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the liuren /\ -3: method, and the *Taiyi (Great One) method (Schipper and
Wang 1986, 198- 201; Kalinowski 1991). Indeed, the great god Taiyi, who first
appears in the recently discovered fourth-century BCE *Guodian hoard from
the state of Chu in the cosmological text Taiyi sheng shui 7\. - j: 7.k (The Great
One Generated Water) associated with fragments later incorporated into the
Daode jing, came to be worshipped as the God of War in medieval times (Li
Ling 1995-96), and other powerful deities in the celestial hierarchy; such as
the Thunder Sire (Leigong 'm' 0) and the Master of Rain (*Yushi), were ap-
pealed to and worshipped both by Taoists and military men throughout the
imperial period.

Robin D. S. YATES
W Jiang Guozhu 1998; Rand 1979; Rand 1979-80

* Li Quan