The mortal emperor Wei Zi Da Di
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 the "God of Heaven", while the Emperor of China in Journey to the West is called the "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.