Jade Emperor
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The Jade Emperor is the supreme ruler of heaven and all realms of existence in Chinese folk religion and Taoist tradition, overseeing gods, spirits, and mortals.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jade Emperor canonical | 3 |
| Ngọc Hoàng | 1 |
| Yuhuang Shangdi | 1 |
| 昊天上帝 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese deity
ⓘ
Taoist deity ⓘ deity ⓘ sky god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese mythology
ⓘ
Taoist cosmology ⓘ |
| birthdayObservedOn | 9th day of the 1st lunar month (in many regions) ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese culture ⓘ |
| domain |
Mẫu Địa
ⓘ
surface form:
Earth
Heaven ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| equivalentIn |
Haneullim (Korean tradition, partial functional equivalence)
ⓘ
Ngọc Hoàng (Vietnamese folk religion) ⓘ Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ
surface form:
Ông Trời (Vietnamese folk religion)
|
| festival | Jade Emperor’s Birthday ⓘ |
| hasSubordinates |
City gods
ⓘ
Earth gods ⓘ Four Heavenly Kings ⓘ
surface form:
Four Heavenly Kings (in some traditions)
Kitchen God ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as an elderly man in imperial robes
ⓘ
seated on a heavenly throne ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
maintainer of cosmic order
ⓘ
organizer of the celestial bureaucracy ⓘ |
| oversees |
gods
ⓘ
mortals ⓘ spirits ⓘ |
| parentOf | many gods and immortals (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| position |
ruler of all realms of existence
ⓘ
supreme ruler of Heaven ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ |
| residence |
Heavenly court
ⓘ
surface form:
Heavenly Court
Jade Palace ⓘ |
| role |
dispenser of rewards and punishments
ⓘ
judge of human conduct ⓘ supreme administrator of the cosmos ⓘ |
| spouse | Queen Mother of the West (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| subordinateOf |
Tao
ⓘ
surface form:
Dao (the Way) in philosophical Taoism (cosmic principle above him)
|
| symbol |
imperial dragon
ⓘ
jade ⓘ |
| title |
Heavenly Grandfather
ⓘ
Lord of Heaven ⓘ Yudi ⓘ Yuhuang Dadi ⓘ Jade Emperor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yuhuang Shangdi
|
| worshipedBy |
Chinese diaspora communities
ⓘ
Han Chinese ⓘ Taoist practitioners ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jade Emperor Description of subject: The Jade Emperor is the supreme ruler of heaven and all realms of existence in Chinese folk religion and Taoist tradition, overseeing gods, spirits, and mortals.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ngọc Hoàng
this entity surface form:
Yuhuang Shangdi