On the image of the Jade Emperor in The Journey to the West.

The Jade Emperor in Journey to the West is 1 a special emperor, representing the spirit of all things. It is the supreme of heaven and earth; It is a symbol of justice and honesty. No matter how big or small things are in heaven or on earth, you can sue the Jade Emperor. In order to maintain the normal operation order, the Jade Emperor built 1 special system between heaven and earth, and also had 1 unwritten but relatively complete legal system. 1 can answer and solve Wu Tian's complaints in heaven and earth, and assign a special person to investigate and handle them. Therefore, the case acceptance rate of Jade Emperor can be said to be 100%. However, the Jade Emperor has its strict 1 side and chaotic 1 side in law enforcement.

1, the jade emperor's strict law enforcement

The jade emperor's strictness in law enforcement includes two aspects: strictness and clarity:

(1) The Jade Emperor strictly enforces the law.

The jade emperor's strict law enforcement is his core. The jade emperor also knows that the rules are not strict. It is impossible to establish a special system of heaven and earth without strict systems and laws. The core tasks of the system and law are to maintain order, protect the weak, give them the space and power to live, and ensure that their lives and property are not infringed by human beings. This requires severely cracking down and punishing people and things that harm the interests of ordinary people, whether they are officials or gangsters. For example, the Jinghai Dragon King is a local official. In order to bet with the fortune teller, he used his power to increase the rainfall and change the location of the rain, which flooded the city and drowned several people. Therefore, the Jade Emperor did not hesitate to condemn King Jinghe to death and sent Kevin·Z to interpret a dream. There are also gangsters such as "Bai Gujing" and "Ai Ye Hua Pi Bao Jing" who obstruct official duties, kidnap Tang Priest and even talk about killing Tang Priest. For these gangsters, 1 is defined as a capital crime, and the Monkey King killed them. Secondly, the jade emperor's strictness lies in his strict counterfeiting in order to maintain normal order. For example, Liu Er's macaque essence was not a murderer, but robbed the monk of his burden and pretended to be a Tang priest to learn from the scriptures. This was a fraud of impersonating a public official, which had a very bad influence and was also killed by the Monkey King. In addition, there was scorpion essence, who knew that Tang Priest could not marry, but attracted Tang Priest with hue, and was also killed by the Monkey King. The above facts show that the Jade Emperor enforced the law strictly.

(2) The Jade Emperor's understanding of law enforcement

In addition to strict law enforcement, the Jade Emperor is also "bright" in 1. The so-called "Ming" means that 1 is not used in the process of law enforcement, but is treated differently according to the nature and consequences of the crime. It is allowed to turn over a new leaf and make meritorious deeds with crimes, instead of killing 1. For example, the Tang Priest punished him for reincarnating as a monk in the East and chanting scriptures every day. For example, Pig Bajie, who was originally the Tianhe Water God and Marshal Tian Peng, played Xian 'e because he drank too much at the flat peach party. That is to say, if you commit the crime of molesting women, you will be punished by being reborn as a beast, and you are not allowed to associate with Xiane again. Another example is the predecessor of the sand monk, who was a general with a shutter door. Because he accidentally broke the glass lamp at the flat peach party, he was exiled to Liushahe. And Bai, who is the son of the Dragon King in the western ocean and extensive Jin Dynasty. Because he didn't listen to his father's education, he committed the crime of unfilial and was demoted to a white horse. The mistakes made by these people (gods) are not 1, nor are the punishments 1. Later, after the enlightenment education of the Bodhisattva, these people (gods) joined forces with 1 on the way to learn from the scriptures, which made great contributions and won the prize again. This is the "Ming" of the Jade Emperor. The jade emperor is confused about law enforcement.

When the jade emperor enforced the law, there was also a lake coating. This kind of confusion can be divided into two aspects: pretending to be oily, really confused:

(1) playing dumb

The Jade Emperor violated the law against courtiers or their relatives and servants, turned a blind eye and pretended to be deaf. For example, the one-horned king is the mount of the old gentleman, and the lower bound of the green ox is harmful. Jinjiao and Yinjiao are young men who guard the gold and silver furnaces under the old gentleman. Huang Paoguai is the Kuimu Wolf Star in the 28th night of the Bullfighting Palace. Huangmei Johnson is a boy with Huangmei in front of Maitreya Buddha. These people wu 1 have nothing to do with the minister of heaven. They disturb public order, oppress all kinds of people, and even kill people and cook Tang monks' meat for money. When they were brought to justice by the Monkey King, wu 1 was not rescued by their owners, but was mostly taken back for education, and the jade emperor knew all about these situations, because most of them were brought to court by the Monkey King, and the jade emperor personally sent courtiers to catch them. Just don't ask the result, as long as the Monkey King doesn't complain, forget it. This is knowing that he is protected, and he is also turning a blind eye and playing dumb.

(2) What a fool

If the jade emperor is forced to play dumb because of the relationship between the monarch and the minister, it may be understandable that this is 1 a way to adjust the relationship between the monarch and the minister. But the Jade Emperor is really confused sometimes. The best proof that the Jade Emperor was really confused was the eighty-eighth journey to the West, which punished Fengxian 1 3 years without rain. The reason, in the words of the Jade Emperor, is: "On December 25th, three years ago, that fellow traveled all over the world and drove to one place. That's the official's integrity. He lent food to the dog and made an offensive remark. " This is actually because the jade emperor went to the local inspection work, and Hou Shanggong in Fengxian County was disrespectful and committed the crime of disrespect. However, whether the crime of disrespect is beheading, imprisonment, dismissal, demotion or fine has not been clearly defined since ancient times. Naturally, it was up to the jade emperor to decide, but the jade emperor neither found out the reason why the magistrate disrespected the palace, nor personally punished Shangguan, but it didn't rain for three years. It is difficult for the poor to survive if the well water of Wujing does not interfere with the river, and the rich room talks for life at the bottom of Wujin Spring. In the end, it is the elderly who suffer. This is the real confusion of the Jade Emperor, which mainly lies in: 1. The object of punishment is wrong. Even if it is to be punished, it will only be punished by the county magistrate 1, which is related to the people's military attache, because the people 1 don't know; 2 no company, 3 to hand in. It has been handed in. 2. Improper punishment. Taking the road of no rain punished the county magistrate and the people, but the poverty of the people also hurt the jade emperor's own face. 3. The purpose of punishment is unknown. The jade emperor's punishment for Fengxian was neither public nor explicit, but operated in secret, until the magistrate and Fengxian people didn't know what the reason was and the magistrate didn't know what crime he had committed. 1 I didn't know until the Monkey King went to ask in heaven. Therefore, it did not play a real educational purpose and replaced punishment with punishment.