Who are the celestial officer, the local officer and the water officer?

The three officials and emperors are three gods worshipped by Taoism in the early days, which refer to heaven officials, earth officials and water officials. In ancient China, there were rituals of offering sacrifices to heaven, earth and water. "Sacrifice to heaven to burn firewood, climb mountains, sink rivers and sacrifice to shrines". But in ancient times, it was the emperor's right to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and ordinary people could only offer sacrifices to their ancestors. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Ling founded Wudou Mi Dao, which was used as a way for Taoist priests to pray for medical treatment by offering sacrifices to Heaven, Earth and Water and taking part in their calligraphy. One of the buried places; One is submerged, called three official books. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, heaven, earth, water and the three gods and officials were combined into one.

The three officials, namely, the celestial official, the local official and the water official, are also called "three officials" and "three yuan". Tang Yao is the celestial official, Yu Shun is the local official and Dayu is the water official. According to the Taoist scriptures, the Emperor of Heaven blessed the people, and the local officials were exempted from sin, while the water officials relieved Eritrea. Among the Taoist gods, there are several gods that appeared earlier than Sanqing and have higher godhead-Tian.

There is also a saying that Shangyuan Yipin blessed Tianguan and Emperor Wei Zi; In the Yuan Dynasty, Erpin pardoned Tianguan and Emperor Qing Xu; In the next Yuan Dynasty, three kinds of products were used to relieve the water official of Ecuador, the Great Cave Yin.