Zao Jun
Chinese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Kitchen God who watches each household and reports yearly to Heaven.
Domains
- hearth
- household
Powers
- Report the household's deeds to Heaven
- Ascend yearly to report the household to Heaven
Epithets
- 灶君 'Stove Lord' — the Kitchen GodLiji ('Jifa'); popular almanac tradition (secondary)
- 東廚司命 'Director of Destinies of the Eastern Kitchen' — his Daoist titleDaoist Zaojun scriptures; temple inscriptions (secondary)
- 九天東廚煙主 'Lord of the Hearth-Smoke of the Eastern Kitchen of the Nine Heavens'Daoist canon (Zaojun jing) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Liji (Book of Rites), Jifa chapter, c. 1st c. BCE (primary); Ge Hong, Baopuzi, 4th c. CE (primary)