See Also: discommend(dictionary)

Caishen (sh) and discommend (iou)


Caishen (sh)




or Ts'ai-shen

Chinese god of wealth, believed to bestow on his devotees the riches carried about by his attendants.

A Ming-dynasty novel relates that a hermit, Zhao Gongming, employed Magic to support the collapsing Shang dynasty. He was killed by Jiang Ziya, a supporter of the Zhou dynasty. Rebuked for causing the death of a virtuous man, Jiang apologized in a temple, extolled Zhao's virtues, and canonized him as the god of wealth. During Chinese New Year, incense is burned in Caishen's temple and the greeting "May you become rich" is exchanged.


discommend (iou)



discommend verb. LME.
[from DIS- 2 + COMMEND verb.]
verb trans. & intrans. Find fault (with), express disapproval (of). LME.
verb trans. Speak dissuasively of; advise against the use etc. of. M16.
verb trans. Cause to be received or looked on unfavourably. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
discommendable adjective (a) worthy of censure; (b) not to be recommended: E16.
dis,commen'dation noun the action or an act of discommending L16.