Lv Yan was a scholar in Tang Baoyuan (AD 825) and worked as a local official. Later, I was tired of the troubled times of the mutiny, abandoned the fame and fortune in the world, and took my wife to Jiufeng Mountain in Zhongtiaoshan to practice. Living in a cave with his wife is relatively promising, so he changed his name to Lv Dongbin.
His name is Junko. Before he abandoned his official position and fled, he distributed his wealth to the poor and did many good things for the people. According to China folklore, during his practice, he met the immortal Zhong Liquan and worshipped him as his teacher.
After the success of cultivating immortals, he went down the mountain to treat the people and never asked for any reward. He has been charitable all his life, helping the poor and winning people's admiration. After soaring, people in his hometown built "Lv Gong Temple" as a memorial for him.
At the age of 64, he met Zhong Liquan and preached Buddhism. After that, he became a cosmic existence. There are many legends in the world, and he is honored as a sword Sect and a sword fairy. In the Northern Song Dynasty, he was invited by Tie Guai Li, the leader of the Eight Immortals, and was included in the Eight Immortals when he got together at Sun Shi Mountain in the famous Fairy Garden.
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Lv Dongbin Huang Liang's Dream
At the age of sixty-four, Lv Dongbin visited Chang 'an, and met a feather scholar in a white robe in Tsing Yi at a restaurant, writing poems on the wall. When Lv Dongbin saw his strange appearance and elegant poems, he asked his name. Yu Shi said, "I'm Mr. Fang Yun. I live in He Ling, Zhong Nanshan. Do you want to go with me? " Lv Dongbin didn't agree.
This Mr. Fang Yun is "Zhong Liquan". In the evening, Zhong Liquan and Lv Dongbin stay in the bar together. When Lv Dongbin was asleep, Mr. Fang Yun cooked for him alone. He dreamed that he was the top scholar, proud of officialdom, and full of children and grandchildren, which was extremely glorious.
Suddenly, he was convicted of a felony, his family property was confiscated, and his wife and children were separated. When he was old, he knew all this. He was down and out, standing alone in the snow shivering, almost sighing. Suddenly, he woke up, and Zhong Liquan's meal was not cooked. So Zhong Liquan wrote a poem, "The yellow pipe is not ripe, and I dream of Hua Xu." 」
Lv Dongbin exclaimed, "Does your husband know my dream?" Zhong Liquan said, "Your dream just now was full of ups and downs, with thousands of honors and sorrows. Fifty years old is like an instant! What you get is not worth celebrating, and what you lose is not worth mourning. Life is like a dream. " So Lv Dongbin decided to learn Taoism from Zhong Liquan, and after the test of "Ten Tests", Zhong Liquan awarded him Taoism.
Folks call him "Emperor Fu You", "Lv Chunyang", "Pure Yang Fu Zi", "Renzong", "Gong Xian" and "Lv Zu", while Taoists call him "Wonderful Taoist Buddha" and he is one of the Eight Immortals in folklore.
Lv Dongbin is also one of the "Five Masters of Wenchang", and he often sacrifices with Guan Gong, Zhu Yifu, Kui Xing and Wenchang Emperor. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Pure Yang helps the emperor", which is the origin of "Emperor Fu You".
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