Martial Sage

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Martial Sage is an honorific title venerating Guandi as a deified master of war, valor, and righteous protection in Chinese folk religion and Confucian tradition.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Martial Sage canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
religious epithet ⓘ
associatedDeityForm Guandi as god of war ⓘ
associatedWith righteous protection ⓘ
valor ⓘ
war ⓘ
contrastedWith civil sages ⓘ
cultFocus Guandi worship ⓘ
linked to: Guandi miao
culturalSphere Sinosphere ⓘ
functionInRitual invocation for protection ⓘ
invocation for victory in conflict ⓘ
honorificFor Guandi ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
linkedConcept loyalty ⓘ
martial virtue ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
moralExemplarFor officials ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
sworn brothers ⓘ
refersTo Guandi ⓘ
religiousContext Chinese popular religion ⓘ
Chinese state cults ⓘ
roleInBelief patron of warriors ⓘ
protector of the righteous ⓘ
symbolizes courage under threat ⓘ
defense of the community ⓘ
just warfare ⓘ
titleType cultic honorific ⓘ
posthumous veneration title ⓘ
usedIn Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Confucian tradition ⓘ
veneratesAs deified master of war ⓘ
embodiment of valor ⓘ
righteous protector ⓘ
worshipSetting Guandi temples ⓘ
linked to: Guandi miao

local shrines ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Guandi → honorificTitle → Martial Sage ⓘ
Saintly Emperor Guan → hasTitle → Martial Sage ⓘ