The complete hierarchy of Chinese immortals

Huang Renda's list of fasting gods compiled by Jin Yunzhong's Shangqing Lingbao Dafa in the Southern Song Dynasty was changed accordingly. The list of 360 immortals listed in 39 volumes can be divided into the following eleven grades according to their nature and quality:

Yusanqing 1.

2. The Great Immortal Emperor in Antarctica, the Heavenly Buddha in the East, the Woodworking Island King, the Golden Mother Yuan Jun, and the Thirty-two Heavenly Emperors.

3. Ten Taiyi, Sun, Moon, Five Stars, Beidou, Twenty-eight Nights.

4. Five emperors, three officials and four saints.

5. Famous wizards are handed down from generation to generation.

6. Devil, God King, Fairy Officer.

7. The Five Mountains and the Gods of Du Feng.

8. Fusang the Great and the Shuifu Gods.

9, Shu Tian courtyard, exorcism courtyard Fu Lei dominated and the gods.

10, all kinds of gongcao, emissary, golden boy, jade girl, incense officer, official costume, etc.

1 1, the town god, the land and its gods.

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The Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties are the initial period of Taoist immortal pedigree.

His early classic Taiping Jing not only identified immortals and real people as objects of worship, but also listed Confucian saints and sages in the immortal genealogy, and divided them into six grades: "One is God, the other is real people, the third is immortal, the fourth is Tao, the fifth is saint and the sixth is sage." It is said that "this is all conducive to the rule of heaven." God is God, real people are landlords, immortals are wind and rain masters, Taoist priests and bishops are good or bad, saints care for the people, sages assist saints, and manage the people to help Liuhe. "At this time, the immortal pedigree is relatively rough, showing the original state of the initial stage.

During this period, the main school of Taoism, Wudou Midao, called Laozi an old gentleman and established the three officials of heaven, earth and water. Besides, it didn't build other gods. This is related to the fact that Midao did not attach importance to idol worship at that time. For example, Zhang Lu (or Yun)' s Notes on Lao Zi Si Er emphasized Lao Zi's view that Tao is "nameless" and "elephant-less" and opposed to giving Tao a name or a shape. So few gods were created in this period.