Jade Girl
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Jade Girl is an important figure in Chinese mythology who has appeared in several stories since the Song and Yuan dynasties. In the Avatamsaka Sutra, she seeks enlightenment and is an acolyte of Guan Yin. Some folktales say that Fan Lihua was originally the Jade Girl.
When
- First attested
- 960 CE
- Attested period
- 960 – 1368
- Historical notes
- Appears in stories since the Song dynasty.
Relationships
- consort of
- Golden Boy
- allied with
- Golden Boy
- manifests as
- Fan Lihua, Meng Jiang, Zhu Yingtai
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Golden Boy and Jade Girl have appeared in several stories since the Song and Yuan dynasties and have become important figures in Chinese mythology. Specific examples are the southern opera version of the legend, Jintong and Yunü, and Yuan dynasty writer Jia Zhongming's zaju by the same name”
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