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[玄天上帝]

玄天上帝為台灣常見的道教神明之一。玄天上帝是中國明朝的護國神明，也是中國武當山上的主神。他被視為北極星的化身，是屬於自然崇拜演變出來的神祇，也是統理北方的神明。北方在五行中屬水，所以也能管理海上的事務。北方代表星宿為玄武，玄武的形象為龜和蛇，正是玄上帝腳下所踩踏的生物。

另外在民間傳說中，玄天上帝原本是個屠夫，因為受到觀世音菩薩的指點，深覺自己因屠宰動物罪孽深重，所以切腹取出腸胃丟入河中洗滌自己的罪孽，因此而得道升天成為玄天上帝。但之後在河中的腸和胃分別變成龜精和蛇精，並在人間作亂，於是玄天上帝向呂洞賓借劍，收伏二精並踩踏於腳底。也因為這則民間傳說玄天上帝又被視為屠宰業的守護神。

關於這個傳說另外一種揣測是因為玄天上帝是明朝的守護神，清朝為了將玄天上帝信仰淡化所以才有了屠夫化身的說法。

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[Xuántiān Shàngdì]

Xuántiān Shàngdì is one of the most commonly seen Taoist deities in Taiwan. Since the usurping Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty claimed to receive the divine assistance of Xuanwu during his successful Jingnan Campaign against his nephew, he had a number of Taoist monasteries constructed in the Wudang Mountains of Hubei, where Xuanwu allegedly attained immortality.

He is also treated as the metaphor of the North Star as the deity of natural worshipping. Great Deity of the Northern Peak, one of the cosmological "Five Forms of the Highest Deity"

As one of the five forms of cosmological representations, north significance water, therefore it makes Xuántiān Shàngdì capable of being in charge of sea affairs. Also, the representations of the north constellation happen to be the black tortoise or black turtle. As one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is usually depicted as a turtle entwined together with a snake, and these animals happen to be the ones Xuántiān Shàngdì is stepping on.

In folklore tail, Xuántiān Shàngdì was originally a butcher and the goddess Guanyin showed him his sins. To redeem his sins, he dug out his own stomach and intestines and washed them in the river. Because of that, he then became immortal ascended to heaven with the title of Xuántiān Shàngdì.

After he became an immortal, his stomach and intestines absorbed the essence of the earth. His viscera transformed into a demonic turtle and a demonic snake, who started to hurt people. No one could subdue the demonic animals. Eventually, Xuanwu returned to earth and he borrowed the sword from Lü Dongbin to subdue them. After defeating them, he later used them as his subordinates. Due to this folklore tail, Xuántiān Shàngdì is also treated as a patron god of slaughter industry.

Another speculation about this folklore tail is that because Xuántiān Shàngdì is the guardian god of Ming dynasty, and Ching dynasty wanted to weaken the gasp of the Xuántiān Shàngdì belief so had the story of the butcher transform made up.

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【追魂8月13日開庭受審 可能面對更長年期囚禁】

藝術家 #劉進興（又名「追魂」）將於2020年8月13日於南京市宣武區法院開庭受審，被控以「尋釁滋事罪」。他於2019年5月28日被帶走，被拘禁近15個月才被安排庭審。他曾聲援2014年的「雨傘運動」被拘禁9個月。這次可能面對更長年期囚禁 。

Artist #LiuJinxing (better known as #ZhuiHun) will be tried at Xuanwu District Court in Nanjing on 13 August 2020. Liu is accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. He was taken away on 28 May 2019 and has been detained for nearly 15 months before being taken before a judge. In 2014, he supported the “Umbrella Movement” and was detained for nine months. This time, he’s likely facing several years of imprisonment.

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姓名：劉進興（又名追魂）

出生年份：1972年8月4日
職業：藝術家
被拘捕日期：2019年5月29日（刑事拘留）
被拘捕地點：公安在南京把劉和另外五名維權人士帶走。
被拘捕罪名：尋釁滋事罪
正式被捕日期：2019年7月5日
被起訴日期：2020年1月14日
法律代表：梁小軍律師
審訊日期：
判決結果：
刑期：
關押地點：江蘇省南京市第三看守所

案件簡介：
公安於2019年5月28日在江蘇南京市帶走原籍湖北的劉進興及另外五名藝術家，並於翌日刑事拘留劉進興。公安搜查劉在北京的家，充公他的藝術作品和一些印刷品。另五名藝術家其後獲釋取保候審。

他的朋友相信劉進興被拘留的原因，是與政府在「六四」30周年前打壓維權人士有關。在維權人士和藝術家圈子，大家都知道劉進興售賣作品以支援其他被拘留維權人士。

劉進興2019年9月23日才首次獲准會見律師，之前要求會見律師全被當局拒絕，公安以他的案件涉及危害國家安全為由拒絕會見。劉進興律師在會見劉時才獲知劉已被正式逮捕，罪名是「尋釁滋事」。

2020年1月14日，南京市玄武區檢察院正式起訴劉進興，並列出他的所謂罪名為製作視頻和藝術作品支持被拘留的政治犯。他的庭審定於2020年8月13日於玄武區法院舉行。

劉進興曾因他的作品和維權活動被拘禁，包括2014年10月因以行為藝術支持香港「雨傘運動」被拘留，直至2015年7月才被除去所有罪名獲釋。劉進興曾住在著名的北京通州區宋莊藝術區。

參考更多資料：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2020/04/blog-post_28.html

資料更新：2020年8月6日

Name: Liu Jinxing, aka Zhui Hun (劉進興，又名追魂)

Date of birth: 4 August 1972
Occupation: Artist
Date of detention: 29 May 2019 (criminal detention)
Location: Police took him away with five other activists in Nanjing
Ground of detention: Picking quarrels and provoking trouble
Date of formal arrest: 5 July 2019
Date of Indictment: 14 January 2020
Legal representation: Beijing lawyer Liang Xiaojun
Date of trial:
Verdict:
Sentence:
Location of detention/imprisonment: Nanjing No. 3 Detention Centre, Jiangsu Province

Description:
Police took away Liu, a Hubei province born artist, on 28 May 2019, along with five other artists in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and criminally detained him the next day. Police officers searched Liu’s home in Beijing, confiscating his artworks and some printed materials. The other five artists were subsequently released on bail.

His friends believed that Liu Jinxing’s detention was related to the government’s crackdown on activists before the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre. Among the activists and artists circle, he was famous for selling his artworks to help support other detained political activists.

Liu Jinxing was only allowed his first lawyer’s visit on 23 September 2019. His previous requests were denied as the police claimed that his case involved “endangering state security”. The lawyer learned during the visit that Liu had been formally arrested on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”.

On 14 January 2020, Xuanwu District Procuratorate in Nanjing indicted Liu and listed his “crimes” as producing videos and artworks to support detained political prisoners. His trial is scheduled to take place at Xuanwu District Court on 13 August 2020.

Liu had been detained for several times for his art and activism, including being detained in October 2014 for his performance art to support the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. He was released in July 2015 after being clear of criminal charges. Liu has lived in the Songzhuang art colony in Songzhuang Town of Tongzhou District in Beijing, the most famous and largest artist community in the municipality.

For more information: https://www.nchrd.org/2020/06/liu-jinxing/

Updated on: 6 August 2020

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