File:Shang grapheme for zi 子 (son, offspring), version 1.svg
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current | 22:26, 2 March 2018 | ![]() | 410 × 410 (4 KB) | Æo | {{Information |Description=One among the Shang-Zhou versions of the grapheme 子 ''zi'', meaning "son", "offspring". It was used as the surname of the Shang royal lineage. According to John C. Didier it is related to the concept of spiritual centrality (中 ''zhōng'') and ultimately to the godhead of the squared north celestial pole (口 ''Dīng''). '''Sources:''' Didier, John C. (2009). "In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 BC – AD 200". ''Sino-Platonic Papers''. Victor H. Mair (192). ''[http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp192_vol2.pdf Volume II: Representations and Identities of High Powers in Neolithic and Bronze China]'', pp. 190–191, 226. |Source={{Own}} |Date=2 March 2018 |Author=Aethelwolf Emsworth. |Permission= |other_versions= }} == {{int:license-header}} == {{PD-self}} Category:Chinese symbols of godhead |
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