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Xiantiandao
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The Xiantiandao (, or "Way of the Primordial"; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: '), or known as Blue/Green Lotus sect (), also simply Tiandao (; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: '), is one of the most productive currents of Chinese folk religious sects such as the White Lotus Sect, characterised by representing the principle of divinity as feminine and by a concern for salvation (moral completion) of mankind.
Key facts
- Religion.name
- Xiantiandao
- Religion.main_classification
- Chinese salvationist religions
- Religion.founder
- Huang Dehui
- Religion.founded_date
- late 17th century
- Religion.founded_place
- Shandong
- Religion.other_names
- Green / Blue Lotus Sect (), Xiantianmen (), Xiantianxuanguandacheng (), Tiandao (), Golden Elixir Way/ Jindandao (), Sanhuang Shengzujiao (), Yuandun Dachengjiao (), Jiuliantang (), Baiyanghui ()
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Belief
- Eschatology
- Mysterious Door
- Vegetarianism
- Theological and practical differences
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Xiantiandao (, or "Way of the Primordial"; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: '), or known as Blue/Green Lotus sect (), also simply Tiandao (; Vietnamese: ', Japanese: '), is one of the most productive currents of Chinese folk religious sects such as the White Lotus Sect, characterised by representing the principle of divinity as feminine and by a concern for salvation (moral completion) of mankind.
Xiantiandao was founded in Jiangxi in the 17th-century Qing dynasty as an offshoot of the Venerable Officials' teaching of fasting (), a branch of the Dacheng ( "Great Vehicle") or Yuandun ( "Sudden Stillness") eastern proliferation of Luoism. It has also been traced to the earlier Wugongdao ( "Way of the Five Lords"), a Yuan dynasty offshoot of the White Lotus tradition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xiantiandao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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