Chapter Ninety-Four: The Record of the Hundred Ghosts (Part II)
What Xiao Ling and I just experienced was a group of powerful ghosts, and now I still have palpitations when I think about it.
"The third is the skin ghost, the skin ghost is not incarnated after death, it likes to eat people's hearts, but the appearance is ugly, so the human skin is painted, wrapped in the body, the shape is like ordinary people but quite beautiful, often in and out of the married man's house, when he is in love, he will kill it and take the heart and eat."
According to legend, a woman who dies due to dystocia will become a ghost, and the ghost will entangle the woman who is about to give birth and prevent her from giving birth. The only difference between a ghost and a human woman is that there is a red thread in the throat called the blood bait, and the ghost enters the pregnant woman's womb by this red thread, and then attaches the blood bait to the twin, so that the pregnant woman will die due to dystocia. A birth ghost can only be reincarnated after killing another pregnant woman, and the pregnant woman killed by the birth ghost will become a new birth ghost and then murder other pregnant women. ”
"The fifth is a cat ghost, the cat is very spiritual, and the eyes can pass through yin and yang. Some unscrupulous people use spells to control their souls to harm people, this technique was most popular in the Sui Dynasty, and the cat souls manipulated by evil arts are called cat ghosts. This sorcery is not only intended to kill people, but also to take money from the cursed dead, so warlocks often deliberately kill innocent cats to increase the number of cat ghosts to control. The cat that is killed must be an old cat, the longer the number of years, the better, the factor belongs to Xiao as a mouse, there is a meaning of sacrificing the mouse to the cat, so every midnight, the caster must sacrifice the cat ghost without interruption, otherwise the cat ghost will eat its master.
Cat ghosts are larger than ordinary cats, and their hair is about two or three feet long. Hiding in the shadow of the big tree during the day, only come out to forage at night, in addition, the cat ghost likes the taste of sesame oil chicken, often looking for this taste to find a baby's family, when they find the baby, they will use two front paws to clasp the baby's throat until the breath is out, especially in the three dynasties, that is, the third day of the lunar calendar, the seventh day and the thirteenth day, and the full moon, the cat ghost is most likely to appear, so many families will send the baby to relatives and friends, and wait until the full moon to pick it up. Cats that have been abused to death have a strong grudge, and after being controlled by evil magic, their power is also incomparable to that of normal dead cats. Therefore, before becoming cat ghosts, they all suffered great pain and humiliation, so that after the death of the caster, they could not be reincarnated because of their resentment, and they lingered in the world for a long time and could not leave. ”
"Six for the mandrill, according to legend the mandrill for the spirit of the haunted mountain, the mother said the mountain aunt, the public said the mountain lord, its form is different because of the people who see it, the body is long and the body is black, and the strength is infinite. Raised by tigers and wolves in the mountains, he has a primate human mind and a fierce temperament. It can be transformed into an animal, or it can be humanoid. They often hide in the mountains, snooping on the haunted people, asking for their names, and once they learn about it, they take pleasure in teasing, and once they are entangled by mandrills, they will be doomed. The infirm may be so frightened that their livers and galls are broken, and their lives are not guaranteed.
It is most commonly found in the mountains and seas through the sea scriptures, saying: There are Gan giants in the south, with long arms on the human face, hair on the black body, and heels on the heels. Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty hugged Pu Zi and recorded the evidence: the mountain spirit is like a child, the lone foot is backward, and the night is happy to be a prisoner, and the name is Xiao. ”
"Seven is the cow head and horse face, this ghost originated from Buddhism, and was absorbed by Taoism after being introduced into the Central Plains. The bull head and horse face are all the soul messengers of the king of Hades, and there are generally statues in the ghost city and the city god temples in various places. They are sometimes very strict, and once they die, they must not make a mistake and go on the road immediately. But sometimes he is kind and compassionate, loves to take advantage of small things, and turns a blind eye to some things.
