What's the name of the fairy in charge of the exam?

The immortal in charge of the exam is called Wenchang Emperor.

First of all, China's immortal culture mostly stems from the worship of stars. And all the gods related to "world events" come from this source. Its key position is the Big Dipper. For example, "Wenqu Star" is the fourth star in the Big Dipper, namely "Tianquan Star".

This supervisor has a good reputation, literary officialdom, reputation, elegance and coquettish. In folklore, articles are superior to others, and the top officials are considered as literary stars, such as Fan Zhongyan and Wen Tianxiang. In The Legend of the Gods, Prime Minister Beagan was named "Wen Qu Xing Jun". At the same time, as shown below, the first four stars of Beidou are called "Kui"; This is the origin of "Kuixing Diandou".

Kuixing, you must say Kuixing. These two stars named after ancient astronomy are different stars, but they have been used together for a long time. Wei Xiao refers to the "Su Kui 16 star" among the western white tigers, and The Book of Filial Piety in Han Dynasty contains the theory of "Zhu Kui's Articles". This is because "Kuixing hooks like a character".

Therefore, future generations regard "Kuixing" as the god who dominates the rise and fall of literature and articles. For example, there is a Kuixingge in the Confucius Temple, and many libraries are also called Kuixinglou. Folk Bao Zheng is the reincarnation of Kuixing; Zhong Kui is the reincarnation of Kuixing. The legend about Zhong Kui is that he won the first prize, but he was not allowed to use it because of his ugly appearance, and he crashed into a wall and died. The Emperor of Heaven pitied his sufferings and ordered him to take charge of human affairs.

In this way, there are different sayings of "Kuixing Diandou" and "Kuixing Diandou". The first one is the "Kui" of Beidou, and bucket handle refers to the "Fighting against the Soviet Union (Fighting South)" in the East in spring. Spring is the beginning of a year, full of hope, the ancient "spring". The second one is the Big Dipper spinning above the Quesu in the west. At this time, the world is already autumn, and there is an "autumn arrow" in ancient times.

These two seasons are the time of the ancient imperial examination, Qiu Wei is a provincial examination, held in various provinces, and the successful candidate is a juren; The examination in the Spring and Wei Dynasties was presided over by the imperial court's etiquette department, and all the provincial juren had to take part in it, followed by the successful candidates taking the palace examination. Therefore, there is a saying of "Kui (Kui) stars", which has its connotation.

There is also the "Wenchang Emperor" in charge of literary affairs. The status of this deity is much higher than above. After Sanqing, Liu Yu, Five Medicines, Three Views and the Great, Taoist books have the saying of "taking charge of Wenchang's government affairs and remembering the world". It is considered to be the highest god in charge of human affairs, corresponding to the Zhenwu Emperor in charge of human military affairs. Its specific department is responsible for exams, fate and gods who help reading and writing.

This is the origin of immortals, and it is also related to the "star culture", that is, Wenchang Six Stars, located near the Big Dipper. "Shigan Star Classic" says: "Wenchang has six stars like a half moon. Before Beidoukui, its six stars were all famous."

There are five popular sayings about Wenchang, namely "Emperor Wenchang", "King Kuixing", "Emperor Zhu Yi", "Emperor Lv Dongbin of Pure Yang" and "Emperor Wen Heng Guan Yu". In this way, plus Wenquxing and Kuixing, there are seven people in total. Of course, to say that the greatest immortal in charge of the three realms of heaven and earth is the Chinese Emperor.

He and Emperor Gou Jian assisted the Jade Emperor in charge of literary affairs and nothing respectively. In addition, there is Lu Xing in Fu Lushou, who is in charge of promotion, wealth and fame. To say that the most important immortal in charge of the imperial entrance examination is Wenchang Emperor, because he is also known as Wenchang Emperor.