Wen Shen
deity Chinese single tradition · 1
Wen Shen (Chinese: 瘟神) is a deity or group of deities responsible for illness, plague, and disease in Chinese folk religion. In some belief systems, Wen Shen is identified as a single entity who commands wen spirits; in others, the term is used for a grouping of several distinct deities.
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- co occurs with
- Zhang Yuanbo, Liu Yuanda, Zhong Shigui, Shi Wenye, Zhao Gongming
- served by
- wen spirits
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wikipedia (1)
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“The term Wen Shen is used to refer to the Five Commissioners of Pestilence 五瘟使者. The Five Commissioners, who governed Heaven's Ministry of Epidemics, were Zhang Yuanbo 張元伯, Liu Yuanda 劉元達, Zhao Gongming 趙公明, Zhong Shigui 鍾仕貴, and Shi Wenye 史文業.”
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