Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s3.t2.3

v2.c10.s3.t2.3

King Zhou has offended Nüwa, and Nüwa thus sends the 1,000-year-old vixen spirit, nine-headed pheasant spirit and jade pipa spirit to bewitch the king. The vixen spirit, in the disguise of Daji, causes troubles at the royal palace, and King Zhou rules the state with cruelty and persecution. Li Jing, a military commander at Chentang Pass, has three sons, Jinzha, Muzha and Nezha. Shortly after his birth, Nezha is accepted by Taiyi Zhenren as an apprentice, and at the age of 7, he fights with and kills the third son of the East Sea Dragon King, causing chaos in the Dragon Palace, and shoots dead a disciple of Shiji. As a life for a life, Nezha commits suicide. Taiyi Zhenren brings Nezha back to life with lotus leaves and roots. Nezha then goes to fight with Li Jing for revenge, but the latter subdues him with a golden pagoda from Randeng Daoren ('Burning Lamp Daoist'). Jiang Ziya leaves his master at the Kunlun Mountain, but has to hide himself in Panxi since he incurred the venomous hatred from Daji by burning the jade pipa spirit.