Yisha: "You'd better not ask anything. I'll tell you one by one. There are three pure-blooded immortals in Taoism: Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, Heavenly Lord Lingbao, and Taishang Laojun. The four emperors were the Jade Emperor, the Emperor of Ziwei, the Emperor of Gouchen, and the Earth Emperor. Five Elders: Green Spirit Shi Old Lord, Pill Spirit True Old Lord, Yuan Ling Yuan Old Lord, Hao Ling Huang Old Lord, Five Spirit Xuan Old Lord. Six divisions: Guide Dou Six divisions: Si Ming/Si Lu/Yanshou/Yi Wei/Du E/Shangsheng. Seven Elements: The seven elements of the Big Dipper: Tianshu/Tianxuan/Tianji/Tianquan/Yuheng/Kaiyang/Yaoguang. Eight poles: East/South/West/North/Southeast/Northeast/Southwest/Northwest. Nine elements: Taiyang, Taiyin, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Jidu, Luohou. The Jade Emperor was also known as the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Jade Emperor of the Haotian Golden Watchtower, and the Jade Emperor of the Xuanqiong High. In the Song Dynasty, Zhenzong and Huizong both had holy names. Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty called him the Great Heavenly Emperor of the Jade Emperor of the True Body Dao. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty called him Taishang Kaitian, holding talismans and holding true bodies, Haotian Jade Emperor God. In the Daoist scriptures, it was called the Supreme Supreme of Haotian Golden Watchtower, and naturally, it was called the Supreme Jade Emperor God. According to the High Jade Emperor's Collection of Classics, the Jade Emperor was the son of King Yan Jingle and Empress Baoyue in Haotian. When he was born, his body was covered in flames and filled the kingdom. He was intelligent when he was young and kind when he was old. He gave all the treasures in the treasury of the kingdom to the poor, the widowers, the widows, the lonely, the helpless, the hungry and the disabled. After the death of King Jingle, the prince managed the government well. He told the ministers to accept all living beings, so he left the country and went to Mount Xiangyan in Puming to cultivate Taoism. After 3,200 kalpas, he became a Golden Immortal. At first, he was called the Natural Jue Emperor. After hundreds of millions of kalpas, he became the Jade Emperor.
The Emperor of All Gods: The Jade Emperor was the Emperor of the Heavens, the King of True Immortals, the Lord of Sacred Venerables, and the highest god of all gods in the Three Realms and the Three Cave of True Immortals. The Jade Emperor had the power to command the nine heavens and summon the gods of the four seas and five mountains. All the gods stood by his side like emperors and ministers in the mortal world. Bai Juyi had a poem saying,"An Qi envies the door generation, and the attendants are like Gongqing." I worship the Jade Emperor and bow my head to show my sincerity."
The Chief Zhi said,"The Jade Emperor is the incarnation of the Three Pure Ones." The Three Pure Ones and the Jade Emperor are like nothingness first and then wonderful, Wuji first and then Tai Chi, inaction first and then action. Therefore, the Jade Emperor is the master of the three talents, in charge of the balance of heaven, earth and man. The Jade Emperor sent the North Pole Emperor of Ziwei to take charge of the meridians and meridians of heaven and earth, sent the Great Emperor of Gouchen Shanggong to take charge of the three talents of heaven, earth and man, and took charge of the military reform of the world. He sent the Houtu Emperor to take charge of the reproduction of yin and yang, the earth, mountains and rivers. Everything in the world, Yin and Yang, was in the hands of the Jade Emperor.
Sacrifice: The birthday of the Jade Emperor is the ninth day of the first month. Taoist temples held a ceremony called the Jade Emperor Festival. Taoist priests and Taoist believers who participated in the ceremony had to pay their respects to the Jade Emperor and perform the ritual of fasting to pray for longevity. The people of Fujian and Taiwan called the Jade Emperor "Heaven Duke." On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the whole family would fast, bathe, offer incense, worship, and recite scriptures. In some places, they would even sing opera to entertain the gods. In the past, there was a custom of holding a Jade Emperor Festival in the north of China and carrying the Jade Emperor statue to patrol the streets of the village. It was said that the 25th of December was the day when the Jade Emperor visited the world. In the past, Taoist temples and the people would burn incense and recite scriptures to welcome the Jade Emperor. profile
Taoism called the highest god in heaven the Jade Emperor, who controlled the 36 heavens and 72 lands. He was in charge of all gods, Buddhas, immortals, saints, and the affairs of the human world and hell. It was also known as Heaven Duke, Heaven Duke Ancestor, Jade Emperor, Jade Emperor, Jade Emperor God.
