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'God of Wealth') is the mythological figure worshipped in the Chinese folk religion and Taoism. He has been identified with many historical figures, viewed as his embodied forms, among whom Zhao Gongming ( 趙公明 , Wade–Giles : Chao Kung-ming ; also known as Zhao Gong Yuanshuai 趙公元帥 "Lord Zhao the Marshal"), Fan Li , and Bi Gan . [ 1 ]
The Shuowen Jiezi defines shen 申 as shen 神 and says that in the 7th lunar month when yin forces increase, bodies shenshu 申束 "bind up". [citation needed] The earliest written forms of shen 神 "spirit; god" occur in Zhou dynasty bronzeware script and Qin dynasty seal script characters (compare the variants shown on the "Chinese etymology ...
During the Han Dynasty, the Daoist book Record of Canonical Texts (典籍實錄) states that Zhao Gongming is the 'essence of the sun'. [8]During the Jin Dynasty, the Records of the Search for Spirits (搜神記) recorded: "The Heavenly Emperor appointed three generals, Zhao Gongming and Zhong Shiji, each to supervise the subjugation of spirits and the retrieval of human souls".
Lakshmi: Goddess of wealth, fortune and luck. Kubera: God of wealth; Ganesha: God of wisdom, luck and good beginnings; associated with wealth and fortune. Alakshmi: Goddess of misfortune. Agni: God of fire, wealth and food(in the vedas).
This list also reflects the intensification of god-making (zao shen, 造神) during the Yuan-Ming period. [8] Legend has it that the ruins of the Platform of Gods (fengshentai, 封神台), where Jiang Ziya appointed the gods, are located near Shandi Village in Huangdui Township, Fufeng County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province.
"Ye Xian" (traditional Chinese: 葉 限; simplified Chinese: 叶 限; pinyin: Yè Xiàn; Wade–Giles: Yeh Hsien; [jê ɕjɛ̂n]) is a Chinese fairy tale that is similar to the European Cinderella story, the Malay-Indonesian Bawang Putih Bawang Merah tale, [1] and stories from other ethnic groups including the Tibetans and the Zhuang. [2]
They are also known as jing, qi and shen (Chinese: 精氣神; pinyin: jīng-qì-shén; Wade–Giles: ching ch'i shen; "essence, breath, and spirit"). The French sinologist Despeux summarizes: Jing, qi, and shen are three of the main notions shared by Taoism and Chinese culture
shen 神 "spirit; god; divine; supernatural; awareness; consciousness" xian 仙 "transcendent; immortal; saint; celestial being; alchemist" zhuan 傳 "commentary on a classic (e.g., Zuozhuan); biography; tradition" The word shenxian 神仙 can be parsed either as shénxiān "gods and transcendents" or as shénxian "divine transcendent".