Wen Chang Di Jun aka Wen Chang Xing aka Lord Star Wen Chang, in chinese, we address him as 文昌帝君 or 文昌星.
In Taoism, he's well-known in giving blessings to people who are attending any form of examinations or testings.
Today, in the Taoist Society, there are quite a number of Rituals being practised or performed on Wen Chang's Manifestation Anniversary - Blessing for little kids who going to start their initial schooling or those who are not that good in their studies, etc.
Besides paying respect to Wen Chang, actually Taoists also pay respect to the other 4 Deities that are closely related to Wen Chang, they are:
1) Zhu Yi (朱衣)
2) Kui Xing (魁星)
3) Guan Di (關帝)
4) Lu Dong Bin (呂洞賓)
Officially, these 5 Deities are address as Wu Wen Chang (五文昌).
For High Res Pics, please proceed to this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/1377734140/pic/list
文昌帝君寶誥
ReplyDeleteWen Chang Di Jun Bao Gao (Praise Mantra)
志心皈命禮
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
不驕樂境 玉真慶宮
Bu Jiao Le Jing, Yu Zhen Qing Gong
現九十八化之行藏
Xian Jiu Shi Ba Hua Zhi Xing Zang
顯億千萬種之神異
Xian Yi Qian Wan Zhong Zhi Shen Yi
飛鸞開化於在在
Fei Luan Kai Hua Yu Zai Zai
如意救劫於生生
Ru Yi Jiu Jie Yu Sheng Sheng
至孝至仁
Zhi Xiao Zhi Ren
功存乎道儒釋教
Gong Cun Hu Dao Ru Si Jiao
不驕不樂
Bu Jiao Bu Le
職盡乎天地水官
Zhi Jin Hu Tian Di Shui Guan
功德難量 威靈莫測
Gong De Nan Liang, Wei Ling Mo Che
大悲大願 大聖大慈
Da Bei Da Yuan, Da Sheng Da Ci
九天輔元 開化主宰
Jiu Tian Fu Yuan, Kai Hua Zhu Zhai
司祿職貢真君
Si Lu Zhi Gong Zhen Jun
七曲靈應
Qi Qu Ling Ying
保德宏仁大帝
Bao De Hong Ren Da Di
談經演教 消劫行化
Tan Jing Yan Jiao, Xiao Jie Xing Hua
更生永命天尊
Geng Sheng Yong Ming Tian Zun
Thanks Shi Fu.
ReplyDeleteWen Chang yeh is good for praying career prospects and guiren?
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.. Wen Chang Ye is a Deity of academic and study, for Prospects and Gui Ren, you will have to go to pay respect to Gui Ren Shen or Tai Sui - Gui Ren Shen very rarely you can see anywhere now.
ReplyDeletesifu..who is the old man who assist wen chang?on the left is kui xing rite??
ReplyDeleteThat old man was known as Zhu Fu Zi.. of Mister Zhu, one of the scholar.
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Tian Long aka Heavenly Deaf, a deaf assistant of Lord Wen Chang
Di Ya aka Earthly Mute, a mute assistant of Lord Wen Chang
Shifu what are the roles of Tianlong and Di Ya? And why are they deaf and mute?
ReplyDeleteTo assist Lord Wen Chang in daily recording and look into academic related issue, besides that, Tian Long Di Ya will also help in sending the Academic Luck Blessing to those who are being granted the blessing from Lord Wen Chang.
ReplyDeleteWhy they are deaf & mute?
According to records, cos they are not supposed to reveal any information on who will get the top scholar for the year or next round, besides that, the wisdom that Lord Wen Chang in-charge of are not allowed to be known by anyone.
In-order not allowing chances of any information-leaking, the assistants of Lord Wen Chang are born like that...
Ah. Its amusing to know this info. Thank you very much shifu.
ReplyDeleteWelcome.:P
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ReplyDeleteA very Young Wen Chang statue. Very unique and rare to see.
ReplyDeleteSuperb :P
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ReplyDeleteShifu, Guan Di is also Guan Gong, right? How is Guan Di related to lord Wenchang? Why do people pray to these (Like Guan Di and Lu Dong Bin) when they cannot give out necessary blessings, only lord Wenchang can do that?
ReplyDeleteGuan Di is Guan Gong, this is true. This is a form of Respective Addressing Term for Guan Gong by the commoners in-order to remember his credit and loyalty to his own Empire and his sworn Brother Liu Bei.
ReplyDeleteWhy Guan Gong is being transported into the Group of Wen Chang. 1st due to he is well-versed in the Knowledge of War Strategy (keep in mind, not academic, but folks mistaken it for academic) and 2ndly, his knowledge in assisting his subordinates in handling human issues (some sort of Human Resource Skills).
