Questioning the naming of Hou in history.

Hou's name won't be on the official seal. Because in ancient China, most titles were given by place names, especially for heroes, with few exceptions, such as Sean of Liu Hou, Guan Yu of Han Shou Hou Ting, Hou Gushi of Jining of Ming Dynasty and so on. For the disciples and consorts of saints, there may be Jia's name. For example, in the Han Dynasty, the descendants of Confucius were honored as Hou, and in the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhen, the brother-in-law of Mao, was honored as Hou.

No matter in the Ming Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, people will not have the official title of Hou, which is beyond doubt.

Therefore, even if there is Wei Zi's name, it is only limited to the titles of mythical figures, such as You mentioned and Yang Yan. I didn't find that the title of Yang Yan came from the Emperor of Song Dynasty. Please check it.

Wei Zi, the heavenly official of Shang Yuan in The Three Kingdoms Shangguan, is related to Wei Zi, the emperor of Zhongtian in The Romance of Four Kingdoms, but he is not a god in a strict sense.

Shangyuan Wei Zi is an early myth belief, which was recorded in the sacrificial ceremony. Sacrifice firewood to heaven, mountain, mountain, river and ground. Later, in the Han Dynasty, this kind of sacrificial behavior was concretized, and Wei Zi, the heavenly official of Shangyuan, appeared.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, China's myths were sorted out by several Taoist factions, and corresponding immortal lineages appeared, such as the Seven Signs of the Cloud and the map of the True Spirit. At this time, there was a saying that the four products were imperial, and their status continued to improve. At this time, Wei Zi in Zhongtian is a mythical image based on purple MSI in the sky.

As far as the worship of celestial phenomena is concerned, the two are related. The name of Wei Zi in Zhongtian was inherited from Wei Zi in Shangyuan, but the priesthood status was not completely inherited.

Wei Zi's blessing function in Shangyuan was later carved up by more popular mythological images such as Fu Lushou, Samsung and God of Wealth.

But in the later period, Wei Zi's talent was partly inherited by Wei Zi Zhongtian and carried forward.

"San Yuan Ji" said that "the heavenly officials in Shang Dynasty turned to the Jade Qing realm, and the green, yellow and white were placed in the three palaces of Shang Dynasty ... The Lord was really natural, but the jade was empty, the emperor was the god, the emperor of the heavens, and the holy god";

According to the Taoist scriptures, the function of Emperor Wei Zi is: to be in charge of heaven and earth, to command Samsung and the gods of mountains and rivers, to be the king of all things, to call the wind and rain, and to serve lightning and ghosts. For example, the book "Notes on Jade Classics, Tianzun" says: "The emperor of the Arctic in China is proficient in the five thunders."

Judging from the above two records, Wei Zi Zhongtian (namely Wei Zi North Pole) obviously inherited the leadership of the gods from Wei Zi Shangyuan.