Saturday 13 October 2007

Pictures of Wen Wu Pan Guan aka Recording Officers (陰陽雙遊文武判官)





Wen Wu Pan Guan (文武判官) aka Military & Scholar Recording Officers, in some Chinese contexts, we also address them as Wen Pan Ye (文判爺) & Wu Pan Ye (武判爺).

So where can we usually find them?

Usually they can be found standing besides Cheng Huang Ye (城隍爺) aka City Deity or Fu De Zheng Shen (福德正神) aka Da Bo Gong 大伯公 (only in South East Asia) or Tu Di Gong (土地公).

So what's their task?

Usually they exist to assist their main superior in doing recording of one's good and bad doing and also, one's good and bad luck or level of luck (in-order to exchange for certain in-returns, etc).

So are they considered as Nether World Spirits?

In some ways, yes, they can be considered as one, but in some ways, no. This will have to depend on who is their superior.

Features of Wen Wu Pan Guan:

For Wen Pan Guan aka Scholar Officer, usually you can see him carrying a chinese calligraphy brush on one hand and the other, a book.

For some places (mend to be Nether World Spirit), they will make him carried a abacus - calculating the life-span of a mortal.

For Wu Pan Guan aka Military Officer, usually you can see him carrying a Melon-like-Weapon or sometime, a pagoda-form sword with big rounded eyes.

12 comments:

  1. Welcome welcome, it's my pleasure and task to do that.

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  2. Nothing much, they are just the reflection of real life officers in the Ancient Era.

    But one famous Pan Guan that is being recorded is Cui Pan Guan, which you all can find his story in Liao Zhai (The Chinese Ghost Stories).

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  3. Here's the brief write-out of Cui Pan Guan:

    Cui Pan Guan (崔判官) aka The Scholar Recording Officer Cui, a well-known Immortality Character in the Chinese Deity System.

    His real name was known as Cui Yu (崔鈺) or Cui Zi Yu (崔子玉), born in Sui Tang Dynasty 隋唐 (Ard AD600++).

    In AD633, he got his 1st official title in the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court, due to his credit, merits and the upright way of dealing with cases and releasing of innocent suspects, he was being respected like a Deity at that Era and after that Era.

    After he passed-away, in-order to repay the gratitude to him, the folks who knew him dedicated a Temple to him and gave him as title of Cui Pan Guan.

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