AO KUANG
Mythology of China
King of the Dragon Kings
This is the name of one of the four great DRAGON KINGS in the mythology and beliefs of ancient China. AO KUANG is the king of these DRAGON KINGS; the other tree are AO CHIN, AO JUN, and AO SHUN. Together they control a region of the seas and earth under the direction of the AUGUST PERSONAGE of JADE. They are responsible for the distribution of the rains and the waters in their own regions of the earth as well as in the seas. They are attended by crayfish, lobsters, and crabs as guards, and by scaly fish as servants, in their ocean palaces of crystal and pearl. When droughts or floods occur on the earth, the humans in the region petition their DRAGON KING to intercede with the AUGUST PERSONAGE OF JADE to rectify the water problem. If there is no response, an effigy of the regional DRAGON KING is left exposed in the roadside to wake him up by humiliation. AO KAUNG was succeeded in the status of king by this son AO PING.
Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth