In China's old pseudo-Maitreya religion, and mixed with Manichaeism, Taoism, White Lotus Sect and folk beliefs of the secret church, it was formed by the association of believers with a strong spirit of resistance in the Pure Land system, and was popular in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Since www.biquge.info the Sui and Tang dynasties, the reincarnation of Maitreya has been repeatedly reincarnated by rebellious or ambitious elements who have tried to rebel or even attempt to overthrow the ruling dynasty at that time.

Manichaeism was introduced into our country after Tang Wu, because Tang Wuzong was distributed, Manichaeism was also banned, and went underground, with the religion advocating light, the god worshiped was called Mingwang, so it was renamed Mingjiao.

The teachings of these two religions contain the idea of dissatisfaction with the status quo and longing for the future, and there are many similarities in rituals such as burning incense and eating fasting.

Whenever realpolitik disappoints the people, rumors about the birth of Maitreya and King Ming naturally emerge.

In addition, Taoism is an inherent belief in our country, and the Maitreya and Mingjiao that are spread among the people are not immune from its influence.

Therefore, the White Lotus Sect, which arose later in the Yuan Dynasty, also integrated the three beliefs of Maitreya, Mingjiao, and Taoism.

In addition, another source of the White Lotus Sect is the White Lotus Society.

Since the birth of the Southern Song Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has had two personalities, that is, the character of rebellion and benevolence, and alternately expressed, so it has also played two social functions.

In the quiet years, the White Lotus Sect, as a supplement to the orthodox religions of Buddhism and Taoism, played a role in the lower classes of society that Buddhism and Taoism could not play.

Whenever natural disasters or social turmoil follow, the White Lotus Sect will be contrary to the Buddha and the Tao, and often become a fighting banner and tool for those with a strong spirit of resistance or careerists to use peasant riots or peasant uprisings to realize their ambitions, which is also the characteristic of the White Lotus Sect that is different from the orthodox religion.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Hui Yuan founded the White Lotus Society in Lushan, cultivated the Buddha Samadhi, and prayed for rebirth in the Western Pure Land.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Cizhao Ziyuan (Mao Ziyuan) admired the legacy of Huiyuan's establishment of the White Lotus Society, so he advocated a common people to recite the Buddhist sect, that is, the White Lotus Sect (believers are called the White Lotus Sect), but due to the distorted teachings of its disciple Xiao Mao Yanli, it was considered an evil sect at the end of the Song Dynasty and prevailed in the Jiangnan area.

As for the name of the White Lotus Society, it was in the eighteenth year of Yuan Shizu to the Yuan Dynasty (1281), and it was gathered by Du Wanyi of Duyi County, Jiangnan.

At this time, it is not clear whether there is a connection with the White Lotus Sect of the Ziyuan system, but there is a White Lotus Buddha thing.

This White Lotus Society was regarded as a thief in the Yuan Dynasty, so it was suppressed by impeachment, and the name of the White Lotus Society and all the techniques of the Left Way Troubled Times were banned.

At this time, the White Lotus Sect monk of the Shandong Forest Temple in Lushan, Jiangxi Province, wrote "Lushan Lotus Sect Baojian"

Ten volumes, clarifying the true meaning of the White Lotus Sect advocated by Ziyuan, and using it to refute the heresy and evil deeds of the White Lotus Society at that time.

In the first year of Wuzong to the Great Emperor (1308), due to the non-behavior of the White Lotus Daoist of the White Lotus Hall in the back mountain of Jianning Road, Fujian Province, he was banned again.

However, due to the fact that Youtan Pudu personally went to the capital and worked hard to restore the Christianity, Yu Renzong was allowed to resume his religion in 1312.

After that, in the second year of the reign of Emperor Yingzong (1322), he was banned from activities three times.

Shunzong, Luancheng Han Shantong father and son, the white lotus blossomed, Maitreya came to the world, officially founded the White Lotus Society, relying on Buddhism, made scriptures and talismans, spread the people, in the eleventh year of Zhizheng (1351) led some people to chaos, and were executed for a long time, which is the "red scarf thief." ”

When Ming Taizu was in power, he was banned.

After the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Society was influenced by Luojiao (created by Luo Qing in the Ming Dynasty, with a purpose close to the Southern School of Zen Buddhism) and absorbed the "vacuum hometown, no parents"

The idea of worshipping the childless mother as the creator of the world, claiming that the lifeless mother sent Maitreya and other gods and Buddhas to the earth, and the queen and fetus daughter who were lost in the red dust were taken back to their vacuum hometown.

Since then, there have been many sects, with many names, and each faction does not belong to each other, and the leader of the sect has monopolized power, and the father dies and the son succeeds; The hierarchy is strict, and the believers hold certain ceremonies when they enter the church, pay money, meet regularly, burn incense and worship, preach the scriptures, and teach the practice of boxing sticks.

During the Wanli period of Shenzong, Xu Hongru and Wang Sen rose up again and advocated the White Lotus Sect, which was the beginning of the White Lotus Sect.

However, if we talk about the ideological origin of Maitreya's reincarnation in the White Lotus Sect, it should start from the Sui and Tang dynasties; In terms of its mixed beliefs, it should have been formed in the Southern Song Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty.

Wang Sen claimed to be the leader of the incense sect with the strange fragrance of the demon fox, and led the people to rebel, affecting Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces, and Xun was also defeated.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, its religion rose again, and the leader of the sect, Liu Song of Anhui, was arrested and confiscated into Gansu, rebelled, and was defeated and killed.

Later, Liu Zhixie, Song Zhiqing, Wang Sanhuai, Leng Tianlu and others rose again, called on the congregation, and plotted to raise troops to overthrow the Qing, and the incident occurred and was killed successively.

And the officials searched on a large scale, and many innocents were involved.

As a result, the remnants of Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, under the pretext of official coercion and rebellion, rose up one after another, spreading to Wuxing Province, which was called the battle of Sichuan and Chu disciples.

The battle between the Qing army and the Qing army was fruitless, but it was a policy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness, which was pacified by Erle Dengbao, Yang Yuchun, Yang Fang and others.

However, the root of the White Lotus Sect has not yet been purified.

The Boxer Rebellion at the end of the Qing Dynasty was also related to it, and even the hype methods of many contemporary Chinese cults were also similar to those of the White Lotus Sect.

This is because the White Lotus Sect itself was transformed by the power of the demons induced by the alien demons in the hearts of the Kunlun Protoss back then, and it could subconsciously lead people into demons, and with the restoration of the Nine Heavens Barrier of the Divine State, their power was affected, and in order to destroy the Nine Heavens Barrier of the Divine State, they also began to act.