Deified image of Wen Zhong
Deified image of Wen Zhong · 2014A later devotional image, not a historical portraitPhoto Dharma from Penang, MalaysiaSource·CC-BY

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Wen Zhong闻仲

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Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty, disciple of Jinling Shengmu, fiery temper, returned to court to support the young ruler.

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RELATION RECORDS
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Wen Zhong, and the people around them.

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MENTORSHIP

Mentorship

Teachers, disciples and transmission

2 figures · 2 records
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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

14 figures · 17 records
10 more in the complete record
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CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

13 figures · 18 records
10 more in the complete record
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THE UNSEEN

Mythic acts

Transformation, aid and divine punishment

3 figures · 3 records

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FeatureHow Investiture Rewrote Shang and Zhou: From Muye to 365 Divine OfficesInvestiture of the Gods did not invent a dynasty from nothing. It took King Zhou's fall, Daji, Bi Gan and Jiang Taigong from Records of the Grand Historian and recomposed them through rival teachings, fox possession and a bureaucratic pantheon. This feature compares only passages verifiable word for word in the local corpus: the chronicle supplies political events and actions; the novel changes their causes, identities and afterlives.

In fiction · Investiture of the Gods

Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty, disciple of Jinling Shengmu of the Jie Sect, rides a black qilin. After returning from a campaign against the northern barbarians, he presented ten strategies to admonish King Zhou, led a large army to attack Xiqi, sought help from the Four Sages of Nine Dragon Island and the Ten Heavenly Lords, but ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat at Juelong Ridge, where he was burned to death by Yunzhongzi using the Divine Fire Pillar. Later, he was enfeoffed as the Thunder Ancestor of the Nine Heavens, Responding to the Primordial.

History vs. fiction

The pillar of the Shang Dynasty, Grand Tutor Wen Zhong

Relationship network

36 figures · 158 links
Wen ZhongWen ZhongJiang ZiyaJiang ZiyaKing Zhou (Di Xin)King Zhou (Di Xin)Huang FeihuHuang FeihuNezhaNezhaYang JianYang JianHuang TianhuaHuang TianhuaGuangchengziGuangchengziChijingziChijingziZhao GongmingZhao GongmingHan RongHan RongYunzhongziYunxiaoYuding ZhenrenFei ZhongJin Ling ShengmuHuanglong ZhenrenYou HunZhang GuifangXin HuanJi LiDaode ZhenjunChao TianBai JianChao LeiDeng ZhongMo LihongYang SenMo Li ShouWang MoQin TianjunZhao JiangTao RongMo LiqingYu QingLi Xingba
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Sources: Investiture of the Gods, ch. 1; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 5; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 27; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 30; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 31; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 35; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 36; Investiture of the Gods, ch. 37

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