The so-called "list of gods" is originally some saints and immortals expressed by later generations in the form of novels. Among them, Jiang Ziya is the person in charge of the gods. Why him? Maybe we can find the answer from novels and other places.
Read the novel first. Among them, Jiang Ziya, a disciple of Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty, went up the mountain at the age of 32 and studied Buddhism for 40 years. He is bent on immortality. Unfortunately, the foundation is still shallow and it is difficult to become an immortal. He can only change these decades of practice into great fame among adults. It was really arranged by his master Buddha that he went down the mountain.
Let's look at the list of gods again, saying that Jiang Ziya has won the treasure of soul. Yuan Shi Tianzun was overjoyed and said, "This thing can remove the names of King Wu and Jiang Ziya from the list of gods." From here, we can see that Jiang Ziya was originally a character in the list of gods, but it should be noted that gods are not the best choice in this book. Once the gods are sealed, it is difficult to become immortal, and Jiang Ziya, who is bent on seeking immortality, is unwilling to deify, but his qualifications are limited. Without gods, he can only be reduced to ashes. In short, his master will arrange for him to complete this great task, even if he becomes fly ash, he can be immortal.
This is not only the arrangement of the original Buddha in the book, but also the intentional arrangement of the author, so why is this arrangement? Let's look at the real Jiang Taigong.
Jiang Taigong made outstanding contributions in military, political and economic thoughts all his life, especially in the military field. Therefore, Tai Shigong said that "the words of the later military strategists and the yin power of the Zhou Dynasty were all based on Tai Gong" and he was the originator of the military strategists.
Jiang Taigong is a native of Zhou Dynasty. Since Qi Huangong's father in ancient times, the Zhou Dynasty has been looking forward to having a talent who can maintain peace and prosperity with martial arts and govern the country with culture to help Zhou realize the task of destroying Yin and prospering Zhou. Therefore, it is called "Tai Gong Wang". When the King of Wu was in power, it was commensurate with "the teacher is still the father", and it was difficult to pay tribute to the dignitaries. The "Taishi" appointed by King Wen, that is, the "Taishi", was the highest official of the "Three Publics" in the Western Zhou Dynasty. He not only presided over the army, but also asked about politics. There is a saying that "three points in the world, two points belong to Zhou, and the squire has many plans", which shows the importance of squire in Zhou Dynasty.
Jiang Taigong is also a wise minister, with profound strategies and extraordinary political and military strategists, who has always been admired by the rulers of past dynasties. This point was praised in many historical materials and literary works before the Tang Dynasty, such as The Book of Songs.
"Historical Records" also said: "Zhou Xibochang escaped from prison and conspired with Lu Shang to tilt commercial politics, which involved many intrigues of military power. Therefore, the words and deeds of later generations and Zhou's yin power were all based on the plan of Taigong." This established Jiang Taigong's position as the founder of Chinese military strategy theory.
It is precisely because of this that many people worship his noble personality and mourn his great achievements before making up his stories to praise him. It is said that he studied Taoism in Kunming Mountain. Later, he was ordered by his teacher to go down the mountain to help Zhou destroy the merchants, and then he was ordered by his teacher to publish a list of deities. This is very common in traditional operas and folklore in China.
In the Ming Dynasty, Xu's reverence for Taigong was beyond words. He wrote a novel "Romance of the Gods" in the form of deification, describing him as the god in charge of all the gods in the world. Taigong's magic and majesty have become idols to exorcise evil spirits and strengthen the body.