Friday 6 September 2013

Taoist Deities of the Five types of Plantation​s/Crops or Five Grains (道教五穀神)


五穀一詞﹐大家都聽多了﹐但至今還是有很多人無法分辨出五穀有那些。

並不是老師沒有教﹐而是在不同的朝代/地點﹐五穀有著不同的組合(是個別屬類還是一種屬類中的不同別類)

雖然組合不同﹐但是﹐各眾穀類皆有自個兒的"守護神"。

在道教神明系統中﹐此等神眾被稱為"大地五穀神"﹐為神農大帝之屬下。

在道教修仙文化之中﹐欲昇天達地而成仙者﹐須斷其服食五穀。以下幾部道學文獻中皆有提到﹕

1 - 《莊子之逍遙遊》
2 - 《秦漢時代-大戴禮記之易本命》
3 - 《後漢書之方術傳》
4 - 《東漢王真之漢武帝外傳》
5 - 《三國曹植之辯道論》
6 - 《黃庭內景經》

以下是歷代幾組五穀的配搭(供參考)﹕

1 - 粳米、小豆、麥、大豆、黃黍
2 - 稻、黍、稷、麥、菽
3 - 小米、大米、小麦、大豆、高粱
4 - 糙米、薏仁、小米、麥片、燕麥
5 - 黍、秫、菽、麦、稻

In here, you all will be seeing a Scroll on the Deities for the Protecting of the Five Types of Planations/Crops or in some areas, known as the Five Grains' Deities.

In Taoist Cultivation for Getting Immortality, such Five Groups of Plantations/Crops/Five Grains shall be avoided. Cos, one of the reasons that a Cultivating Person shall avoid all these, is due to such in-takes will cause unnecessary discomfort or physical-imbalance.

In the Ancient Taoist Records, there are quite a number of write-ups on the explanation.

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