Lv Dong Bin, he is indeed a scholar with good grades in academic, but again, he is out of luck to be selected as Top Scholar in Tang Dynasty and this is why, he end up giving up his luxury life and become a Priest to walk away from the degrading and disappointment that he faced in the Political Society.
Why Wen Chang is able to?
1st, Wen Chang is not a physical character like what you see in here. Wen Chang is a form of Energy that reside in one of the small Stars (which have yet to become a Planet). Every year, this Energy will go 1 round in the Whole Universe. Once the Energy is ready to enter into its manifestation stage, the Energy will somehow burst into Smaller portion of Energy and then manifest into the other Spaces (1 of them is Planet Earth). If a person who had requested for the blessing for good academic result and finally, the person got such a Spiritual Energy (Other space Energy), it will assist the person to somehow open up the Internal hidden Wisdom - which till today, no one can uses Scienctific Solution to answer it.
And this is why, in Taoism, only Wen Chang and Kui Xing are able to give the Blessing.
2ndly, in one of the Dynasty, the Manifestation of the Wen Chang Energy enter into the Mortal Realm with a Larger Portion of Energy which cannot be disperse after entering into the Mortal Realm and so, the Whole portion of the Energy had to enter into a physical womb to be born out as a human and this is the human form of Lord Wen Chang.
Oh, ok. (Here in the Philippines I only see Tu Di Gong, Guan Gong and Mazu temples, I havent seen a temple with Wenchang yet.)
ReplyDeleteLord Wenchang and Kuixing are divine non-human beings, does that mean we only need to seek their help (that is, for academic requests, as long as we seek lord Wenchang and Kuixing's help, then no more need to seek help from the other figures like Guan Gong, etc)?
Thank u shifu!
Yes, you are right.
ReplyDeleteIn Main Stream Taoism, we only pay respect to Lord Wen Chang or Lord Kui Xing for such academic blessings.
In Taoism, every Deities or Heavenly Beings have their own tasks to perform, so we must look for the right Deity for the right blessings.
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ReplyDeletejave ,how can i search for the picture beside wen chang ?http://javewu.multiply.com/photos/photo/95/56
ReplyDeleteNot possible to get them in here. Usually the Priests will print out ourselves.
ReplyDeletefrom where did they print?
ReplyDeleteNot sure. Usually from Scriptures Book or Books on Deities.
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ReplyDeletesifu, does that means that if i am a teacher, i should pray to Lord Wen Chang and not Lu Tong Bing?
ReplyDeleteFor Official Taoists, for Academic Blessing, we shall honour Wen Chang & Kui Xing.
ReplyDeleteWhy honour Lv Dong Bin? He is just a Priest.
if i am a teacher, the most suitable deity for me to worship is Lord Wen Chang?
ReplyDeleteYup, thats the Best Choice and can say to be more Official.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your guidance.
ReplyDeleteHi Shifu,
ReplyDeleteAs far as I understand your explanation, Guan Gong actually can not give blessings.
So what is actually His Tasks in Daoism, since there are so many temples/rituals honouring him? I am only confused, because it seems he has an important title and position when I read his Baogao 忠孝祖師伏魔大帝關聖帝君.
Can he give protection or something to mortals?
Thx in advance.
Warm regards,
Yes, alot of Temples do honour him, but to be more accurate, in Taoism, we only respect him as an Ancestor. Other than that, no Official Taoists will approach him for Blessing.
ReplyDeleteSome of the Titles are given to him by the Emperors, even though it seems important, at the end, Guan Gong is still Guan Gong, an Ancestor being honoured due to his Braveness & Loyalty.
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ReplyDeleteHow can i pray wen cang di jun to seek help in academic as i had scored badly in my exam.
ReplyDeleteYou can visit Telok Blangah Guan Yin Temple in front of Block 54 at Telok Blangah Height, the one at the extreme top of the Hill. In the temple, the Temple Keeper will assist you in honouring Wen Chang.
ReplyDeleteSorry but can't enter a temple due to some taboo reasons.Can i pray him with a set up outside my living bungalow?Do tell me wat i have to preapare before hand and wat are the steps.i am youngstudent too just using my friend account
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ReplyDeleteI have heard some people say that Wen Yuan Shuai (General Wen) is the military form of Wen Chang. Any truth to that shifu?
ReplyDeleteDear bro,
ReplyDeleteThat's just a myth. Cos both of them have their own history/background.
In Taoism, Wen Chang is a very important Deity. His position or ranking is much more higher than Wen.
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