Nezha followed Jiang Ziya to help Zhou cut Zhou in Shang Dynasty. Why did his father Li Jing only appear in the Tang Dynasty?
Let's talk about Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty. He is a real historical figure with historical data to check. Li Jing was an official in the Sui Dynasty and later worked for the Tang Dynasty. He died in 649 AD at the age of 79. Many people like to associate the characters in the novel with reality, such as Ximen Qing in Water Margin, and some people want to find his prototype in reality. Another example is Guo Hua in The Journey to the West, and we should look for its origin in reality. This approach is completely wrong. It's ok to write life as a poem, but it's difficult to restore poetry to life!
Nezha's story comes from the Romance of the Gods, which was written in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, many modern people will study Nezha's identity and think that Nezha may be a Buddhist figure at the earliest, and then Taoism quoted the past, and then scholars in the Central Plains began to write a lot about Nezha. However, no matter where Nezha originally came from, he was also a fictional character. Where did this fictional character come from?
Most importantly, when talking about novels, don't talk about history, and don't talk about novels when talking about history. In the mythical romance, Li Jing and Nezha obviously came from Shang Dynasty, and Nezha was born at that time. He was accepted as a disciple by Taiyi, later by Jiang Ziya, and then deified. By the time they arrived on the journey to the west, they were already the gods of heaven. This is correct.
So novels and history can't be confused. Nezha is a virtual character, so is his so-called father Excavate. But Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty was real, and there was no connection between them.