The ancient legendary East Taiyi God. Originally recorded in Qu Yuan's poem "Nine Songs", it was a god believed and sacrificed by the people of Chu (or South China) during the Spring and Autumn Period and even the Warring States Period.
Taiyi is the highest god of Chu, or related to Taiyi and Tai Huang. "Selected Works" thinks that the East Emperor is too one. East Emperor Taiyi's "East Emperor" is not a surname, and the east of the East Emperor here does not refer to the geographical direction, but to the degree of dignity. The east is the first of the five parties. In China, the emperor is enshrined in Mount Tai, Dongyue, and the sun, the moon and the east rise.
Taoism believes that Taiyi is invisible, and it is difficult for Chu people to give it an image. Since immortals can be called immortals, they should be people. Nine Poems of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi are Qu Yuan's ode to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and it is the most solemn one in Qu Fu. From beginning to end, his poems only describe sacrificial ceremonies and scenes of offering sacrifices to gods, as well as his concubine Huanglong.
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Taiyi and the Jade Emperor:
Many modern people think that the Jade Emperor is nobler than the Eastern Emperor just by looking at his name, but this is actually wrong!
East of the East Emperor, here refers not to the geographical direction, but to the degree of dignity. The east is the first of the five parties. In China, the emperor is enshrined in Mount Tai, Dongyue, and the sun, the moon and the east rise. The jade of the Jade Emperor also means the degree of dignity. Traditionally, gold is the most important thing in China, and jade is the most precious thing, so it is clean and flawless.
East Emperor and Jade Emperor, these two honorifics are extremely noble. The only difference is that one is direction extension and the other is material extension.
The East Emperor, whose direction extended, first came from the Spring and Autumn Period. "Nine Poems of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi of Chu" notes: "Taiyi, the star name, is the god of heaven, and the word is in the eastern part of Chu to match the Eastern Emperor, so it is called the Eastern Emperor." "Historical Records of Guan Chan" says: The Emperor of Heaven is too great, and the Emperor of Heaven assists the Five Emperors, and the ancient emperor worships the southeastern suburbs of the Emperor of Heaven in the Spring and Autumn Period. "?
Special note: Before the Qin Dynasty, China had strict regulations on the words emperor/emperor/king/duke/monarch. Emperor and emperor are the titles of gods, and Wang refers to the kings of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties all said that their achievements were not comparable to those of ancient emperors, so Qian only became king, not emperor).
People refer to the greatest rulers below the king (such as Qin Mugong, Jin Wengong, Qi Huangong, etc.). Jun refers to a person with high cultural accomplishment and moral quality.
At the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, rites and music collapsed. There are countless people who claim to be emperors (Western Emperor, Eastern Emperor, King of Qi) and kings (Seven Heroes of the Warring States are kings). In order to flatter their respective kings, ministers all over the world called them kings (meaning "noble kings") until Ying Zheng unified the six countries.