Fengshen Yanyi must be a novel that people have heard of, even if they have not read the original work, people must have seen the TV series version of Fengshen Yanyi. This TV series is the list of gods. It is undeniable that people still remember the interpretation of the list of gods, after all, the characters in the TV series are all gods. Nowadays, it seems that the list of conferred gods has played a role in "publicizing" the evolution of the gods.
This is similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The emergence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms gave posterity a preliminary understanding of the Three Kingdoms period. Historically, the difference between the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the history of the Three Kingdoms is not great. Then the difference between the fengshen yanyi and the list of fengshen gods is very big, except that the novel and the main history are the same characters, but their deeds are completely different.
What is even more unbelievable is that the various characters in the Fengshen Rendition are gods, but in the main history, it is impossible for people to go to heaven and earth. Tu Xingsun appeared in the Fengshen Rendition, and now it seems that without the help of mechanical equipment, it is impossible for people to enter the ground and walk freely, which is a description in the novel, not a real history.
In the Fengshen Rendition and the LIST of Fengshen Gods in the TV series, the final plot is that Jiang Ziya canonized the gods in the Fengshen Platform. At this time, Jiang Ziya was canonized by those who had made meritorious achievements during the periods of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou. That is, people who made contributions to the Zhou Dynasty. These people were written to the gods one by one by Jiang Ziya. Jiang Ziya sealed the gods in order to restore the order of the celestial realm.
In the Fengshen Platform, Jiang Ziya sealed a total of 365 immortals. So which of these people is the first one? I am afraid that many people do not know this question. People will definitely say that Jiang Ziya himself must be the first, you know, in the list of canonized gods and the evolution of the gods, Jiang Ziya is canonized as a god, and the people who canonize himself do not include himself.
What's even worse is that Jiang Ziya was probably a god himself at that time. Whether it is in the novel or in the main history, Jiang Ziya's age is beyond people's imagination. In the novel, Jiang Ziya came out of the mountain after he was over seventy years old, and even in the main history, Jiang Ziya's time out of the mountain was more than seventy years old. At that time, Jiang Ziya was fishing on the Weishui River and met Xibo Hou Jichang.
When Jiang Ziya was fishing, his fishing method attracted the attention of Xibo Hou Jichang, which is the origin of "Jiang Taigong Fishing - Willing to Take the Bait". After Seeing Jiang Ziya, Xi Bo Hou Ji Chang was attracted by his fishing methods, and Jiang Zi ya was also noticed by Xi Bo Hou Ji Chang, who at that time affirmed that Ji Chang was a person who achieved great things.
So Jiang Ziya followed Xi Bohou Jichang. After following Xi Bohou Jichang, Jiang Ziya began to make meritorious achievements. Then, on the road of conquest, it attracted a lot of talents. These people were all later canonized. Then, among these people, one person has not made any achievements, but he has been named the first place in the list of gods, and more importantly, others have not disobeyed.
Why is that? Fengshen Yanyi is very familiar to people, and now this novel has been adapted into a TV series. Whether through novels or TV series, people still remember the plot in the Fengshen Rendition. At the end of the novel, Jiang Ziya canonized the gods, and among these people, a man named Bai Jian became the first in the list of gods.
The novel describes this person as follows: "Now under the order of The First Emperor of Taishang, Erbai Jian used to be the grand marshal of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan, conquered Xuan you, once had a meritorious service, unfortunately died in the North Sea, sacrificed his body to repay the country, and was loyal and commendable." At the beginning, Jiang Ziya took over the great cause of the list of gods in the hands of Yuan Shi Tianzun, after which Jiang Ziya went down the mountain to assist King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou.
After descending the mountain, Jiang Ziya met a figure who had waited for him for thousands of years, which was Bai Jian. Bai Jian was originally a fierce general under the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan. As the vanguard general of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan, he was accidentally hit into the sea by Xuan You's firearm, so Bai Jian began to drift at sea, and it was not until the arrival of Jiang Ziya that Bai Jian's fate changed.
After Jiang Ziya knew what happened to Bai Jian, he felt sorry for Bai Jian's experience, so he used the "Five Thunders" to help him break through the puzzle. In this way, Bai Jian followed Jiang Ziya to Xiqi to build a meritorious career. After Bai Jian arrived in Xiqi, Jiang Ziya remembered that the purpose of his descent was to seal the gods, so Jiang Ziya asked Bai Jian to build a god sealing platform.
Bai Jian worked very hard to build the "Fengshen Platform", because Bai Jian had always been building the Fengshen Platform, so when the King of Wu was cutting the silk, Bai Jian did not go to the battlefield. In other words, Bai Jian has no merit in his body. At the end of the Battle of Wu Wang, when the conferring of gods began, Jiang Ziya ranked Bai Jian first among the gods. This is a great honor for Bai Jian, who has not yet achieved anything.
Bai Jian was given the title of Qingfu Zhengshen (清福正神). The reason why Jiang Ziya ranked Bai Jian first was because Bai Jian was the most senior, as early as the process of Xuanyuan Huangdi's attack on Xuan You, Bai Jian had already begun to fight, but in the end, Bai Jian sacrificed his life for the country and wandered in the sea for nearly a thousand years. More importantly, Bai Jian built the Fengshen Platform, which gave him the dignity of others.