The Story Of Thor’s Punishment In Ancient China

The story of Thor’s punishment of evil refers to Thor’s punishment of unfaithful,unscrupulous profiteers,harlotters,and evil animals and monsters through warning,shock,death and transformation,so as to achieve the purpose of persuading the world to guide the people.From the point of view of time,the story was first recorded in the Han Dynasty,which was widely spread of later generations,to the peak of Qing Dynasty.From the geographical distribution,the story is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang,which is mainly related to the culture folk beliefs and local natural climate.According to the specific content of the story plot and characters,it is divided into two categories: Ray to punish the wicked and the evil monster.The former can be divided into lightning unfilial,unrighteous,unfaithful and ungodly four types,The perpetrator including anti-daughter-in-law and son,thieves,profiteers,traitors,harlotries.Their worst actions include eating dirty food to their mother-in-law,beating and even attempting to murder their parents,or raping women,defrauding the people of hard-earned money,or disrupting the government,murdering loyalists,colluding with treacherous men,murdering husbands,or profanity,and eventually being punished by god.In the thunder shock monster,the animal monster often hides in the hidden place to harm the human life,kills for the sky thunder.In the stories of god’s punishment of evil,the frequency is high,and the universal motif mainly includes the change of thunderbolt,thunderbolt writing,the body being buried alive,and thunderstorm resurrection.which contain strong themes of exhortation.Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism have influenced the story,most notably is the Confucian idea of loyalty and filial piety and the concept of respecting and fearing heaven,followed by the buddhist concept of karma.The Taoist belief in thor,the concept of bearing responsibility and the idea of advocating goodness are also reflected in the story.The story of the ancient Chinese god punishing evil is acultural phenomenon formed by the local folk belief,Confucianism and Taoism,and the foreign buddhist culture.