Judge Cui is the well-known number one figure in the underworld under the Lord of Hell. He wears a red robe, holds a book of life and death in his left hand, and a soul-enchanting pen in his right hand. He is a judge who specializes in extending the life of the good and punishing

Judge Cui’s birthday is on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, so who is the protagonist Judge Cui we are talking about today? Judge Cui is the most famous figure in the underworld under Prince of Hell . He is dressed in a red robe, holding a book of life and death in his left hand, and a magic pen in his right hand. , a judge who specializes in extending the life of good people and punishing evil people. Judge Cui rewards good and punishes evil, and is in charge of life and death in the world!

Judge Cui, whose given name is Jue, was an upright official during his lifetime. After his death, he was in charge of rewarding good and punishing evil, and managing life and death in the world. He was the most powerful person in ancient and modern times. He held the "book of life and death" and the pen of ecstasy. With just one tick, he decided who should die and who should deserve it. Life only lasts a moment.

According to folklore, Judge Cui began to serve as an official in 633 AD, which was the seventh year of Zhenguan, to benefit the people. It is said that he was similar to Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty. He could judge things in the world during the day and adjudicate the grievances in the underworld at night. , better than gods. Because he was an honest official, he went to the underworld to take charge of the Yin Law Department after his death, which was one of the four major civil and military judges in the King Yama 's palace: the Rewarding the Good Department, the Punishing the Evil Department, the Yin Law Department, and the Chasing Department.

According to Taoist scriptures records, the gods in charge of the ghosts in the underworld and the affairs of the underworld are respectively Dongyue the Great , Fengdu the Great and so on. Once a person's soul is taken away from the mortal world, the person will be brought to the judge for review based on the person's "book of life and death", that is, what good deeds the person has done while alive. What evil deeds have been committed, and then send this person to the hells responsible for different palace kings (that is, the ten palace kings under King Yama).

It is said that the most famous person who changed the book of life and death without authorization was Tang Taizong . Because he was involved in the Jinghe Laolong case, he died suddenly. Later, under the mediation of Wei Zheng, Cui Jue not only protected Tang Taizong's safe return Yang, and privately gave him twenty years of Yang life. After Cui Jue's death, the people set up temples in many places to offer sacrifices, and later generations also followed suit.