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Many male doctors in ancient times were Taoist priests. Why do doctors rarely appear among female Taoist priests?

In ancient times, there were a wide range of occupations, without too many restrictions, which were similar to ours now. In ancient times, the profession of Taoist was also very popular, but most of them were male Taoist priests and few were female Taoist priests. Some people may ask, in ancient times, many male doctors were Taoist priests. Why were there so few doctors among female Taoist priests? The answer is ancient exquisite? A woman without talent is a virtue? So girls have less time to study, let alone learn medical skills. Before the Tang Dynasty, there were few female Taoist priests, and most of them were men. After the Tang Dynasty, the female Taoist priests were truly recorded in history and made great contributions to the study of Taoist priests in China. In the Tang Dynasty, there were many sources of female Taoist priests. In the past, it was mainly poor families who chose to become female Taoist priests in order to survive. Or people who love Taoism let their children enter the Tao; Or because of superstition, choose to let their children enter the Tao. But in the Tang Dynasty, it was not as big as a princess or as small as a citizen. This is a different scene from before. In the Tang dynasty, female Taoist priests were called? Female officer? I thought the Tang Dynasty was a relatively open and tolerant dynasty, so female Taoist priests didn't have to shave their heads. They can wear gorgeous clothes or tie beautiful hair. The reason why the female Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty were able to form an independent group was also related to their environment. The Tang Dynasty believed in Taoism and strongly supported it. On the one hand, it is related to the integration of Taoist traditions and the development of institutionalization. However, the female Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty simply studied Taoism, did not study the use of its skills, and did not master it, which led to most female Taoist priests not learning medical skills. In ancient times, men were agricultural contractors and main learners, while women were responsible for farming or teaching children at home, so women didn't have much knowledge, so they didn't know it directly.