Sacred Proclamations of Deities & Patriarchs

Sacred proclamations (宝诰, Baogao) to Taoist deities and patriarchs: the Three Pure Ones, the Jade Emperor, the Dipper Mother, Zhenwu, Patriarch Lü and more.

Sacred Proclamation of Patriarch Sa

The full sacred proclamation in homage to Patriarch Sa Shoujian, who gave his wealth to make medicines for the people, received the thunder books, enchanted jujubes and wrote talismans, and wields wind and thunder to cut down demons as master of the myriad methods.

Sacred Proclamation of the Founding Celestial Master

The full sacred proclamation in homage to Zhang Daoling, the Founding Celestial Master, who obtained the Yellow Emperor's elixir texts, received Lord Lao's Covenant with the Powers, transformed the salt springs, and holds a series of honorific titles.

Sacred Proclamation of Marshal Wang Lingguan

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the guardian deity Marshal Wang Lingguan, chief general of prior heaven and great inspector of all heaven, with golden eyes and vermilion hair, who commands a million divine generals, expels evil, heals sickness, and vows to aid the Patriarch.

Sacred Proclamations of the Jade Emperor

Six sacred proclamations in homage to the Jade Emperor, Great Heavenly Worthy, praising in turn his supreme station, his birth as crown prince of the Kingdom of Radiant Majesty, his pure body, his indestructible dharma body, his manifold manifestations, and his renunciation of the throne.

Sacred Proclamation of Jade Clarity

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Primordial Heavenly Worthy of Jade Clarity, who dwells above the Three Realms amid the all-pervading Brahma qi, whose one primal qi arose before chaos, and who opened the heavenly vistas and gave birth to all the heavens.

Sacred Proclamation of the Lord of the Stars

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Great Emperor of Purple Tenuity of the Northern Pole in the Central Heaven, who regulates the Seven Governors and the four seasons and is lord of the myriad stars and commander of all the heavens.

Sacred Proclamation of the Dipper Mother

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Dipper Mother, praised as the Supreme Mysterious Primordial Heavenly Mother, before whose golden light the sun and moon dim, and who answers the call of any being in distress who speaks her name.

Sacred Proclamation of Repaying Kindness

The full sacred proclamation of repaying kindness, addressed to Zhenwu, Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven, remembering the parents' care in pregnancy and nursing, and praying that living parents enjoy long life and blessings and departed ancestors soon attain rebirth.

The Miluo Sacred Proclamation

The Miluo sacred proclamation in homage to the Jade Emperor of the Vast Heaven, given in two versions, praising him as dwelling in the supreme Miluo Heaven and the Jade Clarity Palace, teacher of the Three Realms and king of all sages.

Sacred Proclamation of Grand Clarity

The full sacred proclamation in homage to Lord Lao the Most High, the Heavenly Worthy of the Tao and Its Virtue, who teaches according to each place, delivers beings through the kalpas, served as teacher to rulers, and wrote the five thousand words of the Tao Te Ching.

Sacred Proclamation of the Heavenly Sovereign

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Heavenly Sovereign Great Emperor of the Upper Palace of the Curved Array, who assists the mysterious transformations, orders heaven, earth, and humanity, holds authority over warfare, and governs the courses of the stars.

Sacred Proclamation of Patriarch Lü

The full sacred proclamation in homage to Patriarch Lü Dongbin, teacher of the Three Teachings, who awoke from the Yellow Millet Dream, sweeps away demons with his precious sword, and answers every appeal, together with his titles including Divine Lord Fuyou.

Sacred Proclamation of Empress Earth

The full sacred proclamation in homage to Empress Earth, who receives heaven's mandate and models herself on it, holds authority over yin and yang, nurtures all things with the yielding virtue of Kun, and upholds the peaks, rivers, and mountains.

Sacred Proclamation of the Great Emperor of the South Pole

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole, who dwells in the Divine Empyrean Palace, governs all the heavens and the myriad transformations, and proclaims golden talismans and bestows grace to shelter the people.

Sacred Proclamation of the Five Southern Patriarchs

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Five Southern Patriarchs of inner alchemy, recalling how Zhang Boduan, Shi Tai, Xue Daoguang, Chen Nan, and Bai Yuchan transmitted the Tao and wrote their works, and listing the Taoist title of each Perfected.

Sacred Proclamation of the Five Northern Patriarchs

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen, recalling how the Divine Lord of Eastern Florescence, Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin, Liu Haichan, and Wang Chongyang transmitted the Tao, and listing the honorific title of each patriarch.

General Sacred Proclamation of the Three Pure Ones

The full sacred proclamation in collective homage to the Three Pure Ones of Jade Clarity, Highest Clarity, and Grand Clarity, pairing them with the Three Treasures of the Tao, the scriptures, and the masters, and praising how one qi became three Worthies.

Sacred Proclamation of the Three Officials

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water, who oversee merits and faults, bestow blessings, pardon sins, and release from distress, aiding the living and the dead throughout the Three Realms.

Sacred Proclamation of the Seven Perfected

The full sacred proclamation in homage to the Seven Perfected of the North of the Quanzhen school, recalling the deeds of Ma Danyang, Tan Changzhen, Liu Changsheng, Qiu Changchun, Wang Yuyang, Hao Taigu, and Sun Bu'er, and listing the honorific title of each.