What are the Three Pure Ones called in Chinese?

The Three Pure Ones are called Sanqing in Chinese.

Sanqing, written 三清 and often translated as the Three Pure Ones, Three Purities, or Three Clarities, is the name for the highest divine triad in religious Taoism. The term refers both to the three deities and, in some contexts, to the three highest heavens they inhabit.

The triad consists of Yuanshi Tianzun, the Jade Purity; Lingbao Tianzun, the Upper Purity; and Daode Tianzun, the Grand Purity. Daode Tianzun is associated with Laozi, while the other two represent primordial aspects of Taoist cosmology and revelation. Together, they are understood as manifestations or embodiments of the Tao’s creative energy.

Sanqing is easy to confuse with Sanxing, the Three Star Gods, or Sanguan, the Three Officials. Those are separate groupings. Sanjiao means the “Three Teachings,” usually referring to Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, not a divine Taoist trinity.