| 太上 tài shàng〔名〕uppermost；topmost；prehistoric times；king；emperor；reigning emperor or reigning emperor's father；remote antiquity 太上皇tàishànghuáng；title assumed by the reigning emperor's father who abdicated in favour of his son ；喻overlord；backstage ruler；supersovereign太上老君tàishàng lǎojūn；尊Most Exalted Lord Lao title for Laozi老子conferred on him by Daoists/Taoists |