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Wen Zhong, also known as Grand Tutor Wen, was a character from the classic Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi'. Wen Zhong was one of the highest ranked officials in the Shang Dynasty, having served under King Da Yi for many years. When King Da Yi died, Wen Zhong crowned Da Yi's son Zi Shou (King Zhou of Shang) as the new monarch of the Shang Dynasty.<br/><br/> Shortly afterwards, he rode off on his dragon to wage war against rebelling demons in the North Sea, a campaign that would take fifteen years. During the campaign, he was given a third eye by the Jade Emperor himself, which could allow him to see through any falsehood or dillusion. He eventually returned to King Zhou's court after his victory, and upon seeing the idiocy and corruption within the king and his ministers, began attending to the situation as best he could, remaining loyal to the Shang Dynasty due to his long decades of service.<br/><br/> He appointed himself head of civil affairs, and fought against the Zhou army, refusing to see the Shang Dynasty fall despite his contempt for King Zhou himself. He was eventually struck down by the Taoist Immortal Yunzhongzi, Master of the Clouds. For his bravery, skill, and dutiful loyalty, he was appointed as deity of Puhua Tianzun at the end of the novel, as well as ascending to become a thunder god, Lei Zu, the Ascendant of Thunder.
Leizhenzi, also known as Thunderbolt, was a character from the classic Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi'. A celestial being and thunder god, Leizhenzi was created by a great thunderstorm that hit Mount Swallow. While travelling through Mount Swallow, Ji Chang (King Wen of Zhou) came upon a small newborn baby, and took the baby in as his own. However, the immortal Yunzhongzi would soon take the newborn away as his disciple, knowing that Leizhenzi was destined to assist in the formation of the Zhou Dynasty.<br/><br/> After seven years, when Ji Chang was fleeing for his life from the capital city of the Shang Dynasty after being freed, the seven-year-old Leizhenzi was ordered by his master to go aid his father, but first had to take hold of his weapon, a golden rod, from the cliff's edge. Eating two large apricots he found near the cliff edge, he suddenly grew two great wings from his back, and his face became birdlike and monstrous. He then armed himself and went to aid his father.<br/><br/> He rescued his father, returning him to Phoenix City, the capital of Ji Province. He parted ways with his father after that, promising to return someday to aid him, which he would after Ji Chang's death and the rise of Leizhenzi's brother, Ken Wu of Zhou. He would fight alongside his brother against the Shang army, helping to bring down the Shang Dynasty. Leiznhenzi is possibly an analogue and derivative of Lei Gong, who is also a Chinese thunder god with a birdlike appearance.
Lei Gong, sometimes known as Lei Shen, is a god of thunder in traditional Chinese religion and religious Taoism. Generally depicted as a fearsome bird-man with a blue face and a beak, bat wings and claws, wearing only a loincloth. Lei Gong is often shown wielding a drum and mallet to produce thunder, as well as a chisel with which to punish evildoers.<br/><br/> In Taoism, Lei Gong is not only the god of thunder but also a divine instrument of punishment and retribution, ordered by heaven to punish earthly mortals who have been found guilty of secret crimes or evil spirits who abuse their Taoist knowledge to do harm upon human beings. To aid in his task, he has a retinue of assistants and helpers, including his wife Dian Mu (Tian Mu or Lei Zi), the goddess of lightning, who uses flashing mirrors to send bolts of lightning streaking across the sky.<br/><br/> Lei Gong began his life as a mortal man by the name of Feng Lung, who accidentally found and ate one of the immortal peaches from heaven, which immediately transformed him into his godly form. Temples dedicated solely to Lei Gong are rare, though he is sometimes honoured by people who hope he will exact revenge upon their personal enemies. Lei Gong is also said to be extremely prudish, and will not enter a house where copulation is taking place, or even if there are pictures of this act displayed in the house.
The Battle of Te-li-ssu (Japanese: Tokuriji no tatakai), also called Battle of Wafangou after the nearby railway station, was a land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It was fought at a hamlet some 130 km (80 mi) north of Port Arthur, Manchuria. The hamlet is known today as Delisi, and is located just north of Wafangdian, Liaoning Province, China.<br/><br/> The battle was fought on 14–15 June 1904 between the Japanese Second Army under General Yasukata Oku and the Russian First Siberian Army Corps under Lieutenant General Georgii Stackelberg. Japan was victorious.<br/><br/> Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology. He is typically depicted as a demonic spirit beating drums to create thunder, usually with a <i>tomoe</i> symbol drawn on the drums.