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
The Queen-Like Closet Directory" in 1661, and "The Cooks Guide" in 1664. She was probably the first person to make her living by writing books on household management. Richard Lowndes brought out Woolley's "The Queen-Like Closet" in 1670. The title is a reference to "W.M."'s 1655 book "The Queens Closet Opened". The book is dedicated to Woolley's friend Mrs. Grace Buzby, daughter of Sir Henry Cary. Page 1 of the book, however, contradicts the title page by naming the book "The Ladies New Closet. OR RATHER Rich Cabinet." The book consists almost entirely of numbered recipes, prefaced only by Woolley's letter "To all