Taoist school. Maoshan is in Jurong, Jiangsu. Maoshan Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain in China, the birthplace of Shangqing School, and Taoism calls it "the eighth cave, the first blessed land". It was created by Tao Hongjing, a Taoist priest of Qi and Liang Dynasties in China. It was named because it built a temple in Maoshan and respected Sanmao Zhenjun as the father.
Historical origin
In the fifth year of Emperor Hanyuan (44 BC), Mao Ying, three brothers of Maojia in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, and his younger brother devoted themselves to collecting herbs and making an alchemy in Maoshan to help the world and save the people. They are called the founders of Maoshan Taoism, and the three brothers of Maojia learned from Maoshan and started Maoshan Taoism. Later, Tao Hongjing founded the Maoshan School of Taoism. Huang Tingjing is an important classic of the Maoshan School, and it is also the homework of Quanzhen Daoism School in later generations. Tao Hongjing and his disciples operated in Maoshan for decades, which made Maoshan the center of Shangqing school, so later generations also called Shangqing school "Maoshan school". His book True Letters Patent records the teaching history of Maoshan Taoism, with more than 100 people.
legendary person
There are many Taoist legends in the Tang Dynasty, such as Ye Fashan, Luo, and so on. Zhang Guo, who lives in Zhongtiaoshan, may have the secret of longevity and can practice Qigong. He lived in the period of Wu Zetian and Tang Xuanzong. Ye Fashan, a native of Cang (now Xianju, Zhejiang), is proficient in Taoism. After four generations of Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Zhongzong, Zong Rui and Emperor Xuanzong, he lived to be 65,438+007 years old. The legend of "Tombstone of Mr. Youdao Ye Guo Zhong" written by calligrapher Li Yong was written by Ye Fashan in his dream, also known as "Soul-Chasing Monument". Luo was a figure in the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty. Lv Dongbin (798-? ), Yan Zi,no. Chunyangzi, was born in Tang Jingzhao (now Xi 'an). At the age of 64, he met Zhong Liquan. There are many legends, such as Jianghuai cutting jiaozi, Yueyang building cranes, drunken inns and love love love.
Brief introduction of Maoshan school
Maoshan Sect, one of the most famous and important sects of Taoism. Actually, it was created by Tao Hongjing of Nanliang, hence the name. This school is dominated by classic books such as Qing Qing, Lingbao and Huang San, and regards the heavenly king, the monarch of Taishang Avenue, the emperor of Taiwei, the emperor of Housheng Golden Que and the old gentleman of Taishang as the highest gods. It advocates thinking about the gods, chanting scriptures, practicing merits and virtues, and concurrently practicing the valley and guiding fasting.
In addition to the great master Tao Hongjing, there are immortals exhibited in the four dynasties before Qin Dynasty, Gao He and Zuo Ci in Qin and Han Dynasties, Ge Hong, a famous Taoist master in the Jin Dynasty, Lu and Sun Youyue in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Wang, Pan Zhengshi, Sima Chengzhen and Sun Youyue in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Dragon Tiger Mountain and the River Mountain were three schools of Taoism, which were called three mountains, and the highest one was Mao Shan's Shangqing Jing.