Heaven (Shangdi)

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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 (9)

Label Occurrences
Shangdi 7
Heaven (Tian) 2
Heaven (Shangdi) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
sky deity ⓘ
supreme deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lord on High ⓘ
Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)

Supreme Emperor ⓘ
associatedConcept Heaven (Tian) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)

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, Beijing ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Heaven
moralAttribute impartiality ⓘ
justice ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
originatedIn ancient China ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
royal house of Shang ⓘ
linked to: Shang dynasty

royal house of Zhou ⓘ
linked to: Zhou royal house
worshippedIn Imperial China ⓘ
Shang dynasty ⓘ
Zhou dynasty ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Circular Mound Altar → associatedDeity → Heaven (Shangdi) ⓘ
Haidian District → contains → Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Jade Emperor → equivalentIn → Ông Trời (Vietnamese folk religion) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
western Beijing → hasNotableArea → Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Heaven (Shangdi) → associatedConcept → Heaven (Tian) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Heaven (Shangdi) → alsoKnownAs → Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Zhongyong → associatedWithConcept → Heaven (Tian) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Taiji (Great Ultimate) → connectedWith → Heaven (Tian) in Confucian thought ⓘ
subject linked to: taiji (Great Ultimate)
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Matteo Ricci → usedChineseTermForGod → Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Shang ancestral worship → associatedDeity → Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
House of Zi → patronDeity → Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Haneullim → partiallyComparableTo → Shangdi ⓘ
subject linked to: Haneullim (Korean tradition, partial functional equivalence)
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Haneullim → partiallyComparableTo → Kami of heaven ⓘ
subject linked to: Haneullim (Korean tradition, partial functional equivalence)
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Yuhuang Dadi → equatedWith → Shangdi (in some syncretic interpretations) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Kwoth → hasConceptVariant → Kwoth nhial (God of the sky) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)
Tianming → relatedConcept → Heaven (天) ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)