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aides and guardians. His two major aides, according to a Taiwanese temple keeper, are major deities in their own right:
T'ai I Chiu K'u T'ien Tsun (AZREF) and Lei Yin P'u Hua T'ien Tsun (LEO).
He has a senior deity as his personal messenger, Teh Chih Chiangchun (特赤將軍)
A Buddhist priest guiding a visitor around his temple in Chia I county in Taiwan, in which the Jade Emperor was the main deity on a side altar in a side hall pointed out that he had four bodyguards:
The Marshals Wen (溫), Ma (馬), K'ang (康) and Chao (趙) with blue, white, red and black faces respectively.
The full title of the Jade Emperor is:
Hao T'ien Chin Kuan Yu Huang Shang Ti (昊天金阙玉皇上帝) or T'ien Ti San Chieh Shih Fang Wan Ling Chen Tsai (天帝三界十方万灵真宰). This is possibly best translated as The True Lord of Heaven, Earth and Mankind, in all areas and of the Mystical Spirits.
The following are the short titles by which the Jade Emperor is known:
Yu Ti (玉帝)
Yu Huang T'ien Kung (玉皇天公)
T'ien Kung (天公)
T'ien Kung Tsu (天公祖)
T'ien Kung Yeh Yeh (天公爷爷)
T'ien Shang Ti (天上帝)
Tien Ti (天帝)
He is also known as:
Yu Huang Ta T'ien Tsun Hsuan Ch'iung Kao Shang Ti (玉皇大天尊玄穹高上帝)
Yu Ch'ing Shang Ti (玉清上帝)
Hao T'ien Shang Ti (昊天上帝)
Shang Ti (上帝)
Lao T'ien Yeh (老天爷) North China
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aides and guardians. His two major aides, according to a Taiwanese temple keeper, are major deities in their own right:
T'ai I Chiu K'u T'ien Tsun (AZREF) and Lei Yin P'u Hua T'ien Tsun (LEO).
He has a senior deity as his personal messenger, Teh Chih Chiangchun (特赤將軍)
A Buddhist priest guiding a visitor around his temple in Chia I county in Taiwan, in which the Jade Emperor was the main deity on a side altar in a side hall pointed out that he had four bodyguards:
The Marshals Wen ( i ), Ma ( M ), K'ang ( ) and Chao (##) with blue, white, red and black faces respectively.
The full title of the Jade Emperor is:
Hao T'ien Chin Kuan Yu Huang Shang Ti (XÔMISLF) or T'ien Ti San Chieh Shih Fang Wan Ling Chen Tsai (AT JANY ). This is possibly best translated as The True Lord of Heaven, Earth and Mankind, in all areas and of the Mystical Spirits.
The following are the short titles by which the Jade Emperor is known:
Yu Ti (R)
Yu Huang T'ien Kung (FA)
T'ien Kung (KA)
T'ien Kung Tsu (X2)
T'ien Kung Yeh Yeh (Amm)
T'ien Shang Ti ( XI:W)
Tien Ti (T)
He is also known as:
Yu Huang Ta T'ien Tsun Hsuan Ch'iung Kao Shang Ti (*
尊玄穹高上帝)
Yu Ch'ing Shang Ti (E)
Hao T'ien Shang Ti (XXL)
Shang Ti (L)
Lao T'ien Yeh (X) North China
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