Zhang Jiao's Teaching Creative Activities

The publication of Taiping Jing marked the initial formation of the basic teachings of early Taoism and had an important influence on the establishment of primitive Taoism in Han Dynasty. Taiping Dao is a branch of early Taoism, and its theoretical basis comes directly from Taiping Jing, and Zhang Jiao is the founder of Taiping Dao.

Zhang Jiao was born in Jizhou Julu (now Hebei Julu) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The family background cannot be verified, and the year of birth is unknown.

He first appeared in front of the peasant masses. He was a great and virtuous teacher who was good at Taoism. Around the Jianning period of Lingdi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 168- 17 1), Zhang Jiao began his missionary activities. He used magic to cure diseases, was widely active in society, gained a large number of disciples, developed his own strength and expanded his influence.

After more than ten years' efforts, Taipingdao, founded by Zhang Jiao, has developed into a Taoist organization with hundreds of thousands of followers, covering eight countries including Qing, Xu, You, Jing, Yang, Yan, Ji and Yu, connecting counties and countries.

The history books recorded Zhang Jiao's missionary ways. The Biography of the Later Han Dynasty Huangfusong said: At the beginning, Julu called himself' Teacher Dade', served Huang, accepted disciples, and bowed down for the first time, saying that he used water spells to cure diseases. The patient has recovered quite well, and the people are convinced of it. Jiao sent eight disciples to all directions to transform the world with goodness and turn it into confusion. Over the past ten years, hundreds of thousands of disciples have connected people from Ziqing, Xuyou, Youyou, Hebei, Jingyang, Yanzhou and Henan counties. Then set 36 squares. General Fang, you are also. There are more than ten thousand generous ones and six or seven thousand small ones, all of which are handsome. The Biography of the Three Kingdoms of Zhang Lu also quoted the Canon as saying: Light and harmony have an opening angle in the east, and the angle of … is Taiping Road. ..... Taiping Road, with nine branches, is a blessing, making people kowtow and think, because they drink it with water. If you get sick, or get over it, you will know that this person is a channel; If it doesn't heal, it means that this person doesn't believe this channel. It can be seen from these records that Zhang Jiao's missionary activities mainly used water and spells to treat diseases. At the same time, he also recruited disciples and sent eight disciples to all directions, making Taoism a world. In addition, Zhang Jiao's teaching of Taoism combined the thoughts of Taiping Jing and Huang.

Zhang Jiao believes in Taiping Jing, and he named his own Taoist organization Taiping Dao, which came directly from Taiping Jing. The so-called Taiping Dao means doing what it wants to do before Taiping, because Taiping Dao, its promise, its national wealth, its destiny and its treasure. Zhang Jiao claimed to be the teacher of great virtue, and also came from Taiping Jing. Volume 90: There is a thousand pounds of gold in this matter, which is a treasure of thousands of pairs. If you don't learn from the teacher, you won't learn. You can't do great things if you want to govern the country happily. Why can it be done at once? Volume 98: There are billions of stars, and I can't tell you for a day. Zhu Tianqun's words are not as good as those of the country. Zhang Jiao claimed to be a teacher of great virtue, but actually regarded himself as a prophet of Taiping Road. His purpose was to take the road of great harmony, thus teaching the world to save people and achieve world peace. The main magic of Zhang Jiao's preaching is to teach people to kowtow and think, and to cure diseases with water. This thought of kowtowing also comes from Taiping Jing. In Zhang Jiao's view, heaven and even Tao are Tao, earth and even Germany are home, and * * * gives birth to everything, with nothing hidden and nothing private. People's mistakes are caused by violation of heaven. If you want to cure a disease, you must bow your head the first time. The way to bow down for the first time is to thank the surrounding areas on the four roads in the wilderness, kowtow to the five elements, look to the sky first, and then kowtow to the ground. ..... Xiezi Taitian. After that, everyone was like children. Heaven can see human behavior and understand human language. To bow down to heaven and earth is to ask the gods to forgive themselves and relieve their sins and pains, so people in the wilderness should be in the light; Therefore, people on the road, people on the road, take care of things; So, four people, when paying four people. Heaven makes gas, and it is also for the child to meet the sky. The four seasons are full of benevolence, and the solution is too great.

Another important spell preached by Zhang Jiao is to use the charm of water to treat diseases. Suffering from hydrotherapy is also called swallowing essence. "Taiping Jing" makes it very clear: what is the word repetition, which leads to enlightenment and thinking? ..... The essence swallows it, which is called God. ..... with Dan as the word, the above one or two lines tell people, the bath is fine, and it is strict with good wine, such as drinking clear water and thinking about its words all the time. ..... or see this word, along with the disease, the name is also fine (1). The so-called compound word is compound text, which is the earliest Taoist spell. Swallowing sperm is a symbol of swallowing. Taking Dan as the word, that is, writing, is a kind of figure with curved strokes, which resembles words rather than words.

The so-called amulet hydrotherapy is to burn amulets to ashes and drink them with wine or water, which is called swallowing amulets.

Swallowing a symbol means keeping it in your heart. When you think of it, the divine power of the symbol will come out, all diseases will be dispelled, and people will return to a healthy state and be full of energy. Therefore, the Taiping Jing says: If you swallow my character today, you can learn from it and teach it a hundred times. In an instant, it is between eight directions and six rivers, and the spirit will be healed. (2) This is the charm of Zhang Jiao Spa, which is also a blessing, that is, the word of God. It has infinite magic. You can cure diseases if you read it.

