Jinzha
Chinese · demigod · mythic · demigod
Eldest of Li Jing's three sons by Lady Yin and elder brother of Muzha and Nezha. Disciple of the Chan-sect immortal Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun (the Daoist form of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī); wields the Dragon-Subduing Stake (遁龍樁) and a treasured sword for the Zhou against the Shang, helping subdue his brother Nezha (ch. 14) and fighting enemy adepts (e.g. Wang Mo, ch. 39). Already a cultivated immortal, he is not among the gods invested on the Fengshen Bang and survives the war. His mother is the Lady Yin (殷夫人).
Parentage
Domains
- war
- guardianship
Powers
- Bind and subdue with the Dragon-Subduing Stake
- Wield the Daoist sword-arts and spells of the Chan sect
Epithets
- 李靖長子
Relations
Sources
- Xu Zhonglin, Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods), c. 1567–1620 (Jinzha, eldest son of Li Jing, disciple of Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun)
- Meir Shahar, Oedipal God: The Chinese Nezha and His Indian Origins (Univ. of Hawai'i Press, 2015)
- "Jinzha," Wikipedia (eldest son of Li Jing and Lady Yin; elder brother of Muzha and Nezha)