Shang Ti
Americannoun
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Just as Confucianism related the family to the village, the village to the district, and the district to the state, so it organized the spiritual world into a hierarchy with Shang Ti as its head.
From Buddhism and Buddhists in China by Hodous, Lewis
Shang Ti was worshipped by the emperor and his family as their ancestor, or the head of the hierarchy of their ancestors.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
In these official sacrifices, which formed part of the State worship, the people could not take part; nor did they at first offer sacrifices to Shang Ti in their own homes or elsewhere.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
He first goes to the tablet-chapel, where he offers incense to Shang Ti, the God above, and to his ancestors, with three kneelings and nine prostrations.
From Court Life in China by Headland, Isaac Taylor
One is T'ien, which has come to include the material heavens, the sky; and the other is Shang Ti, which has come to include the spirits of deceased Emperors.
From Religions of Ancient China by Giles, Herbert Allen
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