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As a deity Siming takes his, her, or their place in a complex cosmological system of Chinese religion and mythology. Over time, this system became a visualization of a complex cosmology including the elaboration of a heavenly bureaucracy, somewhat parallel to the earthly bureaucracy of the Chinese state, and invoking the same sort of explicit hierarchy.
The Master of Fate is known as Siming (司命) with various English translations (such as, Controller of Fate, Deified Judge of Life, and Director of Destinies). Siming is both an abstract deity (or more rather title thereof) and a celestial asterism .
Siming may refer to: Siming District, an urban district of Xiamen, Fujian, China; Siming (deity), a deity or title thereof of the Director of Fate or Master of Destiny
This region (along with a specific mountain in it) was also called Siming, hence the moniker "Siming" Zhili. [3] [4] Zhili was born into the Jin 金 family and went by the style name Yueyan 約言. [5] Following the loss of his mother at age seven, he entered the monastic order as a novice. [6]
Nezha: Taoist protection deity; Nüwa: creator of humans; Pangu: a deity that separated heaven and earth; Siming: god of lifespan and fate; Sun Wukong (also known as the Monkey King): protects mankind from demons and evil spirits; Tam Kung: sea deity with the ability to forecast weather; The Cowherd and Weaver Girl
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Model of the Monkey King's homeland on Mount Huaguo, at Mount Huaguo (Jiangsu).. Mount Huaguo (traditional Chinese: 花 果 山; pinyin: Huāguǒ Shān; Wade–Giles: Hua 1 kuo 3 Shan 1; Japanese: Kakazan; Vietnamese: Hoa Quả Sơn) or Flowers and Fruit Mountain, is a major area featured in the novel Journey to the West (16th century).