Who knows the development history of the Southern Sect of Taoism?

An important school of Taoist inner alchemy. Founded in the Northern Song Dynasty by Zhang Borui, it is widely spread in southern China. The school is famous for its training mode of "Sir, Later Sex". Most of its representatives came from the south, hence the name Nanzong. Also known as Ziyang School and Tiantai Sect.

Zhang Borui (987— 1082), whose real name is Shu Ping, is Zi Yang. Zhejiang Tiantai people. "Little scholar" was not the first one, but later a small official. It was tiring to be relegated to the Lingnan Army for violating the law of burning documents. In Chengdu, Sichuan, I met a real person, Liu Haichan, who taught me the truth, so I wrote Five True Chapters, which was circulated in Shitai and then in Xue Daoguang, Chen Nan and Bai Yuchan. These five people were later called "the five ancestors of Nanzong". Because Zhang Borui and others have never been Taoist priests, and since then, they have all been Taoist priests, and their writings are the most abundant, and his power to promote practice is also the greatest, so the "Tan Tan on the Seats" thinks that Nanzong was formed in white.

In fact, the alchemy taught by the White Family is the development of Qingxiu's thought in Wuzhen Pian, and this family was handed down by Xia He and was called Qingxiu School in history. In addition, Nanzong also has a "Yin-Yang family", which plays the Yin-Yang thoughts in the Five True Chapters. The family of Yin and Yang began with Zhang Borui's disciple Liu Yongnian. It is said that Zhang Borui has two direct disciples, one is Shi Tai and the other is Liu Yongnian. ) If Liu Chuan Weng Baoguang and Weng Chuan were one son, then Lu Shu, Dai Qizong and Chen, and even Lu, Peng, Tao Suxi and Qiu in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In fact, Shi Tai and Xue Daoguang also studied Yin He's method. Therefore, Nanzong is authentic in both Yin and Yang cultivation. Nan Zongxiu Dan talked about "the nature after tomorrow", and Zhang Boduan's "Five True Articles"; "Be modest, be sincere, just for the sake of modesty, know your heart. Without smelting lead first, the house is full of gold. " Ming Peng's ancient explanation said: "Modesty is very important for sex, and a solid belly is very important for life. Both have profound meanings. However, people's hearts are floating, how can they be empty? Lead smelting does not admit defeat, first fill your stomach with the spirit of gold essence, then you can do something to make your heart free from distractions, and then you can double-cultivate your life, with wonderful form and spirit, and complete the overhaul. " (Qiu's Five Precious Articles) This statement and a note explain the details of Nan Zongxiu Dan. Autumn's Zhen Wu also said: "In the Five True Stories, there are many words but few words." He also said: those who interpret Wu Zhenzhang are "more detailed in life than in sex."

Although both the northern and southern sects advocate double cultivation of life, the southern sects obviously emphasize refining shape and gas in dealing with life relations in the specific cultivation process. For example, the teacher said, "It's really energetic. This is Ji Dan." (Back to the Origin) The Nanzongyin-Yangdan method is divided into seven steps: concentration, holding your breath, luck switch, sword refining, herb picking and foundation building, returning Dan to give birth, warming fire, and holding yuan to keep one. According to its cultivation order, it is actually divided into four layers: repairing the foundation, repairing the heart, repairing the heart, and repairing the heart to empty. It is always inseparable from the wonderful use of heat and drugs, and the elaboration of heat and warming is more detailed than that of Beizong. Nanzong, like Beizong, is also deeply influenced by Buddhist thought. His words and deeds are often mixed, and he also attaches great importance to the cultivation of mind and nature. However, unlike the Northern Sect, it is placed on the fourth level of cultivation, that is, it begins with life and ends with sexual achievement.

Bai Yuchan Qingjiao, a southern Sect, advocates celibacy and meditation, believing that one's body is a complete world, and both sexes are sufficient, and there is no need for external requirements. "If you work hard one day, you will cook one grain a day" ("Collected Taoist Scriptures and White Reality"). Yu Yan believes that the couples in the Dan Sutra actually refer to the two sexes, and these are all owned by themselves; He added: "Everyone knows that I have the sun and the moon, so the beauty of endless exchanges is only in me, and there is no need to ask for lofty goals." The Yin-Yang family developed the idea of copulation between Yin and Yang in Five True Chapters, and advocated that men and women should practice both, that is, take the true Yang from the same kind of ridges to make up for the Yang that has already left China. This method of collecting tonic pills is divided into three times. The "body intersection method" of middle and lower multiplication; If you are superior, you can do the "spiritual contact method", that is, men and women can't understand each other, men and women sit opposite each other, and their temperament intersects, so that the benefits of double cultivation and double compensation will not harm people, and both sides will gain the benefits of mining and compensation, which is different from the art of subduing women with war. In view of the danger of being misunderstood and going astray, the masters of Yin and Yang refused to preach lightly.

The North and South factions merged in the Yuan Dynasty, and the division was limited to Quanzhen religion. Nanzong's "ancestor" was restored to "real person", and the original "five ancestors" became "South Seven Truth" together with Liu Yongnian and Peng Xie. Although the Yin-Yang school and the Qing-xiu school still maintain independent development in the Danfa, there are also cases of infiltration and integration. For example, Chen's Dan method has the characteristics of inheriting delicate beauty and yin and yang factions.

The main works of Nanzong's elixir are: Zhang Borui's Five Needles, Yu Qinghua's Secret Text, Jinbao's alchemy, and Qi Jing Ba Mai; Shi Tai's return to the source; Xue Daoguang's Return Dan to Me; Chen Nan's Cuilv Pian; Bai Yuchan's Collection of Haiqiong Problems, Collection of Haiqiong Missionaries, Secret Letter of Jinhua Chongdan Bijing, and Dialogue with Real People by Haiqiong Bai; Xia's Notes on Man's Mirror, Yin Fu's Classic and Enlightenment; Yu Yan's Zhouyi Shentongqi, Yi Wai Biezhuan and Xuanzang's Ode to Men; Weng Baoguang's comments on Zhen Wu, Zhen Wu's direct explanation of Sancha, and Zhen Wu's comments on Shu Zhen ("Dai Qi Zong Shu"); Lu Xixing's Biography of Zhen Wu; Peng's Notes on Zhen Wu; Shu Zhen's Zhen Wu Zhang Yi Zhu; Qiu's wuzhen chapter, etc.

The above are excerpts from the Internet, but the founder of Nanzong mentioned in Hundred Questions about Taoism in China published by Beijing Baiyun Temple is the founder of Bai Yuchan in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Sect of Neidan School founded by Bai Zushi and its theory had a great influence on the cultivation and theory of Taoism after the Song Dynasty. The center of his inner Dan theory is "essence". Bai Zushi combined internal cultivation with thunder method and created a unique inner alchemy clan system.