《 Fēngshén yǎnyì 》 jiǎng de shì Zhōu Wǔwáng tuīfān Shāng Zhòuwáng de gùshi.
Investiture of the Gods tells the story of King Wu of Zhou overthrowing King Zhou of Shang.
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history
A 100-chapter Ming novel usually credited to 许仲琳. Immortals and demons fight on both sides of the war, and at the end the strategist 姜子牙 appoints the fallen of both armies as gods. That appointment, 封神 'conferring godhood', gives the book its name.
culture
Many figures of Chinese folk religion take their best-known form from it, such as 哪吒 and the fox spirit 妲己, who bewitches the last Shang king. The 2023 film Creation of the Gods I retold it for a new audience.
