Representation of the Three August Ones in Lo Mi’s Lu shi

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The focus of the present article is the notion of the Three August Ones (san huang)—the legendary monarchs who allegedly ruled All-Under-Heaven in the deepest antiquity, and its representation in the treatise Lu shi (Grandiose History) by the Southern Song intellectual Luo Mi (1131–1189/1203). This treatise develops the idea of the three trinities of the August Ones, with most attention paid to the Middle Three August Ones (zhong san huang). The article compares the interpretation of the images of the Three August Ones recorded in Lu shi with their description from the Taoist work Jiu huang tu (Images of the Nine August Ones). The main attention is paid to several aspects: the composition of the cohort of the Middle Three August Ones, their appearance, numbers and names. The translation of the parts from the second chapter of Lu shi dedicated to the Middle Three August Ones is given in the appendix.

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Anthony E. E. Terekhov

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts Russian Academy of Sciences

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Cand. Sci. (History), Researcher, the Department of Far Eastern Studies, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts

Russian Federation, 18, Emb. Dvortsovaya 191186, St. Petersburg

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