What is Five manifestations of Shangdi?
{{Infobox Chinese | title = '''Five Forms of the Highest Deity''' | pic = 五方上帝.jpg | piccap = Modern fresco representing the Five Deities | pic2 = Wufang Shangdi – Five Forms of the Supreme Deity color.svg | piccap2 = Diagram of the associations from the ''[[Huainanzi]]''{{sfnb|Sun|Kistemaker|1997|p=121}} | s = {{linktext|五方上帝}} | p = Wǔfāng Shàngdì | w = Wu Fang Shang Ti | altname = Five Deities | c2 = 五帝 | p2 = Wǔdì | w2 = Wu Ti }} The '''Five manifestations of Shangdi''' are in [[Chinese folk religion|Chinese religion]], the five manifestations of [[Shangdi]]. This idea dates to the [[Shang dynasty]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Didier|first=John C.|date=2009|title=In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 BC – AD 200|journal=[[Sino-Platonic Papers]]|publisher=Victor H. Mair|issue=192}}</ref> The five are # [[Yellow Emperor]] # [[Bluegreen Emperor]] # [[Black Emperor]] # [[Red Emperor]] # [[White Emperor]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Five manifestations of Shangdi}} [[Category:Chinese gods and goddesses]] [[Category:Religious Confucianism]]