Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang4 Ti4), also called simply Di (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì; lit. 'God'), is the name of the Chinese...
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Xuanwu (god) (redirect from Xuantian Shangdi)
the words "Dark (or Mysterious) Heavenly Highest Deity" (玄天上帝 Xuántiān Shàngdì) appeared before him. The woman in labor was a manifestation of the goddess...
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Society (simplified Chinese: 拜上帝会; traditional Chinese: 拜上帝會; pinyin: Bài Shàngdì Huì) was a religious movement founded and led by Hong Xiuquan which drew...
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The Wǔfāng Shàngdì (五方上帝 "Five Regions' Highest Deities" or "Highest Deities of the Five Regions"), or simply Wǔdì (五帝 "Five Deities") or Wǔshén (五神 "Five...
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Emperor Shang of Han (redirect from Emperor Han Shangdi of China)
Emperor Shang of Han (Chinese: 漢殤帝; pinyin: Hàn Shāngdì; Wade–Giles: Han Shang-ti; late October or early November 105 – 21 September 106) was an infant...
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Mother goddess (redirect from Muqin Shangdi)
A mother goddess is a major goddess characterized as a mother or progenitor, either as an embodiment of motherhood and fertility or fulfilling the cosmological...
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Wǔfāng Shàngdì). It is also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, which are the astral representations of the Wufang Shangdi. The Azure...
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Shangdi Subdistrict (Chinese: 上地街道; pinyin: Shàngdì Jiēdào) is a subdistrict situated in the northeast of Haidian District, Beijing, China. It shares...
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Chinese theology (redirect from Huangtian Shangdi)
Huángtiān Shàngdì); others are "Great Deity the Heavenly King" (天皇大帝 Tiānhuáng Dàdì) and "Supreme Deity of the Vast Heaven" (昊天上帝 Hàotiān Shàngdì). God is...
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Shangdi station (Chinese: 上地站; pinyin: Shàngdì zhàn) is a station on Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. The station has 2 at-grade side platforms. There is...
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Religious Confucianism (section Shangdi)
worship of Confucius, the seventy-two disciples, Mencius, Zhu Xi, and Shangdi. Religious Confucianism has had state sponsorship since the Han dynasty...
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(17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their highest god as Shangdi or Di (帝, 'Lord'). During the following Zhou dynasty, Tian became synonymous...
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such as: Huáng Tiān Shàngdì (皇天上帝; Huáng, "Emperor" + Tiān + Shàngdì) or Xuán Tiān Shàngdì (玄天上帝; Xuán, "Deep" + Tiān + Shàngdì) Shàngtiān (Shàng + Tiān...
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of Shangdi in China. In Ancient Chinese society, nobles of all levels constructed altars for Heaven. At first, only nobles could worship Shangdi but...
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temples and monasteries associated with the Lord of the North, Xuantian Shangdi. The Wudang Mountains are renowned for the practice of tai chi and Taoism...
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Han, worship of Taiyi was an official belief, ranked above the Wufang Shangdi and worshipped by the emperor himself. Taiyi is regarded as the god of...
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Emperor Shang of Tang (redirect from Tang shangdi)
Tang Shangdi Chinese 唐殤帝 Literal meaning "Tang Emperor who died in childhood" Beihaijun Wang Chinese 北海郡王 Literal meaning Prince of Beihai Commandery...
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the Jade Lord; the Highest Emperor; Great Emperor of Jade (玉皇上帝 Yu Huang Shangdi, or 玉皇大帝 Yu Huang Dadi). There are many stories in Chinese mythology involving...
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also being composed of all of them. The highest of the Shang gods was Shangdi (上帝), or simply Di (帝). In many oracle bone inscriptions, Di is described...
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shangdi 上帝 or di was the Shang term, tian 天 was the Zhou term, and shen was a later usage (see Feng Yu-Lan. Modern terms for "God" include shangdi, zhu...
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dynasty (1766 BCE) until the modern period centered on the worship of Shangdi (literally "Above Sovereign", generally translated as "God") or Heaven...
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which Hong presented as a restoration of the ancient Chinese faith in Shangdi. His associate Feng Yunshan then founded the God Worshipping Society to...
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Yellow Emperor (category Wufang Shangdi)
part of the Five Regions Highest Deities (Chinese: 五方上帝; pinyin: Wǔfāng Shàngdì) in Chinese folk religion. Regarded as the initiator of Han Chinese culture...
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universal concept of Heaven referred to as Tian. The Shang's identification of Shangdi as their ancestor-god had asserted their claim to power by divine right;...
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Emperors and Three Sovereigns, mythical rulers of ancient China Wufang Shangdi a set of five Chinese deities called Emperors Five emperor coins, a set...
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Part of a series on Chinese folk religion Concepts Tian—Shangdi Qi Shen Ling Xian ling Yinyang Hundun Mingyun Yuanfen Baoying Wu Theory Chinese theology...
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astronomy Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements Wufang Shangdi – Traditional Chinese fivefold deity "西水坡遺址里的圖案擺放,預示著古代某種神秘的星象". KK News...
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places her infant son Han Shangdi on the Chinese throne. First and the only year of yanping era. September 21 – Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign...
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stars. The 108 Heroes represent 108 demonic generals who were banished by Shangdi, a supreme god in Chinese folk religion. Having repented since their banishment...
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