| Way of the Return to the One 皈依道 Guīyīdào | |
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| Type | Way of Former Heaven sect |
| Classification | Chinese salvationist religion |
| Founder | Liu Shoji |
| Origin | 1916 Shandong |
| Members | 1937: 7–10 million[1] |
| Other name(s) | Daodeshe, Guiyi Daoyuan, Daoyuan, Precosmic Salvationism |
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Guiyidao (皈依道, "Way of the Return to the One"), better known as Precosmic Salvationism (先天救教 Xiāntiān jiùjiào; or "Former Heaven Salvationism") in contemporary Taiwan, and historically also known by the name of its institutions as Daodeshe (道德社), Guiyi Daoyuan (皈依道院) or later Daoyuan (道院)—respectively "Community of the Way and its Virtue", "School of the Way of the Return to the One" or simply "School of the Way"—is a Chinese folk religious movement of salvation belonging to the Xiantiandao ("Way of Former Heaven") tradition.
Similarly to other Xiantiandao sects, Guiyidao is focused on the worship of the universal God (Tian), which it defines as the Holiest Venerable Patriarch of the Primordial Heaven (Zhisheng Xiantian Laozu), as the source of salvation.
Guiyidao is related to the Japanese Shinto sect of Oomoto (大本 "Great Source")[2] and is a proscribed religion in the People's Republic of China, thereafter being active as an underground church.[3] The charitable branch of Daoyuan is known as the Red Swastika Society (世界红卍字会 Hóngwànzìhuì).[2]
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- ^ Munro (1994), p. 270.