"Generally speaking, Taoism has two levels. One of them is based on the Biography of Immortals. Taoist immortals are divided into nine levels, namely, Shangxian, Xiaxian, Taishang Zhenren, Tian Fei Zhenren, Lingxian, Zhenren, Fei Xian and Ren Xian. The other is Taiyi immortal and Luo Jinxian, also called Luo Tianxian, which is the highest realm of immortals. There is no hierarchy above the pick Jin Xian, but in the realm of the pick Jin Xian, it is divided into two levels, one is the ordinary pick Jin Xian, and the other is the mixed yuan non-pick Jin Xian. These gold-picking immortals are all top immortals, such as primitive Buddha, moral Buddha, Nu Wa and others. They also have another title, that is, saints, and above them, heaven.
Taoism believes that there is a sequence of cultivation and there are different levels of longevity, so Taoist immortals also have different levels of taste. The early Taoist classic Taiping Jing divided immortals into six categories: first, gods, second, real people, third, immortals, fourth, Tao, fifth, saints and sixth, sages. He also said: "God is God, real people are landlords, immortals are the masters of storms, Taoist bishops are fickle, saints care about the people, and sages help saints manage people's records, which also helps the shortcomings of Liuhe."
Hong Jun, the ancestor mentioned in fairy tales, is not recorded in Taoist classics, and Taoism does not admit that he has such great power. So who are the Taoist immortals from high to low?
In addition, there are four emperors, the Antarctic immortal emperor is in charge of human life and destiny, the Zhongtian Weizi North Pole emperor is in charge of the latitude and longitude of heaven and earth, the palace sun, moon and stars, the emperor is in charge of heaven and earth, heaven and earth are in charge of everything and heaven and earth grow. The four emperors commanded the gods of heaven and earth, and assisted the jade emperor in charge of heaven.
The following is the first old gentleman of Qingling, the old gentleman of Shanling Town in East Di Qing, the old gentleman of Yuanling Town in South Chi Di, the central emperor of Yuanling, the old gentleman of Linghao Huang, the old gentleman of West Bai Di and the old gentleman of Wu Lingxuan in North Hei Di.
There are many immortals on it, such as the nine-day Yingyuan Leipudu Buddha, the high-altitude Qingming God Emperor, the Haotian God, the marshal of the Qing altar and so on. In the teacher's Taoist scriptures, it is called the first god.
Then the god of happiness. That is, the leaders in all aspects of the management of Heaven are called Tianzun. For example, Taiyi rescues the Buddha, Seo Woo goes to the Emperor Buddha, and the True Emperor Cave Buddha and so on. They are in charge of Siming, Lu Si, Yanshou, Du E and Shangsheng respectively.
Below are the stars and gods. Seven yuan, eight poles, nine Yao, twenty-eight stars. Known as the star king, such as the Big Dipper, the Twenty-eight Stars Rabbit, the Heart Moon Fox, the Kuimu Wolf, etc. They dominate the world.
According to the Taoist scriptures, the following are the gods of Buhler. Tian Dingli, Liu Ding Jade Girl, General Liu Jia, General Jiutian Gilded Fire Spirit, Master Lei Huozhen and so on. These should be regarded as the lowest cadres in the sky.