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The first organized form of Taoism, the Tianshi (Celestial Masters') school (later known as Zhengyi school), developed from the Five Pecks of Rice movement at the end of the 2nd century CE; the latter had been founded by Zhang Daoling, who claimed that Laozi appeared to him in the year 142. [20]
The Tao Te Ching, attributed to Laozi, is dated by scholars to sometime between the 4th and 6th century BCE. [35] [36] A common tradition holds that Laozi founded Taoism. [37] Laozi's historicity is disputed, with many scholars seeing him as a legendary founding figure. [38] [39]
Taoism is an East Asian religion founded in ancient China with many schools or denominations, of which none occupies a position of orthodoxy and co-existed peacefully. [1] Taoist branches usually build their identity around a set of scriptures, that are manuals of ritual practices. [ 2 ]
The tao/dao "the way" English word of Chinese origin has three meanings, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. 1. a. In Taoism, an absolute entity which is the source of the universe; the way in which this absolute entity functions. 1. b. = Taoism, taoist. 2.
The Shangqing school is the beginning of the Taoist tradition known as “inner alchemy” , a form of physical and spiritual self cultivation. [ 3 ] It was in the later fifth century that an aristocratic scholar called Lu Xiujing (406–477) drew on all these disparate influences to shape and produce a common set of beliefs, texts and ...
Taoist temples in the United States (8 P) This page was last edited on 5 December 2021, at 21:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
After expansion into the United States and later into Europe, New Zealand and Australia the International Taoist Tai Chi Society was established in 1990. In 1981 Moy Lin-shin and Mui Ming-to established a Canadian branch of the Hong Kong-based Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism, which became the religious arm of the Taoist Tai Chi Society.
A daoshi (Chinese: 道士; pinyin: Dàoshi; Wade–Giles: tao 4 shih 1; lit. 'scholar of the Tao') or Taoshih, translated as Taoist priest, Taoist monk, or Taoist professional is a priest in Taoism. The courtesy title of a senior daoshi is daozhang ( 道長 , meaning "Tao master"), and a highly accomplished and revered daoshi is often called a ...