Fu De Zheng Shen (福德正神) aka Earth Deity, in Chinese, we addressed him as Tu Di Gong (土地公) or Tu Di Shen (土地神) or She Ji Shen (社稷神), in S.E.A., we called him Da Bo Gong (大伯公) - meaning the Great Granduncle.
Till today, a lot of people still tend to mix-up Fu De Zheng Shen and Hou Tu (後土) together, to be more accurate, this is not right.
Hou Tu, is one of the Si Yu 四御 (The Four Heavenly Emperor Lords that assist San Qing 三清 in looking after the Universe). He(she) is one of the High Position Deities after the Universe being formed/created.
Due to the task of Hou Tu was to look after all the Earth Issues (such as Mountains, Hills, Farm, Ground, etc), folks tend to treat him(her) as Tu Di Shen.
Besides that, in Folks Belief (民間信仰) and Feng Shui (風水學) point of view on Tu Di Shen, actually there's a few versions, they are:
1) Tu Di Shen holding to a Wooden Walking Stick (木拐土地) -> to look after the tombs or cementary
2) Holding to a Ru Yi and Ingot (如意土地) -> to look after Fortune in a Home
3) etc.
土地神(一方土地)寶誥
ReplyDeleteDu Ti Shen (Yi Fang Tu Di) Bao Gao (Praise Mantra)
志心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
一方土谷。萬姓福神。
Yi Fang Tu Gu, Wan Xing Fu Shen
秉忠正烈。助國衛民。
Bing Zhong Zheng Lie, Zhu Guo Wei Min
膺承簡命。
Ying Cheng Jian Ming
鎮一方而黎庶仰瞻。
Zhen Yi Fang Er Li Su Yang Zhan
司職功曹。
Si Zhi Gong Cao
掌傳奏而丹忱上達。
Zhang Chuan Zou Er Dan Chen Shang Da
義貫九天。
Yi Guan Jiu Tian
善惡昭彰而響應。
Shan E Zhao Zhang Er Xiang Ying
靈通三界。
Ling Tong San Jie
功過糾察以分明。
Gong Guo Jiu Cha Yi Fen Ming
鞏固金湯。奠安社稷。
Gong Gu Jin Tang, Dian An She Ji
大忠大孝。至顯至靈。
Da Zhong Da Xiao, Zhi Xian Zhi Ling
護國佑民。當境土地。
Hu Guo You Min, Dang Jing Tu Di
護民明王尊神。
Hu Min Ming Wang Zun Shen
this tudi kong tudi ma seating position is rigth meh?
ReplyDeletei always see NAN ZUO NU YOU! also my house the other position
Hahahahaha, thats from China Village, they do not take in the position that seriously unlike us.
ReplyDeleteShi Fu....have 後土 pic....土地公 reports to him????hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteHou Tu is in the Group of one of the Si Yu (四御), he(she) got a very high post of all Deities of Earth, or so-called the Emperor that look after them.
ReplyDeleteTu Di is one of the assistants or surbodinates of him(her), but not necessary for Tu Di to report to him(her).
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ReplyDeleteIn the following is the Bao Gao of Fu De Zheng Shen, it seems to be quite similar to the one posted above, just that, in the following one, the Official Title of Fu De Zheng Shen is being mentioned.
