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G. My main responsibility as the Jade Emperor is to protect the universe from evil spirits, while maintaining the the balance of good and evil, or the yang and yin. I punish humans who have sinned with bad luck, and I punish bad behaving Gods by reducing their heavenly rank. I reward my subjects with good fortune and promotions in my heavenly court.
H. When looking at spirit money, or heavenly money, you will see a picture of my face in the middle of it, wearing imperial robes. In the picture I am surrounded by the Eight Immortals. Each of the Eight Immortals represent a type of Chinese person. The old, the young, the men, the women, the rich, the poor, the noble, and the humble.
I. Many of the Chinese people began to worship me during the end of the Tang dynasty and in the beginning of the Song dynasty.
J. I am a symbol for the supreme ruler for the religion of Daioism, and Taoism, some of the main religions of China.
K. I am known to do little work. Some say that I cannot handle pressure well, and have poor problem solving skills. I often use my powers to improve my human subject's lives.
L. I have three main friends at court that help me rule. Cheng Huang does my paperwork for me. Tu Di Gong looks after villages, he ensuring that there is no sickness or famine. My third friend, Zao Jung, visits all the villages and towns before New Years. He reports back to me which of the villages and towns should be rewarded for their tidiness, crops they grew, and improvements that they have made. I then determine the rewards accordingly.
M. I am often wearing robes with dragons embroidered in them. I also have a head piece with thirteen strings of pearls on it.
I do not appreciate you banishing me from your palace. I am really sorry about breaking your vase but that was a little harsh.
ReplyDeleteI am also sorry about that but as ruler of all the Gods, I need to set an example. I can not pardon anyone, some of the Gods do not take me seriously and I do not actually do much besides punish and reward people, which is a job I take seriously.
ReplyDeleteWho are your enemies? Who does the work for you if you are known to do little of it yourself. It seems that your job is an important one.
ReplyDeleteI mostly tell other gods who live in Heaven to deal with my enemies. I consider anyone who threatens the peace and safety of Heaven an enemy.
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