Celestial officials recorded people's good and bad actions; after the final reckoning, rewards were given in this life, usually in the form of happiness, rank and longevity.
天官掌握生死簿，記錄人的善惡，待到算總帳，報償也常是現世的，所謂現世報，對善人多以延長壽命等福祿壽作為獎償。