Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang 4 Ti 4), also called simply Di (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì; lit. 'God'), [ 1 ] is the name of the Chinese Highest Deity or "Lord Above" in the theology of the classical texts , especially deriving from Shang theology and finding an equivalent in the later Tiān ("Heaven" or "Great ...