Before the Jade Emperor became immortal, there were many vulgar names in folklore, such as Zhang Youren, Zhang Jian and Zhang Bairen, all of whom were surnamed Zhang. In the Tang Dynasty, Youyang Miscellaneous Language recorded that "Tian Weng's surname was thirsty and he was a fisherman. Less arrogant and unrestrained. " Yuyang is from the southwest of Miyun County in the north of Beijing today. There are two legends about the reason why the jade emperor surnamed Zhang. One of them is related to the spread of the early Taipingdao opening angle doctrine and the influence of the Yellow Scarf Uprising on the formation of Taoism. Zhang Jiao was the founder of Taiping Road and the leader of the Yellow Scarf Uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was named "General of the Heavenly Palace", which is the Jade Emperor and has a strong long-term influence among the people. With the passage of time, Zhang Jiao became the incarnation of the Jade Emperor.

The opening angle of Taoism, which really forms one of the important religious angles, is "ruling the world with goodness". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taiping Taoism spread all over Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan and Yu, with hundreds of thousands of followers. Although the Yellow Scarf Uprising did not overthrow the Eastern Han Dynasty, its influence was amazing. As we all know, after the Yellow turban insurrectionary, the history of China entered the famous "Three Kingdoms Era". Therefore, Zhang Duo, the surname of the Emperor of Heaven, is the opening angle of the "General Emperor of Heaven" attached by later generations.