The Jade Emperor lived in the Jade Pure Palace of Taiwei Palace, and his full name was "The Supreme Emperor of Haotian Golden Palace, the True Jade Emperor God." According to the "Jade Emperor's Holy Name Same and Different Examination", its name was: "The Jade Emperor's holy name has been respected since before the calamity. The world's monarch likes Taoism and is grateful for the mysterious grace. Each of them follows what they have seen and heard, and what they have converted to. As they are prominent, they respectfully worship the names of the gods to determine their titles.
The Jade Emperor had the power to command the nine heavens and summon the gods of the four seas and five mountains. All the gods stood by his side like emperors and ministers in the mortal world. Bai Juyi had a poem that said,"An Qi envy the door generation, such as public servants." I pay my respects to the Jade Emperor and bow my head sincerely."
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The Jade Emperor was the incarnation of the Three Pure Ones. The Three Pure Ones and the Jade Emperor are like nothingness first and then wonderful, Wuji first and then Tai Chi, inaction first and then action. Therefore, the Jade Emperor is the master of the three talents, who is in charge of the way of heaven and the balance of heaven, earth and man. The Jade Emperor sent the North Pole Emperor of Ziwei to take charge of the meridians and meridians of heaven and earth, sent the Great Emperor of Gouchen Shanggong to take charge of the three talents of heaven, earth and man, presided over the military reform of the human world, and sent the Houtu Emperor to take charge of the reproduction of yin and yang, the earth, mountains and rivers. Everything in the world, Yin and Yang, was in the hands of the Jade Emperor.
Four Jade Emperors
Taiwei Jade Emperor:
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the Taiwei Yuan Star as the main name
The Brahma Jade Emperor:
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty is the main title of Emperor Shangshiyuan
Yan Hua Shao Wei Jade Emperor:
Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was the congenital positioning number
Ziwei Jade Emperor:
Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty used the title of Empress Qian.
The Jade Emperor is high above the sky
The above four emperors are not true emperors. The Jade Emperor on the Mysterious Sky High was called the Supreme Sovereign of the Haotian Golden Clan. Naturally, he was the true Jade Emperor. He ruled the heavens and would never be destroyed. Their beliefs originated from ancient religions. In ancient times, there was the saying that the highest god,"Emperor" and "God", controlled the natural changes of the sun, moon, wind, rain, and the fate of human life, such as misfortune, life, and death. After the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was also known as "Emperor Heaven","Haotian","Heavenly Emperor" and so on. During the Southern Dynasty, Tao Hongjing's Painting of True Spirit Position and Karma already had the titles of "Jade Emperor Daoist Lord" and "High Jade Emperor", which were arranged in the eleventh and nineteenth positions on the right of Yuqing Sanyuan Palace. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the belief in the Jade Emperor was widespread.
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The famous Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's poem "Dream of Immortals" had a poem that said,"I pay my respects to the Jade Emperor and kowtow to him sincerely." The poet Yuan Zhen's poem "Praise Letian with the State House" also has the sentence "I am the history of the Jade Emperor's incense case". An important Daoist scripture, The Jade Emperor's Collection of Classics, was written around the time of the Tang and Song Dynasties. It described in detail the Jade Emperor's origins and origins: A long time ago, there was a country of light and beauty. King Jingde and Queen Baoyueguang were old and childless, so they asked Taoist priests to pray. Later, they dreamed that the Taishang Taoist Lord carried a baby and gave it to the queen. After waking up from the dream, she became pregnant. She was born in the palace at noon on the ninth day of the first month of the year of Bingwu. When the prince grew up, he inherited the throne. Soon after, he left the country and went to Mount Xiangyan in Puming to cultivate Taoism. He succeeded in transcending the world. After 3,000 tribulations, he would become a Golden Immortal. After more than 100 million kalpas, he became the Jade Emperor. In the eighth year (1105) of Song Zhenzong's Dazhong Xiangfu (1008-1017), the title of the Jade Emperor God was honored as the Great Heavenly Emperor of the Jade Emperor. In the sixth year (1116) of Song Huizong's Zhenghe (1111-1118), the title of the Jade Emperor was also honored as "Taishang Kaitian Zhifu Yuli Hanzhen Body Dao Haotian Jade Emperor God".
