In ancient myths and fairy tales, there are often some immortals, and the novels are not unified, which makes everyone feel dazzling. Who is in the same department and who is in the same level? These are all issues that everyone cares about. China has a feudal tradition of thousands of years, and the feudal society attaches great importance to rank and ranking. Influenced by these traditions, like most readers, I am very interested in the fairy system in the mythical world. I have read a lot of books that interpret myths, but I have never been satisfied. So, I decided to have the cheek and bite the bullet and read them myself. This chapter only interprets the celestial immortal system under the background of the Westward Journey story, and only involves the ordering of most immortals in the Westward Journey story.

There are many opinions about the level of immortals, such as the famous Bitmap of True Spirit, such as the Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties, and Mr. Yuan Ke also compiled a fairy dictionary. Now, Buddha is the Tao, the master of flood novels, there are a large number of immortals, and they are trying to sort them out.

There are other kinds, etc. I won't list them one by one. As for that kind of immortal, Tathagata once said that in the story of Liu Er's macaque, two the Monkey King fought Lingshan and asked Tathagata to distinguish good from evil. The Tathagata obviously wanted to show off his abilities and asked people around him seriously, which do you think is real Wukong and which is fake Wukong? Everyone is not a fool, and everyone knows that the Tathagata has to shake off a feather, so everyone should speak with one heart and one mind: we are "Phuket", we are blind, and we can't see. If you come to see this group of people on the road, start to perform a one-man show: you great sages can only read books about Sunday, but you can't know everything about Sunday, and you can't widely understand the types of Sunday. There are five immortals in heaven and earth, who are gods and ghosts of heaven and earth. Based on this, many people classify immortals according to heaven, earth, gods and ghosts.

Here, I want to clarify my point of view. The heaven, earth, gods, people and ghosts mentioned by the Tathagata are not the division of immortal levels, but the division of immortal categories. I think the level of immortals should be: scattered immortals-true immortals-Jin Xian-Taiyi scattered immortals-Taiyi true immortals-Taiyi Jin Xian-Rhoda Jin Xian-mixed Jinyuan immortals-mixed Yuanshen.

One of the points I often mention in the story of the Journey to the West is the ranking in the story of the Journey to the West: Sanqing, Yusi, Wulao, June 4th, Qiyuan, Octupole, Jiuyao and Du Shi. This ranking is really distinctive. It is arranged in numerical order. As for the first three grades: Sanqing, Siyu and Wulao, I have repeatedly mentioned that Sanqing is: Yuanshi Tianzun, Taishang Laojun and Lingbao Daojun. The four emperors are: Jade Emperor, Wei Zi Emperor, Gou Chen Emperor, and Earth Emperor who succeeded to the throne; The five elders are Tathagata in the West, Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South, mystic in the North Arctic, ancestor of the East who worships the Holy Emperor, and Huang Xian in Central China. In this book, I also specially interpret that the mystics in the North Pole from the Five Elders are Kangong Doum (Yuan Jun Doum) and oriental worship. Who are the immortals in the last few grades? For example, some people think that there are six parts in the southern bucket, seven yuan is the Big Dipper, eight poles are the patron saint of gossip and eight directions, and nine obsidians are the five elements of fire, water, earth and earth (Jinde Xingde Mude Dede Shuide Dede Dede Dede Dede, plus four stars in Taiyin and four stars in Luosi, ten of which are the Ten Halls of Emperor Yan, or

In fact, this ranking only selects one representative from each grade, or a team as a representative, which can just add up to one (or three) to ten, so it left a very deep impression on people. In fact, there are not only these immortals in every grade, except Sanqing grade, there are others, such as Yusi and Wuxiao. There are many immortals in this grade who are as excellent as them, but they are not represented in this ranking, so many people don't know how to sort them.

The rank of officials in ancient feudal society in China actually depended on his official position, which in turn depended on his official position. He was granted any rank in any government post. Take the Qing Dynasty as an example. If he served as three officials, it would be the first class; if he served as six ministers and governors, it would be the first class; if he served as a magistrate, it would be the fourth class; if he served as a magistrate, it would be the seventh class. The heaven in The Journey to the West's story was also set up according to "three provinces and six departments" and "three public and nine conscripts" (Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taibu Temple, Split Temple, imperial academy, Qin, imperial academy, imperial academy, Imperial College, Zongren House, Exhibition Hall House and Interior Office, etc.).

As a mirror of immortals in past dynasties, it is called "the disaster and blessing of the Lord, the balance of things, the system of things, the division of life and the division of killing" He has a complex organization of the Lei Department, headquartered in Yufu, consisting of "36 central divisions of inner courts, East and West Huatai, Mystery Pavilion, four houses, six courtyards, and the Division and Cao Bureau". According to "Tian Yuqing Lei Yujing", the four houses are: Jiuyuqing House, Dongji Qingxuan House, Jiutian Yingyuan House and Dongyuan Jade House; These six hospitals are: Taiyi Inner Hospital, Yushu Hospital, Wuli Hospital, Doushu Hospital, Shiyang Hospital and Xiandu Lei Huo Hospital; The branches are: Tianbu Tingsi, Penglai Dushui Department, Taiyilei Branch Sibei Landmine Branch, Beidou Expedition Branch, Beidou Defense Branch, Yufulei Branch IX, Caoyuanzi Branch. He also said that "Yu Xuan, You Xuan, Golden Valve Shi Zhong, Servant Shooting, Shang Xian, Zhen Bo, Qing Jian, Xian Lang, Yu Tong, Yu Nv, and various departments, officials and generals of Thor". Also known as "General Jiutianlei, General Bafang Yunlei, Messenger of Thunder from Five Parties, and General Commander of Thunder Department", they all obeyed orders under the command of Jiutianlei Popularization Buddha. It is said that there are thirty-six tripterygium wilfordii, which are divided into three categories: heaven, earth and man, with twelve in each category.

It can be seen that the organization of Heaven is very comprehensive and rigorous. According to its functions and powers, it is divided into palace, ministries and hospitals, with clear division of labor and clear responsibilities, and even every clerk has clear responsibilities.

In another case, I remember that in the Song Dynasty, official positions and titles were separated, and officials with official positions and titles were justified. If there is no official position and title, it is only a nominal position without real power. Just like imperial envoys, imperial envoys are not fixed official positions, but temporary roles. There is a special task that needs to be dealt with by the minister now. Because of its importance, the emperor gave him the title of imperial envoy, which was full of the constitution of China, acting as the agent of the celestial patrol and acting as the agent first. I feel more like an imperial envoy that the Jade Emperor put on Li Tianwang's demon marshal and Nezha's Santanhui Great God. It is a temporary role. In order to better coordinate the heavenly soldiers, they will go to Huaguoshan. This also shows that according to the conspiracy theory, the interpretation of the story of westward journey is still too imaginative. I have always opposed reading the story of westward journey as a conspiracy theory. I have always felt that the jade emperor has a solid control over the three realms.