Three Pure Ones

The Three Pure Ones also translated as
the Three Pure Pellucid Ones, the Three Pristine Ones, the Three Clarities, or the Three Purities, are the three highest Taoist deities.

They are:

*The '''' , also known as "The Universally Honoured One of Origin", or "The Universal Lord of the Primordial Beginning" .

*The ''Supreme Pure One'' , also known as "The Universally Honoured One of Divinities and Treasures", or "The Universal Lord of the Numinous Treasure" .

*The ''Grand Pure One'' , also known as "The Universally Honoured One of Tao and Virtues" or "The Universal Lord of the Way and its Virtue" or the "Grand Supreme Elder Lord" .

The Three Pure Ones represent the three divine natures of all living beings. They symbolize a kind of Taoist trinity: Tao begets One; one begets two; two begets three; three begets all things

In some Taoist belief systems, Hong-jun lao-zu is the common teacher of The Three Pure Ones.

According to , ''The Universally Honoured One of Tao and Virtues'' had manifested many various incarnations to teach living beings, and Laozi is one of his incarnations.