Ne Zha (2019 film)
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Ne Zha, also spelled Nezha, is a 2019 Chinese animated fantasy adventure film directed and written by Jiaozi. Produced by the director's own Chengdu Coco Cartoon, it features the popular Chinese mytho
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Investiture of the Gods
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The Investiture of the Gods, also known by its Chinese titles Fengshen Yanyi and Fengshen Bang, is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons gen
Ne Zha (2019 film)
…director's own Chengdu Coco Cartoon, it features the popular Chinese mythological character Nezha. The plot is loosely based on the 16th-century novel Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin. In the film, a young boy named Ne Zha is the reincarnation of the demon orb, which is separated from the chaos pearl by the Primeval…
Cover of the Investiture of the Gods, book two, from the Harvard University's rare books collection
Illustrations of Fengshen Yanyi from an edition of the novel featuring commentary by Zhong Xing (1574–1625) (book one)
Illustrations of Fengshen Yanyi. Left: Bi Gan and Wen Zhong; Right: Di Xin and Daji
Illustrations of Fengshen Yanyi. Left: Yang Jian and Nezha; Right: Su Hu and Huang Feihu