Table of contents : 道教門 - Taoism [65 items]


by Lê Văn Cường - Phiên âm - khảo dị
English by Giáp Thị Hải Chi

1玉皇上帝the Jade Emperor (the Ruler of Heaven)
2三清three saints of Taoism
3上清宫元始天尊Thien Hoang emperor of Thuong Thanh palace
4玉清宫靈寶天尊Thiên Tôn Linh Bảo - one of three supreme sages of Vương Thanh palace
5太清宫道德天尊ancestor of shaman with the pen name Thái Thượng Lão Quân - a supreme fairy of Thai Thanh palace
6玄玄上人Huyền Huyền Thượng Nhân sage
7五老five immortals
8黄老Hoàng Lão sage coming from Tru Ương who created mankind
9東王公Vương Công sage coming from East with the pen name is Thuy Cong, be in charge of South (just have sons)
10西王母Tây Vương Mẫu sage coming from West with the pen name is Kim Mau, be in charge of managing fairies (just have daughters)
11赤精子Xích Tinh Tử sage coming from South, be in charge of rebirth
12九天玄女Cửu Thiên Huyền Nữ (Chinese Jiu Tian Xuan Nü, the Dusky Woman of the Nine Heavens), creator of both military strategy and Daoist exorcism. She taught people how to draw bows and arrows with coal in the middle of yard to drive away birds of evil omen that harm people. This is reflected in the practice among later generations of drawing bows and arrows on New Year's Eve.
13四極four great emperors of four poles
14北極玄天上帝the emperor of North pole
15南極長生大帝the emperor of South pole
16西極扶桑大帝the emperor of West pole
17東極東華帝君the emperor of East pole
18太乙天尊Thái Ất Thiên Tôn sage of East
19斗母元君mother of Địa Hoàng emperor
20上元夫人acting as an aid of Vương mẫu, helping her in managing fairies
21三元大帝three great emperors, be responsible for Thượng nguyên, Trung nguyên with in turn names are Nghiêu emperor, Thuấn emperor and Vũ emperor
22三官three great emperors, be responsible for Thượng nguyên, Trung nguyên with in turn names are Nghiêu emperor, Thuấn emperor and Vũ emperor
23北斗星君seven stars of the Great Bear
24南斗星君six stars of the Crux
25十二眞君twelve sages
26三茅眞君three sages of Mao Sơn mountain with all their surnames are Mao
27二十八宿星君twenty eight stars named Nhị thập bát tú
28九曜星君nine stars named Cứu Diệu
29南星three stars named Good fortune, Money, Long life
30南極老人星Quảng Thọ Lão Nhân star or Long life star (the fairy with highest rank in the heaven. Long life star is one of three stars)