Taiyi

Daoist sect

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  • Laozi
    In Daoism: Internal developments

    Among them were the Taiyi (“Supreme Unity”) sect, founded c. 1140 by Xiao Baozhen; the Zhendadao (“Perfect and Great Dao”) sect of Liu Deren (1142); and the Quanzhen (“Perfect Realization”) sect, founded in 1163 by Wang Chongyang (Wang Zhe). This last sect came to the favourable attention of the…

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