In the fifth year of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, the Taoist priest and his brothers Mao Gu and Mao in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, concentrated on collecting medicine and refining alchemy in Ququ Mountain to save the world and people. The people felt their merits and changed the name of the mountain to "Maoshan", and the three brothers Mao were called the founders of Maoshan Taoism. Sanmao Zhenjun learned from Maoshan and started Maoshan Daoism. It has been nearly 300 years since the establishment of Wudoumi Road.

Zhang Lu, a warlord at the end of the Han Dynasty, lied that his ancestor Zhang Ling was from Shun Di in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He claimed that the old gentleman "taught him the law and made his life a heavenly teacher" in Hemingshan, Shu, and concocted the theory of three Zhang Li between grandparents and grandchildren to confuse people. In fact, Zhang Xiu, who was killed by Zhang Lu, established the Five Mi Dou Doctrine, respected Laozi as his ancestor, took the Tao Te Ching as the basic classic, and practiced the three official spells and calligraphy.

Zhang Lu, who succeeded in usurping religion, established a temporary regime of local separatism in Hanzhong. During the Lingdi period, disciple Huang founded Taiping Dao in the Central Plains, taking Taiping Jing as the main sutra. When the disease was prevalent, he treated people with the charm of water, developed hundreds of thousands of followers, and established 36 prescriptions to cure it. /kloc-In 0/84, Zhang Jiao led the Yellow Scarf Uprising, which was suppressed by the rulers and Taiping Road disappeared.

Taoism originated in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a primitive religious form of polytheism. Its main purpose is to pursue immortality, gain immortality and save the world. It occupies an important position in China's ancient traditional culture and develops actively in the modern world. Although Taoism has been one of hundred schools of thought since the Warring States Period, it deified the former moral philosophers.

Cults didn't appear until the end of the Han Dynasty, and Shi Tian of Yizhou (now Sichuan) addressed Lao Zi as a gentleman. By the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the religious form of Taoism was gradually improved. Old Gigi Lai was the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Lao Zi was honored as Yuan Di, a saint on the Avenue.

Taoism takes "Tao" as its highest belief and holds that "Tao" is the source of all things. In the traditional culture of China, Taoism, together with Confucianism and Buddhism, is a dominant theory and a way to cultivate immortality.

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