Jade Emperor
c. 200 CE – 2026 CEattested
China
- Chinese
Supreme ruler of heaven and all the courts of the celestial bureaucracy, who governs the cosmos the way a Chinese emperor governs the state: through paperwork and subordinates.
Known for
- celestial bureaucracy
- ruler of heaven
- Chinese New Year audience
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.