Jinzha
Chinese · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
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
- father: Li Jing
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 'Eldest son of Li Jing'; his standing identifier as the firstborn of the Pagoda-Bearer's three sons.Xu Zhonglin, Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods), c. 1567–1620 (primary)
Relations
- sibling: MuzhaYounger brother; the second son of Li Jing and disciple of Puxian Zhenren.Xu Zhonglin, Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods), c. 1567–1620 (primary)
- sibling: NezhaYoungest brother (the lotus-reborn Nezha); Jinzha helps subdue the rampaging Nezha in ch. 14. One-way edge: chinese_nezha carries no relations array yet, so the reciprocal is to be added on Nezha.Xu Zhonglin, Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods), c. 1567–1620, ch. 12–14 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Xu Zhonglin, Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods), c. 1567–1620 (Jinzha, eldest son of Li Jing, disciple of Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun) (primary); Meir Shahar, Oedipal God: The Chinese Nezha and His Indian Origins (Univ. of Hawai'i Press, 2015) (secondary); "Jinzha," Wikipedia (eldest son of Li Jing and Lady Yin; elder brother of Muzha and Nezha) (reference work)