2. The Emperor Taiyi of the East is the Emperor of Heaven and the supreme god of sacrifice in the Nine Songs system. Taiyi in the Eastern Emperor is related to Taiyi God, the supreme god sacrificed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Taiyi, Tai Huang and Taiyi Family recorded in documents after the Han Dynasty.
3. At first, Emperor Taiyi was the highest god of Chu, and later became the highest god in the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, he became the main object of sacrifice. After the Northern Song Dynasty, the legend that the Jade Emperor was the Emperor of Heaven rose.
4. Taoism believes that Taiyi is invisible, and it is difficult for Chu people to give it an image. Since immortals can be called immortals, they should be people. Nine Songs of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi is Qu Yuan's ode to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and it is the most solemn one in Qu Fu. From beginning to end, his poems only describe sacrificial ceremonies and scenes of offering sacrifices to gods, as well as his concubine Huanglong.
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On the position of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi
1, many modern people think that the Jade Emperor is nobler than the Eastern Emperor just by looking at the name, but this is actually wrong!
2, the east of the East Emperor, here refers not to the geographical direction, but to the degree of respect. The east is the first of the five parties. In China, the emperor is enshrined in Mount Tai, Dongyue, and the sun, the moon and the east rise. The jade of the Jade Emperor also means the degree of dignity. Traditionally, gold is the most important thing in China, and jade is the most precious thing, so it is clean and flawless.
The Eastern Emperor and the Jade Emperor, these two honorifics are extremely noble. The only difference is that one is direction extension and the other is material extension. The East Emperor, whose direction extended, first came from the Spring and Autumn Period.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Donghuang Taiyi