Second Floor – Main Palace Hall

The Earthly Official (Zhongyuan Diguan)

The Earthly Official (Zhongyuan Diguan)

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♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month♦

As a second highest official in Qingling Dongyang, he presides over the Three Realms, Ten Directions, and Nine Lands, administers the Eight Extremes, Four Dimensions, and Five Mountain Peaks. He examines the opportunities and misfortunes of all sentient beings and audits the book of good and evil in men and women. He is addressed as: “Earthly Official of Middle Origin and Second-Rank Who Absolve Sins (zhōngyuán èrpǐn shèzuì dìguān), “The Great Emperor of Pristine Emptiness” (Dongling qīnɡxū dàdì), and “Lord of Pure Souls” (qingling dijun).