Mysterious Realm of the World -- The of Chinese Taoism

Author: Li Xiaoshi
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: The concluding part of this book is naturally related to "culture." Here, the term "nine flows" refers to the lowest stream of "three teachings and nine flows," which is the novelists. From the perspective of literary development, the early Taoist intention to create deities and their methods were often completed through folk tales and "folk tales of strange events." This "taking from the people and using it for the people" technique was later widely adopted by the "preachers" of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. It underwent a period of rise and decline alongside the rise and fall of the feudal dynasties. The cultural system of Taoism is extremely vast and diverse, encompassing everything. The series of Taoist (Tiantian Fudeng Ming Shan) belongs to one of the components of Taoist culture. The Taoist are arranged in a certain order, forming the "Ten Great Tiantians," "Thirty-Six Small Tiantians," and "Seventy-Two Fudis." Each of these Tiantians and Fudis generally has very clear geographical locations and physical entities that can be identified. This not only artificially shortens the distance between heaven, earth, humans, and immortals but also makes the path for ordinary people to ascend to heaven or become immortals more feasible through specific places of cultivation. This practice is rarely seen in other religions in the world. The vast system derived from this method is truly unparalleled, and it also provides us with an opportunity to understand the development of Taoism from a side perspective. It is a precious cultural heritage in our traditional Chinese culture!