The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 906 Dealing with Fire Worship
Zoroastrianism is a name for the symbolic flame of the congregation. The actual scientific name is Zoroastrianism.

The origin of the sect was founded by Zarathustra, about a certain day from 628 BC to 551 BC. It is one of the earliest sects of ancient human civilization and religion.

Coincidentally, the origin of Buddhism is also from the 6th to 5th centuries BC. The religion that originated earlier than Zoroastrianism and Buddhism is likely to be Bon Religion, which can also be called Shamanism, and the origin earlier than religion is civilization. .

Whether the Sumerian civilization or the Chinese civilization in the Mesopotamia was earlier can no longer be tested, and Taoism in China has a long history. Taoism was first traced back to the "Book of Changes", and the specific date is no longer available.

Around the ancient times, the time of Emperor Fuxi had the concept of Tao.

The Christianity known to later generations was in the 1st century AD, and Christianity was not established until the 6th century AD.

Therefore, Zoroastrianism was much earlier than Christianity and Christianity. As mentioned above, it was mostly spread in Western Persia, experienced several heavy losses, and was finally eliminated as a world religion.

One of the heavy losses was Alexander's Eastern Expedition, which basically wiped out the Zoroastrianism, which was dominated by Persians, and led to the eastward spread of the religion.

As mentioned earlier, Manichaeism, a branch of Zoroastrianism, also known as Mingjiao, was introduced to China during the period of Empress Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, and it was explicitly banned as a cult in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.

But at the same time, the Uyghurs were revered as the state religion until the Uyghurs were destroyed by the Mongols.

During the Song Dynasty, Manichaeism was also the state religion in the Gaochang Kingdom of Tubo.

Fang La is the leader of the Ming Cult who called for an uprising with Manichaeism!
After that, Mingjiao played a very important role in China for thousands of years. Mingjiao reached its peak at the end of Yuan Dynasty and was destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

What is the Mingjiao in the history of the Ming Dynasty? There is no way to say the reason here...

However, it is not that there is no side to introduce Mingjiao. Mr. Jin Yong's "Yitian Tulong Ji" has a key description of Mingjiao.

At that time, the Ming Cult was the main force against the Yuan, and it even had the "burn my body, the blazing holy fire."How happy is life, why bother to die?Eliminate evil for good, only for light.Joy and sorrow, all return to dust.Pity me the world, there are so many sorrows! ' Doctrine.

However, this is not the teaching of Zoroastrianism. It may be a fabrication of Mr. Jin Yong, or it may be a localized modification passed on for thousands of years.

Lu Heng learned about the current teachings of Zoroastrianism from these people, and briefly introduced it (you can’t go deep into it if you are interested). trial.

According to the teachings of Zoroastrianism, the world will return to good and evil or light and darkness after death, and finally wait for judgment. As for the result of this final judgment, it is unknown.

This is contrary to the basic logic of China's Taoism begets one, one life two, or Taiji begets two rites.

It is completely contrary to the teaching of Christianity that all things belong to the Lord.

Although the teachings and legends of Zoroastrianism also have gods, they are completely different from what Christ called the Lord and what Taoism pursues. It is more similar to a rule that can be replaced by rules for all affairs. The Zoroastrianism is called 'Foqi'.

Moreover, this rule is changing and not static, so there is a huge difference between this and the culture of the gods.

Whether it is Western Nordic mythology, Greek mythology, Sumerian mythology, or Eastern Indian mythology system, or Chinese mythology, the rules remain the same.

From this point of view, it is likely that Christianity labeled Zoroastrianism as a heresy, or it was the reason why Tang Xuanzong in the East regarded Mingjiao as a heresy.

Zoroastrianism directly denies that God is the foundation of everything, and also denies the eastern imperial power granted by heaven, and even wants to veto the thought of thousands of generations.

But now the people of Zoroastrian Cult are right in front of them, and if they directly label each other as heretics, the two sides will definitely turn against each other.

With the discovery of the Maritime Silk Road, Lu Heng also hopes that the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty can run the European trade, and the sea ban is impossible.

This is a gold mine on the water, Lu Heng must firmly hold it in his hands!

As the so-called butt determines thinking, China is still an imperial society today, and it is true that I am not interested in the teachings of Zoroastrianism.

So Lu Heng used the same method to deal with Buddhism!
The teachings of Zoroastrianism collided with Taoism, the largest religion under Lu Heng's command. Taoism was the one who resisted Zoroastrianism and believed that the Buddhists would cooperate, and Lu Heng only needed to hide behind and add fuel to the flames.

Lu Heng ordered these high-nosed Zoroastrians to participate in the discussion. They could spread their teachings, but if anyone believed it, it was not Lu Heng who could control it.

At the same time, it was also ordered that all the Zoroastrians are not allowed to preach privately, they must cooperate with the official religious department of the Song Dynasty to preach, and all believers must be officially registered with the Song Dynasty official.

Sure enough, with the help of Lu Heng, the Buddhism and Taoism first united to smother Zoroastrianism. Although neither side looked down on the other, China has not allowed other sects to enter China to snatch their beliefs.

In addition, the people of Zoroastrianism do not understand the language now, only some barbarians can translate, and the translation of its teachings is also at a very disadvantage.

As for the wars against other religions, Zuo Ci was a new force who personally went to debate with this group of foreigners.

Everyone's thoughts on this group of foreigners were vague and insignificant, which greatly reduced their curiosity.

People don't care about a strange substance, they rely on curiosity to contact it, as long as this curiosity is broken, it can be obliterated.

Just like the people in the Song Dynasty now, they either believe in Taoism or Buddhism. Naturally, the defenders of Buddhism and Taoism are not worth mentioning for this Zoroastrianism, and the people without religious beliefs feel uncomfortable with this foreign sect that has lost to Taoism and Buddhism. That's all.

If someone is really fooled by these foreigners, they must report to the Religious Office so as not to cause any big waves.

Just like how later generations of Huaxia dealt with Christianity, the soil without nutrients cannot germinate at all.

However, Lu Heng found that there was a person who seemed to be very interested in Zoroastrianism and was eager to try.

That's right, this person is Fang La, the leader of the Ming Cult 1000 years after the original time and space!

Fang La seemed to be very curious about this group of crooked nuts, and frequently visited the missions of the Parthian Empire.

Of course, Lu Heng was confident that under the strict surveillance of Jin Yiwei, Fang La would not be able to make any big waves. Later, Fang La actually found Lu Heng, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Just when Lu Heng thought that Fang La was the first to be fooled by the Fire Worship Cult to become the title of 'Fire Worship Cult No.1' in Zhongtu.

However, Fang La said to Lu Heng: "Your Majesty, I have discovered that the manufacturing techniques of these Parthians are very special, and they are likely to be spread in the Great Song family. At the same time, these Parthians are also very interested in the seven weapons of the Great Song Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)