What are the three heavenly emperors in ancient mythology? Who did the Jade Emperor defeat to become the current Emperor of Heaven?

As mentioned in The Journey to the West, Tiandi is the Jade Emperor, a great and kind man, who reveres the Xuan the king of world God, also known as the Jade Emperor.

The original work mentioned from the mouth of the Tathagata that the Jade Emperor cultivated deeply, experienced 1,750 robberies, and practiced for more than 200 million years before enjoying his present high position.

When we study the language of Tathagata, we can find that at the beginning of chaos, the Jade Emperor was not always the Emperor of Heaven. It was only after he cultivated to a certain extent that he became the Emperor of Heaven because of various opportunities.

So, before the Jade Emperor, who was the Emperor of Heaven?

In the Romance of the Gods, the Emperor of Heaven is called? God of heaven? What is the name of heaven and earth in Journey to the West? Jade emperor? . Are these two the same person?

Simply put, it is a person. The so-called paradise of science is actually a high sky. If we look at the origin of China myth, we can find that the paradise of science is the paradise of science, and the Jade Emperor is the Jade Emperor.

Immortals and Buddhas in China are sacred and sealed by earthly emperors. Therefore, to understand the evolution of mythical characters, it is necessary to combine reality.

In the pre-Qin period, people basically worshipped natural gods. For example, the emperor of heaven, that is heaven, not a specific person. Because people fear the sky, the sun and the moon, they sacrifice to the God of Heaven, the Sun God and the Moon God.

Heaven and God, that is the embodiment of nature. He doesn't belong to Taoist immortals, let alone Buddhist buddhas and bodhisattvas.

After the Han Dynasty, Taoism flourished and Buddhism flourished in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Traditional mythological figures in China, such as Huangdi, Pangu and Nu Wa, were gradually replaced by Taoist immortals.

Corresponding to the fairy world, Haotian God was replaced by Wei Zi, the emperor of China in the Arctic.

In other words, Tiandi is the first generation of Tiandi in China mythology. Wei Zi, the Arctic Emperor, is the second generation Emperor of Heaven. Why is the Arctic Han Emperor the second emperor in China mythology?

The worship of the Arctic emperor Wei Zi originated from the worship of the stars by the ancients.

Of all the stars in the sky, Polaris is the most expensive. Polaris, also known as Ziweixing, has been officially regarded as the incarnation of the Emperor of Heaven from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

"Were Han Shu" cloud:? There is a purple palace in the sky, where God lives. ? It can be seen that people in Han Dynasty thought Zixing was the Emperor of Heaven.

The Book of Jin says:? The five stars of the North Pole and the six stars of Chen are in the palace. Who is the most respected queen of the North Pole or the North Queen? For the great throne? The permanent residence of the son of heaven. ? In the Jin Dynasty, Polaris was regarded as the most distinguished star in the Big Dipper, representing the Emperor of Heaven. Emperors on the earth are often called purple stars descending to earth, or emperors of heaven.

Then why did the ancients think Zixing was the noblest? Just because from the astrological point of view, Polaris is one of the stars in the sky.

Confucius, a great scholar in the Tang Dynasty, said: Beidou encircles the North Pole. You are the son of heaven in Wei Zhou, and you are the governor of state animal husbandry, and you are the son of heaven in 28 nights. ?

The stars in the sky are like the nine emperors who guarded the emperors on the earth, surrounded by purple stars.

Therefore, from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Arctic Han emperors had great power. He not only ruled the heaven and the stars, but also ruled the gods of mountains and rivers on the earth. His incarnation became Fengdu Emperor, which is simply the three realms of heaven, earth and hell.

The Journey to the West wrote in the Tang Dynasty, but it was a reflection of the immortal concept in the Ming Dynasty.

The worship of the Jade Emperor mainly began in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, he completely replaced the Arctic emperor Wei Zi and became the Emperor of Heaven in all kinds of fairy tales.

However, in The Journey to the West, there are still some traces that the Han Emperor of the Arctic once served as the Emperor of Heaven. For example, the Jade Emperor sent You Yi Ling Guan and Yi Sheng Zhen Jun to Lingshan to summon Tathagata. After the Tathagata succeeded in subduing the demon, the Jade Emperor sent a canopy, and God bless Tathagata. This canopy, God Bless, Bless Life (Bless a Lingguan, Zhenwu Emperor) and Yisheng Zhenjun (Zhong Kui) are actually the four Arctic saints in heaven.

The so-called Four Saints of the Arctic are the four God of War under the seat of the Arctic Emperor Wei Zi. By sweeping away demons, the Arctic emperor of China was able to rule the lower realms. Then why did the Four Saints of the Arctic become the right-hand man of the Jade Emperor?

There is only one reason. Wei Zi, the Arctic emperor, lost the battle with the Jade Emperor for the Emperor of Heaven, so he became a deputy.

His four God of War, the Four Saints of the Arctic, were also collected by the Jade Emperor. Without the four gods of God of War and the four saints of the Arctic, the Arctic emperor Wei Zi lost his strength and could not confront the Jade Emperor.