Chapter 741: The Next World

"Fellow Daoist, I don't know if Daoist friend knows how many people are still successful in cultivating the Dao? What realm has the cultivation reached to the highest? How many sects of cultivation are there?" Ye Xiang asked.

The sloppy Daoist glanced at Ye Xiang a little helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "I really don't know what kind of cultivation Daoist is, I don't even know these things, since Daoist friends don't know, then today I will tell you everything I know about the cultivation world." ”

"Then thank you Daoyou!" Ye Xiang said.

The sloppy Taoist Master sorted out his thoughts at this time, and then he spoke clearly and methodically about all the things he knew about the cultivation world, including the sect, the head of the sect, and some masters of the cultivation world.

"Fellow Daoists should know that the most famous one in the cultivation world is Zhengyi. The sloppy Taoist said.

Ye Xiang nodded, he still knew about Zhengyi.

The Zhengyi faction is divided into Maoshan, Lingbao, Qingwei, Jingming and other factions, but it is still represented by the Heavenly Master Dao, and customarily, the Heavenly Master Dao is also called Zhengyi. Zongtan Jiangxi Longhu Mountain. The three mountains of Fu Zheng are Longhu Mountain, Mao Mountain, and Gesoap Mountain.

Zhengyi is one of the two major schools of Taoism in the later period of China, which is based on the long-term development of Tianshi Dao and Dragon and Tiger Sect, with Dragon and Tiger Sect as the center, and a large sect composed of various Fu Gong Taoist sects.

The word "Zhengyi" means to drive away evil spirits and unify all ten thousand with one. "Kongtong Questions and Answers" says: What is the righteous one? The righteous one is not evil, and the one is not mixed. The heart of righteousness is the unity of all laws, so it is said to be one. ”

Zhengyijiao was founded by Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of the Heavenly Master, and wrote "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note" for the family study of the Heavenly Master, laying the foundation for the development of Taoism in the later period. Subsequently, his grandson Zhang Lu reformed the order, and after Cao Cao worshiped him as the general of Zhennan, Taoism began to spread to the north. Zhang Daoling's fourth-generation grandson, Zhang Sheng, moved the missionary area from Qingcheng Mountain to Longhu Mountain, and Taoism began to develop in southeastern China.

The predecessor of Zhengyijiao was the Heavenly Master Dao, which originated in the late Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the heroes rose together, Zhang Jiao led the Taiping Road in February of the first year of Zhongping (184 years), the story of Zhang Tianshi's ghost hunting was widely spread among the people, and the Ming man Luo Maodeng's long popular "Three Treasures Eunuch Western Romance", one of the two mages who accompanied Zheng He to the West was Zhang Tianshi, and the story of Zhang Tianshi's ghost hunting was recorded in the notes. There is a Taoist temple called "Xiangyun Temple" in the hometown, which is built by Pujian in the early Yuan Dynasty, formerly known as Xuanming Temple, which is one of the three major Taoist temples in the south of the Yangtze River, and was renamed "Xiangyun" in the early Qing Dynasty to avoid Kangxi Xuanye.

It is said that the incense was extremely prosperous at the beginning, the mountain gate was made of stones, and there was a crack in the middle, and the old man said that Zhang Tianshi passed by here when he lost the battle with the Guanzhi and the law, and he was angry and cut it out with a magic sword. Although I couldn't see any traces of the sword slashing, I was fascinated by the story and almost believed it, because there were facts to back it up. In the notes, the heavenly master and the judge have always used the "five thunder method" to subdue demons and subdue demons, and the Qing dynasty Yuan Mei's "Continuation of the Son's Silence" has an article "Zhu Ermei", which says that there is a warlock Zhu Ermei in Kangxi who confuses people with evil magic, known as a fairy, and a famous Beijing teacher. In a certain fight with Zhang Tianshi, Zhu Ermei threw the teacup in the air, as if someone was holding it, but it didn't fall, and Zhang Tianshi also threw a cup, the cup stopped in the air, and the Zhu cup fell. "Or ask the real person, and the real person will say: 'The one he relies on is also the demon fox, and the one I serve is also the god of the five thunders.'" If the god vacates the sky, the demon fox escapes. ’”

