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Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven

ancient Chinese fantasy narrative about the travels of King Mu of Zhou meeting the Queen Mother of the West on Mt. Kunlun, followed by a narrative about the funeral of his consort Cheng Ji
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Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven

Summary

Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's image is recorded as King Mu of Zhou & Queen Mother of the West.jpg[3].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's genre is recorded as historical fantasy[5].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's Commons category is recorded as 穆天子傳[6].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's language of work or name is recorded as Old Chinese[7].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's country of origin is recorded as Wei[8].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +0279-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dsbb6h[10].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's characters is recorded as King Mu of Zhou[11].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's characters is recorded as Queen Mother of the West[12].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's characters is recorded as Q10435150[13].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's has edition or translation is recorded as Q28348574[14].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's has edition or translation is recorded as Q76731402[15].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's narrative location is recorded as Kunlun[16].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's narrative location is recorded as Zhou dynasty[17].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '穆天子傳'}[18].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's ctext work ID is recorded as ctp:work:mutianzi-zhuan[19].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's form of creative work is recorded as novel[20].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007413454505171[21].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 136293[22].
  • Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 349507[23].

Why It Matters

Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

literary work Wei

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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