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Brief introduction of baosheng
Health care, health care terms, maintenance spirit to consolidate life and prolong life. It has also been extended to the political field to describe the way of governing the country. Taoism pursues immortality, so the word "life-saving" is often seen in scriptures. For example, the Sutra of Ascension to Heaven says, "It is better to mourn his body than to love God. It is better to love God than to tolerate God. It's better to keep the truth and stay a little longer. He also said: "God loves God, but people don't love God. It's because the old gentleman teaches people to nourish their spirits, which is called the art of keeping in good health. Zhou Gupu's On the Avenue has a chapter devoted to "protecting life", which is very detailed. For example, it says, "If you know that heaven and earth gather, you will live, and if heaven and earth disperse, you will die. According to the accumulation and dispersion of qi, there are life and death and false separation, but they are all leaving the body, so there is no birth and death. To protect life today is to control his erotic life. If lust arises, it will block the true nature. He also believes that "keeping in good health is like this, governing the country is like this", and based on this, he expounds a series of techniques for governing the country. " Quan Wei, a Taiwanese businessman with three wrongs and one dream (Taiwanese businessman Zhengban Qipin, Class 14), requires believers to claim: "Under the guidance of a certain mage, I beg to be worshipped by Taiwanese businessman Zhengxuan Hu Yixuan Xuanxi Huxuan, so as to suppress evil spirits, protect my life and help my family and country. "Taishan Tianzun's Wonderful Classic of Saving the Robber and Saving His Life" hopes that "I salute my father for saving my life, come and save the robber and protect the people". Sun Simiao, a famous Taoist doctor in the Tang Dynasty, wrote an inscription on Bao Sheng, and Pu Gan-guan of the Five Dynasties also wrote a record of Bao Sheng, teaching him the specific methods of Bao Sheng. In this paper, a volume of "Xu Huang's Curse of God for Saving Life" was collected, and it was covered with "God Curse" to pray for the gods and achieve the purpose of saving lives. In addition, there are legends and worship of Baosheng the Great in Fujian and Taiwan Province.

For the reference, see Collection of Taoist Scriptures, Volume 22. Don? Sun Simiao: Bao Mingsheng. See Collected Taoist Scriptures 18.