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Chinese1600 BCE – present

Hongjun Laozu

China

Hongjun Laozu lit. "Ancestor of the Great Balance" is a deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism, teacher of the Three Pure Ones in Taoist mythology. Hongjun 鴻鈞 is a graphic variant of hungjun "primordial nature", as used in the Chinese idiom Xian you hongjun hou you tian 先有鸿钧后有天 "First there was Hongjun and then there was Heaven".

Hongjun Laozu

Hongjun Laozu

Hongjun Laozu lit. "Ancestor of the Great Balance" is a deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism, teacher of the Three Pure Ones in Taoist mythology. Hongjun 鴻鈞 is a graphic variant of hungjun "primordial nature", as used in the Chinese idiom Xian you hongjun hou you tian 先有鸿钧后有天 "First there was Hongjun and then there was Heaven".

Pantheon: Chinese Culture: Chinese Civilization: China Period: 1600 BCE – present

Source: Wikipedia

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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongjun_Laozu

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