The origin of the Jade Emperor
The Jade Emperor is referred to as the Jade Emperor for short, also known as the Supreme Jade Emperor in Haotian Jinque and the Jade Emperor in Xuanthe king of world. In the Song Dynasty, both Zhenzong and Huizong had holy names. Song Zhenzong's holy name is Tai Shang Kai Tian's imperial calendar, which contains the true body, the Jade Emperor and the Great Heaven Emperor. Song Huizong's holy name is Tai Shang Kai Tian's imperial calendar, which contains the true body, Tao Hao Tian Yu Huang God. In the Taoist scriptures, it is called "Heaven of Heaven and Golden Que of Heaven", which is the supreme nature. Mira Zhi Zunyu, the Emperor and God, is wonderful. According to the Collection of the Jade Emperor in Gaoshang, the Jade Emperor is the son of King Guang Yan Jingle and Queen Bao Yueguang in the heaven. When I was born, I was full of treasures and filled the kingdom. Minhui, a young man, is long and kind-hearted. He treasures all the treasures in the country and gives them to all sentient beings who are poor, needy, widowed, lonely, helpless, hungry and disabled. After the death of King Jingle, the prince ruled the government well, told his ministers that he cared for all beings, so he gave up his country and went to the rock mountain in Pumingxiang to practice Buddhism. After 3,2 robberies, he proved that Jinxianchu was a natural emperor, and after 1 million robberies, he proved the jade emperor.
the emperor of gods: the jade emperor is the emperor of the heavens, the king of immortals, the Lord of holy deities, and the supreme god of the three worlds of gods and the three caves of immortals. The jade emperor has the power to command the nine-day class and recruit the gods of the four seas and five mountains. All the gods are in attendance, just like emperors and ministers in the world. Bai Juyi said in a poem, "I admire my family in peace, and I wait on them like a public official." Pay tribute to the jade emperor, and be sincere before kowtowing
Always uphold the heaven: the jade emperor is the embodiment of Sanqing. Sanqing and the Jade Emperor are like nothingness first and then wonderful, infinity first and then Tai Chi, inaction first and then promising. Therefore, the Jade Emperor is the master of three talents, and holds the balance of heaven and earth. The Jade Emperor sent the Ziwei Arctic Emperor to take charge of the latitude and longitude of heaven and earth, and sent the Gouchen Shanggong Emperor to take charge of the three talents of heaven and earth, and the soldiers changed between the masters. After the dispatch, the Earth Emperor only took charge of the fertility of yin and yang and the mountains and rivers of the earth. Everything in heaven and earth, Yin and Yang are all in the hands of the Jade Emperor.
Legend of the origin of the Jade Emperor
1. According to Volume I of "A Mirror of the Immortals of Past Dynasties", there is a country named Guangyan Miaole in Haotianjie. Its king's name is Jingde Shiwang, and his wife Bao Moonlight Queen. However, with kindness and seclusion, he has been diligent in practicing the Five Ridges, which has made the people's safety and wealth miserable. But it is not enough to be old and childless. As soon as the truth enters its territory, it is known that it is sincere and sincere. Brave Huang Lao (that is, Zhong Huangzi, one of the five old men when he first opened heaven and earth) said: karma is there. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, it was said: What do you really think if you throw yourself into a virtuous and kind body with pure emptiness and truth, and you will have a son of a god when you are conceived, and you will be designated as the saint of three talents? Huang Lao nodded, and immediately blew on Jasper Eta Ursae Majoris's wish. This is a treasure from heaven, and she became a baby. At this time, the king of Jingde suddenly saw the auspicious light shining in the palace in his bedroom, making it a treasure color. There are a lot of ceremonial guards, who protect a Kowloon chariot and come floating in the air. People who sit in the middle and have two wings all cast magic statues. On the top, they really hold a child with big ears, fine eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and they are covered in fine light. The king and queen were so happy that they respectfully received the gift and knelt down before the road. Erzhen said: I am a fool and have no heirs. I am willing to beg this child as my son, but I am sad and willing to listen to Xu. Huang Lao said: This child's roots are extraordinary, which will prove that it is a product of infinite heights. You are good at cultivating it. The king came forward to worship the collar, and the second one was really lifted out of the treasure chair and handed it to him. The king took it with his hands, which was as heavy as a mountain and made him sweat. Suddenly, he felt that it was a dream, and he urgently called the queen to speak and saw the same thing. At this point, the king's spirit doubled, and three years later the queen gave birth to a wise prince. Since childhood, I have left my country to practice Buddhism. After 3,2 robberies, I finally got the certificate of Jin Xian, nicknamed: Pure and natural, I feel like the King Buddha. After another hundred thousand robberies, it was proved that the jade emperor always held the god of heaven.
