The Sung emperor Chen Tsung, who had deep faith in Taoism, had an image created for the Jade Emperor, and placed it in the Jade Purity Palace, and gave Him the honorific "Jade Emperor, Ruler of All Heaven." This was a formal recognition of His place in the spirit world.
篤信道教的宋真宗，還為玉皇塑造神像，奉祀在玉清宮，並封給祂老人家一個「太上開天執符御曆含真體道玉皇大天帝」的聖號，算是正式承認祂在神界的地位。