Tu Er Shen

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Tu Er Shen (兔兒神) is a Chinese deity who manages the love and sex between men. His name literally means "rabbit deity".

According to Zi Bu Yu (子不語), a book written by Yuan Mei (袁枚, a Qing dynasty writer), Tu Er Shen was a man called Hu Tian Bao (胡天保). Hu loved an officer and was killed by him. After Hu died, he become a deity of homosexuality.

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  • Yuan Mei (袁枚), Zi Bu Yu (子不語)
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