postgres Cihang Daoren is a character of Investiture of the Gods, corresponding to the Daoist goddess Cihang Zhenren. The novel makes her a disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Worthy, one of the twelve immortals of Kunlun with her own cave on Mount Putuo, who later joins the Western Buddhist teaching. The cited article notes that the novel merges her with the Buddhist Guanyin. /en/people/cihang-daoren/relation.html person_cn_q11074055 person cihang-daoren 慈航道人

Cihang Daoren is a character of Investiture of the Gods, corresponding to the Daoist goddess Cihang Zhenren. The novel makes her a disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Worthy, one of the twelve immortals of Kunlun with her own cave on Mount Putuo, who later joins the Western Buddhist teaching. The cited article notes that the novel merges her with the Buddhist Guanyin.

published category-literature category-people category-fictional-characters tag-fictional-character tag-classics wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11074055 zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%85%88%E8%88%AA%E9%81%93%E4%BA%BA 2026-10-25T00:00:00+08:00 2026-10-29T17:21:44+08:00 user:admin 7 Cihang Daoren is a character of Investiture of the Gods. Wikidata gives her Chinese label as Cihang Daoren and describes her as a character of that novel. She corresponds to the goddess Cihang Zhenren of Daoism and folk religion. This is a divine title, and the cited sources give no personal name that can be verified, so the title stays as it is.[^wikidata][^zhwiki] ## Cihang Zhenren in Daoism The Chinese Wikipedia article says Cihang Zhenren, also called Cihang Daoren, Cihang Xiangu and Cihang Dashi, is a goddess of Daoism and Chinese folk belief, found in works such as the Lingbao scripture and the Ming-dynasty Lidai Shenxian Tongjian. After the Tang, scholar-officials urged the unity of the three teachings, and Cihang Zhenren was gradually identified with the bodhisattva Guanyin. Folk images often take the sense of the word for a boat of compassion and show her riding a dragon, a turtle and snake, a great turtle, or a dugout canoe.[^zhwiki] ## The several sources The article lists the Daoist sources for her image. The earliest is the Lingbao scripture, written around 397 to 402. The original is lost, and the passage is known only through the Wenxuan kaoyi, which quotes Li Shan's commentary. A king of the Chanli world has a daughter named Miaoyin who cannot speak at four and is abandoned in the mountains. A divine man teaches her and she begins to speak. When a drought ravages the kingdom she shows her true form, and a flood falls from heaven. A later text, the Benxing miaojing of Cihang Yuanjun, tells the tale at greater length and gives her a white jade vase with a willow branch. The Lidai Shenxian Tongjian says a woman immortal lived in the Chaoyin cave of Luojia rock on Putuo and, according to tradition, practiced there in the time of the Shang king, helping people with elixirs and sweet dew, and that people of the southern sea called her Cihang Dashi. The Soushen ji in the Wanli-era Xu Daozang tells the story of Miaoshan, third daughter of King Miaozhuang, who becomes Guanyin.[^zhwiki] ## In Investiture of the Gods The article says the Ming-era Investiture of the Gods calls Cihang Zhenren Cihang Daoren. It makes her a disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Worthy, one of the twelve immortals of Kunlun, with her own cave, the Luojia cave on Mount Putuo, and says she later turns to the Western teaching of Buddhism. Because Putuo is the main seat of Guanyin, the novel in effect combines Daoist Cihang Zhenren and Buddhist Guanyin into one character, which may be one reason ordinary people identify the two.[^zhwiki] ## Basic facts - Identity: character of Investiture of the Gods[^wikidata] - Titles: Cihang Zhenren, Cihang Daoren, Cihang Dashi and others[^zhwiki] - Cave: Luojia cave, Mount Putuo[^zhwiki] - Appears in: [[work_cn_q1336310|Investiture of the Gods]][^wikidata] /people/cihang-daoren.html en zh en Character in Investiture of the Gods true mythological figure relation_cnworks_depicts_q1336310_q11074055 work_cn_q1336310 depicts person_cn_q11074055 work_cn_q1336310 wikidata Related works work_cn_q1336310 Investiture of the Gods /en/works/investiture-gods.html true work_cn_q1336310 Investiture of the Gods /en/works/investiture-gods.html work depicts Related works relation_cnworks_depicts_q1336310_q11074055 work_cn_q1336310 depicts person_cn_q11074055 work_cn_q1336310 wikidata Related works work_cn_q1336310 Investiture of the Gods /en/works/investiture-gods.html true en zh en is_fictional Fictional yes person_category Person category mythological figure disambiguation Disambiguation Character in Investiture of the Gods 1 50 1 1 1 1