Second, the Jade Emperor is the supreme leader of heaven, equivalent to the emperor on the ground, but his position is lower than Sanqing. Later, it was on an equal footing with the four emperors (Gouchen Shanggong Emperor, Zhongtian Ziwei Arctic Emperor, Antarctic Immortal Emperor, Chengtian Imitating the Emperors), while Confucianism was called Haotian God. In the ancient mythical novel The Legend of Eight Immortals, it is described that the Jade Emperor has three souls, one of which was reincarnated as an ordinary mortal, and how he achieved a positive result after several generations of cultivation, which is only a fictional story in folk novels.
Third, according to the Ming edition of Searching for the Gods: "According to the cloud recorded in the sacred records, in the past, the name of the country was light and strict, and the name of its king was Jing De. When the king has a queen, the moonlight is famous. Wang is childless and often thinks about it every day; I will be old today without a prince, and if my body collapses, who will I entrust to the nine temples of the country? I have been thinking about myself. Even if I ordered all the people to hang on the covers in various palaces according to various science and education, I will be clean and clean, and I will support the road at six o'clock, and I will pray for the truth. It has been half a year and I will not retreat. Suddenly, one night, the Queen Baoyue Moonlight dreamed of being a Taoist monarch, and she was pure with all the true jade, driving a five-color dragon and jade, with a large scene and a bright rosy glow. On the way to Tai Shang, you sit on the dragon's jade, holding a baby, shining tens of billions of light all over your pores, and the palaces are painted in colorful colors, and they come floating in the air before the building. At that time, the queen was filled with joy and respectfully accepted the gift. She knelt down and said, "You said that the king is childless today, and I would like to beg this son to be the master of the country, and I would like to be kind and sad." You said to the queen, "I wish you a special gift." The queen thanked her. After the Taoist monarch, he took it. After the queen received it, she fell asleep from her dream and was pregnant for one year. She was born in the palace at noon on the 9th day of the first month of the third month. When I was born, I was beautiful and full of kingdom, and my color was wonderful, which was appreciated by all the viewers.
The prince grew up with Minhui's wisdom and charity, and all the treasures in his country were given away, and he was extremely poor and lonely, helpless and starved, crippling all sentient beings. The songs of benevolence and poverty are well-known and far-reaching, and the world worships Prince Guiren. Father and the king praised him greatly.
later, Wang suddenly died. The prince ruled the government, looked down on the floating life, and told the minister to succeed. There was a way to abandon his country in the rock mountain of Pumingxiu, and he succeeded in cultivating a monastery. He had been robbed for 8 years and often abandoned his country as a group. Therefore, give up what one favours. Here, after 8 robberies, medicine was used to treat diseases, so as to save all beings and make them happy. This robbery has been exhausted, and it has been through 8 robberies. It is convenient to travel widely, and it is convenient to open the spiritual chapters of the Taoist scriptures, restore the righteousness, apply the magical power, help the country save people, and be quiet and remarkable.
After this, I will go through 8 robberies, and I will be humiliated if I die. Therefore, I have given up my flesh and blood. If I practice 3,2 robberies, I will only levy Jin Xian, and I will naturally feel the King Tathagata when I am clean. "
Legend 2
It is said that after Pangu created the world, there was peace between heaven and earth. However, the good times didn't last long. Because of the fierce competition among immortals, heaven and earth became a mess. Taibai Venus decided to find a person with both talent and morality to reverse this situation through effective management. So, he disguised himself as a beggar, looked around, and later arrived in Zhangjiawan, and finally found Zhang You. Zhangjiawan is a big cottage with tens of thousands of people, and Zhang You is the owner of this cottage. It's not easy for a man to manage a small family well. Zhang You can manage such a big stockade that everyone is humble and courteous, and the neighbors are harmonious and help each other. Asked what his brilliant idea was, Zhang You smiled and said that it was nothing more than a word "forbearance". He who "endures" is patient. Because Zhang Youren is compassionate and patient, he is called "Zhang Bairen", so he can be tolerant and broad-minded, which shows Zhang Youren's mind. Taibai Venus thinks that Zhang You is an ideal management talent, and invites him to heaven. Later, after testing, immortals from all walks of life unanimously agreed that Zhang You would manage heaven and become the Jade Emperor.
Legend No.3
After the war ended, Jiang Ziya stood on the high altar of deities, holding a gobbledygook in his hand, and began to seal eight righteous gods: Bai Jian was named as the leader of the Three Realms with 365 righteous gods, Yang Jian was named as Erlang God, Li Jing was named as King Li Tian of Tota, and Nezha was named as the third prince-but it was sealed.
Seeing that all the immortals have returned to their seats one by one, only the throne of the Jade Emperor is still vacant. Amid the expectations and cheers of immortals and ordinary people, Jiang Ziya only paused for a moment and said, "This one is naturally occupied." I really don't know whether it was Ziya's improvisation or his random prevarication or God's will. As soon as the words sound just fell, a ragged man suddenly rose to heaven and sat on the throne of the Jade Emperor. It turned out that this man's name was Zhang Ming, and the gobbledygook had granted Jiang Ziya full authority to seal the Jade Emperor. (Insight 1: We must be cautious in using rights. All justice is relative, and there is no absolute justice.
