Five manifestations of Shangdi
The Five manifestations of Shangdi are in Chinese religion, the five manifestations of Shangdi. This idea dates to the Shang dynasty.[1]
| Five Forms of the Highest Deity | |||||||||
 Modern fresco representing the Five Deities | |||||||||
 Diagram of the associations from the HuainanziTemplate:Sfnb | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 五方上帝 | ||||||||
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| Five Deities | |||||||||
| Chinese | 五帝 | ||||||||
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The five are
References
- Didier, John C. (2009). "In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 BC – AD 200". Sino-Platonic Papers. Victor H. Mair (192).
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