As a native sect in the Central Plains, the origins of Taoism can be traced back to ancient times or even earlier. As early as more than 18,000 years ago, primitive humans had already demonstrated their tenacious pursuit of life. For example, the cavemen on the top of the mountain once Sprinkle some red iron powder, the symbol of life, on the dead companions in an attempt to bring back the life of the deceased.
The Book of Mountains and Seas, which records the lives of ancient ancestors, also contains records about the immortal country, immortal people, immortal trees and immortal medicine.
During the Warring States Period, people believed that there were Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou and other sacred mountains in the East China Sea, and that "all the immortals and the medicine of immortality are there". From this, many alchemists appeared who pursued immortality and became immortals. They were called Make Fang Xiandao.
Fang Xiandao was active during the Qin and Han Dynasties and was one of the predecessors of Taoism in later generations.
The activity of Fang Xiandao led to the ideological theories of later generations of Taoism, which mainly came from pre-Qin Taoist philosophy.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi once elaborated a set of theories about the creation, existence, movement and changes of all things in the universe. He believed that "Tao" is the source of the creation of all things in the universe and the ontology on which they depend for their existence. This created the Taoist school and served as a guide for later generations. The development of Taoism laid a theoretical foundation.
During the Warring States Period, many people relied on the names of Huangdi and Laozi to elaborate on the theories of health preservation and country governance, which were called Huang-Lao Taoism.
Huang Laodao's teachings are actually not limited to Laozi's Taoism, but also "acquire the goodness of Confucianism and Mohism and summarize the essence of Ming and Dharma", absorbing the strengths of Confucianism, Mohism, Ming and Dharma; this kind of integration of the theories of various schools into The new Taoism also had a great influence during the Qin and Han Dynasties.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling called Taishang Laojun in southwest Shu and "taught him three days of righteousness and appointed him as a heavenly master", and wrote twenty-five Taoist books, thus establishing the Taoism of the Heavenly Master.
In the Central Plains region, Zhang Jiao also founded Taiping Tao. The emergence of Tianshi Tao and Taiping Tao made Taoism begin to become a religious order with a strict ideological system and organizational system.
Later, Zhang Jiao's Taoist group was suppressed by the rulers, and the remaining elements gradually merged into the Tianshi Tao. The Tianshi Tao in central Shu was forced to move out of the southwest because it was controlled by Cao Cao's army, and began to spread north and south.
As the largest Taoist religion in the south, Tianshi Taoism emerged in the late Western Han Dynasty and reached its peak during the Southern and Northern Dynasties when Tianshi Sun En took charge of it.
Sun En was even known as the first Taoist in the South. He was recognized as the first person in the world at that time, and his prestige was even greater than that of Sanren Ning Daoqi today.
This grand scene came to an abrupt end after Sun En shattered the void.
A large number of new Taoist sects have emerged in Taoism, such as the Lingbao Sect, which worships the Lingbao Sutra, the Shangqing Sect, which worships the Shangqing Sutra, the Three Emperors Sect, which worships the Three Emperors Sutra, and the Jindan Taoism, which advocates the burning of external elixirs. The scene where the Tianshi Dao family is the only one is no longer there.
Kou Qianzhi, a Taoist priest in the Northern Wei Dynasty, reformed Beitian Master Tao and once made Beitian Master Tao the state religion of the Northern Dynasties.
Although the Southern Tianshi Dao was reformed by Lu Xiujing, the classics were lost due to the collapse of Sun En. It was quickly overshadowed by the prosperity of the Shangqing Sect and the Lingbao Sect, and gradually disappeared from the world.
Song Xing investigated through Laojun Temple and found that the Southern Tianshi Tao did not exist in the world, and there were still a small number of inheritors who remained in the world incognito. ….After the incident in Baling, Song Xing and his party did not rush back to Qingyang Mountain. Instead, they changed direction in the middle of the journey and headed east along Yingshui towards Xiangcheng.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Xiangcheng was still an abandoned city. At that time, Xiangcheng had a not-so-nice name called Bianhuangji.
During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty rebuilt the city and changed its name to Xiangcheng.
