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In the Chinese common religion and philosophical schools the idea of the universal God has been expressed in a variety of names and representations, most notably as 天 (Tiān, "Heaven") and 上帝 (Shàngdì, "Highest Deity" or "Highest Emperor"). These two and other concepts have been variously combined, in diverse contexts, to form titles ...
Kun'yomi (訓読み) is a way of pronunciation of Chinese characters in Japanese. It is the pronunciation of the Japanese synonymous word that uses a Chinese character. Therefore, kun'yomi readings only borrow the form and meaning of Chinese characters, and do not use the Chinese pronunciations.
Shen plays a central role in Christian translational disputes over Chinese terms for God. Among the early Chinese "god; God" names, 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. [7] Modern terms for "God" include shangdi, zhu 主, tianzhu 天主 (esp. Catholics), and shen 神 ...
The Chinese idea of the universal God is expressed in different ways. There are many names of God from the different sources of Chinese tradition. [17] The radical Chinese terms for the universal God are Tian (天) and Shangdi (上帝, "Highest Deity") or simply, Dì (帝, "Deity"). [18] [19] There is also the concept of Tàidì (太帝, "Great ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Mandarin on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mandarin in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Sheshen (社神 "God of the Soil") or Shegong (社公 "Lord of the Soil"); This word may be confusing as 社 is often used to refer to society or shrines, but the original etymology was linked to soil. Tudijun (土帝君 "Ruler God of the Soil"). Extended titles of the god include: Tudihuofushen (土地或福神 "God who May Bless the Soil");
His partner Qianliyan's name similarly means "Sharp-Eyed" or "All-Seeing". Under the Ming, Shunfeng'er was also known as Shi Kuang. [11] He is also sometimes known as Wanli'er, [12] which has similar meaning, as the Chinese word wàn—like the English "myriad"—simultaneously means the number 10,000 and "innumerable" or "uncountably vast".
Creel refers to the historical shift in ancient Chinese names for 'god' from Shang oracles that frequently used Di and Shangdi and rarely used "Tian", to Zhou bronzes and texts that used "Tian" more frequently than Shangdi. The chapter "Tang Shi" (湯誓 'Tang's speech') illustrates how early Zhou texts used Tian in contexts with Shangdi.