Is “Slaying generals, canonizing gods, and presiding over the Fengshen Bang” true?

novel invention

The Records of the Grand Historian, in the Hereditary House of Qi Tai Gong, records him as the ancestor of military strategists, who personally led the vanguard in the Battle of Muye and decisively defeated the Shang army, with absolutely no mention of the events in the Investiture of the Gods where he presided over the Fengshen Bang and the magical battles between the Chan and Jie sects. (Original text: 「武王使师尚父与百夫致师,以大卒驰帝纣师。」, source: data/raw/shiji/周本纪上.txt)

Jiang Ziya

In official history, he is the founding minister of Qi and the ancestor of military strategists; in novels, he is portrayed as a Taoist master who descends the mountain to oversee the canonization of gods.

Other claims about Jiang Ziya

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