. La mitologia di tutte le razze. Fig. 39. Yuan Shih Tien Tsun (San Kuan); il re della SKU parla delle tre Notable (San Kung, cioè Tai-shih, Tai-fu, Tai-pao)j e là wasalso la tradizione dei tre imperatori (San Huang). Le tre purezze sono spesso interpretate anche come i tre cieli, cioè Yu (giada), Shang (superiore) e Tai (più alto). Nel pantheon Taoista i ThreePurities sono (i) Yian Shih Tien Tsun, l'Eterno, popolarmente conosciuto come Tien Pao, (2) Tao Chiin, capo di tutti gli esseri soprannaturali, che è popolarmente conosciuto come Ling Pao, e (3) nessuna MITOLOGIA CINESE Lao Tzu, che in questo c

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. The mythology of all races. Fig. 39. Yuan Shih Tien Tsun (San Kuan); the Sku King speaks of The Three Notables (San Kung, i.e. Tai-shih, Tai-fu, Tai-pao)j and there wasalso the tradition of The Three Emperors (San Huang). The Three Purities are also frequently interpreted as TheThree Heavens, viz., Yu (jade), Shang (superior), and Tai (highest). In the Taoist pantheon the ThreePurities are (i) Yiian Shih Tien Tsun, the Eternal, popu-larly known as Tien Pao, (2) Tao Chiin, chief of all super-natural beings, who is popularly known as Ling Pao, and (3) no CHINESE MYTHOLOGY Lao Tzu, who in this connection is popularly spoken of asShen Pao. The first of these is sovereign of the JadeHeaven (Yii Ching) the second is sovereign of the Supe-rior Heaven (Shang Ching), and the third is sovereign ofthe Highest Heaven (Tai Ching). In enumerations ofthis Taoist Trinity the place of the first Divinity, Yuan Shih, . Fig. 40. Tao Chun is frequently taken by the Jade Emperor, Yu Huang. Withthe San Ching are associated The Four Guardians (SsiiWei), otherwise known as The Four Heavenly Kings(Ssu Tien Wang). Though this Trinity of Three Purities was an invention of the scholars of the Tang dynasty, it wasnot until the Yuan dynasty that the myth assumed its presentform. According to the Shen Hslen T^ung ChleUy the first of theTrinity, Yiian Shih, was a son of the Great Creator (PanKu). After the work of creation was completed, Pan Ku de- SUPERNATURAL BEINGS III sired to see what he had done. His spirit transported itselfon the wings of the wind to Fu Yii Tai where he met TheHoly Woman (Tai Yuan), The Great Original. Shewas a virgin who had attained the age of eighty years andlived as a recluse on the mountain of Cho Wo. She sub-sisted solely on air and clouds, and in her own person com-bined both the active and passive powers of nature. Pan Kuwas charmed with herpurity and made an oc-casion to enter he

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