《乙巳蛇年。淨明始祖許遜天師。聖誕吉慶。2025》
伏蛟龍，
一把青鋒顯威靈，
震懾南疆。
醫猛虎，
一身玄功濟十方，
榮封天師。
【淨明祖師許遜天師】，相傳其【聖誕】有二，一是為【正月廿八日】，另一則是【十月廿五日】。
又有一說法則是【十月廿五日】為【淨明祖師許遜天師】之【得道昇天日】。
於【東南亞】一帶的【道教信眾】，會在【十月廿五日】大勢慶祝【感天大帝】之【聖誕】，而此【感天大帝】指的就是【淨明祖師許遜天師】。
而授【萬法宗壇】的【法籙】之【籙生】，更得在此日舉行【科儀】，以便朝敬【淨明祖師許遜天師】。
Manifestation Anniversary of
Heavenly Master Xu Xun 2025
On the
25th Day of Lunar 10 Month (農曆十月廿五日), its the Day that
Heavenly Master Xu Xun gained his Immortal-hood, in some contexts known as his
Manifestation Anniversary.
In
Taoism, he is another important Heavenly Master that had bring together the
bonding of Taoist Culture and also, performing the Upright Preaching of Taoist
Skills and Knowledge.
Due to
few Deities having the same Official Title with Xu Xun, many a time, Taoists
tend to get mix-up. And so, many misconceptions and wrong ideas had occurred.
More
info on Heavenly Master Xu Xun許天師相關資料:
Xu Tian
Shi (許天師) aka Heavenly Master Xu, real name known as Xu
Xun (許遜), Xu Jing Yang (許旌陽) or
Xu Jing Zhi (許敬之), Taoist Name known as Ling Jian Zi (靈劍子), born in Wu Chi Wu Second Year (CE239 吳赤烏二年),
28th Day of Lunar 1 Month (農曆正月二十八日). Hometown in Nan
Chang, now known as Jiang Xi Province (家鄉於南昌今為江西).
Since
young, Xu Xun was an intelligent boy who was strongly connected with Spiritual
Skills & stuffs.
At the
age of 20 (弱冠之年), he seek Mastership under Wu Meng Zhen
Ren (師承吳猛真人), from then, he started to do researches on
Spiritual Skills, the Nature Changes, Prediction Skills, etc.
CE280,
after certain obstacles Xu Xun encountered, he decided to stop his cultivation
and went for the Imperial Examination. Due to his knowledge and wisdom, he
passed the exam and was appointed as the Magistrate Officer of Jing Yang Area (旌陽縣 this was how the folks addressed him as Xu Jing Yang
later part in the History), at that time, he was 42 years old.
During
his serving of the Nation Service in Jing Yang Area, he was being highly
respected by the commoners. And due to his Uprightness and Non-bias-attitude,
after he left the Area, the commoners dedicated statues for him as a form of
gratitude.
Soon,
Jin Dynasty (晉朝) was in a chaotic status. Knowing that
Jin Dynasty wouldn’t be able to last forever, Xu Xun
resigned from his post and returned to his Master’s
premises to regain his self-cultivation again.
After
returning to his Master side, his Master brought him along to travel around the
whole Country to do necessary salvation for the sufferings. During the
travling, Xu Xun subdued a few demons and Deities, such as Tiger Demon, etc.
Besides
doing salvations & subduing, Xu Xun was being imparted with a few Manuals
with Spiritual Skills known as Tai Shang Ling Bao Jing Ming Fa (太上靈寶淨明法), which later Xu Xun used the title Jing Ming while
he set-up his Sect - Jing Ming Sect (淨明道).
CE374,
25th Day of Lunar 10 Month (農曆十月廿五日), Xu Xun got his
Enlightenment. At the moment of his Enlightenment, he was being summoned to the
Celestial Palace (天庭) to meet up with Jade Emperor (玉皇大天尊). Due to his Uprightness and Faithfulness in continuing
the Preaching of Taoism Teaching, he was being bestowed with the title Heavenly
Master – Tian Shi (天師之職).
After he
got the bestowed title, Xu Xun’s whole family, of about 120 members, were also
being summoned to the Celestial Palace to gain a position in the Celestial
Court System. In Chinese, there is a saying for Xu Xun’s family – Yi Ren De
Dao, Quan Jia Sheng Tian (一人得道, 全家昇天).
Meaning one person got Enlightenment, the whole family was also being granted
to gain Immortality.
From
then, he was being group with the other 3 Heavenly Masters to form the Four
Heavenly Masters to assist the Three Realms (三界) in
doing preaching for Dao.
In
Taoism Culture or Chinese Deity System, Xu Xun was also being addressed as Gan
Tian Da Di (感天大帝).
Till
today, the Hock Chew (福州), Hock Cheng (福清) and Teochew (潮州) Clans still
honoured Xu Xun as their Protector (守護神).
