Who are the traditional Chinese gods of wealth?

1, Wang Hai

In the traditional Chinese mythology, canonical records of the God of Wealth **** there are nine , they are honored by the later generations as the "God of Wealth of the Nine Roads". The order of these "nine gods of wealth" is in accordance with the order of the direction to arrange, and Wang Hai is in the middle of the "Bin God of Wealth".

The key to becoming rich is to engage in commerce and barter. The source of all commerce and merchants today is the Shang Dynasty, the second dynasty of slavery in the history of China. Commerce, merchants, business and all other things with "business" are inseparable from the Shang dynasty, and the ancestor of the Shang dynasty is born in Shangqiu, "the founder of the Chinese business" - Wang Hai.

With this position, Wang Hai in the center of the Nine Roads can be said to be well deserved.

2, Bi Gan

Bi Gan is the king of the Shang Dynasty, for the direct descendants of Wang Hai, for the Shang Dynasty, and finally was killed by Emperor Xin, the grudge through the heavens, in order to calm the grievances of Bi Gan, the later Taoism will be retrospectively sealed as the star of the Wenqu star, and at the same time, also one of the three stars of the blessing of luck and longevity of the earth - - Luk Xing, master of the earth, the three stars. At the same time, he was also one of the three stars in charge of the earth's fortune and fortune and longevity - the Star of Luk, in charge of the rise and fall of the earth's financial power. Therefore, Bi Gan is also known as the "God of Wealth".

In the "Nine Gods of Wealth", Bi Gan was ranked as the "East God of Wealth" in terms of seniority.

3, Guan Yu

Since there is a God of Wealth, there must be a God of Wealth and its match, the God of Wealth is the "martial arts" Guan Yu.

Guan Yu is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, along with his brother Liu Bei together to fight the world, and later fell into the enemy camp, but also unswerving loyalty, loyalty and righteousness by the later generations of countless people revered, so the Taoist Church to honor the Guan Yu for the "God of Wealth". The god of wealth is the god who protects the wealth of merchants and traders.

In the "Nine Gods of Wealth", Guan Yu was ranked as the "God of Wealth in the West" because of his "martial arts".

4, Zhao Gongming

Zhao Gongming is undoubtedly one of the most famous of all the gods of wealth, but also one of the most worshipped gods.

In the Chinese mythological system, there are generally two sources of authentication for deities, one is from folk customary worship, and these deities are known as the Heavenly Officials and Celestial Immortals.

The second is Taoism's honoring of the deity, which is known as Tian Guan Shang Shen (天官上神). Zhao Gongming started out as a folk deity, but later became more and more popular, and was later re-installed by the Taoists as the God of Wealth, who is in charge of all the wealth on earth. In the north, most of the gods of wealth posted on the New Year's Eve are Zhao Gongming, the main "god of wealth".

In the "Nine Gods of Wealth", Zhao Gongming is ranked in the north because of the many folk beliefs, i.e. the "North God of Wealth".

5, Chai Rong

Chai Rong is the most honorable of all the Gods of Wealth, and he is the most wise emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period - Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Chai Rong's family fell into disgrace when he was a child, and he was forced to go to his aunt, who took him in as her adopted son. At the time, his aunt Guo Wei's family was not wealthy, so Chai Rong started doing business as a teenager to supplement his family's income, with documented work as a kiln maker, house builder, and firewood seller.

Later, Guo Wei became emperor and made Chai Rong his successor as king. During his tenure as King of Jin, Chai Rong started a business to build official kilns and kilns for the people, which is why he was honored with the title of "Master Chai" in later times.

6, Duanmu Zhi

Duanmu Zhi, the word Zigong, a disciple of Confucius, is one of the famous "ten philosophers of Confucius".

Duanmu Chi's behavior is reflected in the Analects. He was decisive and skillful in his work, clever and straightforward, and was the main person in charge of negotiation among Confucius' disciples.

And Duanmu Zhi knew a lot about business and was very honest in business, so he accumulated a large amount of wealth in a very short time and became the richest among Confucius' disciples. Most of the expenses for Confucius' trips were also said to have been borne by Zigong.

Since Zigong's unique ability to do business, he was honored as the founder of the Confucian business community in China, and later enshrined as the God of Wealth, with a place in the southwest, the "God of Wealth of the Southwest Road".

7, Liu Haixian

Liu Haixian is the ancestor of the mainstream sect of Taoism - Quanzhen Taoism, one of the Northern Five Ancestors of Taoism. He was the prime minister of Jieyan during the Five Dynasties, but he could not bear the brutality of Liu Shouguang and resigned from his post. He met Han Zhongli and Lu Dongbin, who were among the Eight Immortals, and was transformed into a reclusive Taoist monk, who eventually ranked among the immortals.

Liu Haichan, after his monastic life, often toured the earth and gave money and food to the poor, so he was worshipped as the God of Wealth in the folklore, and was the God of Heavenly Officials, with his position in the northwest, i.e., the God of Wealth in the Northwest.

8, Li Gui Zu

Li Gui Zu and the above God of Wealth is a little different, he became the God of Wealth because of the unique method of governance.

Li Guizu was an official of the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was in charge of a county. During his reign, he rested with the people, was honest and clean, and turned the place where he lived into an affluent place with a piece of dilapidated land, where he received his salary to help the poor people.

The local people were favored by him, and voluntarily guarded his tomb and sacrificed to him, and after a long time, they gathered around his grave to become a large-scale village. The people in the neighborhood honored Li Weizou as the God of Wealth, the guardian of peace and prosperity in the area.

Li Weizou was originally a folk god, a heavenly official, and then his deeds were widely spread, so Taoism later honored him as the "Star King of Wealth and Prayer," located in the northeast, that is, "Northeast Road God of Wealth.

9, Fan Li

Fan Li was a famous prime minister of the state of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a famous prime minister of the state of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, Fan Li knew the principle of "a cunning rabbit dies, a walking dog cooks", so he took Xi Shi and hid himself in the world.

According to the legend, Fan Li changed his name to Yi Zi Pi and engaged in business, and became the richest man in the region, but he felt that too much money was not a good thing, so he dispersed all his wealth. He changed his name and became the richest man in the area again, so he had to call himself "Tao Zhu Gong" and become a simple and unadorned rich man.

The later generation honored Fan Li as "Sage of Commerce" because of his peculiar business skills, and then the people honored him as the God of Wealth, and he was honored as the God of Wealth by Taoism because of too many offerings, and he lived in the southeast as the "God of Wealth in Southeast Road". The God of Wealth is located in the southeast, which is the "God of Wealth on the Southeast Road".