Jingming Daoism

The Jingming-Daoismus ( Chinese  淨明道 , Pinyin Jingming Dào  - "purity and light Daoismus") or Jingming-Zhongxiao-Daoismus ( 淨明忠孝道 , Jingming Zhongxiao dao  - "Daoismus of purity and the light of loyalty and the filial piety ") was a Daoist school, which up to the time of the Southern song dynasty falling. It was founded by He Zhengong ( 周 真 公 ) and emerged from the Daoist Lingbao direction ( Lingbao pai ). Xu Xun (239–374) from the Jin Dynasty was venerated as its first patriarch. It was influential in the time of the Mongol and Ming dynasties and especially in the Jiangnan area - d. H. south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River - common. Its center was the Xi Shan ("West Mountain") in Nanchang in Jiangxi Province .

literature

• Jingming zhongxiao quanshu (淨 明 忠孝 全書 ; DZ 1110)

Web links

• The Pure Brightness Tradition
• Reconsidering the Story of Xu Xun, Patriarch of Jingming dao (PDF file; 33 kB)
• Daoism during the Ming and Qing Dynasties