Introduction to Taoism

Taoism, the general name of all Taoist behavior methods, is the basic content of Taoist activities, especially Taoist magic. Its concrete forms are varied, such as Fuyong, Zhai Zhi, Neidan, thinking, guiding, persuading, crossing the valley, walking on stilts, divination, physiognomy and geomantic omen. , and are generally secretly circulated among the Taoist masters and apprentices. Generally speaking, all kinds of Taoism can be divided into three categories, namely:

The main purpose is to cultivate self-cultivation, to achieve immortality and harmony with the Tao, including internal and external alchemy, qigong guidance, thinking enlightenment, sexual intercourse, chanting and burning classics. It aims to actively intervene in the external world or imaginary world of ghosts and gods, so as to serve mankind, including various spells such as expelling disasters, summoning ghosts and gods, lowering and controlling demons, treating diseases with spells, invisibly changing, flying to the sky and shrinking the earth. The main purpose is to predict the number of occupations, including physiognomy, physiognomy, astrology, armor avoidance and other techniques. Among them, all kinds of spells have their own standardized procedures. In addition, Taoism in later generations also believes that "Tao is the body of law and law is the use of Tao", and advocates that practicing magic must be based on monasticism, which is a necessary condition for gaining the ability to understand God and help the world. Hu, editor-in-chief: China Taoist Dictionary (Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 1995). Chinese Taoist Association and Suzhou Taoist Association: A Dictionary of Taoism (Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 1994).