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Description Chinese traditional religious cosmology of the Wǔfāng Shàngdì (五方上帝 "Five Forms of the Highest Deity") with the Yellow Deity (the Four-Faced God) at the centre of the universe, emanating the other four cosmological deities of directions and seasons.
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Source Own reproduction of the scheme found at p. 121 of The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society (1997) by Xiaochun Sun and Jacob Kistemaker.
Author Aethelwolf Emsworth.

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current21:44, 1 August 2016Thumbnail for version as of 21:44, 1 August 2016593 × 592 (50 KB)Æo (talk | contribs)Fix N-S inversion.
16:14, 24 July 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:14, 24 July 2016593 × 592 (50 KB)Æo (talk | contribs)Fix E-W inversion.
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