Kinship as the accounts give it
The family of Jade Emperor
The highest god of many Taoist sects, overseeing the universe through administration of a celestial bureaucracy mirroring ancient and medieval China's
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Journey to the West
One of China's Four Great Classical Novels
- Published 1592 CE
- Also called Xiyou Ji, Xiyouji, Xi You Ji
Overview
one of China's Four Great Classical NovelsWikidata record description. Read Journey to the West in the Wikipedia reader.
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Stories and families in it
Each on its own page, where this text is one account among others.
Who appears in it
Gods and people whose own records say they appear in this work.
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Maitreyafuture Buddha in Buddhist eschatology -
Mañjuśrībodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism, who represents the transcendent wisdom of the Buddhas -
Jade Emperorthe highest god of many Taoist sects, overseeing the universe through administration of a celestial bureaucracy mirroring ancient and medieval China's -
Chang'eChinese mythical figure -
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Guan YinChinese name of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara -
Kṣitigarbhabodhisattva -
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Samantabhadrain Buddhism, a bodhisattva associated with practice and meditation -
Vaiśravaṇadeity in Buddhism -
Dīpankara Buddhafigure of Buddhist mythology, one of the Buddhas of the past -
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Queen Mother of the Westmother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology -
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Nezhaprotection deity in Chinese folk religion -
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Xuan WuTaoist water deity, tutelary deity of Ming Empire
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Old Man of the South PoleTaoist deification of Canopus, the brightest star of the constellation Carina; symbolizes happiness and longevity -
Xuanzangcentral character in the novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en -
Daode Tianzundeification of Laozi in the Taoist pantheon -
Yuanshi TianzunTaoist deity -
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Erlang ShenChinese deity associated with flood control -
LeigongChinese god of thunder -
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Dianmucharacter in the novel Journey to the West -
Lingbao TianzunTaoist deity -
Virūḍhakamajor deity in Buddhism, one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala -
Virūpākṣaone of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala - Dragon King of the East Seadeity in Chinese folk religion
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Longnüacolyte of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara in Chinese Buddhism, daughter of the Dragon King -
Lishan Laomuthe old mother of Mount Li - Fu starTaoist deity associated with Jupiter
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Li Jinga figure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion -
Taibai Jinxingdeity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism -
Taiyin Xingjundeity - White Dragon Horsecharacter in the Chinese novel Journey to the West
- LuxingTaoist deity associated with the star Mizar
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Jinzhadeity - Juling Shendeity
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Muzhafictional character -
Barefoot ImmortalTaoist deity -
Donghua DijunTaoist deity -
Zhenyuan Daxiancharacter in the novel Journey to the West - Dragon Kings of the South Seadeity
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Huode SingjyunTaoist deity -
Jiang ZiwenTaoist deity -
Shui'de XingjunTaoist deity -
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SubhutiJourney to the West character -
Vilambafigure in Chinese folk religion - Ao Rundeity in Chinese folk religion
- LingjiJourney to the West character
- The Great Sage, Heaven's Equalfigure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion
Also recorded in it: Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, Four Great Bodhisattvas (Womb Realm Mandala), Four Heavenly Kings
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