Heaven (Shangdi)

E394044

Chinese deity deity sky deity supreme deity

Heaven (Shangdi) is the supreme sky deity in traditional Chinese religion, revered as the highest divine authority overseeing the cosmos, moral order, and the mandate of emperors.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Shangdi	3
Heaven (Shangdi) canonical	1
Heaven (Tian)	1
Ông Trời (Vietnamese folk religion)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese deity ⓘ deity ⓘ sky deity ⓘ supreme deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lord on High ⓘ Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ surface form: Shangdi Supreme Emperor ⓘ
associatedConcept	Heaven (Shangdi) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Heaven (Tian) Mandate of Heaven ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ moral order ⓘ
culture	Chinese culture ⓘ
domain	cosmos ⓘ heaven ⓘ sky ⓘ
function	granting legitimacy to rulers ⓘ punishing injustice ⓘ regulating natural phenomena ⓘ rewarding virtue ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Chinese political philosophy ⓘ Confucian ethics ⓘ concept of imperial legitimacy in China ⓘ
linkedTo	ancestor worship ⓘ royal ancestral cult of the Shang ⓘ
majorCultCenter	Temple of Heaven ⓘ surface form: Temple of Heaven, Beijing
moralAttribute	impartiality ⓘ justice ⓘ righteousness ⓘ
originatedIn	Ancient China ⓘ surface form: ancient China
religion	Chinese folk religion ⓘ Chinese state religion (imperial era) ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ traditional Chinese religion ⓘ
rituals	imperial rites ⓘ seasonal offerings ⓘ state sacrifices ⓘ
role	guarantor of moral order ⓘ highest divine authority ⓘ overseer of the cosmos ⓘ source of the Mandate of Heaven ⓘ supreme sky deity ⓘ
worshippedBy	Chinese emperors ⓘ Chinese people ⓘ imperial court ⓘ Shang dynasty ⓘ surface form: royal house of Shang Zhou royal house ⓘ surface form: royal house of Zhou
worshippedIn	Imperial China ⓘ Shang dynasty ⓘ Zhou dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Circular Mound Altar → associatedDeity → Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ

Haidian District → contains → Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shangdi

Jade Emperor → equivalentIn → Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ông Trời (Vietnamese folk religion)

western Beijing → hasNotableArea → Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shangdi

Heaven (Shangdi) → associatedConcept → Heaven (Shangdi) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heaven (Tian)

Heaven (Shangdi) → alsoKnownAs → Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shangdi