Yunjusi Monastery(Jianchang),188-89,303n40Yunming Yanshou,184
Yunxiao wulang,186
Yuqian(Boluqian),243
Yushi(Rain Master),41
Yu the Great,59,80-82,175
Zaojun(God of the Hearth),59,289n60Zhang Dai,228
Zhang Daoling,118
Zhang Dayou,188-89
Zhang Heng,104,106
Zhang Jue,113-14
Zhang Lu,113
Zhang Yuanbo,116-17,121
Zhang Yuchu,303n40
Zhang wang. See King Zhang,cult of
Zhao Gongming:as epidemic god,121-22,262;and exorcism,310n140;as god of wealth,247-48,251,255,262,319n121;as one of Four Grand Marshals,319n117;as plague demon 115-19,262. See also Four Grand MarshalsZhao Yi,240
Zhaobao tianzun(Celestial Venerable Who Discovers Treasures),247Zhaocai shizhe(Messenger Who Brings Wealth),247Zhao Jinggong Monastery,136
Zhen Dexiu,190-91
Zheng,King of Qin. See First Emperor of QinZheng Qingzhi,193
Zheng Xuan,269n8
zhenren(perfected),70-71
Zhenwu:apotheosis of,262;as demonqueller,128,213,217;feast day of,163,296n88;as household guardian,161,163-64;iconography of,157,162;imperial recognition of,159-60,202,309n130;as one of the Four Saints,121;temples,157,161,163,212Zhenzong,Emperor of Song,159,170,191zhiguai. See “Annals of the Strange”
Zhili(monk),146-47
Zhiyuan(monk),185,191
Zhong Kui,106,122-23,125-28,257
Zhong Shiji,116-19
zhongmin(elect),74
zhongsong(writs of grievance from the grave),57,66,115Zhou Chu,165-66
Zhou,King of Shang,113,247
Zhou Mi,96
Zhou Que. See King Zhou Xuanling
Zhu Conglong,1
Zhu Yuanzhang(Emperor Taizu of Ming):and patronage of Wuxian cult,204-5,211-12,223-24;religious reforms of,200-202Zhuanxu,104
Zhurong,111
Zichan,32
Zitong,122,174-76
zongguan cults:224-25,260,312n7. See also Commandant Jin;Fierce General Liu;Sire Li;tudiZou Yan,36-37,80-82
Zu Chongzhi,92,94
Zunshi. See Ciyun Zunshi
zuodao(“sinister way”),3-4,269n2,269n4,269n8