Jingde Chuan Lantern Volume 11: Shakya is a bull-headed jailer, and the ancestor is a horse-faced grandmother. One of these two ghosts is like a cow and the other is like a horse, which is a metaphor for all kinds of ugly people. The five bitter chapters and verses describe the bull's head as follows: "The jailer's name is Ah Fang pn, the bull's head is a human hand, two feet of ox hooves, strong and strong to row the mountain, and hold a steel hairpin." "The eight volumes of the Lengyan Sutra have clouds: the divine consciousness of the deceased, see the great iron city, the fire snake and the fire dog, the tiger wolf and the lion, the bull-headed jailer, the horse-faced rakshasa with a spear in hand, drive into the city, and go to the infernal hell."
"Eight for Meng Po, the earliest literature in the Han Dynasty, in traditional Chinese culture mostly refers to the god Meng Po, that is, the daughter of the soup on the side of the bridge. It is mentioned in the words of the past dynasties and the Classic of Mountains and Seas that Meng Po is the second daughter of Di Yao, or the god of wind and rain, and also the god of boats, but its source is different from that of Meng Po in the underworld. According to the modern Buddhist classics, Meng Po was born in the Western Han Dynasty, familiar with Confucian classics since childhood, and recited Buddhist scriptures to admonish the world when she grew up. There is a book in the Houyu calendar, Meng Po went into the mountains to practice until the Eastern Han Dynasty, when there were people with deep spiritual powers, who could know the cause and effect of the world, and vainly recognized the relatives of the previous life, revealing the heavenly opportunity. The Jade Emperor Da Tianzun then decreed that the Meng woman was the god of the underworld, and explored the secular medicine to synthesize the soup of Sijiu instead of the soup, which was divided into five flavors: sweet, bitter, sour, spicy and salty, and Meng Po took it, so that the ghost could forget the previous life after drinking. Meng Po's image is changeable, and most of them are stunning women. ”
"Nine is the judge. The Dunhuang Variation Collection of Myoho-renge-kyo Sutras says: "I have never cultivated before my death, I have fallen into the Abhi Hell, and I will always belong to the underworld, and I will suffer for a long time." "Under the king of Hades, the palace of the Son of Heaven is divided into four divisions: the Division of Rewarding Good, the Division of Punishing Evil, the Division of Yin Law and the Division of Chacha. The duties are to praise the good according to what they have done in the past, to punish the wicked, to control the laws of life and death, and to supervise the judgment and covert inspection. Under the throne of Hades, the judges are in charge, among which the four are the first, as recorded in the literature: "Reward the good division Tang Xiang Wei Zheng, punish the evil division of the holy monarch Zhong Kui, Chacha Si Song Dynasty Lu Zhi, Yin Law Division is in charge of life and death book Cui Jue." ”
Tang Xiang Wei Zheng, in folklore, is mostly dressed in green robes, with a lovely smile, and is in charge of the good book. His person was originally Dr. Guanglu of Tang Taizong, named Zheng Guogong, and nicknamed Wenzhen.
Zhong Kui, the holy king of the blessed town, is the only universal god in traditional Taoism, and its origin may be traced back to the pre-Qin period. His eyes are like paint, his hair is like a, his lips are like crimson hair, and his hair is like a halberd, and he is in charge of punishing evil priests and evil ghosts, and his appearance is strange, and evil ghosts are afraid of him when they see it. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it was mentioned in the repertoire of the five ghosts in the Qingfeng Year that the Emperor of Heaven had mercy and crowned Zhong Kui as "the judge of the world, specializing in catching ghosts and ghosts." ”
The prototype of Chacha Si Lu Juan is from the way of Lu in the Song Dynasty, and his experience is no longer available. Liao Zhai Zhi once said that Lingyang Zhu Erdan and Lu Juan are friends, and Lu Juan is a pig ear and easy heart, which makes his literary thinking soar, and he is the best in the autumn fruit. Lu sentenced him to change his wife's head later, leaving only a red line around his neck, and judging the two online and offline, it can be described as a miracle skill.
Among the four major judges, Judge Cui Jue of the Yin Law Division is the leader, dressed in a red robe, holding a life and death book in his left hand, and holding a soul hook pen in his right hand. In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen wrote the complete biography of the immortals, saying: "The affairs of the sun during the day, the injustice of the underworld at night, and the removal of people and ghosts are better than gods." "It is recorded in the records of Lu'an Mansion that the southwest of Changzi County has committed a case of evil tiger wounding, Cui Jue learned about it, and immediately sent someone to arrest the tiger.