I don't know if you've noticed. In China, Zhang is definitely a big surname with a large number of people, but why hasn't anyone named Zhang been an emperor since ancient times?
Since all the jade emperors in the sky have surnamed Zhang, the emperors in the world should be left to people with other surnames!
Some people say, why did Jiang Ziya forget himself when he sealed the gods? One way of saying this is: the gods sealed by Jiang Ziya are all people or immortals who died in the war, that is, ghosts, while Jiang Ziya is not dead, so naturally he cannot be sealed; Another way of saying it is: Jiang Ziya's master Yuan Shi Tian Zun ordered him to go down the mountain to enjoy the splendor of the world, so he can't be a fairy (perception 2: fairness is the same law between the world and the celestial world).
This is also the most authoritative, earliest written record, and the first originator of the mountain that will not be announced until the last moment (perception 3: the content, time and form of publicity are very important).
The Jade Emperor in the sky has such a deep relationship with the "Three Publics", so it is not hard to imagine why the "Three Publics" in ancient China were in charge of state affairs, but now they dominate the society.
Legend 4
It is said that in those days, there was chaos in the Three Realms, and all sentient beings were in hot water! In order to solve this situation, Tai Bai Jin Xing, Tai Shang Lao Jun and other immortals decided to go to the world to find a talented person to lead these three realms! So Taibai Venus sent a barefoot fairy to visit the world. The barefoot fairy disguised herself as a beggar and found out about a good man named Zhang Youshan. This Zhang Youshan is the owner of a village. He is honest and kind, considerate of others everywhere, and can tolerate others everywhere when he is angry. He is also called Zhang Bairen. As people nearby call him Zhang Bairen, people forget his original name over time! When the barefoot fairy found Zhang Bairen, she told him about the Three Realms and asked him to be the Jade Emperor in heaven. Zhang Bairen was so frightened that he refused to agree. Barefoot Daxian said that he had a broken mouth and a worn foot, and finally Zhang Bairen reluctantly agreed to go to heaven with him. But Zhang Bairen said to the barefoot fairy, "If I go to heaven with you like this, what about my wife and my seven daughters and one son? I can't be the Jade Emperor without affection! Then I might as well not go! " The barefoot fairy said, "In heaven, your wife, Wang, will naturally be named the Queen Mother, and your seven daughters will also be named princesses. Your goddaughter Qiaozui Zhang will be the maid of the seven princesses and go to heaven together!" This Zhang Bairen looked at the yard again and said, "I have lived in this house for so long, and there are so many chickens and ducks in my house that I don't want them. I really can't bear to part with them!" The barefoot fairy said to him, "The heaven is magnificent, you can have whatever you want, you are useless!" " But Zhang Bairen must take the day, also can only promise him. Finally, the immortals helped Zhang Bairen's family pull out the hospital! Zhang Bairen arrived in heaven, and made a big rectification of the platform. In just a few months, he found out the root cause of the chaos in the Three Realms and broke the chaos. All the immortals think that he has contributed a lot, and they have elected him as the jade emperor for life!
Legend 5
The Jade Emperor is known to all women and children in China. The legendary Heavenly Palace Emperor, who governs all the gods and spirits in heaven and earth, can be said to be an important god in China folklore.
The legend of the Jade Emperor is very rich, which can be generally divided into the following categories: legends about the origin of the Jade Emperor; Legends about the family of the Jade Emperor; Legends about the Jade Emperor and the gods of heaven and earth; Jade emperor and the legend of creation; Jade Emperor and Humanistic Legends; Jade Emperor and Animal Legend; Jade Emperor and Plant Legend; Jade Emperor and Legends of Scenery; Jade emperor and customs and legends.
Most legends of the Jade Emperor are very attractive and have strong artistic charm. From an artistic point of view, the legends of the Jade Emperor are generally rich in imagination, vivid images and ingenious plots. For example, in "The Heavenly Queen Sitting in the Hall of Lingxiao", the Heavenly Queen envies the jade emperor's high position, but she doesn't know the pain of being in power. When she acted as the jade emperor, fishermen came to beg for the wind, while fruit farmers begged for rain, while salt people begged for rain; She was in a dilemma, and then she knew that it was difficult to adjust. Later, the jade emperor skillfully solved the problem and ordered "the wind goes from the river and crosses the orchard." Sunbathing the earth during the day and watering the fields at night "shows the management ability of the Jade Emperor. The plot is very cleverly conceived. This story is also circulated in other places. Among them, the Monkey King is not the Queen Mother who wants to sit in the jade throne, and the plot is consistent with the human body.
As the Jade Emperor is a god in China folklore, his legend plays an important role in China's history and real life. As descendants of the Chinese people, we can't know nothing or a little about this legendary God. To understand the Jade Emperor, we can only get a dead idol from the mud tires and scriptures in the temple. Only by understanding all kinds of legends about the Jade Emperor circulated among the people can we see a living Jade Emperor and understand the real relationship between the Jade Emperor and the people of China.