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Taoism believed that the Jade Emperor was the king of all gods and had the highest status among the Taoist gods. According to the Taoist scriptures, he lived in the Golden Clan of Haotian, the Miluo Palace. He was magnificent and dignified, with supreme Dharmakaya. He ruled the heavens, led all saints, dominated the universe, enlightened all heavens, carried out the Dao of Heaven, spread the virtue of Heaven, created all things, helped all living beings, weighed the three realms, ruled all spirits, and saved people without limit. He was the supreme god of Heaven and the emperor of all heavens. In short, Taoism believed that the Jade Emperor was in charge of the three realms (heaven, earth, and space), the ten directions (four directions, four dimensions, up and down), the four lives (viviparous, egg-born, wet, and metaplasia), and the six realms (heaven, man, demons, hell beasts, and hungry ghosts).
Every year on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the Jade Emperor would personally descend to the lower realm to inspect the situation. Rewards and punishments were based on the good and evil of all living beings. On the ninth day of the first lunar month, it was the Jade Emperor's Christmas, commonly known as the " Jade Emperor Festival." It was rumored that all the immortals in heaven and earth would celebrate this day. The Jade Emperor would return to the Heavenly Palace on the afternoon of his birthday. At that time, Taoist temples held grand celebrations.
The Jade Emperor's origin: 4 legends
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According to the records in the first volume of the "General Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties": To Haotian, there is a country called Guangyan Miaole Country. The king of this country is called Jingde Shi Wang, and his wife is the descendant of Baoyue Guang Wang. She only treats the people with kindness and conceit. She never slackens when she travels the Five Ridges, so that the people are safe and the natural resources are abundant. It's not enough to be old and have no children. As soon as Erzhen entered his territory, he knew that he was sincere and devoted to Taoism. The valiant Huang Lao (namely Zhong Huangzi, one of the five elders at the beginning of heaven and earth) said: This is the cause. Yuan Shi said: If the pure and true qi is cast into the body of the holy virtue and benevolence, and the child is pregnant, the son of the gods will be born, and it will be determined to be the sage of the three talents. What does the emperor really think? Elder Huang nodded and blew on the jade ruyi, which was a spiritual treasure from beyond the heavens, and turned into a baby. At this time, the king of Jingde suddenly saw auspicious light shining on the palace in his bedroom, making it look like a hundred treasures. There were many guards of honor, guarding a nine-dragon chariot, floating in the air, sitting in the middle of the two-winged people are casting magic images, the head of the high true holding a child with a face garden ears big, clear eyebrows, beautiful eyes, all over the body covered with light. The king and queen were overjoyed and bowed respectfully. Erzhen said: I am stupid and have no children. I hope you can let me have this child as your son. Huang Lao said: This child's root is extraordinary, will prove the highest grade, you raise him well. The king came forward to worship and receive him. Erzhen took out the treasure chair and handed it to him. The king came to receive it with both hands. It was as heavy as a mountain. He struggled and sweated all over. Suddenly he realized that it was a dream. He called the queen to tell him. What he saw was the same. From then on, the king's spirit grew, and three years later, the queen gave birth to a wise prince. Since childhood, he left the country to cultivate Taoism. After 3,200 kalpas, he became a Golden Immortal and was called: when pure and quiet, I naturally feel that I am king. After another 100,000 kalpas, he finally proved that he was the Jade Emperor and the God of Heaven.
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The Jade Emperor was the supreme leader of the Heavenly Court, equivalent to the emperor on earth, but his status was lower than the Three Pure Ones. Later, he was on equal footing with the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Confucians called him Haotian God. In the ancient mythological novel," Four Travels," it was recorded that the Jade Emperor had three souls. One of the souls was reincarnated as an ordinary mortal. After several generations of cultivation, he achieved the true fruit and became the Great Emperor Zhenwu of the North.
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According to the Ming Dynasty's block-printed version of the "Search for Gods" records: "According to the records of the Holy Chronicles, there was a country whose name was Guangyan Wonder Medicine, and its king was named Jingde. At that time, the king had a queen named Baoyue Guang. The king had no heir, so he often thought about it every day. I am now old and have no prince. If I die, who will I entrust the nine temples of the country to? After thinking about this matter, he immediately issued an edict to all the Taoist priests, hung various covers in various palaces according to the teachings of various schools, and displayed them in a clean and solemn manner. He offered sacrifices to the six seasons and prayed to the true saints. It has been half a year, and he has not given up his original intention. Suddenly one night, Empress Baoyue dreamed of Taishang Daojun, who was pure and pure with all kinds of true gold and jade. He drove a five-color dragon carriage, holding a big Jingjing flag and giving shade to the emperor, illuminating the colorful clouds. Taishang Daojun sat in a dragon carriage, holding a baby in his arms. The pores on his body emitted ten billion rays of light. The palaces were painted with the color of hundreds of treasures. He hung the road before the festival and floated in the air. At this time, the queen was very happy. She respectfully received the gift and knelt down in front of the road and said: You said that the king had no heir. I hope you can ask this son to kneel down for the country. I hope you will be merciful and listen to me. At that time, Dao Jun replied to the queen: I would like to give you a special gift. The queen thanked him politely. Dao Jun came after him and took him back. After the queen recovered, she woke up from her dream and became pregnant for a year. She was born in the palace at noon on the ninth day of the first month of the year of Bingwu. When he was born, his body was bright and beautiful, and his appearance was beautiful and beautiful. All the people who saw him praised him.
