ID: 901002593 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002593	Record Type: Character/Person

	Three Pure Ones (Taoist characters)

Note: Three highest gods in the Taoist pantheon.

Names:

	Three Pure Ones (Taoist characters) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Three Worthies (Taoist characters) (English)
	三清 (Taoist characters) (Chinese-P)
	Sānqīng (Taoist characters) (Chinese (transliterated)-P)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deities
	.....(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:

	Three Pure Ones (Taoist characters)
	................Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009)
	Three Worthies (Taoist characters)
	................Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009) 184
	三清 (Taoist characters)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Pure_Ones
	Sānqīng (Taoist characters)
	................Wikipedia (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Littlejohn, Historical Dictionary of Daoism (2009)
	................ National Palace Museum database (2008-)