The Supreme Pure One
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- This article is about Shàngqīng, the Supreme Pure One. For other uses, see ShangqingShangqingShangqing may refer to:*Shàngqīng, the Supreme Pure One, one of the Three Pure Ones*Shangqing Bridge, overpass in Beijing*Shangqing School, Daoist movement*Shangqing Town, in Guixi, Jiangxi, China...
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Shàngqīng (上清), the Supreme Pure One, is a divine being of the Three Pure Ones
Three Pure Ones
The Three Pure Ones also translated as the Three Pure Pellucid Ones, the Three Pristine Ones, the Three Divine Teachers, the Three Clarities, or the Three Purities is the Taoist Trinity, the three highest Gods in the Taoist pantheon. They are regarded as pure manifestation of the Tao and the...
who are the highest deities in Taoism pantheon. He is also known as Lingbao Tianzun (靈寶天尊), which means "The Universally Honoured One of Divinities and Treasures" or "The Universal Lord of the Numinous Treasure".