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Jade Emperor
Sign in to saveAlso known as Yuhuang, Yu Huang, Yuhuang Dadi, Yu-huang, Yü-huang, Yü Huang, Yu-huang Ta-ti, Yü-huang Ta-ti
the highest god of many Taoist sects, overseeing the universe through administration of a celestial bureaucracy mirroring ancient and medieval China's
Key facts
- Chinese
- 玉皇
- Literal meaning
- Jade emperor
- Hanyu pinyin
- Yùhuáng
- Hokkien poj
- Gio̍k-hông
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- theonym
- Gender
- male
- Child
- Nüwa
- Image
- Portraits of Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Kings.JPG
- Said to be same as
- God
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- Commons category
- Jade Emperor
- present in work
- Journey to the West
- native label
- 玉皇上帝
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Second alternative Chinese name Chinese天公 Literal meaningHeavenly grandfather
Third alternative Chinese name Chinese玉皇大帝 Literal meaningAugust emperor of jade
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jade Emperor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.