Celestial Masters and Zhengyi
the Way of the Celestial Masters founded by Zhang Daoling and its Zhengyi continuation: parish priests, registers, and talismans.
Under: Daoism (tradition)
History of Worldviews
- Zhang Daoling; Celestial Masters; 142 CE
- Laozi deified; 166 CE
- Laozi canonized as Tang imperial ancestor; 666
- Daozang catalogued; 748
- Yongle Daozang; 1406-1408
- Wanli Daozang; 1607
- Cultural Revolution suppression; 1966-1976
- Post-Mao revival; 1980s