FU HSING

Pinyin Fu Xing, in Chinese mythology, star god of happiness, one of the three stellar divinities known collectively as Fu-Shou-Lu. He is one of many Chinese gods who bestow happiness on their worshipers. Some say he is the same as Fu Shen (q.v.), the spirit of happiness. If so, Fu Hsing was a historical personage, probably a 6th-century mandarin called Yang Ch'eng, who was deified by the local residents of Tao Hsien in Hunan province.