Da Siming

deity single tradition · 1

Da Siming (Greater Siming) is one of two Siming deities featured in the Jiu Ge poems of the Chu Ci. The "Greater" and "Lesser" may refer to two different Siming deities, two aspects of the same deity, or have some other explanation.

When

First attested
300 BCE
Attested period
-300 – -200
Historical notes
Poems collected late BC - early BCE.

Relationships

co occurs with
Shao Siming, Siming

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“The ancient poetry text Chu Ci features to Siming in two titles of the Jiu Ge: the so-called "Da Siming" (大司命,Greater Siming) and the "Shao Siming" (少司命,Lesser Siming). The Chuci poetry anthology (collected late BC - early BCE) has a section Nine Songs (Jiu Ge).”

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