As we often say, the three religions are unified, this statement is not unreasonable. Taoism is my country's native religion and has a history of more than 1,800 years. Buddhism was founded by the prince of Kapilavastu (now Nepal) in ancient India between the 6th and 5th centuries BC. His name was Siddhartha (S.Siddhārtha, P. Siddhattha), and his surname was Gautama ( S. Gautama, P. Gotama). Because he belongs to the Sākya tribe, people also call him Sakyamuni, which means the saint of the Sākya tribe. He was introduced to our country via the Silk Road in the late Western Han Dynasty.
The founder of Taoism is Lao Tzu, also known as Li Er. The main halls of most Taoist temples enshrine the Three Pure Ones, namely Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun. They are the highest gods of Taoism. In "Fengshen Yanyi", Taoist ideas are mainly promoted, and many Taoist gods later became figures in Buddhism. Among them, Cihang Taoist and Samantabhadra are the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in Buddhism.
In "The Romance of the Gods", an ancient righteous god "Ancestor Hongjun" is also mentioned. There are not many documents about Hongjun. The following information is unknown but it can also be used to unify the three religions. Verification of one theory:
Taoist Hongjun is also called Patriarch Hongjun. He is called Taoist Hongjun in the novel "Feng Shen Yan Yi" and is the master of Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Cult Leader. In the novel, Taoist Hongjun is the ancestor of all immortals, also known as "Ancestor Hongyuan". Hongyuan refers to the original state of the universe when the heaven and earth were not opened and the void was not divided. There is a saying that "first there is Hongjun and then there is heaven". There is also a saying that the ancestor Hongjun is Pangu (some Taoists claim that the predecessor of Yuanshi Tianzun is Pangu).
First there was Hongjun and then there was heaven -----? Ancestor Hongjun, the ancestor of the gods
Before the ancient times, the universe was chaotic and dark, filled with thick and sticky matter (Black hole) I don’t know how many years have passed, but one day the only conscious body was formed in the chaos - the innate Hunyuan spirit. The spiritual orifice first opened and gradually became sane (it was mutated from matter, not human). This spirit Things were created in the chaos by an artifact (the spirit of chaos). The spiritual light suddenly opened and after an unknown amount of time of practice, he cultivated and became a true person. He is the ancestor of Hongjun and cultivated into a golden-winged roc. In Taoism, I am a A very noble god, known as "Tai Shang Lao Jun" or "Moral God", he is considered to be the founder of Taoist thought and philosophy.
My surname is Li Ming'er and my courtesy name is Boyang. I once served as the librarian of the palace at that time and was very knowledgeable. Seeing that the country was beginning to decline, I resigned from my post and went to the West. When he passed the border, a local official asked him to write something, so he wrote an article about morality and gave it to the official. This is the famous book "Tao Te Ching" left by Laozi, and it is also the most important classic of Taoism later. Legend has it that I lived 160-200 years. Later, there was a saying that Lao Tzu did not die, but came to India. According to Taoist legends, he became a Buddha there, established Buddhism, and began to educate Indians. This is the so-called "Laozi transformed into a Hu".
It is also said that Laozi traveled in the West and met a young prince under a Bodhi tree, so he enlightened the prince to enlightenment. This prince was Sakyamuni. Ni.
Although there has been a long-standing dispute between Buddhism and Taoism over the transformation of Hu, this also adds credibility to the theory of the unification of the three religions.