Guanyin
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #393 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 19 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Wu Cheng'en's late 16th-century novel Journey to the West.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lin Moniang, Miss Lin, Xuantong, Sun Wukong, Taiyin Xingjun, Heavenly Tumbleweed, Jade Rabbit, Cihang Zhenren, Guanyin Bodhisattva, white demon snake, Lü Dongbin, Li Jing, Erlang Zhenjun, Kang Anyu, Zhang Boshi, Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, Zhi Jian, Grass-Head Deities, Jade Emperor, Buddha, Laozi, Erlang Shen, Zhu Bajie, Shā Wùjìng, Xuanwu, demonic turtle, demonic snake, Old Man of the South Pole, Kuimulang, Mianran Dashi, Flaming-Faced Ghost King, Mianran, Tiêu Diện Đại Sĩ, Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, Diguan Dadi, Chang E, longnü, Amitabha, Mǎ Wáng 馬王, Vairocana Buddha, Mahāmāyūrī, Sai Tai Sui, Lady of Jinsheng Palace, Acala, Rāgarāja, Kurukullā, Lokeśvara, Chenrézig, Yuanshi Tianzun
- syncretized with
- Mazu, Avalokiteshvara, Avalokitasvara, Cundā, Bixia Yuanjun, Taishan Niangniang
- parent of
- Chen Jinggu
- teacher of
- Muzha, longnü, Shancai Tongzi
- manifests as
- Sangha, Ulkāmukha Pretarāja, Avalokiteshvara
- allied with
- Muzha, Lishan Laomu, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Hou, Tang Sanzang, Vajrapāṇi, Guan Yu, Weituo, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, King Brahma, Śakra, Īśvara, Maheśvara, Vaiśravaṇa, Guanyin as Great Mercy, Guanyin as Great Compassion, Guanyin of the Universally Shining Great Light, Guanyin as The Divine Hero, Guanyin as Mahābrahmā the Profound, Fearless Lion-like Guanyin
- serves
- Jade Emperor
- enemy of
- Shuimu
- served by
- Zhu Bajie, Red Boy, Muzha, Shancai Tongzi, Jintong, Yunü, longnü, Shancai, Golden-Haired Hou
- has aspect
- Sangha, Guanyin as Great Mercy, Guanyin as Great Compassion, Guanyin of the Universally Shining Great Light, Guanyin as The Divine Hero, Guanyin as Mahābrahmā the Profound, Fearless Lion-like Guanyin, Hayagriva Guanyin
- manifested by
- Chenrézik, Guanzizai, Paṇḍāravāsinī
Mentioned by
- Taishan Niangniang
- Hou
- Tang Sanzang
- Vajrapāṇi
- Guan Yu
- Weituo
- Mahāsthāmaprāpta
- King Brahma
- Śakra
- Īśvara
- Maheśvara
- Vaiśravaṇa
- Guanyin as Great Mercy
- Guanyin as Great Compassion
- Guanyin of the Universally Shining Great Light
- Guanyin as The Divine Hero
and 22 more
Sources
Source passages
“Another version is that Mazu was praying to Guanyin; another that she was sleeping and assisting her family through her dream. Another is that the boats were crewed by her four brothers and that she saved three of them, securing their boats together, with the eldest lost owing to the interference of her parents”
#11152 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“recruited by the bodhisattva, Guanyin, as a guardian for Tang Sanzang as he went on his pilgrimage to India for the Tripitaka scriptures”
#18642 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Chen Jinggu is said to be related to Guanyin via the following story. One day in Quanzhou, Fujian, the people needed money to build a bridge. Guanyin turned into an attractive lady and said she would marry any man who could hit her with silver.”
#21152 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The character is believed to be derived from the Buddhist bodhisattva Guanyin. Chinese scholars generally believe that Cihang Zhenren is the origin of Guanyin's male form and that the transition of Guanyin from male to female occurred during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.”
#21176 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Muzha became a disciple of Guanyin in the heavenly court...Hui An borrowed 36 Tian Gang swords from his father Li Jing to help the Guanyin Bodhisattva conquer the Red Boy, making him a good boy under the Guanyin.”
#21488 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5