chinese deity
Noun
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A deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese (synset 109556159)
referred to in: antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europeis a type of: deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a forcespecific instances:
- chang kuo, chang kuo-lao - one of the 8 immortals of Taoism
- wen ch'ang, wen-ti - Chinese god of literature
- taoist trinity - the three pure ones; the three chief gods of Taoism
- heavenly jewel, tien-pao - a member of the Taoist Trinity
- ling-pao, mystic jewel - a member of the Taoist Trinity
- shen-pao, spiritual jewel - a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse
- kuan yin, kwan-yin - (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
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