Zhì dì jūn
Zhì dì jūn are "Lords Who Control the Earth" who are ordered to "disperse all subordinate junior demons, whether high or low [in rank], that have cause afflictions and injury owing to blows or offenses against the Motion of the Year, the Original Destiny, Great Year, the Kings of the Soil or the establishing or breaking influences of the chronograms of the tome. Annihilate them all." This level was also not eligible for promotion to immortality.
When
- First attested
- 300 CE
- Attested period
- 300 – 300
- Historical notes
- Described in the 4th century CE Baopuzi.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- dixian 地仙, Tiānxiān, Dìxià zhǔ, Dìshàng zhǔ zhě, shijiexian 尸解仙
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“Zhì dì jūn (制地君) – "Lords Who Control the Earth" – a heavenly decree ordered them to "disperse all subordinate junior demons, whether high or low [in rank], that have cause afflictions and injury owing to blows or offenses against the Motion of the Year, the Original Destiny, Great Year, the Kings of the Soil or the establishing or breaking influences of the chronograms of the tome. Annihilate them all."”
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