Appendix · Ten Courts of Yama

Appendix: Overview of the Ten Courts of Yama

First Court: King Qin-Guang's Hall of Ghost Judges lies outside the Wo-Ran Stone in the great ocean, on the Black Road of the Yellow Springs, due west

Second Court: King Chu-Jiang governs the Living Great Hell (sixteen minor hells) at the bottom of the great ocean, due south, beneath the Wo-Jiao Stone, eight thousand li across in length and breadth

Third Court: King Song-Di governs the Black Rope Fire Hell (sixteen minor hells) at the bottom of the great ocean, to the southeast, beneath the Wo-Jiao Stone, eight thousand li wide

Fourth Court: King Wu-Guan governs the Crushing Great Hell (sixteen minor hells) at the bottom of the great ocean, due east, beneath the Wo-Ran Stone, each eight thousand li wide

Fifth Court: Yama, Son of Heaven (formerly in charge of the First Court), now governs the Screaming Great Hell (sixteen heart-cutting minor hells) at the bottom of the great ocean, to the northeast, beneath the Wo-Jiao Stone

Sixth Court: King Bian-Cheng governs the Great Screaming Great Hell (sixteen minor hells), eight thousand li wide, at the bottom of the great ocean, due north, beneath the Wo-Ran Stone

Seventh Court: King Tai-Shan governs the Scorching Great Hell (sixteen minor hells), eight thousand li in circumference, at the bottom of the great ocean, to the northwest, beneath the Wo-Jiao Stone

Eighth Court: King Du-Shi governs the Great Scorching Great Hell (sixteen minor hells), eight thousand li in length and breadth, at the bottom of the great ocean, due west, beneath the Wo-Jiao Stone

Ninth Court: King Ping-Deng governs the Avici Great Hell at the bottom of the great ocean, to the southwest, beneath the Wo-Jiao Stone; this hell is encircled and layered (sixteen minor hells), eight thousand li wide all around

Tenth Court: The Hall of King Zhuan-Lun lies outside the Wo-Ran Stone in the underworld, due east, facing directly toward the Five-Turbidities World, where six bridges are set up: of gold, silver, jade, stone, wood plank, and the Naihe Bridge

Second Court: King Chu-Jiang 【Shakyamuni Buddha】— Rules the Living Great Hell (3rd lunar month, 1st day)

• 1Black Cloud Sand Minor Hell
• 2Dung and Urine Mud Minor Hell
• 3Five-Pronged Fork Minor Hell
• 4Hunger Minor Hell
• 5Burning Thirst Minor Hell
• 6Pus and Blood Minor Hell
• 7Copper Axe Minor Hell
• 8Many Copper Axes Minor Hell
• 9Iron Mirror Minor Hell
• 10Deep Gloom Minor Hell
• 11Rooster Minor Hell
• 12Ash River Minor Hell
• 13Chopping and Severing Minor Hell
• 14Sword-Leaf Minor Hell
• 15Lone Wolf Minor Hell
• 16Cold Ice Minor Hell