Queen Mother of the West Taoist thought, has the Queen Mother taking an inferior role to Laozi, calling him "Primordial Lord" (the title of his highest manifestation) and pays homage to the sage. The "Bamboo Annals" record that in the 9th year of reign of the legendary sage king Emperor Shun, "messengers from the western Wang-mu (Queen Mother) came to do him homage." It further notes that "the coming to court from the Western Wang-mu was to present white stone rings and archers' thimbles of gem." Shun's immediate successor was Yu the Great, who was Shun's prime minister and already present in the court at
State visit of Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland and presented with an original Offaly hurley. A state dinner in honour of the Queen took place in the evening at Dublin Castle. Following a speech and toast by President McAleese, the Queen delivered a speech on relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom. The content of the speech, which was written by the Queen and her deputy private secretary, drew widespread praise from the Irish media and from politicians, including Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams. The Queen began her speech by speaking in Irish: "A Uachtaráin, agus a chairde" she said — "President and friends" which caused President McAleese