At present, what people say about "Chinese mythology" is a myth in a broad sense, referring to a myth that integrates the ancient mythological system, the Taoist immortal system, and the Buddhist immortal system.
Especially in ancient mythology, before the pre-Qin Dynasty, the land of China was never truly unified, let alone before the Xia Shang Zhou.
First, our country is vast and numerous, each with its own sayings, and it is inevitable that there will be contradictions and conflicts.
Second, China's history has a long history, and various myths have emerged in an endless stream.
At present, there are many people in the "Journey to the West", "Search for God", "Fengshen Yanyi" and the mythological world created by many network authors that Chinese mythology is very chaotic, in fact, it is mainly influenced by this network and novel mythological system, which is generally the product of mixed processing on the basis of ancient mythology, religious mythology, and even folk mythology.
The Eastern Emperor Taiyi, also known as Taiyi, Taiyi, Taiyi, Taiyi, Taiyi, taiyi, is the supreme god of ancient Chinese Chudi legends.
The "Eastern Emperor Taiyi" was originally recorded in Qu Yuan's poem "Nine Songs", which was a god believed and sacrificed by the people of the Chu state (Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other southern regions) during the Warring States period. "Nine Songs : Eastern Emperor Taiyi" is Qu Yuan's ode to "Eastern Emperor Taiyi", the most solemn and solemn one in "Qu Fu", and its poems are only descriptions of ritual ceremonies and scenes of worship to gods from beginning to end. In addition, "Eastern Emperor" is not a surname, but a degree of honor (in ancient times, the East was respected).
At first, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi was the highest god of Chudi, and later became the chief priest of the highest god during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and The Han Dynasty King Mang wanted to merge the Haotian God and Taiyi, which affected some of the literature of the time, but the subsequent emperor soon separated the two gods.
The Tang Dynasty once again became the main object of worship.
Northern Song Dynasty In order to cover up the shame of the Great Song Dynasty of the Liaoyuan Alliance, Emperor Zhenzong of Song lied that there was a Jade Emperor dreaming. Began to tout the Jade Emperor. Upward and downward effects, Taoism also gradually arose the legend of the Jade Emperor as the Emperor of Heaven. After the Song Dynasty, the emperors of various dynasties and generations also vigorously admired the Jade Emperor in order to promote the imperial rule as the destiny of heaven, and the combination of power and theocracy led to the gradual decline of the eastern emperor Taiyi's belief.
Personally, I agree that the supreme god and shang zhou "Hao Tian God" sacrificed by "Taiyi" Chu Di are the gods who dominate all things in the universe, representing heaven or being equated with heaven. Or it can be called the Heavenly Way.