Feilian

Gilt hexagonal silver plate with a feilian beast pattern

Feilian (traditional Chinese: 飛廉; simplified Chinese: 飞廉; pinyin: fēilián) or (蜚廉) is a Chinese wind spirit from a southern tradition, later identified with and subsumed under the primary wind deity Fengbo. Feilian has also been identified with a late Shang dynasty minister as well as with the mythical phoenix bird, and retained a separate identity as a mythical creature after losing its status as master of the wind.