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prayed to for their efficacious powers. The titles are the typical flowery honorifics which are usually well nigh impossible to render into English. The list is as follows:
The Five Officials Wang, the Ministers" and Highest Lords of
the Dragon Terrace [*] 玉封掌職高龍臺王五官
The First Official Wang of the Highest Peak, Capable of Flying
to Heaven [#]
飛天上嶺王一官
The Other Four Efficacious Spirit Officials Wang [#]
有感靈神王四官
The Chief Yamen Guard [#]
隔心頭目把衙老大
The Twelve Spirit Generals Escorting the Wang Officials [#]
隨從官吏十二神將
The Marquis, the Commander-in-Chief who Inspects and Protects
the Country [*]
玉封顯應糾察都督護國安邦候王
The Strong, Brave, Powerful General who Protects the People
玉封靈應巡察從兵剛勇庇民將軍
The Marquis who Inspects the Three Agencies and Adjudicates
and Protects the People [*]
玉封英文糾察三司護國庇民顯靈侯王
The image of this deity was the only image to be identified on the
altars by one of the temple custodians. It portrayed the Marquis as an