Packet 9: Tossup 20

This figure names a cypress forest mausoleum that supposedly contains only the hat and robes he left behind. A 3rd-century BCE school of thought whose name combines this figure and Lǎozǐ (“LAO-dzuh”) developed Taoism from a philosophy into a religious system. The most influential text of traditional Chinese medicine is this figure’s Inner Canon. This figure fathered the drought goddess Nǚbá, who helped him and the war goddess Jiǔtiān Xuánnǚ (“jee-oh-tee-EN shwen-new”) kill the mist-summoning demon Chīyóu (10[1])(“CHIR-yo”). This figure won the first battle in Chinese myth at Bǎnquán (“BAHN-chwen”), where he defeated a rival named for “Flame” who is sometimes conflated with this figure’s predecessor Shénnóng. This member of the Three Sovereigns joins four similarly-named gods of the cardinal directions to form the Wǔfāng Shàngdì. For 10 points, what figure’s name became a title for the founder of the Qin dynasty? ■END■

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