Shen Gongbao

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Shen Gongbao (Chinese: 申公豹) is a major character in the Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi). He is a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun and a junior fellow apprentice of Jiang Ziya. After learning that Jiang Ziya had been chosen to assist the Zhou dynasty and carry out the investiture of the gods, Shen Gongbao turns against him and supports the Shang dynasty. He persuades various practitioners, including members of the Jiejiao, to oppose Jiang Ziya and the Zhou forces. He later breaks a promise made to Yuanshi Tianzun not to interfere with Jiang Ziya and is punished by being placed in the North Sea eye. At the end of the novel, he is included in the investiture and appointed the General Who Divides the Waters of the Eastern Sea (东海分水将军).

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