File:Shang grapheme for Dì 帝 (Deity), version 2.svg

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Description One among the Shang dynasty versions of the grapheme 帝 , "Deity", drawn by connecting the stars of the "handle" of Ursa Major and the "scoop" of Ursa Minor determining the north celestial pole (北极 Běijí). 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 II: Representations and Identities of High Powers in Neolithic and Bronze China, p. 100.
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