In folklore, what is the relationship between the Jade Emperor and Jiang Ziya?

How can I put it? In fact, the Jade Emperor can be said to be an granduncle of Jiang Ziya. Most people may think this is ridiculous. The Jade Emperor is the master of heaven, and Jiang Ziya was just an old fisherman at first, so they are definitely not related by blood. How can the Jade Emperor be called Jiang Ziya's granduncle? But this is not empty talk, but also has a certain basis.

The jade emperor is the boss of heaven in people's minds, and all immortals have to listen to the jade emperor. But one thing to know is that the jade emperor is not the biggest. In fact, the Jade Emperor was a monk at first. Everyone knows the ancestor Hong Jun. According to legend, one of the most powerful immortals in ancient times, the great master Yuanshi Tianzun, the master of Tian Tong, existed before Pangu started the world, and was at the same level as the ancient great god Nuwa. At first, the Jade Emperor was actually a Taoist boy around Hong Jun's ancestors, just like the boy around Guanyin Bodhisattva in The Journey to the West, who followed Hong Jun's ancestors. Only then did the Taoist boy practice well, and the bodhi old zu in Hong Jun put him in charge of some affairs of heaven, not to say that the Jade Emperor was the biggest.

Jiang Ziya was the 10 disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun, and was also recorded in the list of gods. Among the ancient immortals, the status of the Yuan Buddha was also very high, and the Jade Emperor had to respect the Yuan Buddha for three points. Of course, this is not surprising. The Buddha at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty is the boy of Hong Jun's bodhi old zu and the second disciple of Hong Jun's bodhi old zu, so it can be said that the Buddha at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty is the brother of the Jade Emperor, and of course he should be respected for three points. Jiang Ziya was also a disciple of the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty. It's right to call Uncle Jade Emperor.

You can't judge the status of some immortals just by looking at the Journey to the West. Among the ancient great gods, it is a wonderful work. We won't say that a particularly powerful fairy appeared out of thin air.