King Qinguang

At the first court

King Qinguang begins the ten-court sequence used in this atlas. In the Yuli Baochao tradition, his office examines records of lifespan and conduct. Souls with grave wrongdoing are brought before the Mirror of Deeds; other cases may pass toward rebirth without the same route through punishment. This is the procedure of a particular moral narrative.

Names and local associations

He is commonly depicted with an official or royal crown, a long beard, and a ceremonial tablet. Later folklore associates him with Jiang Ziwen, whose own cult appears in Chinese supernatural literature. That association should not turn a legendary divine appointment into historical fact. The Ten Kings grew through Chinese Buddhist texts, funeral customs, and later morality books. Names, surnames, duties, and images vary between them, so the first court is a point of comparison rather than a universal religious rule.