Ten Courts of Hell

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Diyu
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Haw_Par_Villa
Chinese temples
folk
gptkbp:describes afterlife judgment
gptkbp:eachCourtJudges different sins
gptkbp:eachCourtRuledBy gptkb:Yama
gptkbp:eighthCourt gptkb:King_Dushi
gptkbp:fifthCourt gptkb:King_Yanluo
gptkbp:finalDestinationAfterJudgment reincarnation or eternal punishment
gptkbp:firstCourt gptkb:King_Qinguang
gptkbp:fourthCourt gptkb:King_Wuguan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ten Courts of Hell
gptkbp:influenced Chinese ghost stories
East Asian afterlife beliefs
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Buddhist_Naraka
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:ninthCourt gptkb:King_Pingdeng
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 10
gptkbp:originatedIn Buddhist and Taoist beliefs
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:penalty torture
burning
dismemberment
freezing
crushing
sawing
boiling in oil
heart removal
tongue pulling
gptkbp:popularFor gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
gptkbp:purpose moral education
punishment and judgment of souls
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Journey_to_the_West
gptkb:Strange_Stories_from_a_Chinese_Studio
gptkbp:relatedTo karma
retribution
ancestral worship
judgment of the dead
gptkbp:secondCourt gptkb:King_Chujiang
gptkbp:seventhCourt gptkb:King_Taishan
gptkbp:sixthCourt gptkb:King_Biancheng
gptkbp:tenthCourt gptkb:King_Zhuanlun
gptkbp:thirdCourt gptkb:King_Songdi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yanluo_Wang
gptkb:閻羅王
gptkb:Ten_Chambers_of_Hell_dioramas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6