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Daoism
Taoism; Dao Jiao
c.4th c. BCE – present · East Asian · Living · China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea, diaspora
III. THE AXIAL AGE — c.900 – 200 BCE
### How many
### Who began it
### What it is for
### What it worships
### What it holds
### What it does
### After death
### Its texts
### Its branches
### Of note
### Its timeline
- c.4th–3rd c. BCE Daodejing takes shape; Zhuangzi writes.
- 1993 CE Guodian bamboo slips excavated, containing a Daodejing version from c.300 BCE — the earliest known copy.
- 142 CE Zhang Daoling receives a revelation from the deified Laozi and founds the Way of the Celestial Masters, the first organised Daoist church.
- 184 CE Yellow Turban Rebellion, a Daoist-millenarian uprising that helps bring down the Han.
- 4th–5th c. CE Shangqing and Lingbao revelations; canon formation.
- 618–907 CE Tang dynasty; the imperial Li family claims descent from Laozi and Daoism becomes the state religion.
- 1167 CE Wang Chongyang founds the Quanzhen monastic school.
- 1281 CE Kublai Khan orders Daoist texts burned after Buddhist-Daoist court debates.
- 1966–76 Cultural Revolution devastates temples and lineages.
- 1980s–present Revival in mainland China; continuous unbroken practice in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
### Sources
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