ID: 901002592 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002592	Record Type: Character/Person

	Daode Tianzun (Taoist character)

Note: Regarded to be a manifestation of Daode Tianzun who authored the classic Tao Te Ching; traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism, intimately connected with primordial.

Names:

	Daode Tianzun (Taoist character) (preferred,English-P,D)
	道德天尊 (Taoist character) (Chinese)
	太上老君 (Taoist character) (Chinese)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Taoist iconography> (P)
		........<Taoist characters> (P)
		............Three Pure Ones (Taoist characters) (I)
		................Daode 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 .... Taoist
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Daode Tianzun (Taoist character)
	................Britannica Academic (2018-)
	................Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009)
	道德天尊 (Taoist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daode_Tianzun
	太上老君 (Taoist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009)
	................ Wikipedia (2000-)