Chinese name
Taoist orthodox school
Another name
Zhengyi School and Shitian Road
The earliest ancestors
Zhang Daoling
Main classics
Tao Te Ching and Zheng Jing Yijing
The main characteristics of the evolution and development of the theory of historical evolution
The development of history
In the sixth year of Yonghe (14 1), Zhang Daoling wrote 24 Taoist works, calling himself "too clear and too mysterious", and established a Taoist grass-roots organization in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Those who follow its path will receive 50 meters, which is called the "50-meter path". In the first year of Han 'an (142), Zhang Daoling granted the "Three-Day Dharma" and named him "Shi Tian" on the pretext that the old man surrendered himself. In the same year, he was awarded the titles of "Dharma is the main skill of a subject" and "Wonderful Sutra of a League of Righteousness", and was named "Three-day Master is a real person". In the second year of Emperor Han 'an, he suggested that Taishang Laojun should rule over 24 places (street paving regional organizations): Upper Eight Places, Middle Eight Places and Lower Eight Places, and instructed Zhang Tianshi Daoling to pursue the shop. So Zhang Daoling established twenty-four religious activity centers in Bashu area, that is, Twenty-four Governance. Then set up a wine festival and divide it into households, just like slaughtering and guarding. From then on, Taoism began to have a formal religious organization, which was also called "Stone Heaven" in later generations.
Zhang Lu, the grandson of Zhang Daoling, was awarded an official position by Cao Cao during his expedition to Bashu. After he went to the mainland, thousands of Shi Tian Taoist priests were settled in Chang 'an, Luoyang and Yecheng by Cao Cao. Shi Tian Dao began to spread in mainland China. Many aristocrats joined Shi Tiandao, such as Wang Xizhi, whose ancestors believed in the Five Dou Mi Dao from the Han and Wei Dynasties.