Ugong Shrine

Japanese: 于公祠 - うこうし
Ugong Shrine

…Hitogami (human god) [Noboru Miyata]
[China]
In China, there was a custom of erecting shrines for great people and local officials who were revered by the people while they were still alive. There is a story in Zhuangzi about Geng Sang Chu, a disciple of Laozi, being made a god and being worshipped as a god of the state, but the first examples of this in historical fact were in the early Han dynasty, such as the Luan Public Shrine built for Luan Bu, the prime minister of Yan, the Shi Xiang Shrine built for Shi Qing, the prime minister of Qi, and the Yu Gong Shrine built for Yu Gong, who conducted fair trials as a county and district prison official. [Yoshikawa Tadao]. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Yugong Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人神(ひとがみ)【宮田 登】
[中国]
 中国にも民から敬愛された偉人や地方官がその生前から祠堂をたててまつられる習俗があった。老(ろうたん)(老子)の弟子の庚桑楚(こうそうそ)が神の座にすえられ,社稷(しやしよく)の神としてまつられようとした話が《荘子》にみえるが,歴史的事実としては,燕の相国の欒布(らんぷ)のためにたてられた欒公社,斉の相国の石慶のためにたてられた石相祠,県や郡の断獄官として公正な裁判を行った于公のためにたてられた于公祠など,前漢代の事例が最初である。【吉川 忠夫】。…

※「于公祠」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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