Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 436
m came to China it taught Lao-tszes dis-ciples to have gods. As the Buddhists had deified La-kya-muni, so the Taoists now deified Lao-tsze. As theBuddhists worshiped under the form of the Three Pre-cious Ones, so the Taoists worshiped Lao-tsze as San-Tsing, or the Three Pure Ones. They had an image… … l PURE ONES. was introduced, callel the Pearly Emperor SupremeRuler. He is the chief Taoist god. He is called theproducer of all things and governor of all. To him allthe gods make their reports. In times of drought, thegovernors, the man-darins, go to his tem-ple to burn incenseand pray for…
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