A fictional character with clever plans.

The mythical figure of SJ is Jiang Ziya.

Jiang Ziya, also known as Jiang Shang, can be traced back to Dayu's flood control period. Shun and Yu were sealed in Shandong, so it is also called Lushang. But by Jiang Ziya's generation, his fortune had already declined, but Jiang Ziya was diligent and studious since childhood, and he studied the strategies of Sun Tzu's The Art of War with sleepless nights. Unfortunately, his fortune in the first half of his life was really bad, and he was not reused until he was 70 years old.

If ordinary people reach the age of 70, they will definitely regard the issue of providing for the aged as a top priority, but Jiang Ziya is no ordinary person. In order to realize his ideal ambition, He Leng fished by the Wei River at the age of 72, and finally waited for someone he knew well and regarded as his "surname". At this point, he has become the head of Xiqiao. It can be said that Jiang Ziya is the best example of being a late bloomer.

Later, Jiang Ziya assisted Zhou Wuwang in attacking Zhou Dynasty, overthrew the tyranny of Shang Dynasty through the battle of Makino, laid the foundation of Zhou Dynasty for 800 years, and was regarded as a "warrior saint" by emperors of all dynasties. It can be said that in the eyes of ordinary people, Jiang Ziya is omnipotent. Therefore, in folk stories, Jiang Ziya usually appears as a god, and because of his special position, he can also be enfeoffed by the will of God.

Jiang Ziya's Folk Beliefs

The story of Xu Linzhong's Romance of the Gods in Ming Dynasty is the battle of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which revolves around attacking King Wu. Its essence is actually a dispute between the two religions, which is an internal dispute of Taoism. In this process, there are also western religions (another branch of Taoism).

Among them, the head of Sakyamuni is the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty, which literally means Sakyamuni and inheritance, that is, inheriting the orthodox Hong Jun Taoism; However, the leader who intercepts education is the leader of Tian Tong. Literally speaking, intercepting education means truncation and non-inheritance, that is, non-inheritance of orthodox Taoism in Hong Jun.

Jiang Ziya, as a representative figure in explaining religion, Jiang Ziya was modest and restrained, giving way to people or things blindly, which reflected the negative, tolerant and benevolent Taoist thought. The Romance of Gods also embodies the fatalism of Taoism. In the book, Jiang Ziya's fate of going down to worship God was decided before he went down, and he himself could not change it. For example, in the book, "the number of days is doomed", "the soup is exhausted, the sex is booming" and "the fairy road is difficult to achieve" and so on.