Shao Siming
deity single tradition · 1
Shao Siming (Lesser 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.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“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). Two of its poems are titled "Greater Master of Fate" and "Lesser Master of Fate".”
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