184 documented Chinese supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 65 lesser and 50 greater in power tier.
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The supplied source material does not contain information on zhiyin, ancestral or land spirits (such as Tudigong) in Chinese folk tradition. The available documents are biographical entries unrelated to the requested folkloric subject, so no grounded folkloric description can be produced from them.
Zhong Kui (鍾馗) is a Chinese Taoist protective figure and vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, invoked and depicted in court ritual and popular practice to repel, seize, and punish harmful spirits. Originating in Tang-era dream narratives and later literary and ritual accretions, his image and invocation function as official and household protective measures, especially at New-Year liminal moments.
In Vietnamese tradition, Ông Trời is a high-ranking deity associated with the divine realm and later merged with the Jade Emperor. (Note: 1. The power tier should be Primordial, not Ancient, since Ông Trời is described as one of the most important gods in Vietnamese cosmology. 2. Add information about Ông Trời's appearance, abilities, s)
A Mahāyāna bodhisattva personifying the element of space (ākāśa) revered across Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Tibetan esoteric traditions as a treasury of boundless wisdom; traditionally invoked by dhāraṇī, mantra and visualization practices—most famously in the Gumonjihō—for memory, learning, purification and the fulfillment of requests.