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What's the Jade Emperor's surname Zhang?

Quanzhen Taoist Liang Xingyang.

Folklore has it that the Jade Emperor's surname was Zhang, and his name was Bairen. This statement should originate from the rumors fabricated by the Huidaomen, and it was done by the Huidaomen to deify the sect leader! Its legend can be seen in the Ming and Qing dynasties formed in the "Jingjiang Lecture Treasure Scroll", this "Jingjiang Treasure Scroll" has the story of Zhang Bairen becoming a god because of forbearance.

In the past, this kind of "treasure scroll" was sung and listened to by people who were illiterate in big characters, and it was not the opinion of cultural people, let alone social opinion. Today, it is said that it is not necessary to understand traditional culture, so it is widely spread, but this is a real rumor.

In addition to Zhang Bairen, there is also a saying that the Jade Emperor is called Zhang Yi. This Zhang Yi was not a pre-Qin Zongheng family, but an unknown scholar of the Later Han Dynasty (a small country in the Ten Kingdoms of the Five Dynasties of the First Song Dynasty). This theory can be seen in the Catholic document "Jesuit Documents of the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties", which may be that they wanted to occupy the honorific titles of God and God, which originally belonged to the Jade Emperor, so the beginning of this document is to slander the Jade Emperor.

The Jesuit documents of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties said, "And the Jade Emperor's surname is Zhang Mingyi, and he is now called Zhang Dadi, which is the queen of Zhang Liang." In addition to these words, there is also content in the book that denigrates traditional culture.

Both of these statements are not traditional titles, according to the "Imperial Scripture Collection Notes" records that the full name of the Jade Emperor is "Haotian Jinque Supreme Supreme Nature Miao Mi Luo to the True Jade Emperor God, also known as the Jade Emperor of the Xuanqiong High Heaven." ”

The Jade Emperor's surname is Zhang, but it is not clear what it is called.

Zhang Youren, also known as Zhang Bairen.

According to the record of the "Jade Emperor Treasure Scroll", which was compiled relatively late, the Jade Emperor was originally a peasant, named Zhang Youren, because he could endure what others could not bear, so others called him Zhang Bairen!

Because Zhang Bairen accumulated virtue and did good deeds, he was promoted to be the owner of the village, and governed a Zhangjiazhai in a harmonious, friendly and orderly manner. At that time, the immortals of the heavenly court fought for the chaos of the Three Realms, so Tai Bai Xing was sent by the Three Qing Dynasty to look for someone with both talent and virtue to be the emperor of the Three Realms, and when he went to Zhangjiazhai to see Zhang Bairen, he felt that he was the best candidate for the emperor of the Three Realms, so he brought it back to the heavenly court to be honored as the Jade Emperor!

Sacrifice: According to legend, Zhang Bairen's birthday is the ninth day of the first month, so the ninth day of the first month has become a religious festival - the Jade Emperor's birthday! On this day, all Taoist temples are open for worshippers to worship.

Because in the eyes of the rulers, the world is ruled by the emperor, and the heavens should naturally be ruled by the Jade Emperor, so the status of the Jade Emperor has been continuously elevated by successive dynasties, and the Sanqing has become an existence like a national teacher, so the ceremonies of worshiping the Jade Emperor in many places are more solemn than the sacrifice of the Sanqing.