Zhang Daoling | |
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.jpg) Zhang Daoling, as illustrated by Ren Xiong and engraved by Cai Zhaochu | |
| Born | 22 February 34 (traditionally) |
| Died | 10 October 156 (traditionally) (aged 121–122?) |
| Occupation | Religious leader |
| Known for | Founder of Way of the Five Pecks of Rice |
Zhang Ling[a] (simplified Chinese: 张陵; traditional Chinese: 張陵; pinyin: Zhāng Líng; Wade–Giles: Chang Ling; traditionally 22 February 34–10 October 156[1]), courtesy name Fuhan (simplified Chinese: 辅汉; traditional Chinese: 輔漢), was a Chinese religious leader who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty credited with founding the Way of the Celestial Masters sect of Taoism, which is also known as the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice, and he is credited as being the founder of Taoism in legend.[citation needed] He is also the grandfather of the warlord Zhang Lu.
He is also known as Zhang Daoling (张道陵; 張道陵; Zhāng Dàolíng; Chang Tao-ling), Celestial Master Zhang (張天師, Zhāng tiānshī), Ancestral Celestial Master (祖天師, Zǔtiānshī) or Zhengyi Zhenren (正一真人) to Taoists. Zhang is sometimes pictured riding on a tiger. In some Taoist sects, Zhang, along with Ge Xuan, Xu Xun (许逊) and Sa Shoujian (萨守坚), are called the "Four Celestial Masters" (四大天師).
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- ^ 瞿海源 (30 April 1992). 《重修臺灣省通志‧卷三‧住民志‧宗教篇（第一冊）》 (in Chinese). Republic of China: Taiwan Historica. pp. 40－41. ISBN 9789570007381.
正乙派開祖。據臺灣道士所傳「道教源流」云：漢天師諱道陵，字漢輔，沛豐邑人，留侯子房八代嫡孫大順之長子。光武建武十年正月望日生，七歲讀道德經，五千言二篇，十遍而達其旨。永和四年生辰，獲丹書秘訣，遂於鶴鳴山修煉。漢安元年壬午正月望日午時，感金闕后聖玄元道君，即老君下降，以盟成法篆，三五斬邪劍，都功板卷鑲授之。遂能服丹載魁罡，立治庭。而後太上授傳「三清眾經九百三十六卷，符錄丹霞秘訣七十二卷，並製頂冠道服等物賜之，。至桓帝永壽年間，屢賜此經並五斗真經。至永泰二年丙申九月九日，居間州雲臺山，忽太上遣使授此經玉册賜之三天扶教輔元大法天師正一靜應顯祐真君之號。