Tianhuang Emperor

The Great Emperor of the Curved Array (Chinese: 勾陳大帝; pinyin: gōuchén dàdì), also called the Gouchen Emperor and Tianhuang Emperor, is one of the highest sky deities of Taoism. He is one of the Four Sovereigns (四御; sì yù) and is in charge of heaven, earth, and human and of wars in the human world.

This article is about the Taoist deity. For other uses, see Tianhuang Emperor (disambiguation).
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