Zhong Kui
Zhong Kui is a protective deity in Chinese folk religion. The entity is documented as a supernatural being within Chinese folklore traditions.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 CE
- Attested period
- 800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Replaced Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong by the 9th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Generals Xie and Fan, Đầu Trâu, Mặt Ngựa, Alexiares, Anicetus, Gozu Tennō, Kushiel, Zabaniyya, Qin Qiong, Shenshu, Yulü, Yuchi Gong, Qin Shubao, Wei Zheng, Cheng Huang Gong, Yanluo Wang, Ox-Head and Horse-Face Guards, Meng Po, Chenghuangshen, Heibai Wuchang, Lugalirra, Meslamtaea
- aspect of
- Menshen
- enemy of
- Xuhao, Five Plague Gods
- allied with
- Du Ping
- manifested by
- Menshen
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Zhong Kui (鍾馗)... List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore”
#14394 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Zhong Kui (鍾馗)”
#14585 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“However, by the 9th century, they were replaced by Zhong Kui (鐘馗), the famed ghost catcher (demon-queller). couplets (lian; Chinese: 聯) began to be written on the taofu boards around the 10th century.”
#21650 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Tang dynasty, Zhong Kui worship first took shape, and its earliest complete record links him to Emperor Xuanzong. Tradition relates that Xuanzong once dreamed of Zhong Kui chasing away a malignant spirit from the palace; on waking, he ordered the court painter to set down the figure so that it might guard the precincts”
#21948 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In cases where a door god is affixed to a single door, Wei Zheng or Zhong Kui is commonly used.”
#34849 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5