In China mythology, Dongyue the Great is an extremely important god, because Dongyue the Great is also called Mount Tai God. In the oldest theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements of Han nationality in China, Mount Tai is located in the east, the sun rises and everything is born. Therefore, Taishan God has important functions of guiding life and death.

In addition, the ancients believed that Mount Tai was the highest mountain in the world. Therefore, the emperors on earth have to go to the highest Mount Tai to worship the Emperor of Heaven in order to get the orders from heaven.

There are many records of the identity history of Emperor Dongyue, some of which belong to Jin Hong. This Jin Hong is the son of Wang Shaohai, the ninth Miao nationality in Pangu, and his wife, Fairy Mirun. Because of his active service in Changbai Mountain, he was named Tai Sui when he arrived in Fuxi Shi. In the Shennong dynasty, he was given the title of Tianfu. When Emperor Hanming became emperor, he was named Marshal Taishan.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, he was named the King Zhong of God, and at that time, he was named the Holy Emperor of Dongyue Tianqi. In addition, there are Tai Hao's theory, Pangu's theory of Tao Cheng, Shangqing's theory of reality, Tu Shan's son's theory, Tiandi's grandson's theory and so on.