Wang Zhongyang was a Taoist priest in Song Dynasty in China, a pioneer of Quanzhen Taoism and a native of Xianyang. After entering the Tao, it was renamed Lao (or Zhe), and the word was Chongyang Zi, calling itself "harmful wind". Wang Zhongyang advocated the equality of the three religions, pointing out that "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are interlinked, and the three religions have never been an ancestor", and he was honored as one of the "five northern ancestors".

Wang Zhongyang attached importance to the study of life and Inner alchemy, and advocated getting rid of secular desires. He believes that alcohol, sex, wealth and gas will make people sink and lose their minds. Therefore, the basic necessities of life should be simple, so as to practice successfully. Besides abstaining from alcohol, sex, money and gas, Wang Zhongyang also taught his disciples to keep quiet, live a simple and natural life, and cultivate their morality.

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Besides Wang Zhongyang, the founders of Taoism are Huangdi, Laozi, Sanmao and Gore.

Taoism refers to the Yellow Emperor in five ways: first, the central center is Yuanling Yuanjun; The second is the Central Yellow Emperor; The third is the Yellow Emperor in Japan and China; The fourth is the Yellow Emperor of Zhongyue; The fifth is the historical legend Huangdi. What is said here is the historical legend Huangdi.

Laozi is a world cultural celebrity, one of the world's 100 historical celebrities, and is also called Laozi and Zhuangzi with Zhuangzi. In Taoism, Laozi is regarded as the ancestor of Taoism and called "the old gentleman on the throne". In the Tang Dynasty, Laozi was regarded as the ancestor of Li.

Gore mainly refers to Ge Xuan, the founder of Lingbao School in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his great-grandson Ge Hong, a religious scholar, scientist, physician, chemist and Taoist theorist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

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