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Zheng Lun郑伦

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A grain transport officer of Jizhou, apprenticed to Immortal Du'e, whose nasal snort emits a white light that captures people's souls.

DIRECT FIGURES
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RELATION RECORDS
16
SOURCE WORKS
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RELATIONSHIP COMPASS

Zheng Lun, and the people around them.

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MENTORSHIP

Mentorship

Teachers, disciples and transmission

2 figures · 2 records
02
ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

2 figures · 2 records
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CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

12 figures · 12 records
4 more in the complete record

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In fiction · Investiture of the Gods

Originally a grain transport officer under Su Hu, the Marquis of Jizhou, he apprenticed to Immortal Du'e and cultivated the unique art of emitting a white light from his nose to capture souls. After following Su Hu in surrendering to the Zhou dynasty, he served as the grain transport officer for the three armies, repeatedly using his unique art to capture Shang generals. He was later killed by Jin Dasheng and was enfeoffed as one of the Heng-Ha Er Jiang.

History vs. fiction

The Formation of Heng and Ha Er Jiang and the Investiture of the Gods

  • In the novel, Zheng Lun and Chen Qi respectively master the soul-capturing arts of 'Heng' and 'Ha', and ultimately are jointly appointed as the 'Heng and Ha Er Jiang' guarding the mountain gate and protecting treasures. The prototype of this divine pair is actually the two Vajra guardians commonly seen in the mountain gate halls of Buddhist temples. The author of the Ming dynasty novel, with astonishing imagination, thoroughly localized and secularized these two Buddhist guardian deities, endowing them with the identities of Shang and Zhou dynasty military officers (such as setting Zheng Lun as a subordinate of Su Hu) and Daoist magic. In historical records of the Shang and Zhou dynasties such as the Records of the Grand Historian, there is absolutely no record of such divine generals who defeat enemies by sound waves.

Relationship network

17 figures · 64 links
Zheng LunZheng LunJiang ZiyaJiang ZiyaHuang FeihuHuang FeihuNezhaNezhaHuang TianhuaHuang TianhuaTu XingsunTu XingsunDeng JiugongDeng JiugongDeng ChanyuDeng ChanyuSu HuSu HuLü YueLü YueChong HeihuChong HeihuChen QiFa JieDu'e ZhenrenHan BianHan ShengJin Dasheng
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Sources: Investiture of the Gods, ch. 3; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 57; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 58; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 59; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 60; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 61; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 68; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 74

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