Four Heavenly Kings

In Buddhism, the Four Heavenly Kings are four gods, each of whom watches over one cardinal direction of the world. In Chinese, they are known collectively as the "Fēng Tiáo Yǔ Shùn" (simplified Chinese: 风调雨顺; traditional Chinese: 風調雨順; literally: "Good climate") or "Sì Dà Tiānwáng" (Chinese: 四大天王; literally: "Four Great Heavenly Kings").

Nomenclature

The Kings are collectively named as follows.

The Four Heavenly Kings

The Four Heavenly Kings are said to currently live in the Cāturmahārājika heaven (Pali Cātummahārājika, "Of the Four Great Kings") on the lower slopes of Mount Sumeru, which is the lowest of the six worlds of the devas of the Kāmadhātu. They are the protectors of the world and fighters of evil, each able to command a legion of supernatural creatures to protect the Dharma.

All four serve Śakra, the lord of the devas of Trāyastriṃśa. On the 8th, 14th and 15th days of each lunar month, the Four Heavenly Kings either send out messengers or go themselves to see how virtue and morality are faring in the world of men. Then they report upon the state of affairs to the assembly of the Trāyastriṃśa devas.

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Four Heavenly Kings (disambiguation)

The Four Heavenly Kings are the Buddhist protective deities.

Four Heavenly Kings may also refer to:

Groups of four people:

Kōdōkan Shitennō, 講道館四天王, notable judo competitors of the early Kōdōkan, referring to Tsunejiro Tomita, Yamashita Yoshiaki, Yokoyama Sakujiro, and Saigō Shirō

Shitennō (Minamoto clan), 四天王, retainers of Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Shitennō (Tokugawa clan), 徳川四天王, Japanese generals

Four Heavenly Kings (Hong Kong), namely Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok

Groups of four fictional characters:

Shiten'ou, from the anime Sailor Moon

Shitennō (The Four Generals of Mutsu), the four leaders of a large dog pack in the manga and anime Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

The Elite Four, literally translated as Four Heavenly Kings, any of various teams of four Pokémon trainers in the Pokémon meta-series

The Big Four, sometimes translated as the Four Heavenly Kings, consisting of Captain Battleship (Gunkan), Kitty-Poo (Purupu), OVER and Halekulani, from the manga and anime Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

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Four Heavenly Kings (Hong Kong)

Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王) is a Chinese term created in June 1992 by Oriental Daily News to refer to the four biggest male superstars in Hong Kong at that time: Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai. They dominated entertainment not only in Hong Kong but throughout the Chinese speaking world in the 1990s, having very successful singing careers (in both Cantopop and Mandopop) as well as acting careers well into the 2000s. The 1990s is sometimes called the "Four Heavenly Kings Era" in Hong Kong entertainment because their songs swept the awards of Top 10 Songs of the Year during a 6-year span, especially by Cheung and Lau.