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Deity East Asian traditions

Kui Xing

魁星 zh 괴성 ko

Taoist deities which represent the four stars of Beidou Seven Stars (Big Dipper), called Dòu kuí (斗魁) or Xuánjī (璇璣) collectively, tutelary deities of students and scholars in Chinese folk religion

  • Also called Khue-sing, Khoe-seng

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Taoist deities which represent the four stars of Beidou Seven Stars (Big Dipper), called Dòu kuí (斗魁) or Xuánjī (璇璣) collectively, tutelary deities of students and scholars in Chinese folk religionWikidata record description. Read Kui Xing in the Wikipedia reader.

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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞; b. 1786, d. 1865) · Public domain

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