1, Lao Tzu
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi gathered the great wisdom of ancient sages and sages. Summarized the essence of ancient Taoist thought and formed a complete and systematic Taoist theory, which marked the formal formation of Taoist thought. It has a profound influence on China's philosophy, literature, science and technology, art, music, medical care and religion.
2. Liezi
Representative figures of Taoism in the early Warring States period. Ranked as Kou, also known as Lieyukou ("Liezi" is the honorific title for him by later generations), one of the top ten heroes in the world before Qin Dynasty, and a famous Taoist scholar? Thinker, philosopher, writer and educator. He is the author of Liezi, whose theory originated from Huangdi Laozi and belongs to Laozi. The pre-Qin school of philosophy (Liezixue) was established. He is an important successor of Taoist school between Laozi and Zhuangzi.
3. Zhuangzi
Zhuang, the word Zhou, the word Xiu (also known as), was born in the Song Dynasty, and his ancestors were Song Gong. Zhuangzi, an important school of philosophy in China, was founded. He is a representative of the Taoist school in the Warring States period after Laozi and one of the main representatives of the Taoist school. It is said that he once lived in seclusion in Nanhua Mountain, so at the beginning of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he named Zhuang Zhou as the South China True Classic, and called his book Zhuangzi the South China True Classic.
4. guiguzi
Wang, also known as Xuanweizi. Celebrities in the Warring States called themselves Mr. Guigu because they lived in seclusion. Guiguzi often goes into the mountains to collect herbs and cultivate monasteries, and learns immortals in the southeast of Songshan Mountain. Taoism respects him as the ancestor of Wang Chan. In the history of culture, he is an academic master as famous as Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Mozi and Han Feizi.
5. The Yellow Emperor
The leader of the ancient tribal alliance in China, the leader of the ancient Chinese nation in China. The first of the five emperors. Known as China's "ancestor of mankind". According to legend, he is the son of Shao Dianhe, whose real name is Gongsun, and later changed his surname to Ji Xuanyuan. During the reign of the Yellow Emperor, he planted hundreds of crops and plants, vigorously developed production, and began to make clothes, build ships and cars, make music and create medicine.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia _ Taoism