封神榜
Traditional form:
封神榜
Pinyin (reading):
Fēngshén Bǎng
Definitions:
- Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng) overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
Characters:
- 封 - envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
- 神 - god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
- 榜 - placard, notice, announcement; a list of names
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