ID: 901002590 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002590	Record Type: Character/Person

	Yuanshi Tianzun (Taoist character)

Note: Taoist Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning or the Primeval Lord of Heaven. universal or heavenly chi.

Names:

	Yuanshi Tianzun (Taoist character) (preferred,English-P,D)
	元始天尊 (Taoist character) (Chinese (traditional))
	Yuánshǐ Tīanzūn (Taoist character) (Chinese (transliterated))

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Taoist iconography> (P)
		........<Taoist characters> (P)
		............Three Pure Ones (Taoist characters) (I)
		................Yuanshi Tianzun (Taoist character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Taoism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Yuanshi Tianzun (Taoist character)
	................Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009) 30
	元始天尊 (Taoist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Pure_Ones
	Yuánshǐ Tīanzūn (Taoist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)