When he kept pressing 纣王 to mend his ways, the king, as the 史记 tells it, said he had heard that a sage's heart has seven openings, and had Bi Gan's heart cut out to look. Confucius named him with 微子 and 箕子 as the three humane men of the Yin.
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As the civil god of wealth (文财神) he is pictured as a court official in a red robe. Folk tellings explain the role by his missing heart: with no heart he has no favourites, so he deals fairly with everyone.
