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Shang-ti (Lord of Heaven). In China, a collective name for gods, perhaps representing one supreme god or overlord. Ti were worshipped as deified ancestors of the Shang dynasty, and the Shang rulers worshipped Shang-ti—but the absence of a plural form makes it uncertain whether Shang-ti was one or many. He or they had overarching functions of control (e.g. over natural phenomena and plagues). Shang-ti was regarded as the Ancestor of the royal house of the Chou dynasty (
c.1123–1221). In later history Shang-ti or
Tʾien (Heaven) became semi-monotheistic; the worship of him was primarily an imperial cult confined to the royal houses and their supporters—the
Confucian official class.
Shang-ti in later times was often referred to, in abbreviation, as Ti (Lord). But Ti was also commonly used in later history to refer to an emperor; his origin is divine because his First Ancestor is Shang-ti. Christian missionaries adopted Shang-ti as the name of God, though Tʾien-chu (Lord of Heaven) was also used.
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The largest walled Shang City located in Anyang, China.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
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David N. Keightley. The Ancestral Landscape: Time, Space and Community in Late Shang China (ca. 1200-1045 BC).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 12/2/1998; 520 words
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Shang-ti
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Shang-ti (Lord of Heaven). In China, a collective name for gods...supreme god or overlord. Ti were worshipped as deified ancestors of the Shang dynasty, and the Shang rulers worshipped Shang-ti—but the absence of a plural...
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Ho shang
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Ho shang (Chin. transliteration, possibly from Turk., Udin , language of Khotan...of Rahula’: Ho, ‘Harmony or Peace’, + Shang, ‘in charge of or ascend’). Any religious figure...
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Hsüan-tʾien Shang-ti
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Hsüan-tʾien Shang-ti. (Lord of the Dark Heaven). A Chinese deity. One of a family of five deities in...the central residence for the stellar deities headed by Hsüan-tʾien Shang-ti.
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