Mount Judi independent of the Genesis account of Noah's flood, rooted in the more general Near Eastern flood legends, but following Christianization of the Syrians, from about the 2nd century AD, it became associated with the Mountains of Ararat where Noah landed according to Genesis, and from Syria also this legend also spread to the Armenians. The Armenians did not traditionally associate Noah's landing site with Mount Ararat, known natively as "Masis", but until the 11th century continued to associate Noah's ark with Mount Judi. It is to be noted, the biblical "Ararat" is thought be a variation of "Urartu", an ancient
Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition Gate[way]) or Holy Church of the Confucian Tradition (儒宗圣教 "Rúzōng Shèngjiào"). The aim of the phoenix halls is to honour the gods through Confucian orthopraxy ("rú" 儒 style), spreading morality through public lectures and divinely-inspired books (善书 "shànshū"). The Confucian Way of the Gods is defined as Houtiandao (后天道 "Way of Later Heaven" or "Way of the Manifested") by the antagonistic Xiantiandao (先天道 "Way of Former Heaven" or "Way of the Primordial") traditions, which claim to be closer to the God of the universe. The phoenix halls are concerned with the salvation of the disciples, which basically means deification. This