Song Xing received the news that there is a remaining inheritance of Tianshi Tao on Mount Yao outside Xiangcheng. The purpose of Song Xing's trip was to obtain the classics inherited from Tianshi Dao, so as to break through to the ninth level of Huangtian Dafa.
Yao Mountain, also known as Shiren Mountain, is located in the eastern section of Funiu Mountain. It was named after Yao's grandson Liu Lei built a Yao temple to worship his ancestors.
The "Zhongshan Jing" of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" states that "the mountains of Dayao have many trees, cypresses, catalpas, and mulberries; their grasses have many bamboos; and their animals have many leopards, tigers, deers, and rabbits."
Yaoshan Mountain has unique peaks, numerous waterfalls, dense forests, and excellent hot springs. It is majestic, dangerous, beautiful, strange, and secluded. It is as dangerous as Mount Huashan, as steep as Mount Emei, and as beautiful as Mount Huangshan.
Strange peaks and rocks, mountain flowers, red leaves, waterfalls, hot springs, lakes and seas of clouds are all wonderful sights. On the top of the main peak, Jade Emperor, there are thousands of rocks and ravines, flying dragons and phoenixes, far and near, high and low, and the scenery is very different.
Song Xing left his horse at the bottom of the mountain and walked to the top of the mountain alone. With Tianshi Dao now in decline, the main peak was naturally out of their reach. Song Xing found a Taoist temple that looked a little dilapidated on a remote side peak. The front of the Taoist temple On the plaque, there are three characters "Xuan Yuan Guan" written on it.
He came to the heavy wooden door of the Taoist temple and knocked on the smooth copper ring. After a while, the door opened. A young Taoist boy stuck his head out from behind the door and looked at Song Xing curiously.
"What do good believers do when they come to this temple?"
Song Xing smiled and said: "Little Taoist Master, I forgot the time while traveling in the mountains. I want to go to the Taoist temple to ask for a glass of water and a stick of incense."
The Taoist boy saw that Song Xing was not old, and he was not dressed like a villain, so he opened the wooden door a little more and said: "Good believers, please wait a moment. If you want to drink water, you can get it from the trail. There is no need to offer incense. This temple does not accept pilgrims for the time being." "
Seeing this, Song Xing stretched out his hand and gently pressed against the wooden door, and said with a smile: "Little Taoist Priest, I won't do the incense. It's cold outside, can you go into the courtyard and stand?"
After saying that, without waiting for the Taoist boy to speak, he opened the door and walked in.
"Hey, why don't you listen to my advice?" When Tao Tong saw Song Xing pushing the door open, he felt a little anxious and helpless. After thinking about it, he still ordered: "Then you just stand here and don't move around. I'll go and help you." Get water.”
Song Xing said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Taoist."
Seeing the little Taoist boy turning around and walking towards the Taoist temple, Song Xing stared at his back for a few seconds and realized that this little Taoist boy was actually quite skilled in martial arts.
Then he stood in front of the courtyard with his hands behind his hands and looked at the Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple doesn't look big from the outside, but once you get inside, you realize that there is a universe inside.
The main hall is majestic and majestic, with various colored glazed tiles on the roof dazzling in the sun. The main structure of the main hall is strict and divided into three floors. The main hall is supported by seventy-two vermilion stone pillars. The surrounding stone railings are carved with white jade reliefs, showing birds and animals, even standing. In the distance, you can clearly see the three-meter-high statue of Taishang Laojun sitting in the middle of the hall.
Song Xing slowly approached the main hall, feeling in his heart that a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. As the former largest sect in the south, even if Nantian Master Tao has declined, some of its past heritage can be seen from the layout of this Taoist temple.
"Who are you and why are you here?"
Just when Song Xing raised his head to carefully examine the layout of the hall, a slightly surprised voice suddenly came to his ears.
Song Xing turned around, followed the sound, and saw a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing gray robes, standing beside a vermilion stone pillar on one side, looking at him with gentle eyes.
Song Xing looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest, raised his hand and gave a Taoist salute: "I'm sorry, Qingyang Guan Song Xing came to visit the current leader of Tianshi Tao."
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