Ao Run
Chinese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
THE CORPUS HELD ONE DRAGON KING OF FOUR. Ao Guang of the East Sea was a record and his three brothers were not, so the corpus had a cardinal-direction set with one direction in it. All four were punished together by the Jade Emperor for bringing rain without permission during a drought — a story that needs all four to be a story at all.
Domains
- the west sea
- rainfall
- tides and maritime order
Relations
- sibling: Ao QinReciprocated within this batch. The four are brothers, with Ao Guang the eldest.Reference treatment of the Four Dragon Kings: they are Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Qin of the South Sea, Ao Run of the West Sea and Ao Shun of the North Sea, and they are all siblings, Ao Guang being the oldest brother. Ao Guang rules the East Sea (the Yellow Sea), Ao Qin the South Sea (the South China Sea), Ao Run the West Sea (Qinghai Lake) and Ao Shun the North Sea (Lake Baikal); each is associated with one of the four cardinal directions. Together they serve under the Jade Emperor, carrying out celestial commands relating to rainfall, tides and maritime order, and they were punished by the Jade Emperor for defying the Heavenly court and bringing rain on Earth without permission during a drought. Ao Guang is associated with the element of wood and the spring season, his symbol the azure dragon. (secondary)
- sibling: Ao ShunReciprocated within this batch. The four are brothers, with Ao Guang the eldest.Reference treatment of the Four Dragon Kings: they are Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Qin of the South Sea, Ao Run of the West Sea and Ao Shun of the North Sea, and they are all siblings, Ao Guang being the oldest brother. Ao Guang rules the East Sea (the Yellow Sea), Ao Qin the South Sea (the South China Sea), Ao Run the West Sea (Qinghai Lake) and Ao Shun the North Sea (Lake Baikal); each is associated with one of the four cardinal directions. Together they serve under the Jade Emperor, carrying out celestial commands relating to rainfall, tides and maritime order, and they were punished by the Jade Emperor for defying the Heavenly court and bringing rain on Earth without permission during a drought. Ao Guang is associated with the element of wood and the spring season, his symbol the azure dragon. (secondary)
- of the four dragon kings with: Ao GuangNon-symmetric kind, written from this end only, DELIBERATELY: chinese_ao_guang is a pre-existing record and this batch mutates none, so a symmetric 'sibling' here would leave a one-way symmetric relation dangling. The brotherhood is stated in this record's claim and notes instead. The corpus held ONE of the four brothers.Reference treatment of the Four Dragon Kings: they are Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Qin of the South Sea, Ao Run of the West Sea and Ao Shun of the North Sea, and they are all siblings, Ao Guang being the oldest brother. Ao Guang rules the East Sea (the Yellow Sea), Ao Qin the South Sea (the South China Sea), Ao Run the West Sea (Qinghai Lake) and Ao Shun the North Sea (Lake Baikal); each is associated with one of the four cardinal directions. Together they serve under the Jade Emperor, carrying out celestial commands relating to rainfall, tides and maritime order, and they were punished by the Jade Emperor for defying the Heavenly court and bringing rain on Earth without permission during a drought. Ao Guang is associated with the element of wood and the spring season, his symbol the azure dragon. (secondary)
- serves: Jade EmperorNon-symmetric, written from this end only; the Jade Emperor is a pre-existing record. The four Dragon Kings serve under him and carry out the celestial commands governing rainfall and tides - and he is the one who punished all four for bringing rain without permission.Reference treatment of the Four Dragon Kings: they are Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Qin of the South Sea, Ao Run of the West Sea and Ao Shun of the North Sea, and they are all siblings, Ao Guang being the oldest brother. Ao Guang rules the East Sea (the Yellow Sea), Ao Qin the South Sea (the South China Sea), Ao Run the West Sea (Qinghai Lake) and Ao Shun the North Sea (Lake Baikal); each is associated with one of the four cardinal directions. Together they serve under the Jade Emperor, carrying out celestial commands relating to rainfall, tides and maritime order, and they were punished by the Jade Emperor for defying the Heavenly court and bringing rain on Earth without permission during a drought. Ao Guang is associated with the element of wood and the spring season, his symbol the azure dragon. (secondary)
Sources
- Dragon King of the West Sea (Qinghai Lake), one of the four brother Dragon Kings who serve under the Jade Emperor and carry out the celestial commands governing rainfall, tides and maritime order.: Reference treatment of the Four Dragon Kings: they are Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, Ao Qin of the South Sea, Ao Run of the West Sea and Ao Shun of the North Sea, and they are all siblings, Ao Guang being the oldest brother. Ao Guang rules the East Sea (the Yellow Sea), Ao Qin the South Sea (the South China Sea), Ao Run the West Sea (Qinghai Lake) and Ao Shun the North Sea (Lake Baikal); each is associated with one of the four cardinal directions. Together they serve under the Jade Emperor, carrying out celestial commands relating to rainfall, tides and maritime order, and they were punished by the Jade Emperor for defying the Heavenly court and bringing rain on Earth without permission during a drought. Ao Guang is associated with the element of wood and the spring season, his symbol the azure dragon. (secondary)