2. The second son of water control hero Li Bing. At that time, he helped Li Bing build Dujiangyan, spared no effort, broke down from constant overwork, and ascended to heaven after his death. Such a legend can be found in written records, which seems to have started in the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Yaohui records that in the eighth year of Jiayou, the God of Guangji Temple in Yongkang Army was named Hui, and he called "God the second son of Li Bing", indicating that "Erlang" means the second son. Fan Chengda, an envoy of Sichuan before the Southern Song Dynasty, probably visited this "Langjun God". His "Wu Luchuan" said: "Chongde Temple is on the mountain outside the west gate of (Yongkang) Army (now Guankou Town), and Qin Taishou Li Bing and his son temple are also eating." The Popular Compilation quoted Zhu Zi's Quotations and further pointed out: "The Erlang Temple in Shuguankou was built because Li Bing left the heap. Nowadays, many ghosts are his second son. " It is said that the image in Erlang Temple in Dujiangyan depicts his image. The statue of Erlang God in the temple was originally a sitting statue with his right leg resting on his left leg, just like Erlang's legs. In the 1970s, the temple was renovated and the statue was changed to a standing position.
3. Li Bing's two deputies, namely Erlang. Dujiangyan Temple was originally named Erlang Temple, and was later misrepresented as Erlang Temple. The evidence to support this statement is 1974 three stone statues unearthed in Dujiangyan water: one is Li Bing with the words "×××× Taishou Li ×" on his back; The other two places have the words "assistant minister", and the next paragraph is engraved with vague words such as the Hall of Twenty Lang. If this is the correct solution, the name of Erlang God is also a myth.
4. Yang Jian in the Romance of Gods. This novel tells the story of Jiro helping Jiang Taigong to fight against violence. Jiro was born with three eyes and practiced seventy-three kinds of changes. His magic is boundless. Since then, Jiro has become the god of war to eliminate violence and quell evil spirits.
Among the four heavenly kings, the second son of Sha Meng, the most famous king in the north, is the only one. According to legend, he led the heavenly soldiers to save Tang from danger. Otherwise, Emperor Tang probably died with him as early as the Anshi Rebellion.
This statement has similarities and differences with other versions. First of all, he said that he was Yang Yuhuan's brother in heaven, and Ma Weibo came a little late, so if he couldn't save his sister, he would save his brother-in-law. In the novel, he shares the surname Yang with Emperor Wen of Sui. Secondly, he is Yang Guifei's younger brother, that is, Tang's brother-in-law, which corresponds to the jade emperor's brother-in-law. Thirdly, King Vishnu is a Tianzhu person in foreign mythology, and his third son is Nezha, who made trouble in the East China Sea and pulled out his dragon tendons. After entering Middle-earth, Nezha changed from a foreigner in a foreign picture to a child in a red Chinese-style chest covering, and Vishnu also became the company commander of Chentangguan in Shang Dynasty and later King Li Jing of Tota. From this point of view, the single sword is probably the prototype of two gods: one is Erlang God, and the other is Qi Mu in the legend of Nezha.
6. Children born of the Jade Emperor's sister and Yang's mortal. The Journey to the West's sixth visit to Guanyin asked why the little sage subdued the Great Sage by force. the Monkey King said to Erlang God, "Remember that the jade emperor's sister Fansi was in the lower bound, and she cooperated with a person named Yang Junsheng. Did you split Taoshan with an axe? The Erlang God here is still surnamed Yang and took his father's surname. The reason is very clear.