He notices that the statue of the goddess is very attractive. King Zhou visits the temple of the ancient Chinese goddess Nüwa to worship her. The following are some of the better-known of its component anecdotes. The novel features many stories in which various supernatural beings enter the human realm and change the fates of mortals and the course of history with their magical powers. The heroes of Zhou and some of their fallen enemies from Shang are eventually endowed with heavenly ranking and essentially elevated as gods, hence the title of the novel. Yuanshi Tianzun ("Primeval Lord of Heaven") bestows upon Jiang Ziya the Fengshen Bang, a list that empowers him to invest the gods of Heaven. Throughout the story, battles are waged between the kingdoms of Shang and Zhou, with both sides calling upon various supernatural beings – deities, immortals, demons, spirits, and humans with magical abilities – to aid them in the war. Ji Fa (King Wu of Zhou), assisted by his strategist Jiang Ziya, rallies an army to overthrow the tyrant and restore peace and order. These figures include human heroes, immortals, and various spirits (usually represented in avatar form, such as vixens and pheasants, and occasionally as inanimate objects such as a pipa).īewitched by his concubine Daji, who is actually a vixen spirit disguised as a beautiful woman, King Zhou of Shang oppresses his people and persecutes those who oppose him, including those who dare to speak up to him. The story integrates oral and written tales of many Chinese mythological figures who are involved in the struggle as well.
The novel is a romanticised retelling of the overthrow of King Zhòu, the last ruler of the Shang dynasty, by Ji Fa, who would establish the Zhōu dynasty in its place. The authorship is attributed to Xu Zhonglin. It intertwines numerous elements of Chinese mythology, including deities, immortals and spirits. The story is set in the era of the decline of the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC) and the rise of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). The work combines elements of history, folklore, mythology, legends and fantasy. Another source claims it was published in 1605. Consisting of 100 chapters, it was first published in book form between 15.
'Investiture of Gods Dramatization of Doctrines ') and Fengshen Bang (封神榜), is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods-and-demons ( shenmo) genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
The Investiture of the Gods or The Creation of the Gods, also known by its Chinese names Fengshen Yanyi ( Chinese: 封神演義 pinyin: Fēngshén Yǎnyì lit. The Name List of the Investiture of the Gods The Romance of the Investiture of the Gods
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