Heaven / Figures and Offices
Heaven Figures and Offices
Browse Heaven through functions, institutions, offices, and figures. This hierarchy is a reading index, not a universal pantheon shared by Daoist texts, local worship, and fiction. Offices group related figures for browsing; use the cited figure articles to judge actual rank and relationships.
Sources and traditions
The ancient-myth, Daoist-pantheon, vernacular-novel, folk-belief and modern-compilation layers are each marked, never merged into a single canon.
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Filter figures by function, institution, and office.
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Functional systems
Gods and places
Divine offices
Matching figures
Recommended entries
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Thunder-punishment system
Thunder Bureau, Shenxiao Thunder Court, Five-Thunder Court, the Lord and Lady of Thunder, the Earl of Wind and Master of Rain.
Wealth, salary and fame system
Wealth Bureau, Xuantan Office, the Five Wealth Gods, Wenchang Office and the Kuixing system.
Stars and Dipper Court system
Star Bureau, Ziwei Enclosure, the Northern and Southern Dipper Courts, Doumu Palace and the Twenty-Eight Mansions.
Water, rain and dragon-palace system
Water Bureau, the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas, the Four Rivers' water courts, the Master of Rain and the River Lord.
Relationship graph
Compare the gods' names, shared duties, and relationships across different traditions.