Taoism

Taoism takes "Tao" as the highest belief, the belief in immortals as the core content, the Dan Dao magic as the way of cultivation, and the ultimate goal of becoming an immortal and becoming one with the Tao, pursuing natural harmony, national peace, social stability, and family harmony.

Taoism has had a profound impact on China's academic thought, political economy, military strategy, literature and art, science and technology, national character, ethics and morality, way of thinking, folk customs, and folk beliefs.

Taoism is the native religion of China, with the development of Chinese civilization and development, mixed with primitive religious worship such as ancestor worship, ghost and god beliefs, primitive philosophy, fairy magic, etc., gradually evolved into a religion, from the beginning of the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Fuxi painted gossip, the Yellow Emperor asked Guangchengzi, In the Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang assisted the Han Gaozu to set the rivers and mountains, and obtained the military book in Huangshi Gong, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling Patriarch created the Tao of the Heavenly Master; Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy contains their understanding of Taoism; Sun Simiao, the medicine king of the Tang Dynasty, started from the study of foreign Dan and carried forward China's traditional medicine; the poet immortal Li Bai visited Taoism and converted to Taoism in Jinan, Shandong, and his poems were elegant and leisurely and became immortals; at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Chongyang created the whole true Tao, and the ancestor of Qiu Chuji stopped killing the whole truth with a word; at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng performed Tai Chi in Wudang, and the Tai Chi culture has spread all over the world so far. Taoism has always been closely related to the development of Chinese civilization and deeply rooted in traditional culture.

Xingyang summarized Taoism as follows: it arose in the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, spread it to King Wen Laozi, gathered in the hundred schools of thought, became a teacher in the first day, the Tao was in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the virtue was covered in the Tang Dynasty, the rules were established in the Chongyang Patriarch, preached in Qiu Zu's westward journey, fell in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and heard in today's day.

The basic doctrines can be summarized as:

Respect for Taoism and virtue, the unity of heaven and man - the highest belief in Taoism

Respect the heavens and ancestors, seek immortals and visit the Tao - Taoist immortal worship

Heaven and man are inducted, and heaven bears the burden - Taoist retribution for good and evil

Double cultivation of life, return to the basics - the secret of Taoist cultivation

Kindness is like water, weakness is indisputable - Taoism is the quality of people

Quiet and lacking desire, natural inaction - the Taoist way of dealing with the world

My life is in me, not in heaven and earth - the Taoist spirit of leisure

Loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, benevolence and honesty - Taoist ethics and morality

Fulu longevity, auspicious and wishful - Taoist folk customs

Immortal Taoism is a noble life, helping the world and people - the core purpose of Taoism

Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things – the Taoist theory of creation

The law of man and the earth, the law of the earth, the law of heaven, the law of the Tao, and the law of nature - the principle of Taoist activities

Heaven and man are isomorphic, yin and yang are coordinated, form and spirit are co-nourished, and overall consideration is taken into account - the principle of Taoist health preservation

Dan Dao cultivates truth, takes medicine to refine qi, accumulates virtue and does good, and makes meritorious contributions - the way to become an immortal in Taoism

Core Concepts:

Wuji: Dao;

Taiyi: Qi;

Liangyi: Yin and Yang;

The Three Treasures: Essence, Qi, and God;

Four elephants: green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird, Xuanwu;

Five elements: metal, water, wood, fire, earth;

Liuhe: up, down, east, south, west, north;

Seven Stars: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang;

Bagua: Qian, Kun, Gen, Dui, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li;

Nine Palaces: Qiangong, Kan Palace, Gen Palace, Zhen Palace, Middle Palace, Xun Palace, Ligong, Kun Palace, Dui Palace;

Ten Heavenly Stems: A, B, C, D, E, H, G, XIN, NON, and Dec;

Twelve earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai

Twenty-four solar terms: the beginning of spring, rain, stunning, vernal equinox, Qingming, Guyu, Lixia, Xiaoman, mangzhong, summer solstice, small heat, great heat, beginning of autumn, summer heat, white dew, autumn equinox, cold dew, frost, beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, small cold, big cold.

Thirty-six Heavens:

The first desire realm of the six heavens: Emperor Huang Zengtian, Taiming Yu Wantian, Qingming He Tongtian, Xuanti Ping Yutian, Yuan Ming Wen Jutian, Qiyao Moyi Heaven.

The Eighteen Heavens of the Second Color Realm: Void Yue Hengtian, Taiji Mengping Tian, Chiming and Yang Tian, Xuanming Gonghua Tian, Yaoming Zong Piaotian, Zhu Luo Huang Jitian, Xuming Tang Yaotian, Guanming Duanjing Tian, Xuanming Gongqing Tian, Taihuan Ji Yao Tian, Yuan Zai Kong Shengtian, ** Huangya Tian, Xianding Jifeng Tian, Shi Huang Xiao Mangtian, Taihuang Weng Chongtian, Wu Si Jiang Youtian, Shang Yu Ruan Letian, Wuji Tan Oath Heaven.

The three colorless realms are four heavens: Haoting Xiaodutian, Yuantongyuan Cave Heaven, Han Pet Miao Chengtian, Xiule Ban Heaven.

Four Brahma: Supreme Chang Rong Tian, Yu Long Teng Shengtian, Dragon Transformation Brahma Du Tian, Ping Yu Jia Yitian.

Sanqingtian: Taiqing Realm Da Chitian, Shangqing Realm Yu Yutian, Yuqing Realm Qingwei Heaven.

The Heaven of Daluo.

Sixty Jiazi: Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin, Ding Mao, Wuchen, Jisi, Gengwu, Xinwei, Renshen, Guiyou, Jiaxu, Yihai, Bingzi, Dingchou, Wuyin, Jimao, Gengchen, Xinsi, Renwu, Guiwei, Jiashen, Yiyou, Bingxu, Dinghai, Wuzi, Jichou, Gengyin, Xinmao, Renchen, Guisi, Jiawu, Yiwei, Bingshen, Ding You, Wuxu, Jihai, Gengzi, Xinchou, Renyin, Guimao, Gengyin, Guimao. Jiachen, Yisi, Bingwu, Dingwei, Wushen, Jiyou, Gengxu, Xinhai, Renzi, Guichou, Jiayin, Yimao, Bingchen, Dingsi, Wuwu, Jiwei, Gengshen, Xinyou, Renxu, Guihai.

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