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Hell, in people’s hearts, has always been a mysterious and horrible impression. Ghosts such as ox head and horse face and black and white impermanence are enough to frighten people living in the sun. After all, these people are directly linked to “death”.
In fact, in ancient Chinese myths and legends, there is not much difference in the institutional settings between the underworld and the sun. What we often hear about the ghost differences such as black and white impermanence is only the existence of the ancient Yamen. On top of the ghost difference, there is also an official system with strict levels, clear levels and definite powers.
Meng Po, who was gradually romanticized and idealized, was a part of the local government system.
The names of officials in the underworld are obscure and difficult to understand. The author will explain them by comparing them with the current official system, so as to facilitate understanding and overall grasp.
First of all, let’s introduce the highest leader in the world, the great emperor Dongyue, that is, the great emperor of Tianqi Rensheng, that is, the legendary “God of Mount Tai”.
He is in charge of the birth and death of all living things in the world. As the incarnation of Mount Tai, the God of Mount Tai is the holy messenger of heaven and the world. It is the protective god of emperors in all dynasties who were ordered by heaven to govern the world.
That is to say, the great emperor Dongyue, who is the master of life and death, is in charge of the Yin and Yang spaces! As for the sky, it is not the scope of this article.
With the Dongyue emperor in charge of overall affairs, the underworld must also have an absolute leader; After all, there is still an emperor in the sun!
The absolute number one in the underworld is Beiyin Fengdu ? ng d ?] The great emperor is the great emperor of Fengdu.
However, the management institutions of the underworld and the Yangjian are not quite the same. The underworld is the “five ghost Emperors”, that is, the ghost emperors in charge of the five regions jointly govern.
That is to say, there are five regions in the whole underworld, and each region is under the jurisdiction of a ghost emperor. These five ghost emperors do not belong to each other and have no jurisdiction over each other. In order to unify the management and facilitate the mediation of the relationship between the ghost emperors, and at the same time to have a general figure similar to the Jade Emperor, they jointly established a “Fengdu emperor” as the leader of the “five ghost Emperors”.
To put it bluntly, the five ghost emperors were equivalent to the overlords of the five major kingdoms in the spring and Autumn period, and the Fengdu emperor was the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. However, the power and ability of emperor Fengdu far exceeded that of Emperor Zhou in the spring and Autumn period.
Why is it said that emperor Fengdu was more powerful than the emperor of Zhou Dynasty?
Because there is also a “directly subordinate team” and a direct management team under the leadership of emperor Fengdu, namely “Luo Feng LiuTian official”.
Luo Feng’s six heavenly palaces: namely, Zhou Jueyin heavenly palace, Taisha Liangshi Zong heavenly palace, tomorrow morning naisin Wucheng heavenly palace, Tianzhao sin Qi heavenly palace, zongling Qifei heavenly palace, and dare Si Lianwan repeated heavenly palace. It is the six day ghosts and gods that directly belong to Emperor Fengdu and are in charge of life, death, misfortune and happiness on earth.
That is to say, the “five ghost Emperors” are the separate imperial ruling system of each vassal state, and the “Luo Feng six heavenly officials” are set by the central authorities and directly belong to the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty.
Compared with the current official system, the “five ghost Emperors” are equivalent to the highest leader of a province – the Secretary of the provincial Party committee; And “Luo Feng six days official” is equivalent to the ministers of the State Council.
With the establishment of senior officials, we can effectively manage and constrain the underworld. However, don’t forget that the underworld is a judicial institution that focuses more on adjudication, judgment of people’s good and evil, and attribution.
Trial is the main function of the underworld.
Therefore, under the leadership of the “provincial and ministerial level”, there is a special trial institution, which is equivalent to the location of the provincial court. Its main leadership is the “king of hell in the ten halls”.
“King of hell in the ten halls”: they are the king of Qin Guang, the king of Chu Jiang, the emperor of Song Dynasty, the king of five features, the king of hell, the king of equality, the king of Taishan, the king of metropolis, the king of Biancheng and the king of runner.
How to distinguish the “king of hell in the ten halls”?
King Guangwang of Qin: it is a book that deals exclusively with longevity and premature death, birth and death; It is equivalent to the president of the provincial court and the deputy provincial and ministerial level cadres to uniformly manage the punishment in the underworld and the good and bad luck in the next life.
And the other nine halls, the king of hell, are the vice presidents in charge of the four seas and eight places.
Note: the king of hell in the nine halls is not in any order, that is, there is no executive vice president and Deputy Secretary of the Party group. They are all general vice presidents at the deputy department level.
However, the ten halls of Yan Luo Wang Zhijian do not belong to each other, but only have different functions and powers.
With the president of the court, there must be specific functional personnel.
Under the king of the ten halls, there are also specific functional organs such as the investigation department, the reward department, and the punishment department, which are equivalent to the deputy department level organs such as the criminal court, the civil court, and the administrative court under the provincial court.
For example, chief judge Cui Fujun and others are the level of deputy director level presidents.
Under the president, Zhong Kui is the leader of the executive board at the relevant level.
However, black-and-white impermanence, bull head and horse face and other ghosts are specific staff with administrative levels, all of which belong to the executive board. However, it is not necessarily under the jurisdiction of Zhong Kui. It is more similar to the location of the Judicial Police Corps of the court.
And Meng Po is the Yin emissary in charge of erasing the memory of the living soul. Note that this is just “making” and not even “bad”. That is to say, “people on mission”.
Mother Meng, whose order did you serve?
Naturally, it is the king of Qin Guang who has the authority to manage the “good and bad luck of the human afterlife”. Because “erasing the memory of the living soul” is the beginning of the reincarnation of the ghost.
Therefore, Meng Po is a researcher who has no administrative position but has an administrative level. According to its status compared with that of cattle head and horse face, black and white impermanence and other ghosts, it is basically equivalent to the deputy department level. Disclaimer: the above content is from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If your original copyright is infringed, please inform us, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.