Feng Bo

Fengbo 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]

See also

References

  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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