The Jade Emperor is in several layers of heaven, the difference between the Jade Emperor and the Hao

The Jade Emperor is the Emperor of the Heavenly Lord of the Buddha Buddha, and his name is Shati Huanyin. Located on the summit of Mount Meru, the Celestial Paradise is the second of the six heavens of the Desire Realm. The six days of the desire realm are the four heavens of the king of heaven, the heaven of the Buddha, the day of the night, the day of Tushi, the day of Letian, and the day of his freedom.

The difference between the Jade Emperor and the Haotian Emperor is:

"Haotian Emperor" is also known as "Emperor", and can also be called "Emperor of Heaven, God, God, Heaven, Xuantian, Emperor, God, Emperor, God, Haotian God" and so on.

"Haotian Emperor" is the god of Confucianism, Confucianism was born from the ancient five religions, Haotian and the Emperor of the Five Directions, collectively known as the Six Heavenly Emperors, is the official belief of China since the Zhou Dynasty. Since Confucianism became dominant, it has become a Confucian god.

At the same time, "Haotian Emperor" is also the object of national worship in all Chinese dynasties.

It can be said that "Haotian Emperor" is the supreme god of the entire Chinese nation.

The "Jade Emperor" is a Taoist god, canonized by Song Zhenzong.

The time of appearance is much later than that of Haotian, and his status in Taoism is not as good as that of Sanqing, he is only the assistant of Sanqing, and his role is not equal to that of the emperor of the world, and his function is equivalent to the management and operation of the heavenly court.

In the Song Dynasty, Taoism flourished, in order to snatch Confucianism's right to interpret the supreme god in the imperial court, once belittled Haotian God, denounced it as "the ghost of the six heavens", and later tried to replace the power of Haotian God through the god-making movement, thus creating the Jade Emperor, and succeeding in the people.

The full number of the Jade Emperor is: "Taishang Kaitian Zhifu Imperial Calendar contains the True Body Dao Jinque Cloud Palace Nine Dome Imperial Calendar Wandao Wuwei Dao Ming Hall Haotian Jinque Supreme Jade Emperor Forgiveness of Sins Great Heavenly Venerable Xuanqiong High God".

The God of Haotian is older than the Jade Emperor. The honorific title of God Haotian appeared around the Zhou Dynasty, but before that, people were worshipping him in even older times. "General Dictionary and Ritual Ceremony" contains:

The so-called Haotian God, the vast amount of vitality is called Haotian, and the far-sighted firmament is called the sky, and the respect of people is nothing more than the emperor, and it is entrusted to the sky, so it is called God. This passage clearly shows that Haotian God is the honorific title of the ancients for heaven, and it is the product of anthropomorphizing heaven. The Jade Emperor was a religious mythological figure created by Taoism later.

In ancient times, emperors sacrificed to the heavens when they encountered major events, and they worshipped the god Haotian instead of the Jade Emperor.

Haotian God has a relatively higher status. Haotian God is the embodiment of heaven, he represents or is equivalent to heaven, and the emperor of the earth is also appointed by him to be the emperor of the world, and he is the supreme of the entire universe. And the Jade Emperor, according to folklore, his name is Zhang Youren, who was sealed by Jiang Ziya when he was a god.

In Taoism, the Jade Emperor's status is below the Three Qings, not supreme.