Is “Participated in the decisive battle of immortals and demons with array formations” true?
The Records of the Grand Historian, Hereditary House of Song Weizi, records Jizi as a purely political thinker and a surviving elder of the Shang dynasty; his participation in magical battles and array formations in Investiture of the Gods is a fictional construct. The original text writes that Jizi and Weizi, worried about the times, sighed: 「微子、箕子闻言，点首嗟叹。」(Investiture of the Gods, Chapter 028)
In official history, he is a virtuous royal clansman who served as Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty and was enslaved for remonstrating; in fiction, he is often portrayed as a loyal elder deeply concerned about his country and people.
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