I said before that what I relatively recognize in localization is the Quanzhen School. Let me talk about why. Let’s first look at some basic situations of Quanzhen School.

Quanzhen Sect, one of the mainstream Taoist sects, inherited Laojun's teachings, followed Donghua to teach, inherited Zhonglu's missionary, and started his ancestral ancestral ancestral ancestral dynasty in the Fuji Emperor Chongyang. He was the purpose of Quan Laozhuang's true ancestral dynasty, and benefited others. The founder Wang Zhi, the Taoist priest, was named Chongyangzi, a native of Xianyang, Shaanxi. In his early years, he was the top scholar in Wuju, and later resigned from office and retired. In the fourth year of Zhenglong (1159), he met immortals in Ganhe Town, and was taught the Jindan formula for Zhongli and Lu Dongbin. He then lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain and practiced Taoism for three years. During the Dading period, he went out to Shandong to preach. He recruited seven major disciples including Ma Yu, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong, and Sun Buer, and was known as the Seven Sons of Quanzhen. This was later reflected in Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels. Everyone basically knows this, so I will not elaborate on it here. You can understand it by going to read the book yourself.

Quanzhen Taoism achieved remarkable achievements in the analysis of inner alchemy. During the decline of Taoism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, only the Quanzhen Long Sect once "resurrected", and most other Taoist sects, such as the Zhengyi Sect, declined. In addition to inheriting traditional Taoist thoughts, Quanzhen Sect also reorganized Taoist cultural treasures such as rituals, precepts, talismans, and elixirs, laying the foundation for today's Taoism. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were widely spread throughout the country, even in remote areas such as the northeast, southwest, and northwest.

Let’s take a look at the most important doctrine part. In general, the doctrine of Quanzhen Buddhism was cultivated, and the ancestors of Huang Lao were inherited, and the thoughts of Huangdi, Laozi, Yin Xi, Wenzi, Liezi, Zhuangzi, Qu Yuan, Wei Boyang, Zhongli Quan and Lu Dongbin were restored. In addition, the equality of the three religions was advocated, but it was believed that the core of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism were all "Tao". The principle of religious practice was to "harm yourself and benefit others". Moreover, the system of monks was implemented, and Taoists did not encourage marriage.

In addition to inheriting traditional Chinese Taoist thoughts, Quanzhen Sect also reorganized ideological and cultural content such as talismans, elixirs, fasting and rituals, laying a solid foundation for today's Taoism.

The teachings of this religion were influenced by the times and advocated equality of the three religions, taking the Tao Te Ching, the Prajna Heart Sutra, and the Filial Piety as propaganda slogans. The wisdom of practice is mainly based on the Tao Te Ching, the Four Sons' True Sutra, the Wenshi True Sutra, the Purity Sutra, and the Four-Level Sutra. The practice of alchemy mainly focuses on the inner alchemy of the Huaxia, and also practices external alchemy talismans, and advocates the dual cultivation of nature and life, first cultivating nature, and then cultivating life. It is believed that cultivating truth and cultivation is the only right way for Taoist priests to practice, eliminate emotions and desires, understand nature and see the Tao, and make their minds calm, so that they can return to simplicity and become immortals. It is stipulated that Taoist priests must become monks and stay in the temple, strictly observe the precepts, and suffer oneself and benefit others. There are severe punishments for Taoist priests who violate the precepts, from kneeling incense, expel them until they are executed. During the Jin Yuan period, when Qiu Chujisi's teachings, the Quanzhen Taoism developed greatly.

In terms of general doctrine, Quanzhen Sect advocates using its own cultivation and self-cultivation to influence people to believe in their own religion. It is relatively reasonable among all Taoist sects. I personally do not like those things like alchemy. The most typical example of things like talismans is Zhengyi Sect, which is also a major sect in the late Taoist period. To be precise, it should be Zhengyi. The predecessor of Zhengyi Sect was the Tianshi Tao that originated in the late Han Dynasty. Tianshi Tao took "governance" as the unit, Tianshi was the supreme leader, each ruled and established officials, and sacrificed wine to lead the believers of Taoism, and the organization was quite strict.

