What is the real name of Yuanshi Tianzun, one of the Taoist "Sanqing"? Who are the other three "Four Emperors" in Taoism besides the Jade Emperor?

The Four Emperors are the four heavenly emperors whose status is second only to Sanqing.

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Jade Emperor (always in charge of heaven), Central Purple Arctic Emperor (helping to take charge of the latitude and longitude of heaven, the moon, the stars and the four seasons), Shanggong Emperor Gou Chen (helping to take charge of the south and north poles, the three talents of heaven and earth, governing the stars, and presiding over the military revolution on earth), and only Houtu Emperor (taking charge of the education of yin and yang and the beauty of all things).

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The four greatest emperors are four emperors, specifically: Wei Zi Emperor in the North Arctic (president of various stars), immortal emperor in the South Antarctic (president of various gods), Taiji Emperor in the West (president of various gods) and Tsinghua Emperor in the East Arctic (president of various gods).

Yuanshi county Tianzun

Yuan Shi Tian Zun, also known as "Jade Qing Yuan Shi Tian Zun". In the "Three Clearances", it is the most respected and the first deity among Taoist immortals. "The Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties" called him "the ancestor who presided over the heaven". Despite his high position, he appeared later than the old man. In the early days of Taoism, there was no such thing as "the first Buddha", and there was no record in Taiping Jing and Xianger Zhu. In the myths and legends of China, the origin can't be found. According to Taoist records, the earliest name of "Yuan Shi" appeared in Jin's Book in Pillow. According to records, before chaos opened, there was an essence of heaven and earth, named "the king of the Yuan Dynasty", swimming in it. After the second ceremony, the king of the Yuan Dynasty lived on the heavenly heart, inhaled the weather and drank underground spring water. After several disasters, she became intimate with the jade girl in Taiyuan, and gave birth to the emperor, the Queen Mother of the West, the birthplace of the emperor and the Yellow Emperor. Later, she was born in Xihe, and Shennong was also of Miao descent. He also said: "The capital of Du Xuan is the Seven Treasures in the Jade Well, with three palaces, namely the Upper Palace, the Middle Palace and the Lower Palace. The real Pangu, the king of the Yuan Dynasty and his wife, the Virgin Mary, visited this palace. " At this point, only the name of the late king is left. It was not until the Southern Dynasties that Liang Tao Hongjing's "True Spirit Industry Map" began to have the title of "Yuan God". In the first preface of the book, the middle god is "coming to power as a virtual emperor and a Taoist monarch", which should be called "the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty", mainly called "the Buddha of the Yu Jing Qing Dynasty". But there is also a "Yuan God" in the book, which is listed as the four gods in the middle position and the four gods in the left position. The "heir of Sui Shu's capital city" began to shout to Yuan Shen, calling him "born before Thai Yuan". It is believed that "the Buddha's body is immortal, and every time he opens the world, he is given a secret passage, which is called robbery." However, it has not been robbed once, so there are Yan Kang, Chi Ming, Han Long and Huang Kai, which are their titles. Their problems are four billion years apart, and they are all top-grade immortals, including the old gentleman on the throne, the old gentleman on the throne, the true emperor, the five emperors and the immortals. "The Taoist priests in the Sui Dynasty named the Buddha' Le Jing Xin'. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the story of Pangu's true position in ancient myths and legends was put forward. Explain that Taoist believers believed in Buddhism in the early Yuan Dynasty.

As for the Buddha's name at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Volume 23 of Beginner's Classics quoted Yi Jijing of Tai Zhen Xuan to explain: "No sect is supreme, and the only thing can be the beginning of all things, hence the name Yuanshi. Everything in the blessing is extremely respectful, often in the second place, out of the sky, so it is called Tianzun. " "The Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties" said: "Those who are Yuan, this is also. Beginning, beginning, innate qi. " It is considered that the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty is the origin and is above all immortals, so it is called "Tianzun". According to the description of the Taoist scriptures, the natural gas of the Buddha in the early days existed before all things in the universe. His noumenon is immortal, even if heaven and earth are completely destroyed, it will not affect his existence at all. Every time a new world is formed, the Buddha will come to this world, teach secret ways and rob people. The subjects were all top-grade immortals, including the Taishang Laojun, the Naive Emperor, Wu Fang Tiandi and other immortals. Whenever a new world is opened, it has its year number, such as Yankang, Qiming, Han Long and Huang Kai. And the number of years is as long as 465,438+0 billion years apart. Moreover, the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty spent 36 days in the top "Great Luo Tian" and lived in the fairy house called "Du Xuan Yujing". In the Jade Palace, there are Qibao and Baoyu in the palace. Wang Xian, Gong Xian, Xianqing, Xianbo and Xianfu live in the center, and there are fairy halls on both sides. This style is obviously imitated by emperors on earth.

Throughout the evolution of the Buddha in the Yuan Dynasty, we can find that the word "Yuan" was originally a philosophical term used by Taoism to explain the origin of the world, and later it was deified by Taoism, and gradually evolved into the highest god of Taoism, ranking first in the Sanqing period. From a historical point of view, this is completely consistent with the evolution of Taoism into Taoism.

According to "The Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties", the Yuan God's "round light wears seventy-two colors", so the Yuan God enshrined in the Sanqing Hall of Taoism usually wears a sacred light and holds a red pill, or holds it left and right, symbolizing the "infinite realm" when "heaven and earth are not formed, chaos is not opened, and everything is not born" and "Yin and Yang when chaos is going on". For a long time, the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty has been deeply worshipped by emperors and sages, down to folk Buddhist men and women.