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Way of the Celestial Masters
Traditional Chinese天師道
Simplified Chinese天师道

The Way of the Celestial Masters or the Heavenly Masters Sect[1] is a Chinese Taoist movement that was founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 AD.[2] Its followers rebelled against the Han dynasty, and won their independence in 194. At its height, the movement controlled a theocratic state in what is now Sichuan.

  1. ^ "Searching for the Ineffable: Classical Theism and Eastern Thought about God". Classical Theism: New Essays on the Metaphysics of God. Edited by Jonathan Fuqua and Robert C. Koons. Routledge. 2023-02-10. ISBN 978-1-000-83688-2. OCLC 1353836889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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Way of the Celestial Masters

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The Way of the Celestial Masters or the Heavenly Masters Sect is a Chinese Taoist movement that was founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 AD. Its followers rebelled...

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List of Celestial Masters

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list of the Celestial Masters, leaders of Zhengyi Dao, continuing Wudoumi Dao (Way of the Five Pecks of Rice). After the death of the 64th Celestial Master...

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Zhengyi Dao

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history thereafter. Like the Way of Celestial Masters (Tianshi Dao), the leader of Zhengyi Taoism was known as the Celestial Master. The term Zhengyi (Orthodox...

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Zhang Daoling

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the Eastern Han dynasty credited with founding the Way of the Celestial Masters sect of Taoism, which is also known as the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice...

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Way of the Five Pecks of Rice

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The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Chinese: 五斗米道; pinyin: Wǔ Dǒu Mǐ Dào) or the Way of the Celestial Master, commonly abbreviated to simply The Celestial...

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Northern Celestial Masters

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The Northern Celestial Masters are an evolution of the Daoist Way of the Celestial Master (simplified Chinese: 天师道; traditional Chinese: 天師道; pinyin:...

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Taoist Libationers

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the primary religious professionals within the Way of the Celestial Masters. They served numerous roles within the early Taoist movement, chiefly of which...

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Way of the Li Family

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was founded by Li A. Since several Way of the Li Family practices resembled those of the Way of the Celestial Masters, such as healing with (fu) amulets...

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Taoism

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commentary and the Xiang'er commentary. The first organized form of Taoism was the Way of the Celestial Masters, which developed from the Five Pecks of Rice movement...

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Taoist temple

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Commons has media related to Taoist temples. Dambana Taoism Way of the Celestial Masters Zhengyi Taoism Quanzhen Taoism Chinese ritual mastery traditions...

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Laozi

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a god. Belief in the revelation of the Tao from the divine Laozi resulted in the formation of the Way of the Celestial Masters, the first organized religious...

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Daozang

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alchemical texts Orthodox One (Zhengyi) 正一(正乙)部: Based on the Way of the Celestial Masters (Tianshi Dao) tradition. Chinese Wikisource has original text...

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Mount Longhu

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cliff-side Taoist temple The Tianshifu Gate of the Celestial Master Temple at Mount Longhu View of the mountain's cliff Close-up of the cliff Mount Lu Jinggang...

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List of religions and spiritual traditions

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("School of the Fulfilled Virtue") Shangqing School ("School of the Highest Clarity") Way of the Five Pecks of Rice Way of the Celestial Masters Zhengyi...

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Kou Qianzhi

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many of the ceremonies and rites of the Way of the Celestial Master form of Taoism and reformulated its theology into a new movement known as The Northern...

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Daoist schools

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dào, "Way of the Celestial Masters") Zhengyi Taoism (正一道 Zhèngyī dào, "Way of the Right Oneness") Taiping Taoism (太平道 Tàipíng dào, "Way of the Great Peace")...

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Chinese views on sin

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society. The Tianshi Dao Way of the Celestial Masters, founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 CE, taught that the gods maintained celestial registers of good and...

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Yellow Turban Rebellion

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Daoling. Much of the Taipingjing's surviving 52 chapters, found in the Daozang, have a direct relationship to the Way of the Celestial Masters with discrepancies...

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Zhang Sicheng

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(died c. 1344) was the thirty-ninth Taoist Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao, known for his calligraphy. He presumably flourished during the Yuan Dynasty. Zhang...

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Divine Incantations Scripture

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from the Way of the Celestial Masters from which it branched. The Divine Incantations Scripture sought to clarify the gods are "merely the officials of the...

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Flourishing

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later Daoist religious dispensations, like that of the Way of the Celestial Masters, the religious worship of a sage, seen as able to intercede with Heaven...

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History of religion in China

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theocracy, the early Celestial Masters' church—in Chinese variously called Way of the Five Pecks of Rice, and later Way of the Celestial Masters. Zhang Lu...

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Zhang Guoxiang

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was the fiftieth Celestial Master, who was the head of the Daoist Zhengyi School based at Longhu Shan in China's Jiangxi province. Zhang Yongxu, the fiftieth...

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Baopuzi

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religious traditions of Jiangnan just before the Way of the Celestial Masters (Tianshi dao) spread to that area, soon followed by the Shangqing and Lingbao...

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History of Taoism

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various followers of The Way of the Celestial Master coalesced to form a distinct form of Taoism known as the Southern Celestial Masters, who lasted as a...

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Taoism in Korea

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Modern Korean Taoist organizations are often heavily inspired by Way of the Celestial Masters beliefs, and sometimes syncretize with shamanistic and other...

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