What is the origin of the jade emperor in fairy tales?

The jade emperor in fairy tales is a very famous fairy in Taoism. The Jade Emperor's full name is "Heaven, Heaven, Golden Que, Supreme Nature, Milla to the Jade Emperor", and he has several similar nicknames.

The name Jade Emperor was not that long at first. At first, the Jade Emperor was called the God of Science, and the middle name was repeatedly added by the later emperors. Those emperors each added two or three words, so his name became so long.

The name Jade Emperor only began to exist in the Song Dynasty. What is the origin of the Jade Emperor? I know something in some folk stories. Although these versions are different, they are mostly similar. They are all mortals who accumulate virtue and ascend to heaven to become gods.

Let me tell you a few more recognizable stories about the Jade Emperor.

The first one is that the Jade Emperor was originally just a Taoist boy around Jiang Ziya. His surname is Zhang, and he is my friend. Legend has it that Jiang Ziya was ordered to go down the mountain to help Zhou destroy the merchants. After Jiang Ziya's success, he was ordered to be a deity. After the list of gods was established, Jiang Ziya pointed to his right hand. Tu Sun Hang was named the land god, and Li Jing was named the king of Tota. After sealing the gods, the unique jade emperor was not sealed. Zhang You asked, "Master, who is the king and emperor?"

Jiang Ziya wanted to keep the jade emperor's seat for herself, but she couldn't explain it clearly. So he can only say: "Some people sit, some people sit."

Hearing this, the Zhang Youren quickly got up. Jiang Ziya pointed to Zhang Youren with his hand, and a golden light followed, and Zhang Youren was named the Jade Emperor.

This is a statement that everyone generally agrees with the origin of the jade emperor, which is also the reason why the jade emperor surnamed Zhang.

There is also a saying that the Northern Song Dynasty lost in the war with Liao, and Liao and Song became brother countries, but Song gave Liao 65,438+200,000 silver and 200,000 silks every year, and Song and Liao were bounded by Baigou River.

At this time, the imperial power was used to fabricate a new fairy to deceive the people, saying that this fairy was the biggest fairy among the officials, and this fairy ordered him to supply money and cloth to Liao every year, thus covering up the real reason why he supplied Liao every year.

His fictional fairy is the Jade Emperor, and Song Zhenzong copied the setting of gods and science to the Jade Emperor. Therefore, in the history of our country, only the Song Dynasty offered sacrifices to the jade emperor as a god, while the rulers of other dynasties offered sacrifices to the gods and science.

This is what most people agree with.

Therefore, the above two statements are the statements that everyone agrees with the origin of the Jade Emperor.