature, and culture of central yellow plague, and the essence of earth lead ten thousand ghosts to the disease of evil sores and carbuncle. " It is said that if you know the name of the plague ghost, the ghost does not dare to do harm. If you call its name three times, the ghost will die.

Explanation of words

It is a metaphor for a treacherous minister. "In the third year of Qingli reign of song Renzong, a continuation of Zizhi Tongjian:" Ouyang Xiu, the admonitor, played in the hall of shiyanhe, talked about Shu (Li Shu)'s treachery, and then said: "Shu Peng is attached to Lu Yi's bamboo slips, and he is among the three dead and Five ghosts. I hope he will be sent to another post as soon as possible."

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