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Dapeng Jinchi Mingwang
Hanyu Pinyin
Dàpéng Jīnchì Míngwáng

Dapeng Jinchi Mingwang (

Asuras.[1]

Peng appears in works of ancient Chinese literature, including Journey to the West (西游記) and General Yue Fei (說岳全傳). He is also mentioned in some Chinese Buddhist literature.[3][4][5] The famous patriot General Yue Fei (岳飛, 1103–1141), was believed by people to be the incarnation of Dapeng Jinchi Mingwang.

Legends

Dapeng Jinchi Mingwang statue in the Hongwu temple

Legend holds that in primordial times, the original Phoenix (Fenghuang), the leader of flying beings, gave birth to the peacock Mahamayuri and to the eagle named the Golden-Winged Great Peng. The peacock once consumed the Buddha, who managed to escape by cutting through her stomach. At that time, the peacock preyed on humans, and the Buddha intended to kill it. However, the deities intervened and urged him to stop. In exchange for a promise to renounce its habit of preying on humans, the Buddha elevated the peacock to the status of his godmother, while the eagle became his uncle and was granted a high position in heaven.

Peng sits at the head of the Buddha's throne in the

Song Dynasty
. Under Qin Hui's poisonous plot, Lady Wang killed Yue Fei in revenge.

According to martial arts master Liang Shouyu's book, "[A] Dapeng is a great bird that lived in ancient China. Legend has it, that Dapeng was the guardian who stayed above the head of Gautama Buddha. Dapeng could get rid of all evil in any area. Even the

Monkey King was no match for it. During the Song dynasty, the government was corrupt, and foreigners were constantly invading China. The Buddha sent Dapeng to earth to protect China. Dapeng descended to Earth and was born as Yue Fei."[6]

Journey to the West

Peng is an antagonist in the 16th-century Chinese classic novel

ji
and can fly over great distances. Peng has a flask of Yin and Yang Essence (陰陽二氣瓶), which can suck in unsuspecting victims.

Peng made several plans to capture Tang Sanzang and his companions, and he successfully captured Sun Wukong himself. After many humiliating failures at the hands of the three demon kings, Wukong approached the Buddha for help and learned the backstory of Peng. After Wukong and the three demons battle, both the Lion and the Elephant are forced to revert to their original forms, and the Buddha shows up to subdue Peng and return him to Vulture Peak.

After his defeat at the Buddha's hand, Peng admits that he enjoys his demonic life eating humans, but after listening to the Buddha, Peng has no choice but to abandon his evil ways, redeeming himself in the process. After some struggle, the eagle Peng agrees to become a protector of Buddhist law.

In a later stage of their journey, Sanzang and his disciples reached the presence of the Buddha. Upon their arrival, the Buddha instructed his fellow disciples, Maudgalyayana and Śāriputra, to entrust the scriptures to Sanzang. Meanwhile, Maudgalyayana and Śāriputra seized the opportunity to request a gift from Sanzang, who offered his alms bowl. Displeased with this gesture, they deceitfully exchanged it for fake scriptures. Aware of the deception, the Buddha ordered Peng to swiftly pursue and eliminate the counterfeit scriptures. True to the Buddha's command, the eagle promptly executed the task, ensuring that only authentic teachings guided Sanzang's journey.[7]

Fengshen Yanyi

In the 16th-century Chinese classic novel

Penglai Island. Later, Randeng Daoren accepted him as his second disciple. Initially, he was instigated to fly to Xiqi to seek revenge on Jiang Ziya. He possessed powerful magic capable of drying up the water of the four seas and attempted to drown Xiqi with the waters of the North Sea. However, he was later stopped by Yuanshi Tianzun with the Three Lights Divine Water. Randeng Daoren traced Yuyi Xian's whereabouts and enticed the hungry Yuyi Xian to eat 108 of his own prayer beads, thereby subduing him. To save his life, he became Randeng Daoren's disciple and mount, and later assisted Randeng Daoren in the battle against the Shang general and peacock spirit Kong Xuan, but was defeated and returned. He never appeared again in the later text.[8]

Shurangama Mantra

The

yojanas (3,960 to 4,950 km). When Peng flaps his wings, the sea waters part clear to the deepest seabed.[9]

In popular culture

Further information: List of media adaptations of Journey to the West

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Great Golden-Winged Peng Bird". www.gbm-online.com.
  2. ISBN 9780881398557
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  3. ^ Shih (釋妙蓮), Miao Lien (2019). The Arhat and The Fragrant Elephant - Buddhist Stories Vol 4. Lingyen Mountain Temple (Canada).
  4. ISBN 9789573200604
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  5. ISBN 9789866936333
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  6. ISBN 1-889659-02-9
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  7. ISBN 978-3-662-47731-1
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  8. ISBN 978-7-5382-9962-5
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  9. ^ Vajra Bodhi Sea. Sino-American Buddhist Association. 2005. p. 10.
  10. ^ "评：新《葫芦兄弟》缺的不是钱，是心". NetEase (in Chinese). 19 July 2016.
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