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In history, Jiang Ziya was an outstanding strategist in ancient times, who assisted the King of Wu in attacking Zhou. He was the founding hero of the Zhou Dynasty and was highly respected by later generations. In The Romance of Gods, Jiang Ziya is a disciple of Yuan Zun. At that time, the three religions listed gods, and there was a war between gods. At the same time, when the Shang Dynasty was about to perish and the Zhou Dynasty was in full swing, Yuan Shi Tianzun asked Jiang Ziya to go down the mountain to help Wu Wang cut down the mountain, and also asked him to preside over the list of deities for him.

Later, both the battle of Shang and Zhou Dynasties and clash of the titans and Jiang Ziya made great contributions. However, after King Wu's successful attack, Jiang Ziya, the deity, was not deified in Jiang Ziya.

Then in the list of gods, Jiang Ziya presided over the list of gods as gods. Why isn't he deified?

First of all, although Jiang Ziya was a disciple of the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty and practiced in the mountains for many years, Jiang Ziya had a shallow understanding of monasticism, which meant that it was difficult for Jiang Ziya to achieve a positive result. Since monasticism is difficult to achieve positive results, it means that God and immortality have no chance. So, although he was deified later, he was not deified.

Jiang Ziya's literary image: the ultimate ideal of impoverished literati. Historically, Jiang Ziya himself was a military commander, but in The Romance of Gods, his image was that of a scholar and counselor, who realized the highest ideal of life for every frustrated scholar.

A bookworm, an old man, an idiot in life and production, so that his wife laughed at him. Jiang Ziya was a complete Lu Se before that. At the age of 80, he was visited by King Wen and became an orphan on his deathbed. He is the father of the emperor, and the skill of an emperor has finally come in handy. Plan, the man of God * * *, mobilize hordes and eradicate the tyrant. This is a typical image of a wise man who is a late bloomer and completely realizes his political ideal, and it is also the ultimate ideal of every down-and-out scholar.

The highest pursuit of literati is naturally to be a minister with human feelings, educate kings, enjoy the highest respect and wealth in the world, enter the ruling class and protect future generations.

As for worshipping God and enjoying fireworks, how about sitting in a temple and being worshipped? That is obviously the ideal of the old lady in the countryside after her death.