We talked about it before, Taoism has two sets of immortal systems, one is the "official immortals" belonging to the heavenly court system, and the other part is the scattered immortals of the rivers and lakes full of fireworks. And the Eight Immortals are the team with the highest reputation among the Jianghu Scattered Immortals.
Since the Eight Immortals are the favorite immortal team of the people at the bottom, his aesthetics are naturally in line with the preferences of the masses, so most of the combinations in the Eight Immortals team are cultivators from the bottom. Of course, there are also those who are in high positions, and they have achieved positive results after going through hardships, such as Zhong Liquan, the general who received my heavy troops, who escaped from danger alone after being framed and defeated, and met the positive results of immortal fate before cultivating;And Uncle Cao Guo was in a high position, and after the fairy grass soared, he was punished because of his impure state of mind, and he met Zhong Liquan and Lu Dongbin to cultivate the true meaning of immortals.
The story of the eight immortals cultivating immortals can be seen in the boss's new and simple concept, even if they enjoy all the glory and wealth in the world, if they want to cultivate and become immortals, they also need to go through some hardships, so it is convenient for the people at the bottom to stand on the same running line, which makes these eight immortals more intimate in the minds of the people. And what makes the people talk about it even more is Han Xiangzi, who was born in a famous family, but has the courage to break the shackles of identity and fall uninhibited, and even the emperor dares to tease.
It is rumored that Han Xiangzi is Han Yu's nephew, and there is such a legend about Han Xiangzi's identity.
It is rumored that when Han Xiangzi was not reincarnated, he was an immortal crane in front of the second palace of Donghua and Xicheng, and it was difficult to rank as an immortal because he had not cultivated in the world. Lu Dongbin was surprised by his talent and turned him into a person. So he wanted to devote himself to Han Yu's son, but Han Yu was too old to be close to women, so he devoted himself to being Han Yu's nephew.
Han Xiangzi was born in a merchant family and was rich and secure, so he was obsessed with the silk and bamboo orchestra in his early years and lived a leisurely and comfortable life. But after his father died, Han Xiangzi was not good at management, so he had to take refuge in Han Yu. Han Yu saw that he was talented and intelligent, so he wanted to cultivate him to gain fame, but Han Xiangzizhi was not here, he drank all day long, and he had no intention of studying. Han Yue's persuasion was fruitless, so he wanted to help him with a family affair, but after Han Xiangzi found out, he ran away.
It turned out that after Han Xiangzi watched the Anshi Rebellion, the people of the Tang Dynasty were displaced and lived a miserable life, so he remembered the appointment with Lu Dongbin back then. So after visiting the famous mountains and rivers, he finally found Lu Dongbin, Lu Dongbin turned him into a fairy queen according to the appointment, Han Xiangzi bluntly said that the fate of the dust is not over, hoping to help his uncle Han Yu, in order to fulfill his filial piety.
So after traveling for several years, he still returned to Han Yue's mansion, still not changing his idle and absurd old Xi, every time he saw Han Yue hated iron not steel, but he still didn't care, just said that Han Yue still didn't understand his skills.
Soon, Han Yu offended Tang Xianzong because of his outspokenness, so Tang Xianzong embarrassed Han Yu everywhere. In a certain year, there was a great drought in the world, and Tang Xianzong asked Han Yu to be responsible for praying for rain, otherwise he would be dismissed. When Han Xiangzi heard about this, he turned into an old man and went to the gate of the Dragon King Temple to "sell rain" to attract Han Yu's attention, and Han Yu really asked him to pray for rain, and after a while, the sky really rained heavily, which alleviated the drought and relieved the crisis for Han Yu.
However, over the years by Han Yu's side, Han Xiangzi has repeatedly tried to ignite Han Yu, but he has been rejected categorically. So, when Han Yu was demoted to the history of Chaozhou Thorn because of the matter of welcoming the Buddha's bones, Han Xiangzi also knew that it was time to say goodbye.
When Han Yu took office alone in the cold winter, when he arrived at the Lantian Pass, he saw that Han Xiangzi was already waiting in the snow. When the two saw each other, they seemed to be sad and happy, but they heard Lu Dongbin say to Xiangzi: "The fate of the dust is over, let's go!."”
After Han Xiangzi kowtowed to Han Yu four times, and after offering a cold pill, he only said: "There is no time to go, uncle take care!."And he drifted away.
Han Yuhu felt something, so he wrote "Moved Left to Languan to Show Nephew Sun Xiang":
A dynasty plays nine heavens, and the sunset drops Chaozhou Road eight thousand.
If you want to eliminate the evils for the Holy Ming, you are willing to decay and cherish the old age!
Where is the family of Yunheng Qinling?
The snow hugs the blue pass, and the horse does not move forward.
Knowing that you are far away, you should have an intention, so as to collect my bones and miasma riverside.
Since then, the immortals have been separated forever.
The story is very twisty and touching, and it is also very much in line with the preferences of the people at the bottom.
However, later generations have carefully studied Han Yu's genealogy and learned that Han Yu's nephew is named Han Laocheng, the son of Han Yu's elder brother, and a son named Han Xiang.
Han Yu's parents died early, and he was taken care of by his brother and sister-in-law since he was a child, so after becoming an official, he wanted to support his brother and sister-in-law, but his sister-in-law and nephew died early, so Han Yu took his nephew Han Xiang with him and regarded him as his own.
After Han Yue sadly degraded Chaozhou, Han Xiang also followed Han Yu to arrive in Chaozhou, since then the two want Chaozhou to form an indissoluble bond, widely loved by Chaozhou people, now Chaozhou folk still spread the legend of the fairy Buddha bridge, and the bridge hero is Han Yu, Han Xiang and Guangji monk, and later Chaozhou people also built in the Song Dynasty one of China's four ancient bridges Guangji Bridge renamed "Xiangzi Bridge" to commemorate the two.
However, the material of the myth of Han Xiangzi should come from Han Yu's life and poems, such as Han Yu's "Ziyun has thaumaturgy, exploring the magic and knowing the heavens" was attached to Han Xiangzi and was deified.
And Han Xiang was further deified as the Eight Immortals, which should come from the Yuan Dynasty script "Eight Immortals Celebrate Birthday", and in the Ming Dynasty, "The Complete Biography of Han Xiangzi" has been circulated, and the plot should be a combination of Han Yu's life deeds and Han Xiangzi's legend of becoming an immortal.
Since then, the legend about Han Xiangzi has been passed down to this day.