Why did the Longmen Sect of Taoism vigorously advocate "the integration of three religions" in the Ming Dynasty? Longmen Sect, the mainstream faction of Quanzhen Sect, inherits Quanzhen teaching method. For the truth and self-interest of Zhuangzi as a whole. Qiu Chuji, founder of Kaipai. According to historical records, Longmen School has made great achievements in explaining Inner alchemy. During the decline of Taoism in Ming and Qing Dynasties, only Quanzhen Dragon School was once "revived", and most other Taoist schools, such as Zhengyi School, declined. Longmen Sect has comprehensively and profoundly inherited the traditional Taoist thought. It laid the foundation for Taoism today. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it spread widely all over the country, even in remote areas such as northeast, southwest and northwest.

Then the question is, why did the Taoist Dragon School vigorously advocate the "integration of the three religions" in the Ming Dynasty? Ladies and gentlemen, the so-called integration of the three religions means that Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism stand on their own or their own positions, while retaining their basic characteristics, they absorb some elements or characteristics of the other two schools. By the Ming Dynasty, "the integration of the three religions" had become the basic trend of China's cultural development and was accepted by people from all walks of life according to their own understanding. This situation provides us with reference materials to deal with multicultural coexistence.

According to historical records, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism all have famous figures who advocate the theory of "great unification" of Confucianism, and Wang Shouren is its representative. He once said, for example, the relationship between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism is like a hall. Later, due to the separation of children and grandchildren, it was gradually divided into many small rooms. After four or five generations, "you will lose your identity" and you will have different opinions. Later, Lin Zhaoen explained the teachings of Taoism and Buddhism from the perspective of Confucianism, founded the "Trinity Religion" with Confucianism as the main body, and advocated that "the three religions should be returned to Confucianism, and the three cardinal guides and the five permanent members should be returned to the ancients to think about future generations in the world".

Zhang Sanfeng is a representative figure who advocates the unity of the three religions in Taoism. He believes that "Confucianism is also a person who walks in the discipline; Those are Buddhists, those who are enlightened and aware of the world; Those immortal people also learn from others. Why talk about right and wrong? " Although the three religions have different experiences and forms, they still deal with the people "indispensably". As for the Longmen Sect, in their view, only by strengthening the management of Buddhism and Taoism can we give full play to the role of Buddhism and Taoism in maintaining feudal laws. Therefore, they advocate the unity of the three religions and jointly safeguard feudal rule.

In addition, another reason why the Longmen School holds this view is that other schools of Taoism have basically weakened in the Ming Dynasty. Longmen Sect is deeply worried about this and has always wanted to revive Taoism. Therefore, they put forward the idea of the integration of the three religions. Its intention is to revive Taoism with the help of Buddhism and Confucianism. Finally, from the perspective of self-cultivation, some theories of the Dragon School, such as Qiu Chuji's exploration of the difference between life and death, cultivate the mind. These theories are similar to Buddhism and Confucianism. This is also one of the reasons why Longmen Sect strongly advocated the unity of the three religions in Ming Dynasty!