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of *Du Guangting (850-933; see Guangchengji. )jt~, CT 616, 9.5b-6b), which
reproduce the Declaration Cci ;Ir~) for a large-scale ceremony with this name
performed for the king of Shu il:\l (Sichuan). However, in the early Song the
term came to be associated in particular with the new ritual code, that is, the
nomenclature and regulations for the different kinds of jiao, revealed in 960
by the divine protector of the dynasty, Yisheng j1i 1W, the Assisting Saint (also
known as the Black Killer, *Heisha). From the comprehensive account of this
revelation, the *Yisheng baode zhuan (Biography of [the Perfected Lord] Assist-
ing Sanctity and Protecting Virtue), which was submitted to the emperor by
*Wang Qinruo in 1016, we know that the highest level of this system included
three kinds of jiao, all of which were meant to be performed for the general
good of the whole country, namely the putian dajiao iff *}c M (Great Offer-
ing of the Universal Heaven), the zhoutian dajiao Fw1 :k7;::~.1( (Great Offering
of the Whole Heaven), and the luotian dajiao. The third kind is said to have
comprised 1,200 seats for the gods (shenwei :fEI! ffi:), and could also be sponsored
by commoners on behalf of the ruler (Yisheng baode zhuan, 1.3a-4a).
In modern times, large-scale ceremonies named luotian dajiao have been
organized on several occasions, for instance in Shanghai in 1932, headed by the
sixty-third Celestial Master, *Zhang Enpu. The tradition has been resumed
more recently, notably in 1993, when a ten-day ceremony of the kind was held
at the *Baiyun guan (Abbey of the White Clouds) in Beijing.
Poul ANDERSEN
m Ruan Renze and Gao Zhennong 1992, 414; Zhang Zehong 1994

* jiao

Uiqiu Fangyuan

?-902; zi: Dafang }c if; haG: Xuandong xiansheng ~?fiiJ:5'G 1:
(Elder of the Mysterious Cavern) or Xuantong xiansheng
~ [OJ :5'G 1: (Elder of Mysterious Equality)

Liiqiu Fangyuan was a native of Susong i'iH0 in Shuzhou f.fHH (Anhui). He
is best known for producing the Taiping jingchao ~ -¥ *~ ~j> (Excerpts from
the Scripture of Great Peace; CT lIOI,j. I), a set of selections from the *Tai-
pingjing that has proved invaluable for supplementing the full text, much of
which has been lost. The Taoist Canon also has the Lingbao dagang chao '!i: tlf
7;:: *IMJ i'} (Excerpts from an Outline of the Numinous Treasure; CT 393) and