When the prince grew up, he was intelligent, intelligent and benevolent. He gave all the treasures in his country to the poor, widowers, widows, lonely people, starving and disabled people. Benevolence and humility ballad, there is a way of enlightenment and far-reaching, the world depends on the prince to return to benevolence. His father rewarded him.
Later, the king suddenly reported his death. Prince governance, looking down on life, told the minister to succeed to the throne, there is a way to give up his country in Pumingxiu Rock Mountain, practice Taoism success, after this tribulation, has experienced 800 times, often give up his country as a group of people; So I gave up my love and raised my way. After eight hundred kalpas, he practiced medicine to cure diseases and quickly saved all living beings to make them happy. After the end of this tribulation, he went through another 800 calamities, widely promoted the convenience, opened the Taoist scriptures, gave lectures on spiritual chapters, restored the right enlightenment, spread the divine power, helped the country save people, and made mistakes from the underworld to the public.
After this, he experienced another 800 kalpas, died and endured humiliation. Therefore, he gave up his own flesh and blood, so that he could practice 3,200 kalpas, and then he could become a Golden Immortal. He was called the Pure and Natural Awakening King Tathagata.”
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According to the mythical novel Journey to the West of the Ming Dynasty, the Jade Emperor was born in the Triassi Period of the Middle Ages (about 226.8 million years ago)."When the Ancestral Buddha heard this, he chuckled coldly and said,""That fellow of yours is a monkey that turned into a spirit. How dare he deceive his heart and want to snatch the position of the Jade Emperor God? He had cultivated since he was young and had gone through 1750 calamities. Each tribulation lasts 129,600 years. How many years would it take for him to enjoy this Boundless Great Dao? How could you, a beast who had just become a human, say such big words! Not a son, not a son! I'll ruin your life! Converting as soon as possible, don't talk nonsense! But I'm afraid that you'll be killed in an instant. It's a pity that you're the same!'”(The Triassic period was the first period of the Middle Ages. It began 250 million to 203 million years ago and lasted for about 50 million years.）
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According to the Legend of the Gods compiled by Ouyang Fei, the Jade Emperor used to be a stockade master named Zhang Youren, also known as Zhang Bairen. It was said that since Pangu created the world, everything was peaceful. Later, the gods began to fight, and the human world was unrestrained, causing chaos in the three worlds. Therefore, Taibai Jinxing descended to the world to find a talented and virtuous person to be the emperor of the three worlds. Taibai Jinxing turned into a beggar and searched everywhere. Later, he came to Zhangjiawan and found that Zhang Youyou, known as Zhang Bairen, was very harmonious in the village. He was kind and compassionate, so he brought him back to the Heavenly Court and became the Jade Emperor. Later on, the immortals of the Three Realms requested to jointly worship Zhang Bairen as the " Lifetime Heavenly Emperor " and called him the " Jade Emperor ". Since the Jade Emperor was the general emperor of the Three Realms, he was also called the " Jade Emperor Great Emperor " or " Jade Emperor God ".
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The birthday of the Jade Emperor was on the ninth day of the first lunar month. Taoist temples held a ceremony called the Jade Emperor Festival. Taoist priests and Taoist believers who participated in the ceremony had to pay their respects to the Jade Emperor and perform the ritual of fasting to pray for longevity. The people of Fujian and Taiwan called the Jade Emperor "Heaven Duke." On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the whole family would fast, bathe, offer incense, worship, and recite scriptures. In some places, they would even sing opera to entertain the gods. In the past, there was a custom of holding a Jade Emperor Festival in the north of China and carrying the Jade Emperor statue to patrol the streets of the village. It was said that the 25th of December was the day when the Jade Emperor visited the world. In the past, Taoist temples and the people would burn incense and recite scriptures to welcome the Jade Emperor.”
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