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DescriptionZhou grapheme for Tiān 天 (Heaven), version 1.svg | The most common one of the Zhou dynasty versions of the grapheme 天 Tiān, "Heaven". Heaven is represented as a man with a squared (dīng 口, archaic of 丁, i.e. the square tool as well as the north celestial pole) head. Source: Didier, John C. (2009). "In and Outside the Square: The Sky and the Power of Belief in Ancient China and the World, c. 4500 BC – AD 200". Sino-Platonic Papers. Victor H. Mair (192). Volume III: Terrestrial and Celestial Transformations in Zhou and Early-Imperial China, pp. 3–4. |
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