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Fu De Zheng Shen Bao Gao (Praise Mantra)
志心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li
三皇五帝部下。后土皇祀正神。
San Huang Wu Di Bu Xia. Hou Tu Huang Si Zheng Shen
以身垂範。荒拓開墾。
Yi Shen Chui Fan. Huang Tuo Kai Ken
教織種植。匡王協運。
Jiao Zhi Zhong Zhi. Kang Wang Xie Yun
德高望重。雍行乾坤。
De Gao Wang Zhong. Yong Xing Qian Kun
廣濟人倫。萬姓蒙佑。
Guang Ji Rem Lun. Wan Xing Mong You
受敕封為福德正神。
Shou Chi Feng Wei Fu De Zheng Shen
秉忠正烈。
Bing Zhong Zheng Lie
助國衛民。膺承簡命。
Zhu Guo Wei Min. Ying Cheng Jian Ming
鎮一方而黎民仰瞻。
Zhen Yi Fang Er Li Min Yang Zhan
保佑四境。作物豐盈。
Bao You Si Jing. Zuo Wu Feng Ying
掌傳奏而丹忱上達。
Zhang Chuan Zou Er Dan Chen Shang Da
義貫九天。
Yi Guan Jiu Tian
善惡昭彰而響應。
Shan E Zhao Zhang Er Xiang Ying
靈通三界。
Ling Tong San Jie
功過糾察以分明。
Gong Guo Jiu Cha Yi Fen Ming
修仁見性。
Xiu Ren Jian Xing
鞏固金湯奠安稷。
Gong Gu Jin Tang Dian An Ji
佈施群黎。
Bu Shi Qun Li
醒世節儉。大忠大孝。
Xing Shi Jie Jian.Da Zhong Da Xiao
至顯至靈。婦孺老幼。
Zhi Xian Zhi Ling. Fu Ru Lao You
享受天倫。當境土地。
Xiang Shou Tian Lun. Dang Jing Tu Di
后土皇祀祗靈。
Hou Tu Huang Si Zhi Ling
南天門福德正神。
Nan Tian Men Fu De Zheng Shen
hey, i'm julien and a have a home altar ,but i live in france and there isn't any taoist priest here so i don't know what to do .
ReplyDeleteshould i pray fu de zheng shen or not ? what should i do??
please help me.
thank you very much
can i pray fu de zheng shen ? because some poeple say that you musn't pray if there isn't ceremoni or calling ceremoni before.
ReplyDeleteCan i pray fu de zheng shen eaven if there wasn't any ceremoni before ??
thank you very much
Hi Julien,
ReplyDeleteI have reply to your email, anything we can discuss thru there.
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ReplyDeleteShifu, what is the different between Fu De Zheng Shen and 大伯公? Are they the same person? I got confuse after reading this article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tua_Pek_Kong
ReplyDeletePlease ignore the Wiki Article, cos most of the time, Wiki always providing the Wrong Info on Chinese Religions & Culture.
ReplyDeleteFu De Zheng Shen is the Main & Official Title for Earth Deity and this Title only refer to the Initial Fu De Zheng Shen, other than that, ALL other Tu Di aka Earth Deity are known as Tu Di Gong or Tu Di Shen.
Da Bo Gong is a Addressing Term that South East Asia Taoists given to Tu Di Gong.
thank you so much for the explanation, shifu...
ReplyDeleteSo when we worship Fu De Zheng Shen, we put it on the altar. The Ti zu Kong, on the floor.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Tu Di Kong or Tu Di Shen?
Is the Tua Pek Kong is also another form of Tu Di Kong or Tu Di Shen?
I was told that if one worship Tua Pek Kong, one does not need to worship Ti Zu Kong. Is this correct?
if you will visit manila, this deity is the one commonly seen and the most famous
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ReplyDeleteHi Master, I have a photograph of Fu De Zheng Shen (Tua Pek Kong) with his civil and military assistants which I am thinking of pasting onto the altar wall for honouring. Does the photograph need to go through any enhancement or Kai Guang before it can be honoured or just passing over the temple urn three times will do? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYes, it need to be dotted just like any other statues.
ReplyDeleteHow about if I collect the incense ash from the temple in a red packet and write Fu De Zheng Shen on the red packet? Is this method feasible?
ReplyDeleteThats is only to continue the lineage of the Fu De's Energy from the Temple, not to enhance the empty Picture.
ReplyDeleteSorry, what I meant was that, if I want to honor Fu De Zheng Shen, but not convenient to install another statue at this time, can the incense ash packet be honoured instead of a statue for the time being? Also, I noticed that many temples in China and Taiwan have flags for devotees to invite home for worship. Does the flag represent the presence of the deity in such cases?
ReplyDeleteI see, ok, if for this case, you may invite back the ashes or flags to honour.
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