The church activities are similar to Taiping Dao, but they also have their own characteristics. For example, the new believer named "Ghost Soldier". After becoming a backbone, he led a group of Protestants, and was promoted to "Sacrificial Wine". The sacrificial Wine is also responsible for setting up "Yi She" at the intersection of important roads to prepare food for passers-by. The record of "Laozi" explaining "Laozi Xiang'er Notes". The book advocates that believers work hard to practice Taoism, "each is in their own position" to achieve the ideal of "governing the country and making peace"; it requires believers to abide by the commandments of "loyalty, filial piety, honesty, and accumulating virtue", "follow the commandments of the Tao, accumulate good deeds, accumulate essence and become a spirit, and become immortals and live a long life."

The ancestor of the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling was the founder of the Heavenly Master. According to the Taoist records, the Taishang Laojun descended to Heming Mountain in Shu on the seventh day of the first lunar month of the first year of Yongshou in Emperor Yuan of Han, and taught the Daoling scriptures and laws of the Taoist scriptures and ordered him to spread teachings as the Heavenly Master. Zhang Lu, the grandson of the Later Daoling, was rewarded by Cao Cao's official position when he was expeditioning to Bashu. He followed him to the mainland. Tens of thousands of disciples of the Heavenly Master were placed in Chang'an, Luoyang, Yecheng and other places by Cao Cao. The Heavenly Master was first spread in the mainland, and many nobles joined, such as Wang Xizhi, and his ancestors believed in the Heavenly Master since the Han and Wei dynasties. Therefore, it is said that in Chen now

In this era in which they lived, the Tianshi Tao occupied a dominant position, and the people could not quite understand the differences between the Taiping Tao and the Tianshi Tao. Besides, there are a large number of spontaneous beliefs similar to witchcraft among the people. Therefore, the belief system of China's feudal society has never been unified. Various emperors sometimes even play with religious beliefs because of their own preferences or to safeguard the interests of the ruling class, which makes the belief system of the people extremely chaotic.

For example, *** and Christianity, their belief system is very stable, and once trusted, it becomes a kind of national belief. Unlike China, many people say that religion always eliminates Confucianism. However, from the later development of Confucianism, it gradually has some religious characteristics, so it has always been called the three religions. However, in terms of the most basic maintenance of rule, because Confucianism is more in line with the interests of the ruling class, no matter how the status of Buddhism and Taoism changes, the rulers need Confucianism to advance the scholar class.

To win over and control, it is necessary to give those relatively ambitious people a way to enter the central government and be controlled by the ruling class. So after a series of evolutions, what we finally see is that the imperial examination system was officially born. The birth of the imperial examination system actually marked the final victory of Confucianism, because in China, since the Qin Dynasty, the bureaucracy was the best in the landlord class. Now people can study the Confucian classics and have an opportunity to enter this circle, so everyone is trying their best to squeeze online.

At this time, some people may have questions, where has religion gone? We all know that the admission rate of the imperial examination system is much lower than the chance of attending undergraduate colleges now. A large number of people fail the exam even if they struggle for a lifetime, and they can only live alone in the forest. At this time, the only spiritual pillar that can guarantee that they will not commit suicide is our two major religions. Although Buddhism is not a local religion, the religion we see in China is completely different from what was originally passed down from ancient India. The development trajectory of the two is very different. For example, the earliest Buddhism did not oppose marriage between men and women, because from the most basic perspective of expanding influence, of course, the more people, the better, but when we arrive in China, it becomes only abstinence and asceticism. This is the difference.

As for why we struggle to raise this question here and explain it again, it is because these are all problems that must be faced later. In the era without science, we can only fill it with good religious ideas, that's it.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!