Zhang Xiuhou was killed by Zhang Daoling's grandson, and the Taoist tradition says that Zhang Daoling is the founder of the Five Buckets of Rice Dao. Zhang Lu was rewarded by Cao Cao's official position when he was on his expedition to Bashu, and followed him to the mainland, and tens of thousands of households of five buckets of rice Taoists were placed by Cao Cao in Chang'an, Luoyang, Yecheng and other places. The Five Bucket Rice Road began to spread in the mainland. Many aristocrats joined the Five Bucket Rice Road, such as Wang Xizhi, whose ancestors believed in the Five Bucket Rice Road from the Han and Wei dynasties. At this time, the Five Dou Rice Dao was renamed the Heavenly Master Dao.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was Kou Qianzhi in the Northern Dynasties, and Lu Xiujing in the Southern Dynasties reformed the Heavenly Master Dao.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Taoism flourished, and Zhengyi Sect, that is, the Tao of the Heavenly Master, gradually merged with other sects. Song Zhenzong once summoned the 24th generation of Zhengyi Master Zhang Zhengsui, and gave him the title of "Mr.", since then, until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the 35th generation of Heavenly Master Zhang Keda, almost all generations of Zhengtian Master have been given the title.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Jixian, the 30th generation of Heavenly Master, was extremely favored. The imperial court built the "Chongdao Temple" near the capital for him, and the Shangqing Temple in the base camp of Longhu Mountain was also upgraded to the "Shangqing Zhengyi Palace". Since Zhang Keda was granted the power to govern the various factions of the Fu Gong sect by Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, the Zhengyi faction has achieved the dominant position of the Fu Gong faction of Taoism. The following year, he was named "a preacher and a true man."

Since then, all successive Zhengtian teachers have been named real people by the Yuan rulers. Zhang Sicheng, the 39th Heavenly Master, was named "Yiyuan Chongde Zhengyi Sect Master" in the second year of Taiding (1325 AD), and was authorized to take charge of Taoist affairs throughout the country.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Heavenly Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain had great power: it could propose the appointment and dismissal of Taoist affairs management officials and Taoist temple managers in various parts of the Yangtze River, and propose to the emperor the funding and staffing of the new Taoist palace, and it could also directly issue "Du Mu", that is, the identity of Taoist priests.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, gave the 42nd generation of Zhengyi Shi Zhang Normal "real person", and issued an edict to let Zhengtian Shi be in charge of Taoism for generations, since then, to the 52nd generation of Zhang Yingjing, in addition to the 50th generation of Zhang Guoxiang, generations of heavenly masters have been named great real people. Zhang Yuchu, as the leader of Taoism in the country, wrote a volume of "Ten Rules of Taoism", expounding on the Taoist sect and the cultivation of palaces.

During the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it gradually declined, and was persecuted and insulted by the Manchu rulers.

But even if it is declining, the camel is still emaciated and bigger than the horse.

It can be said that Zhengyi is the highest sect in charge of Taoism, and such a sect will be known as long as it is an authentic cultivator.

"The current Heavenly Master of Zhengyi is Zhang Daozhen, the sixty-fourth generation of Taoist Heavenly Master, as for the strength, no one knows. The sloppy Taoist said.

Ye Xiang nodded, he also knew something about Zhengyi, which is the Heavenly Master Dao, after all, the Heavenly Master Dao is too famous, and many things have been circulated on the Internet, and Ye Xiang had also checked some at the beginning.

Seeing Ye Xiang nodded, the sloppy Taoist continued to introduce: "After that, it will be Maoshan, presumably Daoists should be very familiar with the Maoshan faction, after all, the Maoshan faction has appeared in many ghost-hunting film and television dramas." ”

Ye Xiang can be said to be very familiar with the Maoshan faction, after all, Ye Xiang has experienced so many mission worlds, and the people he has encountered the most are the people of the Maoshan faction, and they are simply familiar with it.