Taiping Jing (Volume 50) and Blessing by God (Article 75) call the mantra "Blessing by God": There are always sacred words in the sky. Now when people are taught to speak, God officials respond to their anger and the people get it, which is called "Blessing by God".

I wish you all the best, all the best, all the best and all the best. Its wish can make the gods get rid of diseases, and they all gather in ten places, and those who use what they want will not heal. But the more disgusted you are with words, the more prescient you are. He also said: this man, who is also a god in heaven, was originally called God. If the name of the photo is leaked, Taoist priests can pass it on and pass it on to each other, so they can cure diseases, such as pedestrians, but they can't cure diseases. The History of the Later Han Dynasty quoted this passage from Taiping Jing: There are always holy words in the sky. Nowadays, people are endowed with words and used as officials. They should communicate with each other and respond to their anger. People are called divine spells. Mantra is 100% 100% 10% 10%, and its mantras can help God eliminate disasters and diseases and be used in all directions. Zhang Jiao's spell therapy is to recite the spell to the patient. The Book of Mantras, known as the Book of Wishing and Predicting, is the main word of God and has supreme magic. If you say a spell, all diseases can be eliminated.

Zhang Jiao preached that the teacher held up nine sticks as a symbol of blessing. Nine staff, meaning scepter, also comes from Taiping Jing. The forty-second volume of Taiping Jing says: the heavenly heart can be ruled, so that the nine gases can be in harmony and the nine people can be in peace, so it can be peaceful for the emperor. The so-called nine people, that is, their invisible gods, are responsible for their vitality; The great god is in charge of heaven; Real people are in the right place; The post of immortal is in the four seasons; Avenue people are in charge of the five elements; The duty of a saint is to manage yin and yang; Sages manage documents and teach them; Everyone is in charge of vegetation and food; The handmaiden's job is to manage the goods. Volume 71 of Taiping Jing says: The Tao has nine degrees. ..... One is lack of vitality, the other is nothingness, three figures can be seen separately, four are wandering out and returning to the opposite side, five are road gods similar to the four seasons and five elements, six are stabbing blessings, seven are seeking social benefits, eight are external gods, and nine are family first.

There are nine songs, nine songs, nine songs and eighty-one songs in one thing. If we use different methods, then * * * is a big root. God made ... people who are three years old, nine years old and twenty-seven years old can live in the world; Its central 3927 can be a true god collector; Next, there are many ways. In other words, the nine-section stick is similar to a scepter, which can not only recruit gods, but also disintegrate ghosts. Holding a staff can manage the affairs of nine people and nine spirits, and can manage everything in the world; You can learn from others.

Serve Huang, and in the process of missionary work, create the world together with Huang. Huang became a tool to publicize the people and organize Taoist priests. At that time, many people in the ruling and opposition parties in the Eastern Han Dynasty believed in Huang, and many rulers also believed that he was a good Taoist priest. Even people in the eight states of Qing, Fu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan and Yu had to agree, or abandoned their property and moved. After more than ten years of missionary work, the number of believers in Zhang Jiao has increased to several hundred thousand.

Taiping Road founded by Zhang Jiao worships Huang Lao and Huang Zhong Taiyi. Taiyi is also Taiyi. According to historical records, Beichen is a star in Wei Zi Palace, and Taiyi has been living there. Zhang Shoujie's "Justice" said: Taiyi is also an alias of the Emperor of Heaven. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Taiyi was regarded as the Arctic emperor or the Emperor of Heaven in Wei Zi Palace, and was the highest god who dominated the center of heaven. The book "Historical Records" and "Zen" said: God is too expensive, and the first one is the Five Emperors. In the Han Dynasty, Taiyi was regarded as a better fairy than Huangdi, the Beidou god. Wang Han Mangzhuan quoted Zigetu: Taiyi and Huangdi were immortals. In the book "Spring and Autumn Annals and Sincerity Map" in the west, there is also a saying that the Yellow Emperor asked Taiyi how to live forever. There is also a belief in Taiyi in Taiping Jing, and there is a concept that Taiyi is located in the center. "Taiping Jing" said: However, the reason why the way of heaven and earth can last for a long time lies in the ceaseless rest. ..... from the day is too one, the pole is also, from the operator, Saturday is eight miles away, infinite time is also. (1) The word "Huang Zhong" in Taiping Road before Taiyi is related to the theory of the end of five virtues. Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor with the red symbol, calling himself Huode. The order of the five elements is wood-fire-earth-gold-water. Fire can produce soil, the soil in the five elements is in the middle, and the color is still yellow, and yellow is the color of good luck. Taiping Road takes the earth as an auspicious place, and believes in and advocates the yellow, which means that the Taiping Road with the earth morality as the main carrier will soon replace the Eastern Han Dynasty with the fire morality as the main carrier, and establish a peaceful society in Huangtian. Zhang Jiao claimed to be the yellow sky, wrapped in a yellow scarf, and put forward the slogan that the sky is dead and the yellow sky should stand upright. This is why Huang Taiyi is a god.

In addition to preaching in his hometown of Jizhou, Zhang Jiao also sent eight disciples to preach everywhere. In a short period of more than ten years, people from eight of the twelve states in China participated in Taiping Road, with hundreds of thousands of followers. In order to facilitate the organization and management, Zhang Jiao organized Taoists all over Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan and Yu into a parish organization with the party as the unit. There are 36 political parties in the country, with more than 10,000 generous people and 67,000 small parties, and all parties have Qu Shuai in charge.

In this way, after more than ten years of missionary activities, Zhang Jiao finally established a huge Taoist organization with hundreds of thousands of believers, covering more than two-thirds of the state capital of the country-Taiping Road.