The Path of the Wealth God

Description： If there is any immortal in our cultural tradition who has been sincerely loved by the masses from ancient times to the present, it must be the God of Wealth. Therefore, the top-ranking auspicious saying during the Spring Festival is definitely "May you be prosperous!" — The beautiful aspiration for wealth has been written into the genes of our nation. Based on this simple and healthy national sentiment, our ancestors actively and optimistically created an immortal in charge of wealth, the God of Wealth. The God of Wealth governs fortune and presides over wealth and prosperity. It is a benevolent god widely worshiped by the people and has always been highly respected and venerated. The origin of the God of Wealth is rather complicated and there are various opinions, because there is not just one God of Wealth but a group, and each one has a different origin. Among the numerous Gods of Wealth, Fan Li, Bi Gan, Guan Yu, and Zhao Gongming are the most popular and enjoy the most incense offerings. Most of the Gods of Wealth worshiped in temples across the country are these four figures, so they are the most famous and have the widest influence. This book, in the form of brief biographies, clarifies for readers the life stories of the prototype figures of the Gods of Wealth as well as the origin and development of the God of Wealth culture. It interprets the traditional cultural themes that we love to talk about from a historical perspective and guides readers to draw more spiritual sources of auspiciousness, optimism, and ceaseless struggle from the outstanding traditional culture of our nation. Author Biography： Guo Xiaochang: Male, a scholar and writer, was born in 1968 in Changle, Shandong Province, and currently lives in Beijing. He started literary creation during his college years and has published numerous short stories, novellas, prose, essays and poems. He has also published many full-length novels, collections of prose and essays, collections of reportage, and theoretical monographs. In recent years, he has been committed to creating a series of biographical novels about historical figures. Five of them have been published, including "The Muddleheaded County Magistrate Zheng Banqiao", "The Dog-Meat General Zhang Zongchang", "The Carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao", "Ji Kang, Whose Music Stopped in Guangling", and "Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty, the Great Emperor in Turbulent Times". In total, he has published works amounting to 3 million words.

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Release date

Ebook: 28 December 2024