What are the official positions of the underworld?

List of underworld official positions in folklore

Fengdu Emperor: The supreme ruler of the underworld, in charge of everything in the underworld and all ghosts in the world.

Emperor Dongyue: sealed by heaven, stationed in the underworld and in charge of life and death on earth.

Earth treasure bodhisattva: sent to the underworld by the western pure land Buddha to transform ghosts and spread Buddhist thoughts.

Five-party ghost emperor: governing the five-party ghost emperor, and the eastern ghost emperor (Cai He) governing the mountain and the gate of hell; Western ghost emperors (Zhao Wenhe and Wang Zhenren) ruled "Gezhong Mountain"; Northern Ming emperors (Zhang Heng and Yang Yun) ruled "Luoshan"; The Southern Ghost Emperor (Du Ziren) ruled "Luofu Mountain"; The Central Ghost Emperor (qi zhou and Ji Kang) ruled "Baodu Mountain".

Yamaraja in Ten Temples: The collective name of the Ten Temples in Yamaraja, which specializes in the premature death of human beings, governing the nether world, good and evil, and managing eighteen levels of hell respectively. Qin is in the first hall, Chu is in the second hall, Song Emperor is in the third hall, Wang Guan is in the fourth hall, Yan Luowang is in the fifth hall, Bian Cheng is in the sixth hall, Taishan is in the seventh hall, Du Shiwang is in the eighth hall, Equal King is in the ninth hall, and Wheel King is in the tenth hall.

"Six Cases of Gong Cao": Gong Cao is the secretariat of Yan Dian, reporting Yin Si's official documents and conveying imperial edicts. The six divisions of Gong Cao are Cao Tian, Cao Di, Cao Ming, Shen Cao, Cao Man and Ghost Cao.

Judge the case: the supervisor investigates the case and manages people's life and death. Yin control method, reward good and punish evil. The four major lawsuits are: the Department of Appreciating Good (Wei Zhi), the Department of Punishing Evil (Zhong Kui), the Department of Investigating Cases (Land) and the Department of Yin Law (Cui Jue).

Cao Yinsi: Cao Yinsi is in charge of the city god, which is a local official in charge of all parts of the underworld. There are twelve branches, which have the responsibility of supervising the yin and yang circles.

Reincarnation Division: The Ministry of Hell specializes in reincarnation of ghosts and gods, with Etta (Meng Po) as the main post, providing Meng Po Hall to erase ghosts and gods' memories and send ghosts into reincarnation.

Ten Yin Shuai: Ghosts in the underworld, responsible for the inspection of Yin and Yang and the soul detention between the undead. Yin ghost envoys include the ghost king (ghost pawn leader), the daily patrol envoy and the night patrol envoy; There are Bai impermanence (Xie Bi 'an), Black impermanence (Fan hopeless), Niutou (Bongo) and Ma Mian (Luo Cha). Leopard tail (the soul of catching animals), bird mouth (the soul of catching birds), fish gill (the soul of fishing), wasp (the soul of catching reptiles).