Fengbo (deity)

Fengbo (Chinese: 風伯), also known as Fengshi, is the Taoist deity of the wind.

In ancient times he was depicted as a grotesque deity with the body of a deer, the head of a bird, horns, the tail of a snake and the patterns of a leopard. In the Ming dynasty he was on old man with a white beard carrying a fan and known as Count of the Wind (Fengbo Fang tianjun 風伯方天君).^[1]

In the Han Feizi (韓非子) or book of master Han Fei, when Huangdi the Yellow Emperor gathers all the demons at Mount Tai Fengbo sweeps the path.^[2]^[3]

According to the Shiji records of the Historian, temples and festivals in honour of Fengbo show that from early times he was an object of state ritual.^[4]

References

^ The Encyclopedia of Taoism by Fabrizio Pregadion ISBN 978-0700712007
^ Liao, W. K. (1939). The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu. London: Arthur Probsthain.
^ Handbook of Chinese mythology by Lihui Yang OUP ISBN 978-0195332636
^ Records of the Historian tranlslated by Watson 1968

[1] The Encyclopedia of Taoism by Fabrizio Pregadion ISBN 978-0700712007

[2] Liao, W. K. (1939). The Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu. London: Arthur Probsthain.

[3] Handbook of Chinese mythology by Lihui Yang OUP ISBN 978-0195332636

[4] Records of the Historian tranlslated by Watson 1968

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