| Lingbao Tianzun | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 靈寶天尊 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 灵宝天尊 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Heavenly Lord of Spiritual Treasure(s) | ||||||||
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| Shangqing | |||||||||
| Chinese | 上清 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | The High-&-Clear [One] | ||||||||
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Lingbao Tianzun, also known in English as the Heavenly Lord of Spiritual Treasures,[1] is a Taoist god. Also known as Shangqing, he is numbered among the Three Pure Ones who head some forms of the Taoist pantheon.
He is thought to be able to control everything that goes on in the present.[2]
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