Why Taoism originated in the era of three emperors and five emperors?

Although the founder of popular science Taoism for many times is Xuanyuan Huangdi, there are still many people who don't believe that Taoism originated from three emperors and five emperors. I'm here to tell you in detail.

Why do people think Taoism originated in the late Han Dynasty? It is because today, one or two schools of Taoism are the most prosperous. Zhengyi School originated in Shi Tian, Zhang Daoling at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and developed in Shi Tian, Kou Qian of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Our Quanzhen School started with Wang Zhongyang's father in the late Song Dynasty. The information Taoism that we have been in contact with for a long time came into being at the end of Han Dynasty.

But the orthodox school has a history of more than 1,900 years, and our Quanzhen school has a history of more than 600 years. As early as the pre-Qin ancient book "Zhuangzi Zaipian", there was a story of "The Yellow Emperor asked about Guang". At that time, the Yellow Emperor was the son of heaven for 19 years and traveled all the way to the world. On the Kongtong Mountain, I learned that Guangdao is a man of the Tao, so I went to consult Guangdao and educated the emperor on the law of self-cultivation and governing the country. From then on, Taoism came into being.

There is another sentence in Historical Records: "The Yellow Emperor fought and learned immortality." In the Western Han Dynasty, there were 72 monks in the Biography of Immortals written by Liu, a great scholar. The classic Huangdi Neijing, which was formed at the latest in the Warring States Period, is the foundation of Taoist practice culture, and there are countless words of practice in Zhuangzi.

It is precisely because of the indissoluble bond between the Yellow Emperor and Taoism that the early Taoist theory is not called the study of Zhuangzi, but the study of Huang Lao. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Taoism was completely divorced from the imperial court, so there was the saying of the study of Laozi and Zhuangzi.

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For a long time, we have separated Taoism from Taoism and denied the culture before the formation of Taoism. But Taoism is a local religion in China, and it has been developing with the development of Chinese civilization. Xingyang gave a historical overview of Taoism: it rose in the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, spread in the King of Literature, Laozi, concentrated on a hundred schools of thought contending, and became a teacher in one day. Taoism was embodied in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and virtue was built in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It was founded by the founder of Chongyang, spread to the westward journey of Qiuzu, and declined in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Wenda is today.

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