sān​shī

the Three Corpses

Senses

三尸 sān​shī the Three Corpses

(Taoist mythology) the three malevolent spirits or parasites believed to live inside a person's body and report their sins to heaven. Also written as 三彭 sān​péng or 三尸神 sān​shī​shén.

References

variant 三尸/三尸 三彭/三彭
variant 三尸/三尸 三尸神/三尸神
variant 三尸/三尸 三神/三神