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It has been mentioned many times in famous works such as history and sociology that human beings all have worship psychology at the beginning and have their own immortals, which have been there until now. But the earliest god worshipped by human beings is the natural god, which basically has no personality. Later, with the development of human society, the image of God became more and more perfect and concrete.

Some vague, general and general gods have become rich, specific and detailed gods. For example, the gods that humans worship at first are basically sun gods or Vulcan gods, because this is the most direct perception of nature. At that time, human beings needed fire, light, warmth, food and so on. In that harsh natural environment, the level of productivity is too low, and the most urgent thing is: fire. So this is the first stage, worshipping vague natural gods and lacking individuality.

With the gradual mention of productive forces and the continuous progress of the earliest human society, this initially worshipped god has been further concretized, visualized and enriched. At this time, it has entered the second stage: offering sacrifices to God with personality image.

This is a common phenomenon in all major civilizations or nations. In this second stage, the immortal system in China civilization has been further improved. At this stage, the gods appeared in the worship of ancient China. At this time, the god in heaven is still an all-powerful god. At this stage, there have been many heavenly emperors in ancient books, or the highest gods similar to the heavenly emperors, such as the emperor, such as the gods, such as Yan Di, such as the Yellow Emperor, such as Fuxi. Due to the huge geographical area of China, there are also many supreme gods (Heavenly Emperor) worshipped by tribal groups.

The newly created supreme god will also appear in literary works. In all schools or sects, in order to promote a certain point of view, some newly created supreme gods (heavenly emperors) or immortal systems will also be created. At this stage, the Supreme God (Emperor of Heaven) basically has half of his personality, and has taught everyone a lot of things and skills, and made great contributions to mankind, such as teaching people to fish and hunt, picking mulberry and raising silkworms, and educating them with rites and music. At this stage, the emperor of heaven basically only made contributions and contributions to mankind.

Mr. He Xin's textual research shows that Fuxi and Huangdi are actually one god, and they are the heavenly emperors worshipped by different tribes, because their contributions to mankind are basically the same (refer to Mr. He Xin's masterpiece The Origin of the Gods). In the third stage, at this time, human society is basically perfect, civilization is mature, and the system of immortals worshipped is completely perfect. At this time, God is more specific and has more personality.

For example, in addition to the original vague sun god, agricultural god and land god, the God of Wealth appeared, and its assistants were all very clear (Zhao Baotian Zun, Nadian Zhenzun, Lucky Messenger and Lishi Xian Guan), as well as the three-star God Fu Lushou who sent his children, and the Lord in heaven was attended by fairies. Among the thunder gods, rain, snow, thunder and lightning are also refined into a god in charge (Raytheon, Feng Po,). Heaven is also divided into three provinces and six departments, with a detailed list of civil and military officials. There are some immortals in the sky, such as secular desires, and some come down to earth in private. The servants of the Flat Peach Garden and the Imperial Horse Supervisor are also very detailed. This shows that in the third stage, human beings have completely transformed and improved the immortal system according to their own characteristics. At this time, the supreme God is no longer a vague God, but a man with a reputation and a smile.