This deity forbids peeing while standing up, but promises that three rings of spirits will protect anyone who chants this divinity’s one hundred and eighty precepts. This deity introduces the Scripture of Limitless Salvation and several other texts (-5[1])that depict this deity as the Celestial Worthy’s disciple from the Numinous Treasure tradition. Unlike Vishnu, this deity initiates the conversion of the barbarians in stories of his “transformation” as the Gautama Buddha. This ruler of (*) Taiqing Heaven appeared to Zhang (-5[1])Ling to tell him to found the Celestial Masters. (10[1])This deified person is the “Grand” member of a trio he forms (10[1])with the Jade and Supreme Pure Ones, (10[2]-5[1])and sometimes names the Five Thousand Character Classic (-5[1])attributed to his best-known human manifestation, which tells of the Virtue of the Way. (10[2])For 10 points, identify (10[1])this deified (10[1])person who legendarily (10[1])penned the Dao De (10[1])Jing. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])