Taoism in China

6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist

mythical character from Journey to the West

Budai is a nickname given to the historical Chinese monk Qieci () in the Later Liang Dynasty, who is often identified with and venerated as the future Buddha Maitreya in Chan Buddhism and Buddhist scripture. With the spread of Chan Buddhism, he also came to be venerated in Vietnam, Korea, and Japan.

Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to have lived in the late 10th century. After her death, she became revered as a tutelary deity of Chinese seafarers, including fishermen and sailors.

Mountain in Shaanxi, China

The sacred mountains of China

mountain in People's Republic of China

The Huahujing (also romanized as Hua Hu Ching) is a Taoist work, traditionally attributed to Laozi. No extant versions exist today apart from quotations in a partial manuscript discovered in the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, in China.

state-sanctioned religious organization in China

mountain

in Daoism, 3 demonic creatures living in the 3 dantian (head, chest, abdomen) of the human body, entering the person at birth; they seek to hasten the death of their host and, after death, are freed from the body and become malevolent ghosts

The Xishengjing () is a late 5th century CE Taoist text with provenance at the Louguan 樓觀 "Tiered Abbey" of The Northern Celestial Masters. According to Daoist tradition, Louguan (the eastern terminus of the ancient Silk Road, west of the capital Chang'an) was near where the legendary Laozi 老子 transmitted the Tao Te Ching to the Guardian of the Pass Yin Xi 尹喜. The Xishengjing allegedly records the Taoist principles that Laozi taught Yin Xi before he departed west to India. thumb|upright|Yin Xi, from a Ming dynasty edition [[Liexian Zhuan]]

ethnic religion of the Yao people in China, heavily based on Taoism since the 13th century, similar to the communitarian Taoism in the earliest Taoist movements in China proper

taoist classic work

book by Max Weber