1, Jiang Ziya: also known as Jiang Shang, Jiang Taigong, Ziya Gong, Ziya, Taigong Wang, alias Mr. flying bear. He was the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty, and was called "Jiang Taigong" by the people and honored as "the master of a hundred schools of thought".
2. Nezha: A fairy in ancient myths and legends in China, a third-generation disciple of Buddhism, a real disciple of Taiyi, and a reincarnated spirit bead. He helped Zhou cut Zhou and made great achievements, and later became a saint.
3. Emperor Wen of Sui: A real disciple of Ding Yu, who taught the third generation of disciples and made the 89th Gong Xuan. Quentin has eyes, uses a three-pointed double-edged knife, and is accompanied by a roaring dog. He is versatile and fickle, and has repeatedly supported the overall situation in times of crisis.
4. Zhou Wang: The last monarch of Shang Dynasty was dissolute. He was partial to da ji and hurt loyalty, which led to the demise of Shang Dynasty. He was portrayed as a ruthless monarch in the Romance of Gods, and finally set himself on fire and died.
Creation background
Jiang Ziya's theory of beheading a general has long been told by poets, and the story of beheading a general took shape with the publication of Wu Wang's beheading Pinghua in Yuan Dynasty. There is an intermediate link from Wu Wang's Pinghua to the Romance of the Gods, that is, Biography of Guo compiled by Yu in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, which uses a lot of folklore to further deduce and expand the story.
Wu Wang's Pinghua and Biography of Legendary Kingdom provide a general plot framework, some characters and plot units for the Romance of the Gods. On the basis of predecessors' creation and folklore, Xu et al. wrote The Romance of the Gods.
There has always been a great controversy about the author of The Romance of Gods. The most common saying is Xu, because Xu's signature appeared in a version of the Ming Dynasty's Romance of the Gods. Xu's life story is unknown, except that he lived in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and was a native of Yingtianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), nicknamed "Zhongshan Yishou". About its author, besides Xu, there are Lu Changgeng, Lu Xixing and Wang Shizhen, but there is no conclusion.