Who are the leaders and godfathers of Taoism?

Leader: Laozi; Founder of Taoism: Huangdi, Laozi, Sanmao, Gore and Wang Zhongyang.

Taoism, as mentioned in academic circles, refers to the religious belief in ancient China. It has inherited most religious concepts and practical methods such as Fang and Huang, as well as folk belief in gods, and gradually formed the highest belief in Tao.

It is a kind of China religion with Taishang Laojun as the leader and Laozi's Tao Te Ching as the classic of cultivating immortals, but it is not the main classic of cultivating immortals. The main methods of Taoist immortality can be roughly summarized into five types: taking immortal medicine, external alchemy, refining qi to lead the way, practicing inner alchemy, practicing immortality through Taoist utensils, and self-cultivation. Most of the later immortals were cultivated by Neidan.

Extended data

Taoist culture is rich and colorful, all-encompassing, and has many contents. To sum up, it mainly includes the following aspects:

1, Taoist theology

Among the various contents of Taoist culture, there is a core, which is Taoist belief in immortals. As a mature religion, Taoism has its own theological theory and a religious belief goal that can attract people to pursue. This belief is that people can become immortal and omnipotent gods through hard pursuit.

2. Taoist ethics

Taoism's ethical thoughts are reflected in Taoism's rules and regulations. The ethics of Taoism not only absorbs the ethics of Taoism, but also absorbs the ethics of Confucianism and Buddhism, so its content is becoming more and more complicated.

3. Taoist philosophy

Taoism used to be regarded as a low-level and popular folk religion, with only some symbols of water, religion and science close to witchcraft, not to mention philosophical thinking. But now most scholars believe that Taoism has its philosophical content.

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