Banner of Heavenly Marshal Meng Shan Bao Gao (孟山天君寶誥)

In here, you all will be seeing the Banner of Bao Gao aka Praise Incantation (寶誥) dedicated to Heavenly Marshal Meng Shan (孟山天君).

Meng Shan Yuan Shuai Bao Gao (孟山元帥寶誥)

至心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li

廣西英杰。生成威猛。
Guang Xi Ying Jie. Sheng Cheng Wei Meng

不懼權勢。仁義守責。
Bu Ju Quan Shi. Ren Yi Shou Ze

雖非高貴枝頭禽。
Sui Fei Gao Gui Zhi Tou Qin

卻是慈悲一獄主。
Que Shi Ci Bei Yi Yu Zhu

仰天歎屈。仁待獄囚。
Yang Tian Tan Qu. Ren Dai Yu Qiu

臘節開困。眾冤得返。
La Jie Kai Kun. Zhong Yuan De Fan

因一時之大慈。
Yin Yi Shi Zhi Da Ci

還己冤事纏身。
Huan Ji Yuan Shi Chan Shen

了結個人冤屈苦。
Liao Jie Ge Ren Yuan Qu Ku

上天好德召入朝。
Shang Tian Hao De Zhao Ru Chao

東嶽辦令。玄天賜令。
Dong Yue Ban Ling. Xuan Tian Ci Ling

玉帝誥封為正神。
Yu Di Gao Feng Wei Zheng Shen

至勇至剛。至仁至正。
Zhi Yong Zhi Gang. Zhi Ren Zhi Zheng

東嶽駕前十太保。
Dong Yue Jia Qian Shi Tai Bao

酆都殺鬼孟元帥。
Feng Du Sha Gui Meng Yuan Shuai
To know more about Meng Shan, please do proceed to the following intro:

Meng Yuan Shuai (孟元帥) aka Meng Jiang Jun (孟將軍) or Marshal Meng, one of the 36 Heavenly Generals (三十六天將) that assisted Dong Yu Da Di aka The Emperor Lord of Dong Yue (東岳大帝) & Xuan Tian Shang Di (玄天上帝) in assisting the subduing of demons & warding-off of negative entities.

Meng Yuan Shuai, real name known as Meng Shan (孟山), hometown was known to be in China Guang Xi (家鄉於廣州市廣西).

According to Records, before he got his Enlightenment, he was a Magistrate Constable that being put-in-charge of looking after prisoners (禁獄).

One year, on the 25th Day of Lunar 12 Month, while Meng Shan was doing his regular inspection in the Prison, he heard sobbing from the prisoners. After finding out, he knew that actually the prisoners were having homesick and they missed their families.

After consideration, Meng Shan decided to release them back home for the celebrating of Lunar New Year and advised them to be back on the 5th Day of Lunar 1 Month (before the Magistrate Officer returned back) and all the 800 over prisoners agreed.

On the 5th Day of Lunar New Year, all the 800 over prisoners came back to report to Meng Shan.

From then, every year, Meng Shan would secretly released the 800 over prisoners back home for Lunar New Year and on the 5th Day, they would report back for imprison.

One year, after getting the hearsay by one of the evil subordinates, the Magistrate Officer came back before the 5th Day and to his horror, the prison was vacant, immediately, Meng Shan was being called back for questioning.

Without any hesitation, he admitted that the 800 over prisoners were released by him. And without finding out further, the Magistrate Officer sentenced Meng Shan to receive 40 strokes of Beating-Rod (四十棒殺). Meng Shan willingly accepted.

After the sentencing, Meng Shan was being summoned to capture all the prisoners back and for those who rejected the capturing would be killed on the spot.

With difficulties and disappointment, Meng Shan had to carry out the order.

Just before Meng Shan reached the place of where the 800 over prisoners gathered before they made their trip back, the 800 over prisoners were there sobbing, feeling that Meng Shan had sacrificed for them and they felt sad and embarrassed.

After looking at the 800 over prisoners, knowing that they were actually people who being wrongly accused and knowing that they were people who kept their promises, in order for them not to suffer after they returned to the prison, Meng Shan decided to release them all.

All the prisoners were shocked and they were not willing to leave the spot.

With no choices, Meng Shan had to pick up his spear and killed himself on the spot.

Just before he poked the spear into his throat, one of the Celestial Officers approached him and summoned him to the Celestial Palace (天庭).

Upon meeting up with Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝), he was being bestowed with an Official Title of Feng Du Sha Gui Meng Yuan Shuai (酆都殺鬼孟元帥) to assist Dong Yue Da Di in subduing of all Demons and Devils and also to ward-off all Negative Entities.

From then, the 800 over prisoners went all over the area to spread the story of Meng Shan and then in the later part of the history, folks dedicated temples to Meng Shan as a form of gratitude.

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